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Newspaper
Sarasota News
Location
Sarasota, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1955
Page
2
Winter citrus inspection figures list 10 a.m. reports for oranges and grapefruit. Box totals reach 28,797 at one table and 37,079 at another, with boat and truck categories contributing 700 and 16,837 respectively. Overall totals show 43,634 and 61,352 across the two periods.
Hogs salable 200 nominally steady with ranges 16 to 25 for bulk and 12 to 25 for heavier classes. Cattle salable 100 nominally steady with steers 23 to 26 in top grades and cows 11 to 16. Sheep salable 100 nominally steady with spring lambs 23 to 50 and yearlings 10 to 20.
The Sarasota City Commission will discuss prohibiting parking on the North Trail at a meeting Monday night as part of a plan to widen the road to four lanes with a 14 foot center dividing strip. Merchants protest the median while H. E. Lewis says the strip is good engineering practice. Federal aid status remains unclear.
The Sara sota County Public Hospital Board will hold its next meeting Monday at 3 p.m. at Pal mer First National Bank and Trust Co.
President Eisenhower enjoyed a four seat light plane for farm trips and accepted gifts for his herd. A Berkshire sow and three Black Angus cattle were presented by donors at Gettysburg. The cow and calf were near a nurse cow while a Heart of Ohio Aberdeen Angus gift added a heifer. He joked about the trip home to Washington.
Two members of the Senate Appropriations Committee will visit Japan Korea Formosa the Philippines and Indochina with Dirksen also visiting Europe to report back on the 3 4 billion foreign aid program. The trip aims to influence committee views as it weighs proposed aid levels and loan gift mix. Clements said the Western Pacific and Southeast Asia are critical and the trip will provide on the scene findings.
The 1956 session faces a special session to resolve reapportionment after a constitutional amendment proposal for 67 counties and a 135 member House. The body voted 425 million in spending, created a tax study commission, and approved reforms in state departments and education pension systems.
A group of Roman Catholic priests in Buenos Aires warned that those who help pass laws curbing the church face excommunication. The statement, read in pulpits tomorrow, was released by a high church source and follows Peron government anti church measures.
Admissions list includes multiple residents such as Mrs. Marie Benning and Mrs. Bessie Carter with street addresses. Obituaries note deaths of Ernest M. Oswald, Gerald Mygatt, Earl Lee Huntington, Percy B. Hicks, and Mrs. Shirley O Neal Jones. Legal notices include two divorces Fannie O Neill Weldon and Willie Mae Berry and a quiet title suit Rosco Estates Inc versus South Florida Securities Inc.
The United Auto Workers push three main negotiations with Ford and GM as deadlines loom. Ford faces a 36 hour strike deadline while GM talks proceed with two sessions today and a night session planned. The union seeks higher guaranteed wages and pension improvements beyond Ford offers.
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