Miss Florida Pageant 1956 Opens With Judge Tastings
The Miss Florida pageant at Sarasota Municipal Auditorium begins with contestants presenting to judges. Tonight half the entrants will appear in swim suits while the remainder perform to showcase poise and personality ahead of tomorrow's judging stages.
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Sarasota Municipal Auditorium
Brownell
Brad Frapart
Sarasota
William Fickling
Neva Jane Langley
Lakeland
A. J
Tony"’ Dwyer
Florida State Development Commission
David Cohen
Florida West Coast Symphony Orchestra
Robert W. Wilson
Florida Junior Chamber of Commerce
Marion Johnson
Coronet Modeling Academy
Ruskin Williams
Colony
St. Armands Key
Miss Florida Pageant underway amid weather watch
Sarasota area forecasts show scattered afternoon thundershowers through Saturday while Miss Florida Pageant hosts 18 contestants at Sunshine Springs and Gardens. Miss America 1955 Lee Meriwether cannot attend due to an eye infection. Sandy Wirth will crown Miss Florida 1956.
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Sarasota
Bill Brownell
Sunshine Springs and Gardens
Lee Meriwether
Dave Garroway
Florida
Sandy Wirth
Mike Sibole Leaves Hospital In High Spirit
Orlando reports four year old Mike Sibole who lost an eye to cancer left the hospital with his parents in blue striped pajamas and a cheerful mood after an operation on Wednesday.
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Orlando
Mike Sibole
Britain and U S Withdraw Aid for Aswan Dam Fund
Britain and the United States withdrew offers to finance Egypt's Aswan Dam project. A Foreign Office spokesman cited Egypt's economic capacity and a recent arms deal with Communist Czechoslovakia as key factors. Egypt has mortgaged years of cotton output to fund weapons.
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London
Britain
United States
Egypt
Aswan Dam
Foreign Office
Czechoslovakia
Masters champ Burke Jr. to shift base as PGA event begins
Jackie Burke Jr. winner of the 1956 Masters is expected to move his operations from Kiamesha Lake N Y to DeSoto Lake Golf and Country Club as a new course opens and he defeats Leon Pounders 2 and 1 in Canton Mass. Pounders who runs a Omaha driving range loses to veteran pro Bobby Jones Club in the first round. Big Jim Browning of Wes ton Mass defeats Elmer Reed of Atlanta Ga with a one under par round in today’s lead off matches.
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Jackie Burke Jr
Kiamesha Lake
N. Y
DeSoto Lake Golf and Country Club
Leon Pounders
Bobby Jones Golf Club
Canton
Mass
Pounders
Omaha
Neb
Big Jim Browning
Weston
Elmer Reed
Atlanta
Full Plans Soon To Be Reported For Ringling Circus
Michael Burke executive director of Ring ling Bros and Barnum Bailey Circus speaks from the circus train at Lake Wood Park amid uncertainty over future plans. He hints Sunday shows at Winter Quarters are possible and says a full announcement will come in a few days as unloads continue and performers debate their futures.
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Ringling Bros and
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Michael Burke
Ingeborg Gordon
Edward Grodevant
Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus
Lake Wood Park
Burke
OSS
Henry Ringling North
Europe
Defense Wins Key Testimony At McKeon Court Martial
At Parris Island Sgt. Matthew C. McKeon wins leave to introduce testimony on night marches into the swamp used as drill. The defense seeks to show similar practices by other drill instructors to argue reasonableness and involuntary manslaughter questions after six recruits drowned in Ribbon Creek.
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Parris Island, S. C
INS
Matthew C. McKeon
Parris Island Marine Base
Navy
I. N. Klein
McKeon
Ribbon Creek
Emile Zola Berman
U.S
Klein
Randolph McPate
U. S. Marine Corps
Washington
Marine Corps
Air Attack Drills Begin in Sarasota Mock Emergency
A siren at 10 30 this morning signaled the start of Civil Defense Operation Alert in Sarasota as the region readied for the largest mock emergency drill in its history. Officials face the challenge of supplying emergency care and provisions for an estimated 42000 refugees from a simulated bomb attack on Tampa. Tampa is depicted as a mock target in a nationwide exercise involving 76 U S cities.
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Sarasota
Civil Defense
Sarasota County
Tampa
Hillsborough County
U. S
German Show Still Going as European Circus Struggles
In Frankfurt a one ring format remains common while three ring big top shows wane in the United States. Europe sees lower costs per mile and rural towns sustain shows, yet German tent circuses face higher expenses as urban venues fare better.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Europe
United States
Carl Hagenbeck
Circus
Hamburg
West Germany
Kirkus Krone
France
Belgium
Austria
Yugoslavia
Missing 800000 in Illinois funds linked to rackets figures
Springfield investigators pursue a possible link between missing state funds and figures tied to southern Illinois rackets. They may subpoena Wortman Dowling and Berry after finishing the Hodge phase, while Edward A. Epping is described as a messenger who moved envelopes between Hodge and Southmoor Bank.
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Orville E. Hodge
Southern Illinois
Coutralion
Wortman
Dobbs
Epping
Hodge
Southmoor Bank & Trust
Government posts first budget surplus in five years
The 1956 fiscal year ended June 30 with a surplus of 1,754,357,066 dollars, reported by Secretary of the Treasury Humphrey and Budget Director Percival Brunage. The result matches Eisenhower administration goals and marks the first surplus since the Korean War era, with only three balanced years under Truman and none before 1930.
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Washington (P
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Percival F. Brundage
Dentists open district conference here
Fiscal 1956 ended with a balanced budget and record receipts. Treasury figures show net budget receipts of 68.14 billion and spending of 66.38 billion, meeting pledged budget balance and prompting satisfaction from the Treasury chief and budget director.
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Dentists Open District
Treasury
Eisenhower Plans Fishing Trip After Convention
President Eisenhower is planning a fishing vacation in Maine and New Hampshire after the Republican National Convention in San Francisco. He may stay at the Brown Paper Mill camp on Mooselookneguntic Lake with potential stops in Lincoln New Hampshire and at the Weeks estate near Lancaster. The trip aims to refresh and allow late August speeches at several GOP rallies while campaigning in Maine where Democratic Governor Edmund Muskie looms.
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INS
Washington
Eisenhower
Maine
New Hampshire
San Francisco
Kennebago Lakes
Ike
Edmund 8. Muskie
Mooselookneguntie Lake
Frederick G. Payne
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Marcia Validus
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East Gulf
WSPB
Joe Lovingood
Douglas G. Lewis
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Lee Pounders
PGA
Ringling
A. J. Ruttenber
North
John North
By James L. Kilgallen
Berman
W. L. Otten
Illinois
O. E. Hodge
Springfield, Ill
State
George P. Coutralion
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Frank
Buster) Wortman
East St. Louis
the Post- Dispatch
Elmer
Dutch) Dowling
Thomas Berry
Belleville, Ill
Edward A. Epping
Hugh Dobbs
Contralian
Ture
Truman
Inside the News
Roy Scotts
Secluded Lake
By Ruth Montgomery
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Congress
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Lincoln
N. H
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Sinclair Weeks
Lancaster, N.H
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