Ex-Big Top Boss May Hold Key
Ex Ringling Bros executive Art Concello, who returned from Mexico, was reported to be in secret talks with John Ringling North about a possible recall to the circus. A friend cited ongoing all night conferences as show talk circulated through local circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Ringling North
Max Weldy
Rudy Bundy
Michael Burke
Ralph Kestly
Earl Mohn
Art Concello
Ringling Bros
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Mexico
Big Top
Concello
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey
Pratt & Whitney Plans 42 Million Florida Aircraft Plant
Pratt & Whitney plans a 42 million dollar industrial facility in Palm Beach County about 20 miles west of West Palm Beach. The site sits on 52 000 acres owned by the Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission. The project would start as a design and test center with later construction of a full jet aircraft plant pending legislative approval.
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Tallahassee
Pratt & Whitney
Palm Beach County
Associated Press
West Palm Beach
Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission
The
Game Commission
Marines rally to defend drillmaster at Ribbon Creek trial
Young Marines march in support of Sgt. Matthew C. McKeon accused in the Ribbon Creek deaths. Pvt. Hector Serantes testified McKeon was a fine and human drill instructor while Pvt. Carl Whitmore called him one of the best GI s. Serantes recounted the ill fated night of April 8 1948 and the escape from rising water as panic broke out in the creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matthew C. McKeon
Pvt
Hector Osvaldo Serantes
Buenos Aires
Argentina
McKeon
Serantes
Ribbon Creek
Weather Trend Hints at Change Amid Circus Stockholder Playoff
Sarasota area forecast flags a partly cloudy period with scattered showers and a potential weather shift. Temperature ranges from the upper 80s to mid 90s with southeast winds, readings show a max of 95 and a low around 70s to 78.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Mermaid
Sarasota
Storm In Gulf Under Suspicion
NEW ORLEANS The Weather Bureau reports it is investigating a suspicious area in the southwest Gulf of Mexico. A 9 am bulletin notes some development signs with only local winds near 30 mph and a few squalls. The area lies about 450 miles southwest of New Orleans.
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New Orleans
Weather Bureau
Gulf of México
Imminent settlement in 25 day U S Steel strike
New York INS reports a tentative three year no strike pact near completion with details yet to be settled. Wage policy committee of 170 reps from 650000 workers to meet in New York while some firms plan production resumption after talks reopen. Industry had offered a five year no strike contract with wage hikes and layoff pay.
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New York
INS
Pittsburgh
Integration Bills Head For House
Florida faces a House floor vote on a revised segregation program and an independent plan to preserve segregation Rep Prentice Pruitt of Jefferson County will offer a bill banning coercion of students into integrated schools and an interposition resolution Gov Collins warned passage of non committee backed segregation bills could weaken the program The House Education and Internal Affairs committee approved measures expanding the governors powers during riots and allowed county boards to assign teachers while a states rights amendment clarification resolution was approved for the record and a key segregation measure was sent to Gov Collins for signature
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Tallahassee
Florida
Prentice Pruitt
Jefferson County
House Committee On Education and Internal Affairs
Gov. Collins
Stassen Presses Dump Nixon Stand on 1956 Ticket
Harold E. Stassen refused to back down from his Dump Nixon position and urged Republicans to wait for Eisenhower's word. He says Eisenhower would likely prefer Christian Herter as running mate over Nixon, while Nixon remains in nomination talk. Delegates Roger Flory and Marjorie McKinley defend Eisenhower and Nixon, noting Stassen speaks as a public official. The Beatty Circus deal shows minority stock actions as Cantello mortgage details surface.
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Washington
Ins
Harold E. Stassen
Nixon
Eisenhower
White House
Chris
Tian Herter
Massachusetts
Richard M. Nixon
Stassen
Herter
Roger V. Flory
Marjorie McKinley
the News
Buffalo
N. Y
Flory
Florida Senate probes roads reclassification proposal
Senator George Tapper of Port St. Joe introduces a bill to shift 64 miles of Sarasota County roads from county to state maintenance. Gustin M. Nelson notes 40 miles are in critical need and would be funded by the four cent gas tax if enacted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Road Department
Florida
Senate
George Tapper
Port St. Joe
Gustin M. Nelson
Board of
County Commissioners
Tallahassee
Nelson
Sarasota
SRD
330 Counts Formal Charges Pile on Illinois Ex-Auditor
Former Illinois State Auditor Orville E. Hodge faces 330 counts from a Sangamon County grand jury amid a million-dollar office shortfall. The 46 indictments include embezzlement forgery and confidence game charges, each with varying prison terms. A Chicago federal grand jury also named Hodge and two aides in 54 indictments for conspiracy to defraud the state over $872,000 in bank funds. Prosecutors seek further action as further claims loom.
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Springfield
Ill
Orville E. Hodge
Sangamon County
Hodge
Chicago
Polio Epidemic Hits Chicago With 300 Cases and 8 Deaths
Chicago reports 300 polio cases in 1956, the highest in the nation, with eight deaths. Nearly half the cases cluster in the near West Side district bounded by LaSalle Street, 22nd Street, Kostner Street and North Avenue, an area described as a mix of housing and industry where officials call it the high incidence zone.
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Chicago
LaSalle Street
22Nd Street
Kostner Street
North Avenue
Board of Health
Ringling Boss Calls Talks With Former Manager Merely Social
John Ringling North said discussions with Art Concello, former Ringling general manager, were private and social. He added that New York attorney Dan Judge was coming for conferences with minority stockholders as an old friend visiting.
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Concello
Clyde Beatty Circus
Frank McClosky
Walter Kernan
Ringling
Sarasota
Beatty
Edward F. Kelly
Orange Ave
Charles Ringling
New York
Dan Budge
Circus
North
John Ringling North
Ringling Bros
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Art Concello
Dan Judge
Governor Herter Under Guard After Crank Threats
Boston dispatch reports heightened security at the State House as Gov Christian A Herter and aides receive a death threat call. Troopers patrol His Manchester-By-The-Sea summer home while He discusses Nixon as GOP vice presidential nominee and plans for a San Francisco convention.
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Boston
INS
State House
Christian A. Herter
Manchester-By-The-Sea
Nixon
San Francisco
Feud Over Eisenhower Illness Secrecy Draws In Press
Tampa editor and Sen. Seh Pat McNamara of Michigan clash over charges the press covered up the severity of President Eisenhower illness. Newton of the Tampa Morning Tribune defends free press and openness while criticizing secrecy in Senate meetings and executive sessions.
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Tampa
Ins
Seh
Pat McNamara
Eisenhower
McNamara
Senate
James C. Hagerty
V. Newton Jr
The
Tampa Morning Tribune Tribune
Newton
American Free Press
Freedom of Information
U. S. Senate
Executive Branch
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Whitmore Jr
Newport News
Emile Zola Berman
U.S
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Ringling ‘Circus
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Gulf
Hassle
U. S
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House
Ike
Illinois
George Coutrakon
Coutrakon
Edward A. Hintz
Southmoor Bank and Trust Co
Edward A. Epping
Federal Grand Jury
Chica
Go’s Loop
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Gov
Senator
Sigma Delta Chi
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Inside the News
Strode
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Civic Center Barboree
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