Winter Cold Wave Sweeps Southward Across Florida
Bitter air and heavy snow engulf broad regions as the cold wave pushes into Florida. Record lows pounded the Midwest and Great Lakes while Buffalo and the Northeast saw near blizzards and Lake Ontario snow cliffs. Temperatures slid to near freezing in north Florida with a forecast of 22 to 30 degrees tonight.
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Sarasota
Buffalo
N.Y
Lake Erie
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
Mississippi Valley
Lake Ontario
Nework
Albany
New England
South Atlantic
Middle Gulf
New Unionized Ringling Circus Signs New Contract
New contract between Ring ling Bros and Barnum Bailey Circus and the American Guild of Variety Artists ends a long dispute. The deal clears the way for the circus Big Top or arena tours, starting April 3 at Madison Square Garden. AGWA picketed last season. Art Concello says non AGWA staff already under contract and the circus is now 100 percent union.
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New York
Ringling Bros
Barnum & Bailey Circus
American Guild of Variety Artists
Madison Square Garden
Art Concello
Circus
AGWA
Senators Demand Probes Over Rising Canadian Newsprint Prices
Senator Karl Mundt and Representative Emanuel Celler urge separate investigations into spiraling prices publishers face for Canadian newsprint. Celler cites potential monopoly and collusion in the Canadian industry while Mundt seeks a Senate inquiry citing price increases exceeding 300 percent since 1933 harming small and weekly American papers.
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Washington
INS
Karl Mundt
R-Sd
Emanuel Celler
D-Ny
Mundt
Senate
Weekly Press of America
Cabbies Protest Tax Increase In Tokyo
About 60 taxi drivers gathered outside Prime Minister Tanzan Ishibashi's residence in Tokyo to protest a proposed gasoline tax hike. They sounded their horns in unison, blocking traffic until police forcibly moved the cabs.
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Tokyo
Tanzan Ishibashi
Maxim Says Cold Beats Years Heat Weather Summary
Sarasota forecast notes cloudy and colder conditions with a high of 50 to 60. Freeze warnings cover north and central Florida with subfreezing readings in the north and 33 to 40 inland. Marine east gulf: winds easing to moderate northerly by Saturday with readings at 39 degrees and a 30.22 barometer.
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Sarasota
Florida
Central
Interior
Keys
East Gulf
Town demands 50 man police force after break in
In the Our Town column a Sarasota reader blasts city leaders over a $24 000 burglary at Webb s and argues the city needs a 50 man police force not a parade of ribbon cuttings. The letter criticizes the current thirty four officers including clerks and jailer and warns of open city doors to thieves during the winter season. It urges decisive action from the City Commission and local taxpayers.
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Webb’s
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Jones Or Smith Company
Sarasota County
Sarasota
Chicago
New York
Webb
Cline Paties
New Bills Seek Four Per Cent State Sales Tax Increase
Florida legislators consider raising the state sales tax from three to four percent. The extra one percent would stay in the collecting county, with about 90 percent earmarked for county schools and 10 percent for the county general fund. Officials say the plan aims for a statewide tax hike, not a local bill.
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Tallahassee
Charles R. Foreman
Hollywood
Florida Citizens Tax Council
Attorney General’s Office
Broward County
Borough
Foreman
Ervin
Capital Readies Snow Crews for Inauguration Day
Washington DC plans 160 snow plows for President Eisenhower's second inaugural day, ready to clear potential snow when needed.
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Washington
District of Columbia
Eisenhower
Soviet Report of Atomic Weapons in Hungary During Revolt
Reliable informants claim two atomic weapons were moved by Soviet planes to an airfield near Szent Balaton during the Budapest upheaval. Eyewitnesses describe coffin sized boxes escorted by MiG fighters, with security forces guarding the field. Western observers suggest Western intervention fears and strategic aims in western Hungary.
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Vienna
INS
Reliabel
Soviet Union
Hungary
Szent
Lake
Balaton
Budapest
U.S. Mediterranean
Rayburn Support Clears Path For Ike Middle East Plan
Washington D C February 4 House momentum favors rapid approval of President Eisenhowers Middle East doctrine Speaker Sam Rayburn expressed strong backing for granting authority to use force if needed and for spending up to 200 million to bolster economies in the region The plan faces possible minor revisions but administration aligned committee leadership aims for quick floor action with executive sessions to approve the resolution and set its terms Dulles indicated no objection to precise spending limits and conditions
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Washington
Ins
Sam Rayburn
House
Eisenhower
Middle East
Rayburn
Mideast
Thomas 8. Gordon
D-Ill
Gordon
Congress
John Foster Dulles
UN Poses Mandate For Dag Hammarskjold To Enforce Israeli Drawdown
The General Assembly backed a resolution mandating Dag Hammarskjold to oversee Israel’s troop withdrawal from Egypt with a five day deadline. The plan envisions U N Emergency Force units filling the gap as Israel offers continued access to Gaza and the Aqaba Gulf. Lodge backed the resolution and accused the Eisenhower doctrine of masking imperial aims in the region.
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N.y.pa
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Israel
Egypt
General Assembly
Russia
United States
Assembly
Hammarskjold
Lodge
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Gaza
Aqaba Gulf
Jaybees Name Pageant Court Members for Coronation Ball
Five Sarasota High School candidates named to the Jaybee Sara de Sota Pageant Court. Libby Moore Brenda Egan Wally Sue Dressing Barbara Collins Jill McDonald. Queen selection by student vote at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. Ball features Commodores Orchestra from Florida State University. Car wash planned to fund Jaybee activities ahead of the pageant February 24 to March 2.
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Sarasota High School
Jaybee
Sara de Sota
Municipal Auditorium
Libby Moore
Brenda Egan
Wally Sue Dressing
Barbara Collins
Jill McDonald
Bill Saba
Orange Blossom Hotel
Palmer First National Bank and Trust Co
Commodores Orchestra
Florida State University
Jaybees
Jaybee-Ette
Sara de Sora
Jet Planes Set For World-Span Flight End At March AFB
March Air Force Base in Riverside California prepared for a claimed globe spanning jet flight ending today with three B52 intercontinental aircraft. Officials at Castle AFB Merced California offered few details citing weather delays and said activities would center at March AFB.
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March Air Force Base
Calif
California
Air Force
March Afb
Riverside
Castle Afb
Merced
James J. Brady
Castle Information Officer
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