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Newspaper
Sarasota News
Location
Sarasota, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1956
Page
2
Grain futures moved higher with soybeans up about 1 percent. Wheat, corn, and rye advanced, oats eased after Thursday gains. Prices shown for July September December and March contracts across Wheat Corn Oats Rye and Soybeans with values in cents per bushel.
Livestock prices show hogs salable 7 500 with steady tone. Hogs ranged light to heavy with 4 14 pigs and sows 13 75 to 15 75. Cattle salable 800 steady with calves 200. Steers and heifers mostly 15 50 to 24 50, cows 11 to 14, bulls 11 to 16 25, feeders 15 to 19 50, stockers 15 to 21 50.
New York stocks trading stayed quiet with prices drifting irregularly lower. Major issues showed mixed to lower results as small changes dominated. Standard Oil of New Jersey slipped to 56 and General Motors opened at 41 and a quarter.
In Roseville California a neighbor disrupted sleep for two years with constant howling noises. The neighbor finally took action by barking loudly under the offended homeowner’s window. Police arrived after neighbours reported the disturbance, but the dog owner remained unaroused.
A Southeastern Reports survey shows Sarasota County retail trade rose from 33 million to 62 million annually between 1948 and 1954, an 88 percent gain that lifted the county from 13th to 11th among Florida's leading centers. Manatee fell from 16th to 17th. The 20 teaching counties did 88.08 percent of state sales as outlets increased 37.5 percent.
Police report a traffic gate on the drawbridge over Hudson Bayou was lowered and jammed by vandals. A pop bottle shattered a control room window, prompting officers to call in a city electrician to unjam the mechanism and raise the gate. A passerby saw a boy flee the room. police called it deliberate vandalism risking drivers.
A lightning blaze scorched over 36 acres in Myakka State Park last night. Three Florida Forest Service units and six park personnel fought the flames for three and a half hours, bringing the fire under control by midnight.
A U.S. Air Force helicopter evacuated the lone survivor from Guatemala's worst plane crash last Friday in Balboa C Z P A. Thirty people died in the disaster.
Memorial rites will be held at 11 a.m. tomorrow at St. Mark's Episcopal Church Venice for Radcliffe Romayne 65 who died likely from a heart attack while swimming in the Gulf near Casey Key. Cremation occurred yesterday and ashes will go to Greenwich Connecticut.
Circuit Court records show civil actions with damages listed: Lyle versus Hul linger for 3 437.97. Correll versus Correll for 3 000. Miller versus Tedesche and Goldman for 25 000.09. Curtiss Candy versus Gamin for 1 766.80. Oppenheimer versus Schlechter seeks enforcement of contract. Solomon versus Davis aka Ball seeks declaratory decree. Barrington versus Barrington seeks divorce.
Leland G. Desmon 35 of Sarasota weds Joanne L. King 31 of Sarasota. Howard D Schwisow 25 of Sarasota weds Gloria Faye Adair 19 of Sarasota. Millard M. Frost 34 of Osprey weds Audrey F. Joyner 34 of Sarasota.
A compiled list shows residents admitted or noted at various addresses including Ruth Butler 1955 Bahia Vista Geraldine Cavill 6336 Glencoe Pearl Hodgson 339 Riviera Dr Charles King 214 Adelia St Leonard Lawson 1823 5th St Nona Loewe Punta Gorda Josephine Mahaney 126 N Osprey Ave Patricia Matthews 1086 47th St George McCall Stohler Apts Sophia Menig 2759 Riverside Sandra Morris 1461 3rd St Je Peterson 2422 Siesta Dr Co Ross 30 N Washington Sharon Scott 506 Spruce St Goldie Sebeni Sarasota Court Ethel Smith Punta Gorda Irving Swigart 352 N Washington Blvd.
Highway Patrol arrested Rod erick L. Shoeman 54 Crosswell Mich Howard L. Kapke 42 Lincoln Neb and John Riccardi 44 Fort Myers on reckless driving charges. Bond set at 40 with Shoeman and Kapke released. Leon M. Abbey 57 Nokomis held on 200 bond for driving while intoxicated.
Kellogg Co marks its 50th anniversary on June 28 by serving breakfast cereal for a half mile in Battle Creek. Two hundred twenty two tables will stretch along the business district to feed visitors.
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