Snowstorm Hits Dixie Prompting Wide School and Highway Closures
A Yankee style snow storm swept through Dixie closing schools and highways from Texas to Virginia. Power lines fell under ice beyond repair, and at least three were dead with three others missing in a private plane. The storm moved east from New Mexico, blanketing Tennessee and Kentucky, closing bridges and shutting traffic.
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Dixie
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Virginia
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Texas Panhandle
Arkansas
Mississippi River
Tennessee
Kentucky
Mississippi
Alabama
West Virginia
North Carolina
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Bristol
Tennessee-Virginia
Great Lakes
Plains
Rockies
Memphis - Arkansas
Memphis
West Memphis
National Airlines Plane Crashes Near Bolivia North Carolina
A National Airlines flight with 34 people aboard from New York to Miami crashed into a swamp near Bolivia North Carolina. State patrol reports no survivors and several bodies were found at the crash site.
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Bolivia
N. C
A.m
New York Metropolitan Area
Dale Southard
Miami
R. L. Hentzell
R. R. Halleckson
Valery Stewart
Levittown
N.Y
Marilu O'Dell
South Orange
N.J
Edwards
Wilmington
Richard Randolph
Dad Takes Over Miss Florida Pageant Amid Denied Rift
Nancy Purvis faces management transfer to her father Tom Purvis of Bradenton as officials deny a rift with the Miss Florida Pageant Committee. Ted Swarm and Ted Newhall of the Chamber of Commerce defend cooperation and promotion while disputes over appearances persist. Difficulties cited include the December Quadricentennial opening and a high pay demand for a one day appearance.
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Nancy Purvis
Tom Purvis
Bradenton
Purvis
Okeechobee
Ted Swalm
Chamber of Commerce
Swarm
Nancy
Florida
Sarasota - Bradenton
Ted Newhall
New York
Sarasota-Bradenton
Weather and tides note for Dixie region
Partly cloudy and mild conditions predict pleasant weather with noon temperature around 75. Minnie Mermaid comments on widespread snow in Dixie and contrasts with local warmth. Tide table reference appears on page 2 or il.
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Minnie Mermaid
Dixie
Ink An Insult To Flag Defacement Question Sparks Legion Action
American Legion No Vel Post No 159 seeks to withdraw a four cent U S flag stamp after a Christmas card cancellation smeared the flag. The group plans to take the issue to the District 8 Miami conference in April and possibly to the national convention in October.
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Venice
United States
American Legion No
Miami
Legion
Miami Beach
Two Florida Gubernatorial Hopefuls Plan Bids in Sarasota
Two front runners for Florida governor in 1961, State Sen. Doyle Carlton Jr. and Jacksonville Mayor Hayden Burns, move toward campaigns with Carlton announcing Sunday and Burns reportedly planning a Saturday declaration. Carlton backs tax reform for schools and reapportionment, while Burns promotes a five year East Coast rebuilding program and emphasizes his public service career.
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Florida
Sarasota
Doyle E. Carlton Jr
Wauchula
Plant City
Burns
Hayden Burns
Jacksonville
Carlton
County Commissioners Create Unified Public Works Department
Five county commissioners form a committee of the whole to oversee a new Sarasota County Public Works Department. They assign roads, utilities, planning, building maintenance, and sanitation to individual commissioners while a full-time director may be hired later. The move streamlines coordination amid rapid county growth and growing workload.
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Sarasota County
Department of Public Works
John Grout
Public Works Department
Moseley Collins
Rockefeller proposes sweeping local tax plan for schools
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller urges the 1960 Legislature to raise an extra 100 million dollars for schools through a broad local tax plan. He pledges a pay-as-you-go state budget and outlines reforms including tax credits, unemployment benefits increase, job training, juvenile delinquency programs, highway safety, and a higher minimum wage. Local school costs are deemed unsustainable by property taxation.
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Albany
N.Y
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Saéaiop
Car Group Chooses Harrison As New Sarasota Dealers President
Harrison James L. Harrison of Harrison Motors was elected president of the Sarasota County Automobile Dealers Assn for 1960 at a Field Club luncheon. New officers include Ben Hopkins Jr as vice president and A O Anderson as secretary-treasurer. Anderson led the group in 1959. Harrison voiced plans for a spring show delayed by the steel strike and pledged continued civic support in 1960.
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James L. Harrison
Harrison Motors
Sarasota County
Harrison
Bank Call Issued By Comptroller For Banks’ Condition
The Comptroller of the Currency issued a call for a statement of the condition of all national banks at the close of business Thursday December 31. The request requires banks to report assets liabilities and other financial data as of year end to the agency.
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Washington
Comptroller of the Currency
Admiral Walter Schindler to speak at Sarasota luncheon
Admiral Walter G. Schindler, retired Navy officer and creator of the Lubbock Plan, will address a luncheon in Sarasota hosted by the Navy League of Sarasota County and The Sarasota News. The event at the Sarasota Yacht Club is open to members and the public with tickets available next week.
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Walter G. Schindler
Navy
Sarasota
Navy League
Sarasota County
South Gate
Schindler
Lubbock
Badgers
NEWS
Venice
Richard Peek
Kent
McKinley
Navy League Council
Admiral Schindler
New Orleans
Miss America's Mom Dies Unexpectedly in Natchez
Mrs. Herbert Mead, mother of Miss America 1960 Lynda Lee Mead, died suddenly at age 46 at her Natchez home. Funeral home cited a 1:30 a.m. death. cause not yet determined. Survived by husband Herbert and son Herbert Jr., 23. Mead runs an auto dealership in Natchez.
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Miss
UPI
Herbert Mead
Lynda Lee Mead
Lynda Lee
Chicago
Mead
Maddalyn Hagen
New Orleans
Herbert
Herbert Jr
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