02 Jul 1957
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Newspaper
Sarasota News
Location
Sarasota, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1957
Page
1
Mass removal and burial of hurricane victims continued in Cameron Louisiana as cleanup work slowed under mounting misery. Red Cross described the village as unbearable for workers while a tally showed 267 bodies.
Pikeville Kentucky residents collect funds for Cameron Louisiana after spring floods. townspeople aim to raise 2700 by Saturday roughly one dollar per Cameron resident. Red Cross and Salvation Army have already sent 1,128,000 in relief and tons of provisions to the area.
Unidentified victims from the Audrey disaster are laid in mass graves at a Louisiana burial site. Officials, including President Eisenhower’s representative, assess widespread collapse of crops and livestock with multimillion dollar damages to petroleum properties and infrastructure.
Senate investigators uncovered two battered cartons of union financial records from Joseph Curcio linked to racketeer John Dioguardi. The committee will meet in secret to decide next steps as Curcio invokes the Fifth Amendment while testifying about per capita levies and wartime era correspondence.
After their swift marriage at Camp Whittington, William Girard and his Japanese wife Haru Candy Girard face extortion via a shopkeeper posing as a friend. The man, Fukuju Shimizu, 34, seeks two million yen as condolence money for the family of a Japanese woman linked to a case near Soma gahara. Candy described the encounter to reporters as she awaits the actual church ceremony. Camp Whittington guards ensure her protection as Girard stays in his barracks pending the ceremony.
James Carroll won the Dublin lord mayor post by lot after both he and Robert Briscoe received 21 City Council votes. Briscoe said the council vote decided the outcome, while Carroll planned to visit New York for next year's St Patrick's Day celebration.
Parents in Illinois recount the drowning of a local youngster near Lido Beach. The hospital board discusses a deficit and steps proposed to close it. A Houston housewife found in a national forest and a wandering airman story appear on page 3.
Senate leaders predict quick passage of a $34.53 billion defense appropriations bill with restored House reductions mostly kept. Debate highlights waste criticisms and calls for further funding to meet a modern and balanced defense.
Rep. Brooks Hays said the foreign aid bill will pass the House largely as approved by the Foreign Affairs Committee. The committee approved a $3,242,333,000 foreign aid authorization for the new fiscal year, about 600 million below Eisenhower’s request and 375 million under the Senate total.
Keith Waterhouse of the Daily Mirror reports a sour view after a $280 East Coast tour. He cites unpunctual buses, harsh subway conditions, slow cafes, dull housing projects, poorly dressed women, and what he calls atrocious manners, noting Washington as the saddest city despite the budget allowance.
Sarasota weather brief notes generally fair through Wednesday with scattered thundershowers. Highs reach 89 to 95, lows 72 to 77, winds variable light to moderate. A local plea from Minnie Mermaid urges prevention after multiple drownings and cautions against a fifth on the Fourth.
The editorial laments a seven year old drowning at Lido and multiple near drownings as waves run high. It urges signs warning of undertow and reminds inland visitors to respect Gulf waters to prevent further tragedies during the holiday season.
The Manatee County School Board accepted three sites for the Sarasota Manatee Junior College as a state board decision looms. Subcommittee chair Raymond Turner said locations are not rated by desirability and any site suffices. The board urged the State Board of Education to proceed with establishment and Manatee funding hikes to 15,000 dollars plus a five percent budget transfer.
Civil Defense Administrator Van Peterson said a small electrical warning device named squawker is in final tests and could be available to households at low cost soon. He urged people to heed weather bureau warnings to evacuate Louisiana as the death toll from the hurricane nears 500 with many bodies not yet recovered.
Sarasota faces a rare December election as three of five City Commission seats are up after Commissioner John Saba resigns. Mayor A. Ray Howard and Commissioner Jack ONeill term expirations leave two seats. John C. Binns and M. E. Marvel remain. A replacement for Saba may seek the chair until December with possible Citizens Committee ties shaping the race. The charter normally limits contests to two seats, a history mirrored by Knapp’s 1951 resignation and a later recall scare ending with Correll’s death and Early’s resignation.
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