04 Jan 1962
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Newspaper
Sarasota News
Location
Sarasota, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1962
Page
1
ANTHONY PEARCE reports from BUDAPEST that Hungary's Communist regime is lampooned by a 44 hour live television revue viewed by about two million. Skits mock shoddy building, state propaganda, and radio jamming with sharp wit as leaders grin in the front row. The satire extends to Life and Literature mocking socialist zeal.
A warming trend reduces frost in Sarasota and Manatee counties after a heavy frost, with lows near 28 in Oneco and 35 in Fruitville. Citrus, especially Temple oranges, may benefit, while tomato plantings in Manatee report no damage. Highs reach 69 today and 72 Friday as a stationary high moves away.
Modest James Todd, 55, an antique dealer, ran into the street with trousers afire after burning oil thawing a frozen pipe splashed him. Rescuers tried to pull off the pants as a policeman finally overpowered him and removed the flames. Todd escaped with a mild scorching.
In Rome the Italian Parliament extended Giuseppe Verdi copyrights for another year, delighting about a hundred aged musicians at Milan’s Verdi Rest Home. The move preserves 4 percent royalties from operas for ongoing support, with final official publication pending after holidays. Verdi’s works will enter the public domain after the extension ends.
Advertisement for Sarasota Federal promoting FHA home loans with as little as 3 percent down and low monthly payments. Mentions low interest rate and provides a contact number 955-1161.
In Chicago the Merchants and Manufacturers Club, owned by the Kennedy family, ends a partisan uproar by swapping seven unidentified Democrat portraits for Republicans in the American Eagle Room. Club manager Frank Klein calls it a decorator's error as Republicans restore balance.
President Moise Tshombe denounced U.N. intervention as odious aggression in a speech to Elisabethville's Provincial Assembly. He criticized two of eight pact points on ending Katanga's secession and called for a cease-fire to halt killings. The assembly referred the matter to a special commission amid low attendance.
FBI agents in Santa Ana arrested Dennis Hatrick and Albert Dyer on federal extortion charges for allegedly attempting to extort $25,000 to secure the release of two American students held in East Germany. The case involves Edgar Pankey of Tustin, his son Victor, and nephew Gilbert Ferrey, with the youths previously jailed in Germany.
Moscow officials exposed a propaganda error when a Soviet photo claimed to show Nazi soldiers burning a Russian village under Heusinger’s orders was actually a Japanese soldiers burning a Chinese village in 1932. The mix up drew denials from Foreign Ministry and highlighted a major propaganda slip in the West German war crimes case.
New York newspapers spurned a full page ad claiming Broadway critics praised Subways Are for Sleeping when the quotes were from New Yorkers with the critics’ names. The real reviews were mostly unfavorable and one morning paper dropped the ad after it promised the real critics. Harvey Sabinson denounced the quotes as dirty pool.
Autopsy confirms Doris Bowman was bludgeoned and dumped in a tub after being found dead in her Pacific Palisades home. The 32 year old mother of three was killed at the $100,000 residence as detectives explore burglary and drug related intrusion theories. Her husband Frank Bowman, a 39 year old medical director, was summoned home from work as the investigation began.
In Lowestoft England tourists and especially women in bikinis are banned from the fish market next summer after complaints that bikini clad sightseers distract workers. The ban is by the British Transport Commission with town council and fish workers opposing the decision.
Pensacola area residents place about 1000 Christmas trees on the beach to trap wind and stabilize sand dunes, aiding erosion control. Trees are positioned standing and overlapped to form a windbreak and sand barrier.
At the annual Congress meeting in Patna Neelam Sanjiva Reddy pledged India will end foreign occupation quickly. He backed the government against China and Pakistan asserting control of 12000 square miles in the Himalayan highlands and 420000 square miles in Kashmir, while China and Pakistan deny the claims.
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