Western Leaders Eye Berlin Break Ahead of Geneva Talks
Western officials predicted an early break in the East West Berlin deadlock as secret talks with Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko loom at a So viet villa. Eisenhower favored a summit only with substantial Geneva progress while Macmillan urged talks regardless of Geneva.
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Weather overview shifts across Florida with showers and sun
Cloudy skies cover much of Florida as June begins with rainshowers in the Keys Panhandle and Tampa Bay area. Southeast coast enjoys sun while northern counties expect afternoon showers through Tuesday. Memorial Day weekend brought heavy rains in north Florida with reports of 4 to 4.44 inches. Severe storms swept the Midwest with tornadoes causing damage and floods. Tropical storm Arlene lingered in the Southeast as New Orleans area saw heavy rains.
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Arlene
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Union Threatens Goon Squads In State Plan
AFL-CIO Southern Regional Director W A Rowe warned that union organizers may call goon squads to pressure public employees in Southeast Florida. He cited Teamster threats to picket five government buildings, including the Dade County Courthouse and Miami Beach City Hall, and argued such action would rely on money rather than support.
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Japan’s Big Day Promotes Safety Weeks and Awareness
Tokyo marks meteorological day, radio wave day, human rights protection day, and the opening of national traffic safety and anti-noise weeks. An ad promotes five Lewis Homes model homes in Venice Gardens, one mile south of Venice on US 41.
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Memorial Day Toll On Nation Highways Counts Ten Deaths
Florida'S Memorial Day weekend added at least ten deaths across the state with seven traffic fatalities. A 13 year old, Rayner Peterson Jr of St Petersburg, died when a .22 rifle discharged during a family lake outing near Inverness. Other fatalities included two water deaths in Lake Eustis and a drowning in a Sweetwater canal. Additional fatalities involved Huey Long Cannon of Dade City in a crash after a pursuit near Cedar Key and Jere Sutterer of Birmingham in a Jacksonville area collision. A tire failure killed Joseph Crowley and Dorothy Wilcoxen near Fort Lauderdale, with other traffic victims such as Ruth Anderson of Lakeland.
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Sweetwater
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Bir
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Joseph V. Crowley
Dorothy Duval Wilcoxen
Ruth Anderson
Lakeland Negro
Eight Killers Die In Florida Electric Chair Rampage
Three condemned men were executed in Florida's electric chair. Harley Conner, 58, Frank Peterson, 33, and John Frazier, 44, died in succession from 8:35 to 9:08 a.m. Each was convicted of murder in separate cases, with Conner killing Sheriff Frank Read, Peterson killing Ira Carnley and his daughter Ernestine, and Frazier facing related charges.
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Harley Conner
Donald Moseley
Frank Peterson
John Frazier
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Frank Read
Gilchrist County
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Ira Gene Carnley
Ernestine
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Bonifay
Me Jesus
Record Memorial Day highway tolls break past 1953 marks
The nation logged its deadliest 54 hours of Memorial Day travel with 591 total deaths from 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Sunday. California led with 26 highway fatalities, followed by Ohio 21 New York 17 and Tennessee 15. A notable crash near Crown Point Indiana killed a mother and four of her five children when struck by a railroad passenger train.
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Lloyd Rumor Denied as Foreign Secretary Post Unchanged
AP reports British delegates at the Big Four talks reacted with astonishment to a London Times piece claiming Selwyn Lloyd would be replaced before Britain’s general election likely by next May. London sources called the report untrue and pure speculation with no official confirmation from No 10 or the Foreign Office.
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Sunken Car Reveals Fate of Two Clarksburg Women
The bodies of Virginia Conley and Juanita Ferguson were found Saturday in a Ferguson car submerged in Elk Creek near Clarksburg. Authorities planned autopsies. foul play was not indicated. Funeral services were set for today and Tuesday. The pair reportedly drowned after their car left the road and entered the water during a long West Virginia search effort.
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CAP Searches For Missing Pilot In Everglades Field
Six to eight Civil Air Patrol planes from Sarasota Fort Myers Naples Miami search the Everglades for Andrew H Bates Jr missing since Saturday morning. Bates rented a Cessna from Palmetto Flying School and failed to radio in per plan. A wreckage was sighted 45 miles northwest of Miami with a helicopter en route to confirm if it is the missing plane.
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Water project eyed for Sarasota Manatee counties
A 15 million dollar joint water project to serve about 80 percent of the Sarasota Manatee area aims to form a two county water authority. The plan envisions a dam near Rye Bridge on the Manatee River, pipelines to Palmetto Bradenton Anna Maria Island Cortez Sarasota and Venice, with land rights and eminent domain to be pursued. The authority will be self liquidating from user revenues and managed by a general manager and a board of directors.
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Punta Gorda Woman Charged in Pool Dunking Case
Preliminary hearing tomorrow in Punta Gorda County for Mrs. George Graham wife of a local attorney charged with aggravated assault for allegedly dunking six year old Merry Sandra Frizzell in a pool. Witnesses said she ran across Olympia Avenue jumped into the pool and held the child's head under water as Frizzell's father rushed to aid her. Bond set at $5,000.
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George Graham
Merry Sandra Frizzell
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