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Newspaper
Sarasota News
Location
Sarasota, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1955
Page
1
Adlai E. Stevenson, former Illinois governor, says he is eager to run for president again if the Democratic Party wants him. A source says Stevenson would be willing to give it all he has and is confident the Democrats can win even if Eisenhower seeks a second term.
In Concord North Carolina prison officials reported Bennie Meeks spoke to fellow prisoners before escaping from a road crew Monday. He said I think it's time to be leaving I'll be seeing you. The incident was disclosed yesterday by officials.
Gainesville Texas 8 year old Ronald Ford who had April 29 polio shot died yesterday from polio marking the first fatal case in the state.
Edward Wright, 76, confronted two robbers at his Grand Rapids shop after they shouted holdup. They took $22 from the till and fled. The store has been held up five times in two years.
Airman Preston Gregory 21 of La Junta Colorado drew headlines in Sydney when the Sun dubbed him The Only Yank of His Kind. The story notes his handsome shy demeanor and an apology for kissing a Brisbane girl after saying he forgot himself.
A union go-between committee crafted new peace feelers as Britain's nationwide railroad strike entered its fifth day. Prime Minister Eden summoned the Cabinet to consider government options in the rail walkout and a second effort to end the dispute.
Belgrade reports Tito and Khrushchev concluding a week of Soviet Yugoslav discussions aimed at mending post 1948 split. Soviet Premier Bulganin Mikoyan and delegates attended the session as talks wrap with no leave date set for the Russians.
Joe Paul Andrews, arrested in Clearwater while dining, will be arraigned on charges he led an May 20 robbery of the First National Bank of Jacksonville Alabama, netting 86700 dollars. FBI said he directed the operation and may have had a fifth getaway driver with officers locating cash and two pistols in his 1955 car.
He but those hand painted costumes are very expensive aren t they
A West Liberty Ohio resident writing to Wm. V. Blanton General Contractor and Real Estate Broker after seeing his advertisement in THE NEWS asks for plans and prices for a future Sarasota home.
Four U S airmen released from Chinese prisons held a press conference near Hong Kong. They said they resisted brain washing and pleaded guilty to intruding into China amid a four hour trial notice. Capt Harold Fischer Lt Col Edwin Heller and two others spoke of solitary confinement and delayed letters home.
FBI says 41 year old Alton D Elkins of Clearwater was arrested in Las Vegas for the $86700 Jacksonville Alabama bank robbery on May 20 Joe Andrews was arrested in Clearwater Tuesday A second arrest followed in Las Vegas and the case ties to Alabama authorities.
Washington officials sought a two part formula from the Chinese Communists for early liberation of 11 imprisoned U S airmen. Part one cites a Geneva peace conference pledge to consider early releases for prisoners with good records. Part two notes Peiping radio remarks about leniency and deportation for four jet fliers who claimed they were only following orders and showed remorse.
Sarasota County school officials respond to the Supreme Court desegregation ruling with no immediate plans to act. Board chair Barbara Ingram notes no meeting agenda on the issue while Superintendent Carl Strode says state guidance is awaited before local steps. He adds it remains illegal to have mixed schools and that districting Booker School could impact small groups across areas.
The Senate rejected House amendments to its reapportionment bill and sent it back to the House by a 26 to 12 vote. The chamber acted without debate as Sen. Tapper urged rejection of the House plan which the Senate then accepted as formal amendments. The House later approved a revised plan 78 to 13, reforming district lines to give Bay Monroe Sarasota and Manatee a senator each and reconfiguring the Ninth District.
Henry Morgenthau Jr testified before the Senate Internal Security subcommittee that during his Treasury tenure he had no reason to suspect Harry Dexter White of espionage. The hearing reviewed Morgenthau diary passages from 1934 to 1945.
Washington reports first shots of Salk polio vaccine ready for 200000 more school children with supplies to be progressively available. Public Health Service clears 200000 cubic centimeters of unused vaccines held since May 7 after safety recheck. Earlier clearances followed for Eli Lilly Wyeth Parke Davis vaccines.
Miami figure Louis Saccaroma aka Lou Black, 56, scheduled for federal court arraignment tomorrow on the charge he failed to buy a $50 federal gambling stamp.
About 2,800 union workers in central Florida's phosphate sector walked off the job amid wage dispute negotiations. Strikes at Bartow and Plant City plants followed expired contracts, with no settlement in sight and potential weeks of shutdowns.
A downtown Dallas building collapse killed three people and injured eight as a music store cafe and beer tavern were crushed. Rescue teams searched rubble for up to 15 more trapped, while witnesses described a bomblike crash.
Minnie reports for work as showers loom in Sarasota and Florida forecasts from partly cloudy to possible thunderstorms. East Gulf marine winds remain northeast and moderate, with temperatures around mid 80s to upper 80s and coastal lows near 60s to 70s.
Leonard W. Hall chairman of the Republican National Committee arrived with 10 party leaders to plan the 1956 convention at the San Francisco Cow Palace. Hall said they assume Eisenhower will be the presidential candidate and Nixon the vice president.
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