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Newspaper
Sarasota News
Location
Sarasota, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1963
Page
1
In Gainesville Florida a four hour outbreak of racial violence left a Negro man shot a white man beaten bottles thrown and a car smashed Police reported large bands of whites and Negroes clashing downtown after Negroes attempted to buy tickets to a segregated theater The incident occurred near the University of Florida and relayed by UPI
Maurice V. Altman Sr., general manager and president of Altman Chevrolet Co. at 65 Central Avenue, died early today in Sarasota Memorial Hospital. He is survived by his widow Susie P. Altman and five children. Funeral services will be announced and held in Wauchu la with local arrangements by Shannon Whitfield Chapel. The town faces racial tension as Simmons is treated for a forearm wound and released from a hospital amid planned demonstrations against segregated theaters.
Vatican officials announced the death of Pope John XXIII at age 81 after more than three days of final agony. The pope, in prayer, endured a slowing decline with periods of coma and decline despite attempts to relieve pain. Catholic mourners gathered outside the Vatican as workers began their day.
A Sarasota youth ran out of gas on DeSoto Road and tried to pour gas into the tank by lighter causing a heavy car damage. Injuries were minor and educational notices mention Riverview High Ram page members Paul Dyer and Pete Nadell with Lawrence Welk's band.
The Navy lowered underwater closed circuit television cameras to the North Atlantic seabed to resume the Thresher submarine search. Thresher disappeared during a test dive after overhaul at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard on April 10.
Miami dispatch reports at least 17 people died in a Florida incident. Officials provide initial casualty figures and warn the situation may rise as search efforts continue. Local authorities vow to investigate the disaster cause and provide updates.
Tornadoes hit Texas and Oklahoma with heavy rainfall across several locations. Reports show Amarillo receiving 0.78 inches and Bismark NC recording about 0.04 inches in 45 minutes, with other towns noting varied downpours and widespread rainfall totals.
A brief tally notes memorial tolls surpassing five hundred with Rhode Island spared from holiday traffic deaths. California leads traffic fatalities with a single figure. New York states, Texas and Tennessee show small counts in the record.
London newspapers report a somber mood as Pope John Paul II nears death. Headlines note urgency from the Vatican and focus on his suffering and final hours.
Vatican press office says the Pope found a small crucifix in a Milan junk shop in 1986 paid a year later. The relic once belonged to an Milanese abbot and may be buried with the Pope.
Bob Considine, noted interviewer and prize winning writer, explains the selection of the pope in a feature on page three of today’s Sarasota News. The piece promises superb reading from the seasoned journalist.
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