Sarasota Hosts Hoosiers for Homecoming in April
Police patrol coverage noted on page 11 as Sarasota prepares for Homecoming events with Hoosiers. City plans bids on paying projects and New Year observances slated for county and city offices.
29 Dec 1955
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Newspaper
Sarasota News
Location
Sarasota, Florida, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1955
Page
1
Police patrol coverage noted on page 11 as Sarasota prepares for Homecoming events with Hoosiers. City plans bids on paying projects and New Year observances slated for county and city offices.
Governor Collins sends a warm Florida greeting to President Eisenhower wishing him a speedy recovery as the state extends best wishes in the sunshine. The message expresses hope for Eisenhower's health and a quick return to duties.
President Eisenhower, during a Key West visit, played golf shots for about 30 minutes after arrival and then enjoyed a one hour stroll near the naval base. He toured a dock with submarines including the Amberjack, skippered by Cmdr Edward L. Beach. The relaxed scene drew his physician Gen Howard M. Snyder and family members.
Congress reacts angrily to Khrushchev charge that Eisenhower meddled in Red satellite affairs. Eisenhower declines comment at Key West. Dulles withholds reply while Sparkman defends the Christmas broadcasts via Radio Free Europe.
Two of the three assistant secretaries of agriculture for the United States, Ervin L. Peterson and Earl Butz, are vacationing at Sarasota-By-The-Sea on Siesta Key to rest before Congress reconvenes. Both are staying with families, enjoy sun and sleep, and plan to return to Washington for the January 3 session. Butz is on a second honeymoon with his wife, joined by their two sons.
Soviet leader Khrushchev addressed 1,400 delegates in the Supreme Soviet and boasted the H bomb could be many millions of tons of conventional explosives. He criticized Eisenhower and Western disarmament aims while defending Russia’s nuclear buildup and criticizing Geneva spirit and Western interference.
Israeli troops repelled a band of Egyptian soldiers who crossed the armistice line and occupied a hill on the Israel side of the Gaza Strip yesterday. The Egyptians used rifles machineguns and a heavy mortar with no Israeli casualties reported. The border issue was reviewed at a Foreign Ministry meeting with UN truce chief Gen Edson Burns and Israel official Dr Walter Eyton.
In Little America, Antarctica, the Stars and Stripes were raised again as Byrd era camps lie buried under about 60 feet of snow. The 1928 first camp and the 1933 35 second camp are largely buried, with only tower tops and pole tips visible. USS Glacier crew seek a stable base site for the three year IGY expedition, avoiding crevasses and ensuring cargo access.
A grateful patient thanks a physician for care and asks how to repay the kindness. The doctor replies with payment options including check postal order or cash.
Relief workers labored to restore flooded counties after California suffered its worst floods. Deaths rose to 52 with 20 to 30 missing and presumed dead in California and 12 in Oregon. Damages tentatively placed at 150 to 170 million dollars as snowpack hit 98 inches atop Donner Summit while weather improved. Ellsworth Bunker of the Red Cross visited Stockton Santa Cruz and planned further briefings with Governor Knight.
State authorities said Russell Tongay, a former Miami swimming instructor convicted of manslaughter, would start his trip back to Raiford state prison this afternoon. Four Indiana union officials were charged with pre riotous conspiracy over the Perfect Circle strike.
Washington reports the Eisenhower administration plans to ask Congress for authority to pledge 10 years of economic aid to friendly nations. Aid per country would vary by project size, with a possible maximum between 0.5 and 1 billion dollars, distributed in yearly installments.
James Marlow analyzes the postwar decade from 1945 to 1955, noting 700 to 800 million people placed under communism via satellites and civil wars. The West built alliances and gave over 51 billion dollars in aid, slowing Soviet gains while warning that the Reds will continue to push.
Wintry weather returned to the mid continent as arctic air moved across the plains into Kansas and the upper Mississippi Valley. Temperatures fell from mild readings to well below zero with 11 below at Grand Forks and 19 at Des Moines. Snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches occurred in the upper Great Lakes region.
Weather brief notes milder temps forecast by Friday with highs 65 to 70 and nights near 60 to 68. East Coast winds shift from gentle to moderate easterly with occasional fresh gusts. Florida sees partly to mostly cloudy skies through Friday with scattered showers. readings around 66 at 9:30 a.m. are reported.
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