Water Shortage Action Urged by Sarasota News Policy
The Sarasota News urges immediate local action to solve the water shortage. It supports damming the Manatee or Braden Rivers to create a regional reservoir and criticizes reliance on state legislation, noting a committee meeting and plans to forward reports to the Florida Water Resources Study Commission for the 1957 session.
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Manatee
Braden
Sarasota
Sarasota County
Tallahassee
Kenneth Thompson
Gulf of Mexico
Pan Tie Raid Returns At Idaho State College
In a spring prank cycle the pan tie raid reappears, with boys swallowing gold fish and stealing cannons from the town square. This year Idaho State College youths led the mischief and the girls answered with trombone serenades. The piece notes cruel and unusual punishment laws and calls for punishment, while the public mood wavers between amusement and concern.
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Such
Idaho State College
Ride To Freedom The cop rides horse into West Germany for refuge
A Red East German policeman abandons a 35 foot frontier plow and leaps onto a horse to escape into free West Germany. He seeks political refuge, with the regime likely demanding the horse and plow back. The story praises his audacious act.
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East Germany
Expansion of newspaper plant greeted with success wishes
Andrew J. Olsen praises the expansion and eighty page press as a boost to the community. Henrietta Street thanks THE NEWS for coverage of First Baptist Church revival meetings in Sarasota, appreciating the cooperation and spiritual enrichment effort.
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Andrew J. Olsen
First Baptist Church
Sarasota
Tarpon Tournament Opens With Parish Parade Praise
Dear Editor on behalf of the Sarasota County International Tarpon Tournament Inc and its officers and directors, we express appreciation for your participation in the opening ceremonies last Saturday. The parade and ceremonies were a success owing to cooperative efforts, and we anticipate the 26th tournament will be an outstanding success and a credit to Sarasota.
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Sarasota County International Tarpon Tournament, Inc
Sarasota
Mental Health Society Compliments The News Staff
The Mental Health Society thanks THE NEWS staff for cooperation in giving space to material on mental health education. The organization relies on local newspapers to educate the public about mental health issues and the public weal.
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NEWS
Late note of appreciation for Ray Smith real estate forum
A Sarasota letter thanks Ray Smith for his broker forum and the help it provides to seasoned and newer brokers. The writer values the manuals received and plans to bind them for library reference and ongoing review.
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Ray Smith
Sarasota
C. L. McCaffrey
Young Hussein and Ali Abu Nuwar Shape Jordan’s Crisis
In Amman the 20 year old King Hussein and Gen Ali Abu Nuwar have centralized power in Jordan. Their push favors independence from Egypt led blocs, with Nuwar’s menacing energy and caution from Glubb Pasha's ouster shaping the palace. The future of Jordan’s alliance and status in the Baghdad Pact remains uncertain as Nuwar eyes strong control of the Arab Legion.
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Amman
Jordan
Hussein
Arab Legion
Ali Abu Nuwar
Iraq
John Bagot Glubb
Paris
Glubb Pasha
France
Glubb
Abu Nuwar
Gerald Templer
Troika
Egypt
Syria
Nasser
People as Books Everywhere You Go
The narrator urges that daily encounters reveal hidden interests and learnable facts. By observing strangers and keeping an open mind, one gains insight, friendship, and spiritual uplift from ordinary moments.
Naive View of Soviet Outreach Draws Criticism
Washington observers debate Ike advisers Stassen Hoffman and J. Foster Dulles on Moscow invitation to Air Force officers for a June Moscow Air Show. Critics warn acceptance signals peace talks while masking Red propaganda aims and risks defections from anti-Communist unity.
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Washington
United States
Soviet Union
Moscow
Harold E. Stassen
Paul G. Hoffman
Eisenhower
Siassen
State Department
Foreign Operations Administration
Congress
Hoffman
Fund For the Republic
Studebaker - Packard Corp
U.S
United Nations General Assembly
Ficers
S. John Foster Dulles
Russia
Dulles
Stassen
Boy Wonder
Iran's Rich Students Benefited From U S College Aid
GAO and House committee reveal about 1000 Iranian youths from wealthy families studied at American universities in 1952. Taxpayers covered roughly $2.5 million of their tuition and living costs, while Iran's rial exchange rate led to complex refunds. The program occurred amid Cold War financing to curb communism in Persia.
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Washington
Sam
Iran
America
General Accounting Office
International Operations Subcommittee
Porter Hardy Jr
D., Va
Ralf
George H. Staples
GAO
Representative Hardy
State Department
Hals
John B. Hollister
International Cooperation Administration
Sac
Staples
Mossadegh
Golden Gleams on Man From Greek Poets And Sophocles
A brief collection of quotes noting mans wretched shadow like Homer suggests man is a shadow and a dream while Sophocles declares humanity the most wonderful of nature. The fragments juxtapose ancient reflections on human nature.
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Earth
Friendship Ties Need Care And Gentle Visits
A poem urging friends not to neglect one another. It compares friendship to a flower that needs sunshine and showers of love, memory, and sympathy. It emphasizes constant cultivation through visits and kind actions to keep bonds bright and alive.
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Ride To Freedom
Baptist Courage
Henrietta Street
Middle East
Joseph Alsop
Grina
Eaough
Stanger
George Matthew
Adams
Home, Sweet Home
Bud Blake
Mr. Eisenhower
Nathan Twining
Air Force
Reds
Francis E. Walter
House UN- American Activities Committee
Khrushchev
Kremlin
Communist Movement
Walter
Messrs
Fulton
Technical Cooperation Administration
Ancient
Persia
Frederick Othman
Homer
Pindar
Sophocles
James J Metcalfe
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