Sarasota hosts first licensed AKC dog show worth over $100000
Sarasota hosts the first licensed AKC dog show with prizes exceeding $100,000. Winners appear in adult live stock show classes at the County Fair on page 11. Also noted are airport project plans, Red Cross fund drive chairmen, Cub Scouts Camp Flying Eagle, and opening day trap shoot results in sports pages 14 and 15. Betty Vance Kitchen Talk and Christian Women's Fellowship silver tea featured on women's pages 5 and 6.
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Sarasota
Betty Vance
Christian Women’s Fellowship
Notable Local Events Tonight and Tomorrow
A schedule of events includes income tax filing prep for qualified employees at Sarasota High School at 7 p.m. Tonight. A 1 p.m. church music festival at First Baptist Church. Boy Scout Court of Honor at 7:30 p.m. in Sarasota County Court House. County Cancer Assn election of officers at Sarasota Memorial Hospital conference room. PTA meeting at Southside School lunch room at 8 p.m. Tomorrow rec club elections at the club from 2 to 5 p.m. The Ringling Miro nettes perform at the Asolo Theater Ringling Museum at 3:15 p.m.
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Sarasota High School
First Baptist Church
Main and
Adeta
Boy Scout Court of Honor
Sarasota
County Cancer Assn
Sarasota Memorial Hospital
Municipal Auditorium
Recreation Club of
Chub
Ringland
Asolo
Ringling Museum
Oil Tanker Salem Maritime Search Under Way In Lake Charles
In Lake Charles Louisiana firefighters and refinery workers prepare to search the smoldering tanker Salem Maritime for bodies of missing seamen after an explosion. A Cities Service Oil Co spokesman said on deck searches would start when flames ease. Dr J W Crookshank reported crews recovered three nearly complete bodies and fragments to total about 24, with 19 more unaccounted for.
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Lake Charles
Salem Maritime
Cities Service Oil Co
J. W. Crookshank
Cities Service
Calcasieu River
Eisenhower Considers 1956 Run Though Mind Not Made Up
President Eisenhower said he has no objection to his name entering the New Hampshire and Illinois primaries but has not yet decided on a second term. He spoke at a Washington news conference and will announce his decision as soon as it is firmly fixed in his mind. He noted his concern to act for the country’s good.
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Sarasota
J. C. Hester
Bradenton
38Th Street
Whitaker Bayou
Jack Lever
Hester
Cement
Washington
Eisenhower
New Hampshire
Illinois
Daytona Beach Official Is Called In Tax Trial
Daytona Beach city attorney W. W. Judge testified he was called as a rebuttal witness in the income tax case of ex sheriff Alex D. Littlefield. The government alleges Littlefield evaded taxes tied to Club 400 gambling operations in 1947-48 and to political expenditures or personal gain.
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Daytona Beach
Volusia County
Jacksonville
W. W
Billy
Alex D. Littlefield
District Attorney’s
Arthur Reynolds Robinson
Littlefield
Robinson
Federal Court
McClellan seeks end to Communist tainted schools funding
Sen McClellan announced a bill to block Communist owned private schools from receiving GI Bill funds and tuition payments through federal agencies. Three witnesses invoked the Fifth Amendment refusing to confirm past Communist ties, while stating they are not Communists now. The hearings, before the Senate Investigations Subcommittee, continue next week.
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McClellan
Senate Investigations
Veterans Administration
Reds
M. Michael Freedland
Radio Television Technical School
Allentown
Burne Hogarth
Silas Rhodes
Cartoonists and Ministrators School, Inc
New York City
FBI Director Hoover fires back at Negro leader over racial probe charge
In a letter to Dr. T. R. M. Howard of Mississippi, J Edgar Hoover disputed Howard’s claim that the FBI fails to solve crimes involving Negroes. Hoover demanded evidence or a retraction and said he would not tolerate baseless charges against the bureau. Howard, president of the Mississippi Regional Council of Negro Leadership, said he would respond after reviewing the letter.
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Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
T. R. M. Howard
Mound Bayou
Miss
Howard
Los Angeles
Memphis
Mississippi Regional Council of Negro Leadership
National Medical Assa
Mississippi
NMA
Chicago American
Sarasota students back new police station and jail plan
Sarasota High School seniors align with police and city planning board that a new police station and jail are badly needed. The youth echo official concerns on public safety and local governance.
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Sarasota High School
City Planning Board
Escaped prisoners surrounded near Indianapolis cornfield
Two inmates who fled Fort Benjamin Harrison captured a guard as hostage and were reported surrounded by police at noon in a northeast Indianapolis cornfield. A brief item notes the incident among late bulletins.
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Indianapolis
INS
Fort Benjamin Harrison Army Base
Defense asks Congress for 2 billion dollar worldwide military building program
The Defense Department requests a 2,012,283,000 budget for 1957 to fund construction at 292 U S installations and abroad. The Air Force gets the largest share, with 1,137,585,000, while California receives 169,687,000 and Florida 72,669,000 for domestic projects. Alaska leads overseas with 44 million plus. the plan includes sale of 150 million in surplus farm products to aid housing overseas.
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Washington
Defense Department
Congress
Air Force
West Virginia
Alaska
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Canal Zone
Pacific Islands
United States
Navy
Army
Florida Military Building Program details to Congress
Washington reports the Florida military construction plan submitted to Congress listing Navy air stations and Air Force bases with project costs. Key sites include Cecil Field Jacksonville Key West Pensacola Eglin Homestead MacDill Patrick Pinecastle Tyndall and more with multi‑million dollar figures.
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Washington
Florida
Congress
Navy Air Stations
Cecil Field
Jacksonville
Key West
Mine Defense Laboratory
Panama City
Air Station Pensacola
Auxiliary Air Station
Sanford
Auxiliary Air Field
Whiting Field
Industrial Reserve Shipyard
Tampe
Naval Station
Air Force
Buckingham Weapons Center
Fort Myers
Eglin Afb
Valparaiso
Homestead Afb
MacDill Afb
Tampa
Palm Beach Afb
Patrick Afb
Cocoa
Pinecastle Afb
Orlando
Tyndall Afb
Eisenhower Deflects Ridgway Criticism On Defense Policy
President Eisenhower told reporters that any misstatements in his 1954 State of the Union should be addressed to Secretary Wilson and Admiral Radford, not to him. He spoke after Gen Ridgway accused the Army chief of staff of resisting proposed defense cuts despite joint chiefs’ unanimous approval.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Matthew B. Ridgway
Wilson
Arthur Radford
Ridgway
Army
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Bright Spot Tree Nut Production Timeline
A note explains that it generally takes about five years for a tree to begin producing nuts, with only the family tree exception noted as a contrast.
Atomic Flight Hints From Navy Sea Master Seaplane
Washington channel reports that the Navy may develop atomic flight capabilities with the Sea Master seaplane. The experimental craft is currently jet powered, with one test model crashing near Chesapeake Bay and a second airframe under construction.
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Washington
Channel 8
Thomas
Navy
Ae Peake Bay
Potomac River
County fair closes with awards and honored guests
Sarasota County Fair nears week’s end with Commissioner's Day. State, county, and city officials toured midway and reviewed blue ribbon livestock winners as crowds filled grounds at Tuttle Avenue and Ringling Boulevard. Judge Dr. W. G. Kirk supervised cattle judging. breed champions included Bandolier and Sundial lines, with Santa Gertrudis and Brahman categories also awarded.
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Sarasota County Fair
Fairland
Sarasota County
Tuttle Avenue
Ringling Boulevard
Shepard Lumber Co
W. G
Rioting in Bombay Surges As Toll Reaches Thirty Seven
Rioters clash across a 15 square mile area in Bombay in a four day outburst leaving 37 dead in Bombay state. Police plan a peace brigade as civilians organize to back authorities amid calls for an independent Marathi state with Bombay as capital.
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Bombay
India
Home Ministry
New Delhi
Bombay City
Forget January and Look to February Forecast Warnings
A Sarasota forecast notes cloudiness and a chance of rain with highs near mid seventies and chilly nights 34 to 42. Florida and East Gulf regions show cooler temperatures with clear to partly cloudy skies and winds shifting from south to northwest. Weather readings record 68 degrees at 9:30 am, with no rainfall in the last 24 hours.
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Sarasota
Florida
East Gulf
Tampa Bay
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