27 Dec 1955
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Newspaper
Sarasota News
Location
Sarasota, Florida, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1955
Page
1
Sarasota area news items announce county hires an engineer from the city post and note Florida politics as a major 1956 battleground. Col Gus Nelson appears poised to succeed A D as county chair. Suspect seized in Sarasota dry goods burglary. Night of Stars draws 11,100 gymnastic fans as Gym Clinic opens. Details in Sports pages.
A Sarasota unit responded to a shoreline fire at 7 37 p m sparked by a squirrel in bed. Fire officials warn residents about holiday fire hazards and advise vigilance against smoking in bed.
Turkiye police and undercover American narcotics agents seized 660 pounds of opium bound for the United States. The stash, if sold in the U S market, would be worth about half a million dollars.
A dramatic courtroom scene centers on a verdict where the judge and foreman confront public outrage after the defendant is acquitted. Details remain murky but the case highlights tensions between justice and community response.
Delegates to the Supreme Soviet praised the 1956 budget after six hours of speeches. They noted shortages and lagging deliveries while defense spending was set at 102.44 billion rubles, about 18 percent of total outlays, with the report on Bulganin and Khrushchev’s India Burma Afghanistan trip delayed to Thursday.
CAIRO Egypt Maj Gen Abdel Haim Amer commander in chief and war minister of Egypt leads a united Arab command of Egypt Saudi Arabia and Syria under a single paper arrangement. Amer is viewed as likely to be supreme Arab commander if fighting resumes between Israel and the Arab states.
The Feather River flood crests threaten Yuba City as rains swell rivers in California and Oregon. National Red Cross head Ellsworth Bunker projects 4000 to 5000 families needing long term aid, with 115 disaster staff deployed. Damages estimated at 150 million dollars amid evacuees and rising waters.
The Senate Internal Security subcommittee describes the Communist party of the United States as a Russian-inspired, Moscow-dominated anti-American conspiracy. A 100 page booklet A Handbook for Americans aims to expose communism, citing a 1953 Subversive Activities Control Board finding of Soviet-directed leadership. Chairman Eastland says misinformation about the party is spread deliberately to poison public opinion.
The Associated Press reports Ike is the top pick for 55 Man Of The Year as the nation reels from a holiday weekend record of 769 deaths in 78 hours. Traffic toll reached 579, with 67 fire deaths and 105 in other accidents, far exceeding prior totals and prompting calls for safer driving.
President Eisenhower dominated the year as illness news and personal influence shaped coverage. His foreign policy moves and peace proposals, plus the Geneva atom conferences, kept him central in World events and 1956 political reporting. Walter Reuther Ford Henry Ford II and John Foster Dulles are named as leading figures in the year’s personalities and policy debates.
The White House announced President Eisenhower will submit the State of the Union message to Congress on January 5, two days after the January 3 opening session. Johnny Podres has been reclassified 1-A and may be drafted. A U S sergeant from Paris who visited Berlin over Christmas disappeared in the Soviet sector after a car accident.
South Korea seeks tough action after four coast guardsmen were seized by Chinese vessels on Christmas Day within the Rhee Line. The incident followed a five hour gun battle, with Beijing reporting a different version as Seoul vows strong measures if the sailors are not freed.
A 1339 ton Honda Maru broke up off northeast Japan as 40 foot seas raged for two days. Lt. Herbert G. Gates, a Kansas City pilot, rescued 14 seamen from the water while the Ozbourn destroyed picked up three sailors from another ship. Six ships with crews missing and 18 crewmen aboard one vessel were reported lost.
Argentine officials say over 50 Peronist supporters were arrested in raids spanning Christmas weekend. One soldier died and a noncommissioned officer and a civilian were wounded during the roundups tied to a conspiracy to disrupt the government of Provisional President Pedro Aramburu.
A fairly mild pattern was forecast for most of the nation with cooler air in the Middle Atlantic region and especially cold readings in New England and Michigan around 10 degrees.
The mother of Pfc. Samuel David Hawkins, a 22 year old Oklahoma City turncoat, said today he may be the next to return to the United States.
The selection highlights key figures across fields. Dwight D Eisenhower Walter Reuther Henry Ford John Foster Dulles Jonas E Salk Johnny Podres Billy Graham Grace Kelly Herman Wouk.
Partly cloudy to cloudy through Wednesday with a cooler trend. Daytime highs around 70 and nights near 55 to 60. Northeasterly winds become moderate to occasionally fresh as a coastal forecast notes.
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