Blizzard Stalks Plains As Three Planes Vanish
A severe blizzard sweeps the central U S with heavy snow and high winds. Up to six inches fall in South Dakota and Nebraska as search crews seek three missing planes carrying six people across the West from California to Wyoming and Nevada.
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Central Plains
South Dakota
Nebraska
Seattle
Sierra Nevada
Oroville
Calif
Reno
Nev
California
Rock Springs
Wyo
Elko
Denver
Chadron
Neb
Torrington
New Mexico
Arizona
Hillsborough Studies School Fingerprinting Program
Hillsborough and Dade counties discuss teacher fingerprinting as a possible extra check on job applicants. In Hillsborough 5,910 staff were fingerprinted with seven having disqualifying records and 13 under surveillance. statewide officials note the system’s value while cautioning about implementation.
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Sarasota County
Hillsborough County
Hillsborough
Dade
Florida
Carl C. Strode
State Department of Education
Strode
Borgnine and Katy Wed in Cuernavaca Mexico
Actor Ernest Borgnine and Mexican star Katy Jurado marry in Cuernavaca with a poolside ceremony. A religious service and a civil ceremony in California will follow. Both brides and grooms were making their second marriages.
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Borgnine
Katy
Mexico
Cuernavaca
UPI
Ernest Borgnine
Katy Jurado
Jurados
California
Reward Offered in Killings Near Macclenny
A $2,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the Cliff Walker family murders was offered by the Palmer Ranch. Sheriff Ed Yarborough and officials plan to verify information from state mental institutions and determine eligible recipients for the reward before it expires January 1, 1962.
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Cliff Walker
Palmer Ranch
Baker County
Ed Yarborough
Macclenny
Ross Boyer
Honore Palmer
Grace Brown Palmer
Boyer
Atty
W. Mack Smiley
C. L. McKaig
Palmers
Eannes 8 Commission
VFW Leader Warns Europe Fears U S Softening on Reds
Robert E. Hansen of the VFW, returning from a Crusade for Freedom tour with 60 Americans, reports European concerns that the United States may ease its hard line against communism after Khrushchev's U S visit. He describes tight border barriers in Czechoslovakia and notes Radio Free Europe operations and SHAPE briefings as evidence of a hard overseas stance. He and Floridians Hayden Burns and William Nelson joined the trip.
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United States
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Sarasota
Robert E. Hansen
Veterans’ Group
Crusade For Freedom
Radio Free Europe
Munich
Paris
Lisbon
SHAPE
Laurig Norstad
Hansen
VFW
Jashconville
Hayden Burns
William Nelson
Melbourne
Key Club International
Czech
Tilischanz
Weather: Cloudy and Warm Prognosis on Page Two
Weather forecast notes cloudiness and warmth with a tease for full details on page two. The piece mentions a hopeful omen from a New Year greeting and hints at more data including a tide table on page eight.
Car Overturns After Festivity
Earl Neil Palmer an 18 year old Marine on holiday furlough from Venice died at 12 45 a.m. when his speeding 1957 Cadillac left State Road 780 near Longboat Key and rolled over. Police say it may be the state's first traffic death of the new year. He was pinned beneath the car and died at Manatee Veterans Memorial Hospital. He is survived by his parents and younger siblings.
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Earl Neil Palmer
Venice
Longboat Key
Nokomis Ave
Manatee
Snooks Adams
Ead
Sarasota
Don O'Neill
Beach
Manatee Veterans ‘Memorial Hospital
Bradenton
Venice Elementary School
Retired Maas Official John W. Schaub Sr. Funeral Set
Funeral services for John William Schaub 76 retired vice president of Maas Brothers Inc a Tampa civic leader will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. at Curry Funeral Home Chapel Tampa Burial will be at Myrtle Hill Memorial Park He died yesterday morning in a Tampa hospital He had been with Maas Brothers over 20 years before retiring He came to Tampa from Indianapolis 27 years ago He served as YMCA director member of the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce and the Tampa Rotary Club He was a member of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church He is survived by his wife Emma E Schaub three sons John Jr manager of the Maas Brothers store in Sarasota William of Tampa and Thomas of New York and six grandchildren
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John William Schaub
Maas Brothers Inc
Tampa
John W Schaub Jr
Sarasota
Curry Funeral Home
Myrtle Hill Memorial Park
Schaub
Maas Brothers
Indianapolis
YMCA
Greater
Life at Sarasota Park Highlights Pensioner Struggles
The Sarasota Mobile Home Park residents live on small Social Security checks with monthly rents and rising costs. A 74 year old widow says less than 100 dollars a month covers essentials, surgery bills, and food while utilities and medical needs strain finances. They rely on the city facility to survive and skip doctors due to cost.
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Lucien Fluty
Sarasota
Social Security Widows Struggle With Tight Budgets
A silver haired couple on Social Security describe buying small food cans at higher per unit cost, limiting outside entertainment, and using a car sparingly due to gas prices. They say budgeting is nearly impossible when funds are so scarce and unexpected costs loom as daily fears.
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C. S. Palmer
Sarasota High School
Anna Maria
James Kimball
Heiser Court
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U.S. 301
Robert C. Harvey
Trail
Harriet Stringfellow
William McKelvey
Memorial Hospital
Barbara Clark
Sarasota High School Dramatic Club
Thornton Wilder
Alex Kurjack
Kathy Wallace
Davis Womacka
Martha Thomas
Tina Cristiani
Sarasota Junior High School
Maas
John W. Schaub Sr
Kensington Park
Florida Builders’ Award
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