Suspect held in three car smashup on First Street
A suspect is held after a three car collision on First Street. The incident is reported in Inside the News with follow ups on page 23.
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Newspaper
Sarasota News
Location
Sarasota, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1956
Page
1
Gov Collins Back Home After Hughes Conference
Tallahassee reports Gov. Collins returning from Los Angeles where he met with Howard Hughes on plans to set up industrial enterprises in Florida. He will fly to Miami at 1 p.m. The party arrived at Tallahassee airport aboard a chartered TWA airliner, with TWA under Hughes control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tallahassee
Collins
Los Angeles
Howard Hughes
Aviation, Oil and Motion Picture
Florida
Miami
Tallahassee Airport
TWA
Hughes
Trial Set for Graham Sanity Hearing in Airliner Mass Death
A jury trial is scheduled to begin in March to determine if John Gilbert Graham was sane when he allegedly dynamited an airliner last November, killing his mother and 43 others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
John Gilbert Graham
Cold Spell Weather Lingers in South Florida
The Associated Press reports the Atlantic storm that pumped arctic air into the tropics for six days is breaking up slowly but forecasters cannot yet see an end to one of the longest cold spells in South Florida history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Tropics
South Florida
Brownell Names 3 Top Lawyers
Attorney General Herbert Brownell has secretly designated three Democratic appointee career lawyers to handle the Dixon-Yates damage suit. Roger Gamer John B Miller and Kendall Barnes are named to lead federal litigation with extensive trial experience. Four of the five judges hearing the $3 534 778 Dixon Yates case are also Democratic appointees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Herbert Brownell
Justice Department
Ience
Roger Gamer
John B. Miller
Kendall Barnes
Court of Claims
Roosevelt
Truman
Dixon-Yates
Uncle Sam
Bartholomew Declines Run for State Representative Seat
Siesta Key Republican leader Bartholomew announces he will not seek re election citing business priorities. The longtime legislator first won in 1952 and helped push road, bridge, and reapportionment efforts in Sarasota County while maintaining strong constituent outreach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry S. Bartholomew
Siesta Key
House of Representatives
Florida
Bartholomew
Navy
Sarasota County
Tallahassee
Conviction Upheld in Communist Party Case
Three U.S. Court of Appeals judges upheld Claude H. Lightfoot's conviction for belonging to the Communist party while knowing it advocates violent overthrow of the U.S. government. The ruling preserves the precedent that association with such a party can be criminalized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caicanvo
U.S. Court of Appeals
Claude H. Lightfoot
Communist Party
U.S
Race Issue Bills Set For Action
In Jackson Mississippi a group of segregation bills awaits action by the Legislature. Proposed measures include a $1000 daily fine on railroads or bus companies for failing to maintain segregated waiting rooms for intra state passengers and a rule to bar outside lawyers from handling segregation cases in state courts.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
No 13 No Bother To Syracuse Youth
Syracuse report notes John M. Dowdy of Mattydale turns 18 on Friday the 13th. He holds locker No 13 at North Syracuse High School and rides the school bus 13 daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UDC
Inez Robb
Syracuse
N. Y
John M. Dowdy
Mattydale
North Syracuse High School
Bridge contracts for Anna Maria Longboat Key due in February
State Road Board member Al Rogero said bids for the Anna Maria Longboat Key bridge will be advertised within weeks and contracts let after the advertising period. He noted plans are being revised on the approaches but the main span work could start to save time amid engineering disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradenton
al Rogero
State Road Board
Anna Maria-Longboat Key Bridge
Rogero
State Road Department
New York
TVA Cuts Power to Plants in Valley
TVA reduced power supplies to a dozen industrial plants in the Tennessee Valley due to severe drought and rising demand. In other wires Paris cabinet crisis deepens as MRP refuses support. Security Council members back Russia’s call for Israel damages over the Syria strike. A Birmingham poultry plant boiler blast kills two and injures ten, with two in critical condition.
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TVA
Knoxville, Tenn
Tennessee Valley Authority
United Nations, N. Y
U. N. Security Council
Russia
Israel
Syria
Birmingham
Wildcat Strike Hits Southeastern Greyhound Drivers
In Jacksonville Florida 214 Southeastern Greyhound bus drivers walked off over paychecks in a wildcat strike unauthorized by local or international headquarters. Local union president D M Sasser said the action affects routes to Chicago and New Orleans and stalled passengers were moved by train or Trailways. Officials could not comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Fla
Southeastern Greyhound
D. M. Sasser
Chicago
New Orleans
Tion
Florida
Trailways Bus
Sasser
Amalgamated Assn
Street, Electric Railway
Final Notice for Chessman on 1954 taxes in IRS action
Cary Chessman, author of Cell 2455, Death Row, received a final notice from the Internal Revenue Service demanding 3433 dollars 62 cents in unpaid 1954 taxes and interest. He is appealing his 1948 kidnapping rape sentence and was advised to avoid further delay costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Quentin
Calif
Cary Chessman
Death Row
Internal Revenue Service
Tourism Tops Smokestack Forest In State Plan
In Tallahassee Florida officials caution against turning the state into a heavy industry hub. Executive Director B R Fuller Jr of the State Development Commission says tourism remains the state’s No 1 industry and must not be sacrificed for industrial expansion. He stresses balancing industry with tourism and agriculture to keep Florida a vacation playground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tallahasee
Florida
Sunshine
State Department
B. R. Fuller
State Development Commission
Fuller
FBI Focuses on Danvers Armored Car Heist Case
FBI widens probe into the 681000 Danvers armored car theft of March 25, 1952. The Brink’s robbery arrests boost effort to connect the Danvers job. George O'Brien of Dorchester and later Quincy faced charges, was tried and found innocent, later died by self-inflicted gunshot.
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Danvers
FBI
George O'Brien
Dorchester
Quincy
Hhem
O’brien
Atty
Paul T. Smith
O'Brien
Franklin Park
Bright Spot at Restaurant Sparks Coat Room Tip Banter
A business man and his friend discuss an oversized tip given to a cloak room attendant after dining. The friend brags about receiving a splendid coat as a result of the gesture, highlighting social currency around courtesy.
Brinks Robbery Suspects Face Indictments in Boston
Suffolk County Grand Jury convened as the FBI announced the 1950 Brinks heist was solved. District Attorney Garrett Byrne moved quickly to obtain indictments before the midnight Monday statute of limitations deadline. James Joseph O Keefe was brought to testify as part of the case against ten suspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
INS
James Joseph
Specs
O'Keefe
Suffolk County
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Massachusetts
Garrett Byrne
Byrne
D.A
Six Brinks Robbers Rounded Up on Statute Changes
Federal and state changes to statutes of limitations sparked a roundup of six alleged Brinks robbers on the eve of the crime's sixth anniversary. Congress extended the federal limit from three to five years and Massachusetts lengthened its statute to ten years.
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Boston
INS
Congress
Massachusetts
Boston Bank Robbery Witness Reveals FBI Suspects
FBI named six of eleven men in the Boston area raid network tied to a historic bank robbery. O Keefe and another jailed. one suspect died last winter. Loot reportedly totaled 1 219 million in cash with remaining assets in checks and securities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph F “Specs
O'Keefe
FBI
Federa
Greater
Boston
O' Keefe
U.S
Fresh frozen orange juice sign idea amid cold alert
A Sarasota weather note predicts continued cold and clear to partly cloudy skies with highs near 69 to 65 and nights near 33 to 38 with northwest winds easing. Floridawide frost and freezing temperatures are expected away from coastal areas as readings show a quiet 24 hour period with no rainfall.
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Chamber of Commerce
Guardsmen Extend Stay at Troubled Nylon Plant
Pensacola national guardsmen likely remain two or three days more at the nylon plant of the Chemstrand Corp as Sheriff R L Kendrick confirms the ongoing security need after the disturbance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pensacola
Chemstrand Corp
R. L. Kendrick
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Inside the News
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Allis Chalmer
Amer Tel & Tel
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Elec
Gen Motors
Liggett —— Myers
Monty Ward
Brownell
By Ruth Montgomery
Gamer
Marvin Jones
U.S. War Food Administration
Franklin D. Roosevelt
President Truman
The
Claims Court
Benjamin H. Littleton
Samuel E. Whitaker
Tennessee
Rep
LeRoy Collins
Laurence Loper
Paver Park Estates Civic Association
Lions den
K. K. McRogan
H. R. Nichol
Louis M. Hewlett
Paul Icard
Larry LaCava
William McGinness
Edward Maas
John Famigliette
Gerald Fisher
A. J. Ruttenber
Anna Maria
By Lee Taylor
MAP
Cabinet
PARIS
MRP
Popular Republican Movement
Wildcat
Chessman
Brinks Case
Brink's
Danvers Square
Edmund Noonan
Minnie Mermaid
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