County eyes sale of more county land parcels
County Commissioners approve the sale of additional county owned land parcels as reported in Inside TRE NEWS. The brief item notes the action was approved and referenced for page 9.
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Newspaper
Sarasota News
Location
Sarasota, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1956
Page
1
Notable Meetings Tonight Across Sarasota County
Today features events at 7:30 p.m. Osprey Lions meet at the club house on South Trail. At 8 p.m. Toastmasters convene in the Circuit Judges Room East Wing Courthouse, and the Sarasota County Children's Committee gathers in Judge Justice's Chambers Courthouse. The Sarasota Chamber of Commerce holds a 12:15 p.m. session at the Plaza Restaurant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toastmasters Club
Circuit Judges Room
Sarasota County
Children's Committee
Judge Justice's Chambers
Sarasota
Florida traffic death toll reaches 60 for new year
The Associated Press reports 16 weekend highway deaths push Florida's annual traffic toll to 60, two fewer than the 62 recorded in early 1955. A Fort Lauderdale crash killed six. two Miami families perished in a wreck with a stalled lumber truck, one of the worst Florida history incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Fort Lauderdale
Miami
Liberty County
Congress Warns Dissent Threatens Nation Over New States
New Delhi moves blame on internal rifts as violence rocks Bombay amid protests against the loss of the city as capital of a Marathi state. The Congress central leadership vows stability despite unrest. Authorities report 71 dead officially with hundreds wounded. informants claim higher toll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Delhi
India
Nehru
Congress Party
Bombay
Maratha
Sudan Asks Arms From Soviet Bloc and West
Foreign Minister Mubarak Zarrog announced Sudan has sent arms shopping missions to Britain France India Pakistan and Czechoslovakia while showing no objection to buying from Communist Czechoslovakia. He noted Sudan’s defense forces total 12 000 men, doubling in two years since independence on January 1 after 57 years under British Egyptian rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Egypt
Sudan
Mubarak Zarrog
Britain
France
India
Pakistan
Czechoslovakia
Zarrog
Liberty or Death Quotation Attributed to Patrick Henry
A naval inspection note records a call to liberty from the ranks and identifies Patrick Henry as the author of the line Give me liberty or give me death. The exchange appears under the heading Bright Spot 0.0.D. and references the Liberty Party before departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty Party
Patrick Henry
Army Moves Toward Strategic Air Attacks
Washington reports the Army may push into an area long claimed by the Air Force, aiming at distant enemy war goods centers behind front lines. The Air Force has fought Navy battles over this issue, and the advent of long-distance rockets could let any service design and use such weapons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Army
Air Force
Navy
Prince Charles future debated by Britons in royal marriage questions
London readers weigh whether the heir to the throne should marry a princess or a commoner. The Sunday Express cites Princess Margaret's choice and warns Britons may face another royal crisis in 20 years if a decision is not made, naming two eligible princesses and a Netherlands heiress among few near his age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
INS
Bonnie Prince Charles
Princess Margaret
The
London Sunday Express
Prince Charles
England
Margaret
Peter Townsend
Lord Beaverbrook
Duke of Windsor
the Express
Train Wreck Near Williamson Kills Engineer and Injures Many
A Norfolk and Western Pocahontas passenger train derailed on a curve near Williamson West Virginia killing engineer Walter D Willard 63 of Princeton and injuring 25 people two of whom were not hospitalized. The wreck occurred in rough terrain and officials said speed was not likely the cause while an investigation is underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamson
W. Va
INS
Norfolk and Western
Pocahantas
Norfolk
Cincinnati
Ohio
Tug River
Cedar
Walter D. Willard
Princeton
Williamson Memorial Hospital
Roanoke
12 Nation Group Reopens UN Disarmament Talks
The United Nations Disarmament Commission resumes sessions led by Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. with 12 nations including Yugoslavia Cuba and Australia joining the Security Council. The Big Four and Canada form a subcommittee that has met 68 times since 1954 without agreed arms cuts or inspection terms. The Assembly urges focus on Eisenhower open sky proposals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
U.S
Yugoslavia
Cuba
Australia
Security Council
Turkey
Brazil
New Zealand
Canada
Commission
U.N. General Assembly
Assembly
Eisenhower
United States
Russia
Pasha of Marrakesh dies in Rabat
Rabat reports Thami El Glaoui the Pasha of Marrakesh died today. Australian dockworkers strike in 53 ports with 24 000 workers involved. Pittsburgh talks raise hopes for Westinghouse settlement after 15 weeks of strikes affecting 44 000 employees. Baltimore skating rink fire causes over 175 000 in damage at Carlin's Iceland home of Clippers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasha OF
Marrakesh
Paris
INS
Agence France Presse
Rabat
Thami el Glaoui
Pasha
Sydney
Robert G. Menzies
Pittsburgh
Westinghouse
Baltimore
Baltimore (Ap
Carlin
Iceland
Baltimore Clippers
Annual Session Opens Supreme Soviet Budget Review
The Supreme Soviet of the Russian Republic opened its annual session to approve the 1956 budget and decrees issued by its Presidium. Premier Nikolai Bulganin was absent. Khrushchev Boroshilov Molotov and other top officials attended amid reports he is on vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Supreme Soviet
Russian Republic
Soviet Union
Nikolai Bulganin
Communist Party
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Kelementi Y. Boroshilov
Vu. M. Molotov
Idaho Falls Students Arrive For Manatee County Exchange
Thirty exchange students from Idaho Falls Idaho arrive Tuesday afternoon and head to the Manatee County Fair for a welcome. They join local students at dinner at Holmes Beach Yacht Club and attend an open house at the Manatee County Youth Center. Wednesday includes a fruit farm visit and a school assembly. Evening events include a Dungan home dinner hosted by the Mormon Church in Palmetto. Plans for Thursday through Sunday will be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradenton
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Manatee County
Holmes Beach Yacht Club
G.R. Dungan
Palmetto
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Mormon Church
Blizzard seals Goose Bay base in Labrador
Five thousand American and Canadian airmen at Goose Bay air base in Labrador remain digging out after a record blizzard. Thirty six inches of snow fell Jan 13 19, pushing January total to 58 inches, surpassing the prior January record of 56 inches set in 1952.
Los Angeles Train Wreck Compared to Historic Disasters
The Los Angeles wreck caused an estimated 29 fatalities, far fewer than past catastrophes. The worst in the U S occurred July 9 1918 in Nashville Tennessee killing 101. The global tragedy happened March 2 1944 near Balvano Italy in a tunnel with 521 deaths and six survivors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville, Tenn
Balvana
Italy
Poujade Appeals Slander Fine After Election Row
Pierre Poujade plans to appeal a 500000 franc fine for slander of former Assembly Speaker Pierre Schneiter. Judicial sources say the overburdened courts will delay the appeal for at least four months. Poujade’s tax rebels won 52 seats in the general election and were convicted of defaming Schneiter over accusations tied to a 1945 execution case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poujade
Union of Tax Rebels
Assembly
Pierre Schneiter
MRP
Popular Republican Movement
Schneiter
30 Below The Bemidji Cold Spell Stays Unmoved
Bemidji residents endure a brutal cold wave with temperatures around 30 below zero and a month’s extreme of 45 below at times. Life continues as publisher John Ainley notes calm, clear days with sun dogs in the sky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bemidji
International
Minnesota
Miami
Phoenix
Los Angeles
California
Florida
International Falls
John Ainley
Senate GOP to explode over Dulles Bowie pick sparks split
Senate Republican leaders Knowland and Bridges plan to challenge Secretary of State Dulles over the appointment of Robert Bowie as assistant secretary. They accuse Dulles of ignoring a prior agreement to consult GOP leadership before nominations requiring Senate confirmation. The conflict recalls past disputes from the Bohlen affair and could widen party rifts in an election year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
John Foster Dulles
Capitol Hill
William F. Knowland
Styles Bridges
Senate Policy Committee
Dulles
Robert Bowie
Capitol
Bowie
Bridges
Knowland
Eisenhower
Charles E
Chip) Bohlen
Moscow
Bohlen
White House
State Department
Julius Holmes
Iran
29 Dead With 12 Identified
In Los Angeles investigators struggle to identify 29 victims of a two car Santa Fe train wreck near East Los Angeles. Only 12 bodies have been positively identified. 17 more are believed buried in the wreckage as 170 passengers rode the ill fated San Diegoan toward San Diego. Seventy nine others were injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
INL
Santa Fe
San Diegoan
San Diego
Los Angeles Train Wreck Shows Observation Errors in Crisis
The Los Angeles wreck prompted chaotic death toll estimates with early figures of more than 10 and 38 later, still far above actual fatalities. Deputy Coroner Dean Josephs recalled counting 47 dead, but the final count was uncertain due to mangled remains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
INS
Derailment Blamed On High Speed In Santa Fe Crash
Officials say the deadly wreck may climb in death toll as only a few escaped unharmed. Santa Fe Coast Lines general manager Raymond D. Shelton cites engineer Frank Parrish estimating 50 mph at impact while Parrish recalls about 40 mph on the curve. Parrish, 61 from San Bernardino, says he slowed after a 35 mph marker and blacked out. Emergency crews, doctors, clergy and blood supplies mobilized as ambulances lined the scene. Clergymen offered rites and comfort to the injured and deceased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond D. Shelton
Santa Fe
Coast Lines
Frank Parrish
Parrish
San Bernardino
Calif
Day Dream Shattered in Sarasota Jewel Setting
Minnie Mermaid reflects on a dreamlike Sarasota scene as winds clear and rain stops. The city shines like a jewel in a gleaming setting, a picturesque glimpse that fades with waking thoughts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Mermaid
Sarasota
Weather Summary for Sarasota and Surrounding Areas
Partly cloudy with scattered showers today and tonight. Cooler Tuesday with a high in the 70s and low 60s. Winds fresh from the south, becoming north tonight. Small craft warnings in effect from Tampa northward. Readings show a barometer around 29.74 and temperatures ranging from 60s to 70s in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarasota
Tampa
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NY Central
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Repab Steel
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Socony Vacuum
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Sperry Rand
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US Steel
Westhouse
Woolworth
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Fruitville Road
Europe
Denmark
Anne Marie
Maria Christine
Netherlands
West Virginia
United Nations
N.Y
U.N. Disarmament Commission
L. M. Kaganovich and
A. I. Miko
Bulganin
Manatee
Greenland
MNL
Pierre Poujade
Bemidjians
Bemidji, Minn
Paul Bunyan
GOP
Ruth Montgomery
Dean Josephs
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