State Reviews Scherman Case in Historic Education Action
The State Cabinet Board of Education grants a review of the Sarasota High principal Howard Scherman case. It will examine legality of moving him from continuing to annual contract, the first such state review in history. A later date will set the appeal hearing.
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State Cabinet Board of Education Today
Sarasota High School
Howard Scherman
Sherman
Cabinet Board of Education
Tallahassee
Sarasota County
Capital
United Press International
SHS
County School Board
Russell Wiley
Saragoza
Thomas D. Bailey
Sarasota
Eral
Bailey
Sarasota Board
Scherman
Birth Rate Reaches March Record in 1962
The Public Health Service reports 359000 registered live births in March, up 0.8 percent from 356000 in March 1961. The tally marks the highest March total on record.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Police Chief Killed by Mob After Drunken Rampage in Ecuador
Reports say Jose Chica head of Naranjal police was drunk and fired on townspeople killing four. An angry mob tracked him down and killed him then attempted to burn the body.
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Quito
Ecuador
Naranjal
Jose Chica
Exam Pain Killer
Calgary officials question hypnosis session offered to high school seniors by the Calgary Hypnosis Society. The group claims relaxing students helps memory for exams, while School Superintendent Robert Warren says he never heard of such a program and would discourage it if asked.
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Calgary
Alta
Bill Brooks
Robert Warren
York, WWI Medal of Honor winner, hospitalized in Nashville
Sgt. Alvin York, 74, in Nashville hospital after a flareup of stomach hemorrhages. Doctors allow buttermilk but forbid cornbread. X-ray exams to determine how long he will stay.
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Nashville, Tenn
Alvin York
Sinal
York
Wales youth found guilty of petty water larceny
Roger Kettle, 17, convicted in Overton on Dee of stealing half a penny worth of water from the Ministry of Works after using a hospital shower. A police inspector testified that water taken from a hospital supply remains larceny even if the water is poured away. The magistrate imposed a penalty of court costs of 15 shillings 2.10.
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Overton-On-Dee
Wales
Roger Kettle
Ministry of Works
Roger
Brazil Aid Signed for Northeast Development
Recife Brazil AP The U S ambassador Lincoln Gordon signed implementing contracts for 20 million dollars Alliance for Progress aid for northeast Brazil. The agreements are the first under the northeast development project and draw from 131 million dollars allocated for the area.
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Recife
Brazil
U.S
Lincoln Gordon Mionday
Alliance For Progress
United States
Northeast
The Plaza Restaurant Serving Sarasota 32 Years
The Plaza Restaurant marks 32 years of operation in Sarasota with longtime staff and local patrons celebrating milestones. The family owned eatery continues to offer menu staples, with community events planned to honor the anniversary.
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Plaza
Sarasota
Sarasota Bay Boat Captain's Body Found After Mishap
The body of 55 year old Capt. Robert C Derby was recovered early today in Sarasota Bay near the Holiday Inn Yacht Club. He fell overboard Monday afternoon during a fishing trip with Miss Marion Wood. Autopsy ordered by Manatee County medical examiner Dr Frederick Allen as investigation continues.
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Manatee County
Frederick Allen
Robert C
Bob) Derby
Sarasota Bay
Bay Shore Road
Sarasota
Holiday Inn Yacht Club
Ken Gross
Sheriff's Office
Palmetto Search and Rescue Unit
State Salt Water Conservation Dept
Derby
Jack Hobbs
Gross
Miss Wood
Carpenter Reports Reasons for Aurora 7 Reentry Error
Astronaut Scott Carpenter met with President Kennedy at the White House and explained overshooting his recovery area by about 250 miles after May 24’s triple Earth orbit. He cited yaw and attitude errors in the Aurora 7 capsule near reentry, slightly reduced retro rocket thrust, and late firing of the retro rockets as contributing factors.
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Washington
UPI
Scott Carpenter
Kennedy
White House
West Germans Name New Envoy To U.S.
Bonn reports Hein rich Knappstein, 56, will become West German ambassador in Washington next fall. He currently serves as chief West German observer at the United Nations and will replace Wilhelm Grewe who is recalled amid the U.S. West German clash over proposals for a Berlin settlement.
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Bonn
Germany
Heinrich Knappstein
Washington
Foreign Ministry
Knappstein
United Nations
Wilhelm Grewe
Berlin
Wildlife Loss Declared Exaggerated in Everglades Fire
LAKELAND AP The State Game Commission was advised that losses of wildlife timber cover and food from woods fires in the Everglades regions are greatly exaggerated. Robert C. Garrison wildlife biologist West Palm Beach presented a report to the commission after studying the burned areas. He estimated probably not more than 20 percent of the total area affected.
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Lakeland
State Game Commission
Everglades
Robert C. Garrison
West Palm Beach
Game Commission
Garrison
Audie Murphy Involved in Lewd Letter Incident
Hollywood star Audie Murphy says he punched a teen in a street confrontation over lewd letters but denies drawing a pistol. He reported showing his badge and pistol during the encounter with two youths, Edward Mayer and Robert Beasley, who said they had no connection to the matter.
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Hollywood
Audie Murphy
Murphy
America
Ated
Edward L. Mayer
Robert T. Beasley
Volunteers Sought to Fill Sarasota LIC Vacancies
County Commissioner Boyd R. Gernhard urged business and industrial leaders to join the Light Industry Council. His minority report was adopted 4-1 after deleting the first two paragraphs, with Fred Haigh voting no. The statement argues LIC members are semi retired leaders seeking to correct economic unbalance while noting Sarasota County lags in planned development.
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Boyd R
Bud) Gernhard
Light Industry Council
LIC
Gernhard
County Commission
Fred Haigh
Haigh
James A. Spanos
Johnson Warren
Warren Henderson
Spanos
County Planning Commission
Recreation Council
Zoning Board of Appeals
Ringling-Palmer
Mart Moves From Slump To Upswing
New York stocks rebounded from an early loss in heavy trading as key issues reversed course and pushed the market higher. The AP average of 60 stocks at noon showed losses before the upturn, with industrials rails and utilities down, echoing a dramatic shift similar to last Tuesday’s record indoor swing.
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New York
Associated Press
Bob Hope Puts Sparkle Into Georgetown Finals
Bob Hope in cap and gown attends Georgetown University commencement as an honorary doctor of humane letters. He jokes about education and Kennedy, praises laughter as a social service, and offers pointed career advice to graduates led by 1,066 degree recipients.
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Sparkle
Georgetown
Harry Kelly Washington
Georgetown University
Kennedy
American Medical Association
Robert Hope
Hope
Catholic University
Anthony
Alan Ladd
Cleveland
Edward B. Bunn
At&t
Georgia GOP Candidate Killed In Auto Crash
A. Ed ward Smith Georgia's first Republican gubernatorial candidate since Reconstruction died in a head on crash with a Neal Trucking Lines truck near Woodbury. His wife was injured and hospital conditions described as shock with possible skull fracture.
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Georgia
GOP
Woodbury
A. Edward Smith
State Patrol
Smith
Neal Trucking Lines
Montgomery
Ala
Methodist Conference Begins Work in Florida
The 120th Florida Methodist Conference opened in Lakeland with about 1,000 delegates. Bishop James W. Henley warned of global Christian challenges as reports from boards and commissions were heard. The conference ends Friday with pastoral appointments. The statistician Rev. M. E. Myer reported membership up 11,820 to 258,323 and Sunday school enrollment up 3,862 to 173,107, with $17.5 million spent during the year.
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Lakeland
UPI
Florida Methodist Conference
James W. Henley
Jacksonville
M. E. Myer
Orange Springs
Bomb threat evacuates INS center in Washington
An anonymous call forced the Immigration and Naturalization Service headquarters in Washington to evacuate. Police found no bomb in this or two prior warning incidents within a week earlier.
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Washington
The
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Judge Fines Young Driver For Speeding In GUSTO Car
In Berlin New Hampshire Judge George Keough fines 20 year old Richard Coury 15 dollars for speeding and warns that a repeat offense will suspend his license for six months. Coury’s license plate reads GUSTO.
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Berlin
N.H
UPI
Richard Coury
George Keough
Coury
Ball Named Director for Florida State Employees Group
Roy Ball of Tallahassee was named executive director of the 2200 member Florida State Employes Association by president R L West. The appointment covers all state employees except elected officials and gubernatorial appointees.
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Tallahassee
UPI
R. L. West
Florida State Employes Association
Roy Ball
Composer-Producer Marries Actress in New York
Composer-producer Jule Styne and actress Margaret Brown wed Monday in a ceremony led by Rabbi Julius Mark. Styne wrote stage and screen hits including Gypsy Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Bells Are Ringing and High Button Shoes. A prior marriage ended in divorce.
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New York
UPI
Jule Styne
Margaret Brown
Julius Mark
Styne
Seven Sailors Saved After Navy Craft Sinks
A Navy landing craft sank in Boston harbor with seven men aboard. The Roseway rescued them after the craft took on water during refuse dumping near the outer harbor due to a mechanical defect. Coast Guard boats and helicopters assisted. ambulances were summoned as the men were brought to safety.
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Boston
Boston Harbor
Atka
Coast Guard
Billie Sol Estes Probe Shifts to New York City
Seven GAO investigators on loan to the Senate subcommittee have moved to New York to review records of Commercial Solvents tied to Billie Sol Estes. The firm supplied Estes fertilizer on credit and loaned him $225,000 in 1958 to start in grain storage. Estes reportedly owed about $5 million to Commercial Solvents then. The duration of the New York inquiry was not disclosed.
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New York
UPI
Billie Sol Estes
General Accounting Office
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Estes
Pecos, Tex
Lack Of Jury Frees 2 Men In Slayings
Two east Tennessee men, Carl Morers and James Horton, were freed after a Hancock County murder case could not seat a jury in the county where the deputies were killed. The Tennessee Supreme Court ruled a trial must occur in the locale, causing dismissal of charges after two mistrials and a failed second attempt. A special prosecutor said he would appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Nashville, Tenn
East Tennessee
U.S. Supreme Court
Tennessee Supreme Court
Carl Morers
James Horton
Myers
Horton
A. J. Tyler
Alex Morris
Hancock County
W. Wayne Oliver
Oliver
Edward Friar
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