Retirement of Big Top press chief Roland Butler
Roland Butler confirms his definite retirement from the Big Top as chief of its press department. Also notes on YMCA long-range facilities plans, Inland Waterways district land appraisal for Venice canal, rehearsals for The Little Foxes, Sarasota cigaret tax revenues ranking, and a sailors overtime loss to Fort Myers with details on sports pages.
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The
Big Top
Inland Waterways District
Venice Canal
Fort Myers
Ode Of Lament To Fame Spent
Montreal The Montreal Gazette laments a garish Burns statue in Dominion Square. The poem lines describe the poet addressing fame and the public gaze, with a lingering, lyrical voice and Scottish dialect.
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Montreal
Montreal Gazette
Robert Burns
Dominion Square
Deception Charged By Greene In Sarasota County
The Democratic County Chairman Gale K. Greene accuses the Sarasota Republican campaign of deception and political wrongdoing for advertising voter registration information. He cites listing the Supervisor of Registration telephone number as a place to obtain registration details. Virginia Meade, the Republican supervisor, says no election law prohibits publishing the number.
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Sarasota County
Gale K. Greene
Greene
Virginia Meade
Republican Party
Virginia
Meade
Engineer To Psychiatrist LOS ANGELES Train Tragedy
Los Angeles engineer Frank Parrish 61 will face a psychiatric examination after his train derailment killed 29. District Attorney S Ernest Roll said Parrish claimed he saw an orange grove before the curve and admitted taking full responsibility. Investigators found no mechanical failure and the last identified victim was Mrs. Ann Laffler of San Diego, 64.
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Los Angeles
Cindy Ferguson
Thommy
Maywood Hospital
Leonard Reifenburg
San Diego
Atty. S
Ernest Roll
Roll
Santa Fe
Frank Parrish
Parrish
Homer Smith
Ann Laffler
Bright Spot Bank teller to man at window
A bank teller responds to a man at the window with a curt line about a wife beating him to the draw. The terse exchange suggests a domestic dispute referenced in a brief social notes item.
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Mr. Jones
Professors Publish Demand to End UF Segregation Sparks Board Skepticism
Gainesville Florida professors from the University of Florida urged the State Board of Control to end segregation at the state school. Board Chairman Fred Kent accused them of being deliberate troublemakers and warned they could face contempt of court if they push for an illegal act. The board will wait for a Supreme Court ruling on a Daytona Beach applicant to the law school before acting.
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Gainesville
INS
University of Florida
State Board of Control
Fred Kent
Kent
Supreme Court of Florida
Supreme Court
Daytona Beach
Contest Opens To Rename Little Stinker
The News invites entrants to rename the Little Stinker puzzle contest running until midnight February 2. A five dollar prize awaits the winner. Previous names include Littl Fooler after copyright concerns raised by the Chicago Tribune.
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The
Chicago Tribune
Israel Egypt Accept Three Point UN Peace Plan For El Auja
Israel and Egypt accepted a three point UN peace plan for the El Auja demilitarized zone after Hammarskjold conferred in Jerusalem and Cairo. The plan calls for UN demarcation lines, withdrawal of minor encroachments, and removal of all forces obstacles and mines from the zone. The 95 square mile area lies along the border with strong territorial claims from both sides.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Egypt
U. N
el Auja
U. N. Palestine Truce Supervision Organization
Dag Hammarskjold
Cairo
Hammarskjold
Negev
Stacles
E. L.M. Burns
Canada
Coty Seeks Leaders’ Advice On France Premier Pick
President Rene Coty met with top political leaders in Paris to discuss France’s new premier. He is expected to name a candidate by Friday with socialist Guy Mollet as the leading contender since the January 2 election results.
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Paris
Rene Coty
France
Guy Mollet
Coty
Mollet
Eisenhower to undergo another full medical exam soon
President Eisenhower announced plans for a second full medical examination before mid February. He did not say if the checkup would influence his decision on seeking a second term.
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IEE
Washington
Eisenhower
Governors Push Interposition to Resist School Segregation Ruling
Governors of four Southern states meet in Richmond to map a protest via interposition against the Supreme Court’s ruling outlawing school segregation. Georgia’s governor favors outright nullification while others seek resolutions avoiding defiance, citing constitutional hurdles for any amendment.
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Richmond
U.S. Supreme Court
High Court
George Bell Timmerman Jr
South Carolina
Timmerman
Thomas B. Stanley
Virginia
J. P. Coleman
Mississippi
Eden sails for U S to seek joint air action pledge
Prime Minister Eden sailed aboard the Queen Elizabeth for the United States to confer with President Eisenhower. He aims to secure a joint warning and potential air action by Britain and the United States against major aggression in the Middle East. British informants say Cyprus based RAF units could be designated and U S carrier planes in the 6th Fleet might receive similar stand by.
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Southampton
England
Eden
United States
Eisenhower
Middle East
Queen Elizabeth
Britain
RAF
Royal Air Force
Cyprus
River Tube Break Floods Tunnel Work Near Lincoln Span
Water burst into a new Lincoln tunnel tube under the Hudson River in New York early today. No injuries reported as three sandhogs swam to safety when the dam break sent floodwater into the active tubes.
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New York
Hudson River
Least Consulted On Far Eastern Matters
Douglas MacArthur, aged 76, remains a rarely consulted authority on Far Eastern affairs. He lives in a Waldorf Towers apartment with his wife and son, largely secluded and living a self imposed isolation while maintaining roles with the Sperry Rand Corp as board chairman and in Army duties.
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Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Arthur
Waldorf Towers
New York City
Jess
Army
Church St
Sperry Remington Rand Corp
Soviet Premier Bulganin sends friendly peace letter to Eisenhower
President Eisenhower received a friendly letter from Soviet Premier Bulganin via Ambassador Zarubin. The 15 minute meeting began at 11 30 a m with Zarubin reading the letter in Russian to the President and Secretary Dulles. Zarubin declined to discuss contents or timing of any reply.
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Bulganin
New Delhi
Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Georgi N. Zarubin
Dulles
Zarubin
Bulgarin
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Mermaid Weather Tale From Sarasota Forecast
Sarasota weather runs cloudy with scattered showers possible today and tonight. Temperatures hover in the 60s, winds shift from gentle to northeast, and readings show little change as a mermaid muses on sea stories.
Longboat Bridge Bids Requested
TALLAHASSEE The State Road Department called for bids on the fourth bridge under the Manatee County program. Bids will be opened Feb. 16 for the Long Boat Pass Bridge between Anna Maria Island and Long Boat Key on State Road.
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State Road Department
Manatee County
Long Boat Pass
Anna Maria Island
Long Boat Key
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