Byrd accuses Warren of steering civil rights bill test
Senator Byrd charges Chief Justice Earl Warren leads the civil rights bill as a test vote looms. He calls the measure a deception to the President Eisenhower Congress and the public. He questions sponsors knowledge of sweeping powers and likens Warren to Thaddeus Stevens in controlling postwar legislation.
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Byrd Rocks
Washington
INS
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Earl Warren
Byrd
Eisenhower
Congress
Warren
Senate
Justice Department
House
Thaddeus Stevens
United States
Sears Plans Purchase Center Nearing Reality
Sears Roebuck and Co moves toward finalizing contracts to buy a 12 acre South Trail plot for a 3 million shopping center. City and Sears settled setbacks for gas pumps building Prospect Street and planted buffer zones while Rooney Construction expects occupancy by January 1959 with a 250 staff and $600000 payroll.
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Sears Roebuck and Co
Art Clark
Clark
Sears
Prospect Street
Loma Linda
Miami
Frank J. Rooney
Virginia youth slays mother sister before attempted suicide
An 18 year old in Virginia Minn angered after his parents shut off a record player fatally shot his 4 year old sister and his mother. He tried to kill himself but failed and injured his father and sister Marilyn as she attempted to disarm him.
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Virginia
Minn.p
Ernest Johnson
William Niemi ‘Jr
Marilyn
Bridge Threat Frets Minnie Bridge Threat Frets Minnie
Bridge work on the Ringling Causeway faces a cement strike and possible stoppage date. Officials hope to firm up details soon as Sarasota forecasts partly cloudy weather with scattered thundershowers and mild winds.
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Ringling Causeway
Minnie Mermaid
Sarasota
Watson
Bradenton Man Named Member Of Control Board
Ed H. Price Jr. of Bradenton and J. J. Daniel of Jacksonville were named to Florida's Board of Control by Gov. LeRoy Collins. Price and Daniel replace J. Lee Ballard of St. Petersburg and Fred Kent. The board oversees the Ringling Art Museum and higher education institutions.
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Associated Press
Mystery figure watches group photo on page 9 feature
The text notes a group watching something at a recent event and mentions the Aga Khan IV, heir to Ismaeli leadership, described in a broader feature on pages 8 and 9. Writer Lucien Fluty explores curiosity about a man without a TV aerial, in a serialized exclusive.
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Aga Khan IV
Lucien Fluty
Ami
Jamboree Raves From Sarasota Scouts Return Home
Sarasota Boy Scouts from Troop 60 report a successful Fourth National Jamboree at Valley Forge. Twenty nine youngsters traveled by bus July 5 and returned with tales of a thrilling opening ceremony with Vice President Nixon and fireworks. Food and sights drew high praise amid minor bus mishaps and occasional blisters.
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Soni
Valley Forge
Sarasota
Boy Scouts of America
Bill Smith
Jerry Hall
Troop 60
Smith and Hall
Jimmy Neel
Jane Neel
Shade Ave
Young Neel
Richard Nixon
Neel
Cement Strike May Halt Ringling Bridge Within Weeks
A nationwide cement workers strike threatens to halt Ringling Causeway construction in two to three weeks as Hardaway Construction shifts cement from the Tampa Bay project. State Road Department engineers warn many jobs could pause without cement, with some extensions possible if talks succeed.
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Ringling Causeway
Hardaway
Partment
Maseda
C. W. Fielding
State Road Department
Tallahassee
Plyer
Tampa
Tampa Bay
Sarasota
SRD
General Portland Cement Co
Fielding
W. F. Greene
Flagler Beach
Daytona Beach
Anna M. Denham
Hopes Dim For All 56 Air Victims
A KLM airliner plunged into the sea off northwest New Guinea before dawn. By noon hope faded for finding alive any of the 56 aboard, including 17 children. 11 bodies were recovered. 4 survivors were severely injured.
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Hague
Netherlands
Northwest
New Guinea
KLM
Kortenauer
I. A. Aler
KLM Airlines
Ward's Chairman Denies Proxy Fight Collusion
Montgomery Ward and Co. chairman calls allegations of Teamsters ties false and harmful. He testifies there was no agreement with the union and no identifiable Teamsters stock voting in 1955. Ward's says it did not know any Teamsters stock ownership then or now.
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Washington
INS
Montgomery Ward and Co
Dave Beck
Teamsters Union
John A. Barr
Senate
Ward
Landa
Barr
Montgomery Ward
Ward's
Japan Lifts Export Curbs on 200 Items to Red China
Japan relaxes export restrictions on about two hundred items to Red China aligning with Britain's move. The embargo on strategic goods remains, and U S officials maintain the line. Japanese traders plan missions to Peiping. industry groups announce delegations. Peiping reacts with cautious stance, calling Japan indecisive.
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Tokyo
INS
Japan
China
Britain
China Committee
Soviet Union
United States
Red China
Peiping
Vermin Vexes Venetian Avers
Venice city police officer John White said he had heard of many pests but this one surprised him. He pursued a fast moving car on Esplanada Drive but the driver stopped before a “clock” could be set. The driver claimed cockroaches were the reason for the high speed.
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Venice — City
John White
Esplanada Drive
White
Confessed Crime May Tie To Mrs. Sheppard Murder
Deland Florida jailer J T DeLoach said Donald J Wedler confessed to a crime that may be linked to the 1954 Sheppard murder in Cleveland but he added doubts. Wedler was in custody as an escapee from a state road camp serving a breaking and entering sentence from Tampa. The confession text was not released and the story is under investigation. Wedler has a history of time in reformatories across various locations.
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DeLoach
Wedler
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