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Newspaper
Sarasota News
Location
Sarasota, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1961
Page
1
The AP reports 462 lives lost in highway crashes over the four day Memorial Day weekend, the worst traffic toll for a Memorial holiday period in U.S. history. Violent accidents totaled 683, with boating deaths at 40, drownings 63, and other accidents 118.
John Capehart of Tulsa Oklahoma won the 34th National Spelling Bee by correctly spelling distichous and smaragdine in a run-off. He defeated Mary Lukes of Oxnard California, who misspelled distichous with a middle Y. Capehart earned 1000 dollars and a New York trip.
Weather Eye reports scattered showers in South Florida before daylight with clearer skies elsewhere. North Florida cool nights with highs 46 to 92 and low 65 to 70, Keys at upper 70s. Northeasterly to easterly winds 8 to 15 mph. Also mentions Bayshore Garden homes priced from 10 780 to 16 600 and Gulf Gate Bradenton pageant of homes with models priced 12 905 to 29 905 FHA from 386 dn.
Former French generals Maurice Challe and Andre Zeller began 15 year prison terms at hard labor for leading the Algerian military mutiny. The court noted leniency. maximum possible penalty was death. Salan and Jouhaud remained at large.
Commerce Secretary Luther Hodges proposed boosting tourism by placing a few attractive women at airports and customs offices to greet visitors, arguing they would welcome travelers instead of stern agents. He noted the idea as a strategic aid to attract more international tourists.
UPI reports President Kennedy moves toward greater French influence in world strategy without creating a formal three power board. He pledges consultation before major East West actions while resisting a permanent super-body. Berlin crisis eases temporarily as Kennedy and De Gaulle align on a common front and plan further talks with Khrushchev in Vienna.
James Marlow argues the Trujillo era showed Latin America’s drive for a better life continues, warning that without bread reforms and strong governance, new tyrannies could rise. He weighs Castro and Dominican paths, noting U S intervention risks and the global wave toward democracy.
In Geneva the Communist side floated a temporary Korean style cease-fire line in Laos. They proposed restricting ICC patrols to trouble spots along the frontier between the royal Laotian government forces and the Pathet Lao. The idea served as a trial balloon before the 14 nation Laos peace conference reconvened amid deadlock on cease-fire terms.
Greek police quote Joan Baker 28 wife of Sgt Joel Baker 55 US Air Force as saying she killed her three children and attempted suicide after believing her husband no longer loved her or the children. She spoke from a hospital where she was treated after the incident.
Los Angeles police say the Free dom Riders protest sparked a 30 minute riot in Griffith Park on Memorial Day. Police used more than 80 officers to break up a rock and bottle throwing mob. A drunken teen allegedly struck an officer after being ordered off a merry go round.
Washington AP reports NASA deputy director Dr. Hugh L. Dryden says every expert who has viewed Soviet lunar photos believes they are composites. He notes uncertainty about how much touching up occurred and questions authenticity of the back side images.
Kensington Park hosts the 1961 Cavalcade of Homes with a 14 acre recreation area. Event runs from 9 a.m. until dusk daily with prices starting at 611,960 and 375 dollars for some listings.
UPI reports civil defense officials and NORAD concluded that coordinated sabotage could not easily disable U S military and civil defense communications. They cited rerouting systems and multiple alternative links making widespread outages unlikely even after the Utah Nevada relay explosions.
Soviet Premier Khrushchev travels to Bratislava near the Iron Curtain as Kennedy and Khrushchev edge toward a cold war summit. Khrushchev avoids predicting results in a brief televised address to supporters amid mounting tensions.
A Justice Department aide testified that the government did not plan the freedom ride in May but a Greyhound official said Robert F Kennedy warned the bus could upset the government if riders did not finish the Birmingham to Montgomery trip. The federal case seeks injunctions against police and KKK groups interfering with interstate travel. John Seigenthaler stated the government had not backed CORE in sending the riders.
Agriculture Secretary Orville Freeman heads to Capitol Hill to press the administration omnibus farm bill. Some lawmakers object to sections allowing the secretary to draft farm programs with farmer input, arguing it shifts authority from Congress.
Charles Horne rodeo rider of Wagon Wheel Ranch leaves Sarasota on horse Montie heading toward Los Angeles. Local officials and about three dozen spectators witness the start as he aims to cover 2700 miles in roughly 100 days with support from the Sarasota County Chamber of Commerce and Peninsula AAA Motor Club.
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