U S Aid Sought in Medfly Fight Near Sarasota
Assistant Secretary of Agriculture Ervin Peterson heads to Florida with Dr William Popham to inspect the Mediterranean fruit fly outbreak in Sarasota County and other infested areas. State and local leaders push for up to 25 million dollars over two years for eradication while crews hand spray En glewood trees and await spraying planes next week. A voluntary quarantine around Fort Myers and a roadblock near Clewiston are noted as containment measures.
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Ervin L. Peterson
Florida
Washington
Sarasota County
Gustin Nelson
Board of County Commissioners
Congress
Nelson
Ezra Taft
Benson
Peterson
William Popham
Miami
Henry S. Bartholomew
Collins
Bartholomew
Istrative
Robert Fokes
Englewood
State Plant Board
Frank Friend
Indiana Ave
Paul Phypers
State
Sarasota
Clewiston
Fort Myers
Alabama seeks court order to ban NAACP activities
Attorney General John M. Patterson asked a Montgomery court for a temporary injunction to halt NAACP operations in Alabama claiming the group organized the Montgomery bus boycott and paid individuals to enroll at the University of Alabama. He argued the NAACP is a foreign corporation acting illegally and that its actions threaten peace.
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NAACP
Alabama
Montgomery
Ala
John M. Patterson
National Assn. For
Advancement of Colored People
Montgomery County
Patterson
Autherine Lucy Foster
University of Alabama
New York
Louisiana
Tallahassee Bus Boycott Gains Force
The Tallahassee Negro community’s boycott enters its fifth day as talks begin to form an interracial council to prevent future incidents. Negro spokesmen claim 75 percent effectiveness while students and townspeople join the action after Florida A&M University students were arrested and later released for refusing to move to the bus rear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tallahassee
Florida A&m University
Steel Wage Talks Halt in Pittsburgh Session
Representatives of the three largest U.S. steelmakers paused in Pittsburgh to study the United Steelworkers union’s proposals during unprecedented joint contract talks.
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Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers
Dr Sam Sheppard's Appeal Rejected by Ohio Court
In Columbus Ohio the Ohio Supreme Court denied Dr Sam Sheppard's appeal 5-2 leaving him in Ohio Penitentiary serving life for the murder of his wife. Attorneys would decide after consulting Bay Village osteopath whether to seek U S Supreme Court review. A family spokesman said they would fight to see that justice is done.
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Columbus, O
U. S. Supreme Court
Sam Sheppard
Ohio Penitentiary
Sam
Ohio Supreme Court
Bay Village
Cleveland
Elephant Panic At Ringling Brothers Circus Near Miss
Five Sarasota handlers were injured as they restrained more than 20 stampeding elephants at Ringling Bros Barnum & Bailey in Philadelphia. A thunderclap frightened a baby elephant triggering a run toward exits while crowds watched.
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Ringling Bros Barnum & Bailey Circus
Sarasota
Benjamin White
Elephant
Robert Burkhart
John Hayes
Joseph Pettit
Walter Allen
Four Air Force crew die in Denver B-25 crash
Four Air Force men were killed and four injured when a B-25 bomber crashed after takeoff near Denver. Authorities blamed engine failure, similar to a prior Lowry AFB crash. Injured included a WAF passenger. all were taken to Lowry Hospital. The aircraft was en route from McChord AFB in Tacoma to Tyndall AFB in Panama City.
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Denver
Ins
Air Force
Lowry Air Force Base
Lowry Hospital
WAF
McChord Air Force Base
Tacoma
Wash
Tyndall Air Force Base
Panama City
Fla
Estes Attacks Opponent's Role In California Primary
Adlai Stevenson targets the old folks vote in California while Kefauver counters with charges of mudslinging. They battle for 68 Democratic National Convention nominating votes as the primary nears. A separate briefing notes Eisenhower supporters urge Negro voters to back Republicans to shape a Republican Congress.
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Associated Press
Adlai Stevenson
California
Eisenhower
Sen. Estes Kefauver
Stevenson
Kefauver
Radio Corp. of America
Zenith Radio Corp
Washington
National Citizens For
Sarasota permits show record pace in May building boom
Sarasota reported May permits totaling 989,442 with 181 permits issued 58 for residences valued at 663,100. Commercial permits 688,380 included Suntides Motel 260,000 King and Smith offices 100,000 and Citizen's Bank 173,880. First five months reached 5,516,776 surpassing last year's pace.
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Sarasota
Marge Laurent
City Building Department
Laurent
Suntides
King and Smith
New Citizen's Bank
Exhumation Planned for Chicago Schoolboys Victims
Plans to exhume the bodies of three Chicago schoolboys murdered last October were approved by their parents. Pathologists will search for unusual steel flecks near wounds to seek new clues in the case involving Robert Peterson 13 Anton Schuessler 11 and J Schuessler 13.
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Chicago
INS
Malcolm Peterson
Robert Peterson
Eleanor Schuessler
Anton Jr
J Schuessler
Jerry Kearns
Edwin Hirsch
Oil Time Bomb Blast Kills 2 Near Kellyville
An oil well time bomb exploded prematurely at a bease site four miles southeast of Kellyville killing one worker and injuring 11 others, five seriously. Kellyville lies about 20 miles southwest of Tulsa.
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Kellyville
Okla
INS
Bease
Tulsa
Race Relations Campaign Ammo Proposed by Eisenhower Supporters
A campaign official urged using race relations as major ammunition in the election. The plan was presented at the National Citizens for Eisenhower three day conference.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Richard L. Tobin
National Citizens For Eisenhower
Southern Bell workers approve new pay raise contract
Atlanta. Southern Bell Telephone Co. employees ratified a contract raising weekly pay by 1 to 5 dollars affecting more than 50 000 workers in 700 towns across nine southeastern states. The agreement follows a 72 day strike last spring after negotiations. Installers and repairmen gain 2 to 5 dollars, with previous earnings up to 90 dollars a week in large cities and 80.50 in smaller towns.
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Atlanta
Southern Bell Telephone Co
G. E. Gill
Communications Workers of America
Gill
CWA
River flood threat as Columbia swells near dikes
The Columbia River rising from melting snows threatens dikes in populated southwestern Washington as officials monitor for breaches. Cooler inland forecasts offer partial relief and lower flood risks.
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Portland
Ore
Columbia River
Washington
Controversial Editor Victim in Manhattan Club Shootout
In New York a neighborhood figure known as Whitey is sought for leads in the botched robbery at Club Polonia that left Detroit Polish weekly editor Thomas Dombrowski dead from a chest wound and two others wounded. Dombrowski had recently married Stella Nowakowski and faced House Un-American Activities Committee questioning in 1952.
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Thomas Dombrowski
Glas Ludowy
Manhattan
Un-American Activities Committee
New York
INS
Whitey
Detroit
Polonia
Gleg Ludowy
The
People’s Voice
Frank Grodzki
Maspeth
Queens
Columbus Hospital
Dombrowski
Stella Nowakowski
Dombri
House un-American Activities Committee
Washington
Communist Party
Charles Potter
Michigan
U.S
Two Trains Crash In Boston Injuring Dozens At Park Street
A rush hour rear end collision outside Park Street station injured dozens of riders as an Arborway-Huntington Avenue train halted at a switch was hit by a Watertown train. About 300 passengers were aboard with 13 women and teenagers hospitalized at Massachusetts General and Boston City Hospitals. An investigation into the cause was started immediately.
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Boston
INS
Park Street
Massachusetts General
Arborway
Huntington Avenue
Watertown
Boyiston Street
Practice What You Preach Postcards Return Unaddressed
An optometrist in Dallas mailed large postcard ads asking Have you forgotten something important and promptly received them back from the post office due to no addresses.
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Dallas, Tex
INS
Minnie Advises Suzie on Sarasota Weather Wit
In a playful note from Minnie Mermaid to Suzie in Philadelphia, she quotes a mermaid alert about frightful weather as she urges Suzie to visit Sarasota. The Sarasota forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with widely scattered showers, highs around 86 to 92, gentle south winds, and a cool weekend breeze.
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Suzie
Philadelphia
Minnie Mermaid
Sarasota
Halcyon Beach
East Gulf
Graduation plans for 405 Sarasota County seniors
Announcement lists graduation plans for 405 Sarasota County seniors with page references. The note highlights the scale of the class and directs readers to page 9 for details.
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Sarasota County
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