Death by own action Stretch prompts safety talk
The Port Charlotte area sees a fatal crash on US 41 Easy Street after years of speeding concerns and delayed traffic light installation. Officials split on speed limits. a 16 year old and a 14 year old were involved, with sheriffs patrolling after the accident. The Charlotte News calls the light a political football and urges public action.
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Tampa
St. Petersburg
Port Charlotte
Howard Franklin
State Road Board
US 41
Punta Gorda
Cathleen Anne Caraher
Easy Street
Prudence Smith
U.S. 41
Cathleen
Doa
Charlotte Hospital
Charlotte County
Parnell
The
Charlotte News
Khrushchev Slams Byelorussian Hogs Decline
In Minsk Khrushchev criticizes Byelorussia farmers for 15 percent hog losses citing fodder shortages and poor livestock care. He cites 516000 hogs and 395000 pigs dying, 499000 cattle sold underweight, and urges pensioners to work on clerical farm posts.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
Byelorussia
Minsk
Tass
Pravda
Communist Party
Remodel Repairs Stroud Con at 2337 12th Street
Stroud Construction offers remodeling and repair services at 2337 12th Street with contact numbers 958-1060 and 953-0042 for estimates and project work. Contractors provide home improvement and ремонт services.
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Stroud Construction
12Th St
Oystermen Win 125 More Acres in Charlotte
In Tallahassee the State Board of Conservation leased 125 additional acres of submerged state land in Charlotte County for oyster development. Secretary Tom Adams predicted Charlotte could rival Apalachicola as a major oyster area. Conservation director Randolph Hodges noted several hundred acres have been leased recently, with 25 acre leases going to Margaret Flynn John P Anselmino Roger O Isphording W R Sims Jr and E J Pierce Jr.
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Tallahassee
State Board of Conservation
Charlotte County
Tom Adams
Randolph Hodges
Board of Conservation
Charlotte
Margaret Flynn
John P. Anselmino
Roger O. Isphording
W. R. Sims Jr
E. J. Pierce Jr
Weather Outlook Mild With Light Northerly Winds
Weather Eye forecasts clear to partly cloudy skies and mild temperatures through Wednesday. North to northeast winds under 18 mph. Daytime high around 75 and low near 54 tomorrow morning. Tides listed for Wednesday at 12 41 p m 9 09 p m with highs and lows at 4 36 a m and 2 34 p m.
U S Tests Peacetime Air Thrust
The 6,000 man Strike Force Command begins a major peacetime airlift from the United States to West Germany. A C135 jet transfer with 78 members of the 4th Infantry sails non stop from McChord AFB to Rhine Main outside Frankfurt. The operation, named Long Thrust I, aims to showcase rapid troop deployment to Europe amid Berlin crisis tensions.
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Frankfurt
Germany
West Germany
United States
McChord Air Force Base
Washington
4Th Infantry
Maj
Down
Rhine-Main Air Base
Strike Force Command
Army-Air Force
U.S
Europe
Berlin
Charles D. Palmer
NATO
Bavaria
Mannheim
U.S. Army
Hohenfels
4Th Allied Tactical Air Force
Edie Adams Commercials Pause After Kovacs Tragedy
A Consolidated Cigar Corp spokesman said Edie Adams singing commercials will be withheld from television for about two weeks out of respect for her late husband Ernie Kovacs. The sponsor noted the ads did not reference Kovacs and referenced she is a talented performer in her own right. Withdrawal began Saturday with substitutions planned for shows already produced in New York.
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New York
Edie Adams
Ernie Kovacs
Consolidated Cigar Corp
Edie
Kovac
Kovacs
Hollywood
Miss Adams
Ernie
Groundhog Day Dispute Roils Quarryville and Punxsutawney
Defenders of the groundhog push back against charges that the animal is a lazy hibernator and not a weather prophet. Groundhog clubs in Quarryville and Punxsutawney denounce National Geographic Society claims, citing studies and experts.
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Quarryville, Pa
Pennsylvania
Punxsutawney
National Geographic Society
The
Geographic Society
Sam Light
Punxsutawney Groundhog Club
Light
National Geographic
Herr
David E. Davis
Pennsylvania State University
U.S. Atty
Robert F. Kennedy
Fingerprint Rule Gets County Nod
Sarasota County Commissioners approved a fingerprinting rule for all county employees under their jurisdiction. The measure, moved by Commissioner Fred Haigh, requires FBI fingerprint checks for current and future staff, including the commissioners themselves. The vote was unanimous with one abstention. The resolution will be sent to the FBI to obtain the necessary forms.
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Sarasota County
Fred Haigh
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Washington
Haigh
FBI
James Spanos
Spanos
Con Kills Rapes Steals In 90 Minute Freedom
Charles F. Fields escaped a 15 year model prisoner record for life with a 90 minute crime spree in Tucker Arkansas. He killed farmer C A Mencer during a stop to aid him, raped a farmer’s wife, and stole two pickups and a car before being recaptured by prison officials.
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Con
Tucker, Ark
Charles F. Fields
Fields
Lee Hensley
Harold Norton
C. A. Mencer
Halley, Ark
Yellville
Ark
Jim Bruton
92 Year Old Man Becomes Father Again for Third Time
In Knoxville Tennessee a 92 year old man Jesse Messer and his 27 year old wife welcomed their third child, Randall Anthony, weighing 6 pounds 3 ounces. The father, ill with flu, delayed hospital arrival and notes this is his first doctor in seven years. The couple has two other children Patricia eight and Bobbie Lynn five, and has been married twelve years.
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Knoxville
Tenn
UPI
Jesse Messer
Randall Anthony
Sect Predicts World Havoc Due Feb 4
Cleator Arizona witnesses a claim by Understanding Inc that a planetary conjunction on February 4 will trigger a world catastrophe. The group leases a Bradshaw Mountain camp and says Cleator is among 12 locations spared from havoc. An astrologer and Henry Gidas of Lowell Observatory offer cautious notes.
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Cleator, Ariz
Understanding Inc
Bradshaw Mountain
Phoenix
Cleator
Tahahlita Mantzuamni
Henry Gidas
Lowell Observatory
Earth
Pay Row Sails Away As Captain Alleges Payroll Plunge
Fort Lauderdale reports the crew of the oil tanker David D. Ervin missed pay Monday after relief captain David P. Scalera claimed he threw the payroll overboard. Scalera, later tracked to Broward General Hospital, vanished after riding a taxi toward Miami. Police seek his whereabouts.
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Fort Lauderdale
UPI
David D. Ervin
Arlo King
Port Everglades
Pure Oil Co
Beaumont
Texas
Marine Department
David P. Scalera
Scalera
Broward General Hospital
Florida East Coast Railroad
Miami
Indonesian Officials Claim Dutch Attack on Indonesian Vessels
Maj Gen Achmad Jani accused Dutch warplanes and ships of unprovoked aggression in Indonesian waters near the Aru Islands amid a West New Guinea dispute. President Sukarno convened an emergency session with advisers as reports said two Indonesian vessels were destroyed, though Dutch accounts said Indonesian fire preceded the clash.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
UPI
West New Guinea
West Irian
Sukarno
Holland
Achmad Jani
Aru Islands
Jani
Mollandia
New Guinea
Hollandia
Missionaries Killed by Congolese Soldiers in Kongolo
Eighteen Roman Catholic missionaries were killed by Congolese soldiers at Kongolo in north Katanga on January 1. Survivors reported the massacre to Bishop at Bukavu. one missionary missing. UN reports 18 Gizenga soldiers captured as part of broader clashes and prisoner exchanges in Elisabethville and Stanleyville signaling growing UN Katanga cooperation.
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Leopoldville, the Congo
Kongolo
Katanga
Associated Press
Bukavu
Kivu
Congo
United Nations
Stanleyville
Gizenga
Elisabethville
U.N
Tshombe
Kennedy News Conferences Lose Intimacy of Past
Washington AP notes Kennedy's first year in office shows little change in how he handles hard questions and cold facts. Modern press conferences in the State Department auditorium replace Roosevelt era desk sessions, erasing the informal, intimate tone reporters once enjoyed.
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Washington
Kennedy
Llewellyn Thompson
U.S
Soviet Union
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
State Department
The Plaza Restaurant in Sarasota Nears Two-Year Run
The Plaza Restaurant in Sarasota marks its second anniversary amid steady patronage and ongoing community events. Owner remarks on menu simplifications and local sourcing as key to continued service.
Debt Boost To Set Off Big Inquiry
Senator Byrd announced a Senate Finance Committee inquiry into federal spending and taxation as President Kennedy requests a 10 billion dollar debt limit rise. Treasury Secretary Dillon urged a temporary increase to 300 billion with 2 billion needed by March 1 and 8 billion for the next fiscal year to cover bills and peak debt projections. Byrd stressed transparency on the nation’s finances and warned against further debt without a full accounting.
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Washington
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Kennedy
Byrd
Virginia
Senate Finance Committee
Secretary of the Treasury
Douglas Dillon
Rep
Wilbur Mills
D-Ark
House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
Rok
Dillon
Congress
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