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Newspaper
Sarasota News
Location
Sarasota, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1956
Page
13
A 60 foot dike section at Georgetown Dam failed unleashing floodwaters down Clear Creek Canyon. The release damaged at least nine bridges and a 100 foot stretch of U S 640, injuring one man and causing over 200000 dollars in damage. Idaho Springs suffered damaged homes and businesses as floodwaters moved through the area.
A contest entry notice states ten entries per contestant per week and requires clipping along a dotted line and mailing to the Mental Menace Puzzle Editor at the News 1045 Lime Avenue Sarasota Florida. Reasonable rules will be accepted.
A clipped crossword style clue set with numbered hints across several definitions. Includes references to chance risk sports audience signals German action 1940 and distant line miscommunication plus terms for confinement dryness vestment absolution and poultry traits.
A scrambled set of crossword style clues explores misdirection and puns. Entries include references to thoughts of indulgence, a famous English queen, and sailing nouns. The puzzle hints at abbreviations and partial phrases, with commentary on word forms and usage.
The notice describes weekly prize crossword rules for the Mental Menace puzzle in The News. It sets a $10 prize per week, tie breaking puzzles, submission deadlines by 6 p.m. Monday or midnight Thursday, postage and entry limits, and a 10 percent bonus for postcard entries. It also notes entries become property of the newspaper and judges’ interpretations are binding.
Astrological forecast covers all zodiac signs with focus on money, real estate, health and social matters. Aries through Pisces receive guidance on budgeting, appearance, planning, cooperation, and creative aims. A note on a child born tomorrow highlights methodical, inventive traits and potential vocations.
Belita Jepson Turner known as Belita filed a cross complaint for divorce against Hollywood actor Joel Riordan in Los Angeles Superior Court. She accuses him of cruelty and says he threatened violence to force her to sign a managerial contract last year. Riordan had sued for divorce in December, claiming Belita deserted him on September 4 1954 and seeking cancellation of a contract that gave him 40 percent of her earnings.
Hollywood reports the Andrews sisters Patty Laverne and Maxene have patched up their long standing feud and will resume performing as a trio on June 28. The trio had separated following business differences after a Las Vegas date 30 months ago.
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A short description explains a daily message game titled Wishing Well. Players use the letters in their first name to compute a key number by adding or subtracting a fixed amount, then read a hidden message from a rectangle grid by following the key-numbered squares.
In Detroit a woman learning to drive, Alice Dixon aged 44, wrecked her car while exited from a supermarket lot. The vehicle struck another car killing teacher Eddie Mae Clark aged 48. Dixon and her husband Wilbur 56 injured. John Houston 37 escaped uninjured. Dixon held for investigation of involuntary manslaughter.
The onetime Los Angeles newsboy Alden J. Bell was consecrated a Roman Catholic bishop at St. Vibiana's Cathedral. Cardinal James Francis McIntyre officiated the ceremony following his 1932 ordination there.
Florida afternoon news roundup includes Dr Sign Off and morning updates from Pennsylvania patrols and weather segments. The item presents a brief mosaic of regional updates and public notices without a single dominant story.
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