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Newspaper
Sarasota News
Location
Sarasota, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1961
Page
1
East German state press denounces Mickey Mouse as an American agent in a Halle talk by Communist official Heyde. He warns children not to read Mickey Mouse or join West German clubs, claiming the books collect parental addresses via coupons.
UPI reports Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev sent a verbal message to President Kennedy after talks with U.S. adviser John J. McCloy at Khrushchev’s Black Sea villa. Khrushchev was upset by Kennedy’s Berlin speech and accused the President of distorting the Soviet position during the discussions.
The Kennedy loan plan to authorize up to 8.8 billion dollars in foreign loans over five years drew sharp criticism as Congress eyed long term financing amid expected Senate debate. House and Senate action on related aid measures and Berlin crisis moves also dominated discussions.
Beaumont Texas fire captain Rex Cluck answered a routine call weekend as a fire at his own home was traced to a faulty extension cord powering a TV set. The incident drew attention due to its proximity to Cluck's official duties.
Kensington Park hosts the 1961 Cavalcade of Homes with a 14 acre recreation center, open 8 a.m. to dusk for inspection. Advertisement notes prices starting at $11,650 with $375 down.
Allan Lawrence Pope the 32 year old American pilot condemned to death by an Indonesian military court has appealed to President Sukarno to commute his sentence. Pope sentenced April 29 1960 for flying bombing missions for Indonesian rebels during the 1958 revolt and filed his appeal June 28 with the lower military court.
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev launches a 20 year blueprint to outpace the United States and raise living standards. The 50 000 word program, twice Lenin’s length, is published nationwide and will be presented at the 22nd Communist Party Congress. It promises free rents medical care education and extensive welfare.
Los Angeles AP Harry Gribbon 75 a onetime Ziegfeld Follies star and veteran song and dance man died after a long illness He retired about eight years ago and was at the motion picture country home He was born in New York and rose to fame in the 1913 Ziegfeld Follies He moved to Hollywood in 1914 and spent a decade in Mack Sennett silent films Known as Silk Hat Harry he and wife Mae Emory toured vaudeville on the Orpheum Keith and Pantages circuits He returned to Broadway in the 1930s.
Three year old Debora Molina fell seven stories from a New York apartment window Sunday night. She suffered only a possible dislocation of the ankle and was held for observation at Metropolitan Hospital after landing in a grass plot seventy six meters?
A fourth consecutive Sunday wade in protest occurred at Rainbow Beach on Chicago's South Side without incident. About 65 Black and white demonstrators gathered on the three block beach, surrounded by two police cordons as roughly 30,000 bathers enjoyed the Lake Michigan afternoon.
Vatican City reports Pope John XXIII will conduct solemn funeral rites Wednesday in St. Peter’s Basilica for Domenico Cardinal Tardini 73 secretary of state who died of a heart attack Sunday. The cardinal, a key figure in Vatican foreign policy, had long suffered heart trouble and collapsed three days before death. Pope John learned of the condition Sunday morning at Castelgandolfo and said Mass before rushing to the Vatican, arriving too late.
Retired industrialist G. David Thompson offered a no questions asked reward of 100000 for return of 10 paintings valued between 500000 and 1 million taken from his Whitehall home. Police pursued leads as thieves damaged several Picasso works and works by Leger Dufy Miro.
Florida joined the 100 degree club with Orlando recording 100.2 degrees between 3 and 4 pm the state's highest since records began in the city. Miami reported 96, other Florida spots mid 90s while sea breezes offered relief. forecasters expect a continued heat wave with little rain and variable winds across the state. The nation saw Daggett California reach 104 and Big Piney Wyoming at 39 below.
President Kennedy tentatively selects Fowler Hamilton a 50 year old New York attorney to replace Allen W Dulles as CIA director this fall White House secretary says no change in Dulles retirement plans Hamilton is from the law firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen and Hamilton and was contacted at his Greenwich Connecticut home by UPI
Asian and African UN members face a split over calling a special General Assembly session on the French Tunisian Bizerte impasse. Liberia urged a special August meeting, but many Asian and African states doubt the move unless violence resumes. Turkey Japan and the Philippines among others doubt the advantage without new clashes.
More than 30,000 East Germans fled to the West this month amid Communist mobilization of press radio army and courts. West Berlin reports note militia training and joint drills intended to quell internal unrest. Refugees describe machine gun checkpoints as East German roads funnel away from Berlin.
An earthquake struck near Paso Robles and King City at 5 07 p m Sunday rattling windows and crockery. No damage was reported and no injuries were noted.
A cryptic allegorical note in an old Civil War journal accuses Edwin Stanton of plotting Lincoln's assassination. Handwriting experts authenticated the message found by Ray A. Neff in Gettysburg in conjunction with Civil War Times. The text mentions three men in New Rome and references Stanton as behind Lincoln's death.
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