Sarasota Faces Final Hearing Over Non Partisan Clique Rule
In Sarasota County the final public hearing on proposed bills looms as backers push for non partisan elections in schools hospitals and the Airport Authority The piece argues that such changes would devolve power to a ruling clique and threaten the two party system claiming local governance must stay close to the people and contest the non partisan push.
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Sarasota
Sarasota - Manatee
Sarasotans
Light Industry Council
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Voice of the People
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Earthquake Devastates Baree Libya Killing Hundreds
US and British aid rush to Baree after quake destroys the Mediterranean town of about 3000. Wheelus Field reports up to 250 killed and 500 injured. British say 100 dead with many buried. Libyan doctors arrive with aid teams. air forces deploy medical support.
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Baree
Here
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Britain
Soviet warns US on Cuba attack world war III
Soviet Defense Minister Malinovsky, speaking on the 45th anniversary of the armed forces, warned that any attack on Cuba would trigger World War III and that the USSR would lead in aiding Cuba. He said the USSR could burn up aggressors in the first hour and would target civil and military objects if attacked. He also accused US submarines of menacing Soviet ships in the Caribbean.
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UPI
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United States
Cuba
Marshall Rodion Malinovsky
Malinovsky
U. S
Russia
U.S. Demands Castro Explain Cuban Mig Attack on US Boat
Washington said Fidel Castro must provide a speedy explanation for the MIG attack on an unarmed American shrimp boat in the Florida Straits. A strong note was sent to Havana as President Kennedy vowed swift action to prevent a repeat incident.
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UPI
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Florida Straits
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Soviet Leader Delivers Wartime Style Speech at Kremlin Palace
Premier Nikita Khrushchev, in full dress uniform, listened intently as a speaker warned of a future arms salvo, addressing 6,000 dignitaries, marshals, and government leaders in the Kremlin Palace of Congresses. The audience included top Soviet officials who watched the discourse closely.
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Nikita S. Khrushchev
FAA Curve May Shape Sarasota-Manatee Airport Dispute
The Sarasota-Manatee Airport Authority faces FAA questions over leasing Prim Air land and whether Prim can operate gas sales from any area on the field. FAA guidance could require a hearing to resolve policy on exclusive rights at federally aided airports. Prim argues his lease limits his sales to the northern terminal area.
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Richard H. Prim
Prim Air
Federal Aviation Authority
David C. Kelley
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Prim
Sarasota-Bradenton
Airport Authority
William Harrison
Sarasota- Bradenton
Sidelights On Airport at Sarasota-Bradenton
The Sarasota-Bradenton Airport negotiation issues involve Prim Air owner Richard Prim and a question of who within William Harrison’s law firm handled a charter instrument for Prim’s Caribbean Navigation Co. State Sen. Ed H. Price Jr., Tropicanna Industries vice president, is interested in examining the authority for potential reorganization to improve service for the two counties.
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Authority
Richard Prim
Prim Air
William Harrison
Prim
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Caribbean Navigation Co
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Tropicanna Industries
Ed H. Price Jr
Tropicanna
Kennedy Keeps Door Open On Test Ban
President Kennedy said a springtime indication of Soviet willingness to accept a nuclear test ban is likely, but he opposed setting a hard deadline for progress. He noted continued effort beyond April 1 if needed and ordered defense moves against Cuban attacks on U.S. vessels, while criticizing the New York newspaper strike as no longer tolerable.
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UPI
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Bitter cold grips eastern half of nation with record lows
Bitter cold and snow shut schools in Texas New York Georgia as temperatures plunged below freezing from Pittsburgh to Louisville and Detroit. At least 23 weather related deaths reported. New Orleans enjoyed 40 degree Mardi Gras despite cold. Interstate travel hampered by drifting snow and 10 inches in Cleveland. Milwaukee Beloit and Superior endured historic subzero lows.
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Congress Shelves Kennedy Medicare Plan
Congress set Kennedy's Medicare proposal aside for months. The plan would raise Social Security and railroad retirement taxes to fund hospitalization and nursing home benefits for 15 million covered workers and 2.5 million elderly not in Social Security, with Treasury funding for the latter. The House Ways and Means Committee may hold hearings next summer, with a showdown vote likely next year.
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Washington
U.S. Treasury
Planes Continue Search for Missing Tanker Queen
Coast Guard aircraft and a cutter scoured the Gulfstream near the Florida Keys and Miami for the 524 foot chemical tanker Marine Sulphur Queen and her 39 crewmen. Debris and life jackets were found but no sign of trouble aboard, as inquiries probed the disappearance 19 days after last contact.
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