Navy and Army personnel updates from stations at home and abroad
Navy electronics technician air man John W. Rivers visited his parents in Jacksonville and is stationed at Sanford Naval Air Station awaiting assignment to Heavy Attack Squadron 11 in the Mediterranean. Army Pvt. Alan M. DeLoreto arrived in Germany and joined the 6th Infantry, while Navy Lt. (j.g.) Alan B. Cutter returned to Norfolk after duty with the Sixth Fleet aboard the Torsk. Army recruit Frederick L. Engels II joined the Nike-Hercules unit in California after basic training. Philip E. Schenk completed a 15 day Naples visit aboard the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt in the Sixth Fleet. Major Richard M. Jackson finished the logistics command refresher at Ft. Leavenworth.
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Rivers
Sanford Naval Air Station
San Diego
Aviation Electronic School
Memphis Tenn
Mediterranean
Navy
J.g
Alan B. Cutter
Norfolk, Va
Torsk
U.S. Sixth Fleet
Philip E. Schenk
Datura St
Naples
Italy
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Sixth Fleet
Sarasota Veteran Recalls Normandy Beach Landing
E P Whitman recalls D Day from a control vessel off Omaha Beach 16 years ago. He describes seasick troops cheering, the ringside view, and the nerve racking moment as they directed landing craft to shore. Whitman, then an ensign, later taught in Sarasota before entering real estate.
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Normandy
Sarasotan
E. P. Whitman
Sarasota
Europe
Whitman
Scott
Hig Hat
Gore
Nto
Population forecast hints Sarasota area growth to 200,000 by 1970
A Florida study by Allen Hashall Smalley Wellford Nalven predicts Sarasota County's metropolitan population could rise from 70 thousand to as high as 200 thousand by 1970. The projection, based on eight major data sources and tied to West Coast gas pipeline expansion, cites 115,450 in the broader area outside city limits and 40,800 just south of Sarasota.
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Sarasota County
Allen, Hashall, Smalley, Wellford and Nalven
West Coast
Florida West Coast
Smally
Wellford and
Nalven
Sarasota
Venice
U.S. Bureau of the Census
University of Florida
Bureau of Economic and Business Research
Chamber of Commerce
Huston Texas Gas and Oil Corp
Knights Re-Elect Guy Azar in Sarasota Council
Guy Azar was reelected grand knight of the Sarasota Council Knights of Columbus. New officers include Charles Schenk deputy grand knight Leo Hannigan chancellor Walter Mann recorder John Hanley treasurer Charles Walter financial secretary Wilson Storey advocate and Sam Sobut warden. Guards are Lawrence Troffer Joseph McLaughlin August Magold and Cornelius Ford. Trustees are George Troffer Francis O Day and Robert MacAtee. First Degree members listed: John W Wetterfield Roy A Watton Jr Vincent Locicero George A Lagasse Richard O Legasse Francis J Lagasse Arthur A Burch.
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Guy Azar
Sarasota Council
Knights of Columbus
Charles Schenk
Leo Hannigan
Walter Mann
John Hanley
Charles Walter
Wilson Storey
Sam Sobut
Lawrence Troffer
Joseph McLaughlin
August Magold
Cornelius Ford
George Troffer
Francis O’day
Robert MacAtee
John W. Westerfield
Roy A. Watton Jr
Vincent Locicero
George A. Lagasse
Richard O. Legasse
Francis J. Lagasse
Arthur A. Burch
Final arrest ends Sarasota Manatee crime spree
Police report states the April 28 spree in Sarasota and Manatee counties ended with the arrest of Johnny Lee Thomas. Also named are Douglas Balderstone 17 Richard Angers 18 Malcolm Stickley 34 Aymer Curtin 17 Edward Aldous 23 Paul Thomas 19 Eugene Giddens 23 and others, with victims and injuries noted and several held on charges or bonds.
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Sarasota
Manatee
Johnny Lee Thomas
Newtown
Thomas
West Palm Beach
Fruitville Road
Douglas E. Balderstone
Pompano Ave
D. W. Winkel
Linda Adams
Larry Whidden
Lockwood Ridge Rd
Balderstone
Richard E. Angers
Ringling Blvd
Hillview
South Trail
W. W. Freeman
Malcolm Stickley
Clearwater
Osprey
Jack Bent
Aymer L Curtin
Edward J. Aldous
Siesta Key
Paul Thomas
Sun City
Eugene E. Giddens
FFA to Honor Blackburn at State Convention
J Hartley Blackburn Florida Manatee County Schools Supt. will receive an honorary FFA membership at the 32nd annual state convention in Daytona Beach June 14 18. More than 6000 Florida FFA members from 154 chapters will attend with 8500 total members.
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Manatee County
J. Hartley Blackburn
Future Farmers of America
Daytona Beach
Florida Assn. of
Thomas D. Bailey
Florida
Blackburn
Agriculture
FFA
Project Alert Group Will Meet Tomorrow
The mayor's committee on Project Alert will convene Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the Public Safety Building court room on Ringling Boulevard. Adm. W. G. Schindler USN Ret. will launch the project aimed at promoting Americanism to combat communism, originally conceived in Lubbock, Texas.
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Public Safety
Ringling Boulevard
Adm
W. G. Schindler
USN
Lubbock, Te
Authors Will Vote On Discontinuance
Directors of Meet The Author were called to a meeting at the Plaza Restaurant to vote on the organization discontinuance and disposition of treasury funds. Proxies were requested from absent directors via a message from Director Neal Chap line Swalm to vote on their behalf.
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Meet the Author
Plaza
Treasury
Neal Chapline Swalm
Hoffman Opens Pioneer Presbyterian College in St Petersburg
Paul Hoff man, Riverview High graduate, will lead Pioneer Presbyterian College as it opens for the first time next September in St Peters burg.
Democete To Attract Top Leaders For Sarasota Dinner
Sarasota County Democrats prepare for a major dinner honoring U S Senator George Smathers with a Florida junior senator billed as Florida's favorite son. The $10 plate event moves to Dutch Pantry Cafeteria from the Municipal Auditorium. Governor nominee Farris Bryant will miss the affair.
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Sarasota County
U.S
George Smathers
Florida
Los Angeles
Dutch Pantry
Farris Bryant
Miami
Democratic Executive Committee
Smathers
Annual Dinner Elevates Palmetto Area Savings Leaders
Jack Anderson elected president of the Sarasota Manatee Chapter of the American Savings and Loan Institute at the Colony Beach Club during the group’s second annual dinner and graduation. Over 225 employees attended. 116 certificates, 14 achievement awards, and one standard diploma were awarded.
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Sarasota-Manatee
American Savings and Loan Institute
C. William Brummer
Sarasota
Donald Monnier
First Federal Savings and Loan Assn
Bradenton
O. K. Cummings
Jack Anderson
Palmetto Federal Savings and Loan Assn
Sarasota - Manatee
Colony Beach Club
Ed Carwithen
Federal
Donald Pattison
Sarasota Federal
Alice Strickland
First Federal
Leonard Howe
James F. Reed
Sarasota Postal Receipts Rise With Population Growth
Sarasota area postal receipts reflect sharp growth from 1950 to 1959. Higel reports the Sarasota office area posted 252.2 percent more receipts in 1959 than 1950, topping 1 million dollars, while the broader county area rose 131.6 percent since 1953, to about 1.19 million.
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Sarasota
Sarasota County
Gordon Higel
Higel
Area Groups to Conference on Florida Water Problems
Sarasota and Manatee counties will be represented June 16 at a state conference in Orlando on Florida water problems. Dr. Maurice Gregg of Bradenton serves on the Florida State Chamber of Commerce water resources committee, sponsor of the meeting. Representatives will discuss regional watershed conservation and control and advocate new water legislation and regulations, per Harold Colee, ex vice president of the state chamber.
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Sarasota
Manatee
Florida
Orlando
Maurice Gregg
Bradenton
Florida State Chamber of Commerce
Sarasota County
Harold Colee
Ber
Land sales boom in Sarasota County near one million
Transfers filed in Clerk W. A. Wynne's office show four days of land purchases totaling about one million dollars. Sidell Inc. sold 4 480 acres east of Myakka State Park for 418 000 dollars, averaging 90 dollars per acre, to Rayne Holdings Inc. of New York City.
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Sarasota County
W. A. Wynne
Sidell Inc
Arcadia Road
Myakka State Park
DeSoto County
Rayne Holdings Inc
Park Ave
New York City
No Fatalities Reported In May Auto Crashes At Sara sota
Police records show no fatalities from auto accidents in May in Sara sota, with a continued downward trend in accidents. The May total was 68 versus 105 in April and 108 in March, while injuries declined from 51 to 21 over the three months. Damages in April and May exceeded 37 000 each, and Sundays recorded the lowest accident totals.
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Sarasota
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Carl F. Rosseland
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57Th Artillery
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First Federal of
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Hal) Cook Jr
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Englewood
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