Phone Company Extends Mobile Phone Service in Florida
General Telephone Company of Florida expands mobile service in Sarasota Manatee after relocating facilities a 150 ft tower and new equipment enabling direct calls across the area and compatibility with national systems. The project centers Sarasota Venice Englewood Bradenton with a June start and a statewide $274000 expansion.
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General Telephone Company of Florida
United States
W. A. Lathrop Jr
Southern Division
Phone Company
Sarasota
Bradenton
Venice
Englewood
Florida General
Lathrop
Sarasota-Manatee County
Bell Telephone
Telephone Company
General Telephone
Lake Wales
Tampa
Winter Haven
Sarasota Channel
Manatee
Sarasota - Manatee
Discount Houses Enter Retail Fight Across Chains
A retail revolution spreads as major department stores and variety chains adopt discount methods after Woolworths announces Woolco. Interstate, Kresge, and Grayson-Robinson expand self service and low markups, hoping to undercut traditional rivals while courting bargain seekers.
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New York
F. W. Woolworth Co
Robert C. Kirkwood
Woolworth's
Baltimore
Kalamazoo
Mich
Hartford
Conn
Sol W. Cantor
Grayson-Robinson Stores
Bankers Securities Corp
City Stores Co
Philadelphia
May
Akron
Denver
Cleveland
Los Angeles
San Fernando
Bernard Litvak
Lit Bros
J. Gordon Dakins
National Retail Merchants Association
Behavior Seen As First Cure
President Kennedy’s physician predicts medical science will soon aim to cure human behavior rather than physical illness. Dr Janet Travell spoke to Meharry Medical College’s 108 graduates in Nashville, saying medicine’s future lies in altering behavioral patterns for social good.
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Nashville
Dr. Travel
Paris
Vienna
Meharry
Vandiver Warns Agitators Over Atlanta School Integration
Governor Vandiver condemned agitation as four Atlanta public high schools prepare for racial integration next fall. He pledged to use necessary force to protect life and property if peace is threatened. The Atlanta Board of Education approved transfers of 10 Negro students to white schools under a federal order.
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Atlanta
Ernest Vandiver
Vandiver
Atlanta Board of Education
Churchill takes 10 day holiday in Monte Carlo
Sir Winston Churchill, pale and tired after illness, flew Monday night to the southern coast of France for a 10 day holiday in Monte Carlo.
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London
UPI
Winston Churchill
France
Monte Carlo
Vision fogging noted in Shepard space flight
NASA reports Alan Shepard’s brief vision blur during the May suborbital flight due to rocket vibration. Changes to Mercury capsule design include more head foam and a revised adapter ring to reduce post launch vibration. Debriefing, weightlessness, and water landing described as routine. periscope cited as navigation backup.
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Washington
Alan Shepard
Shepard
U.S
Ocean
Cape Canaveral, Fla
Redstone
Grand Bahama Island
Fan Of Su Hurt In Flight Illusion Turns Injury Real
Hermosillo Mexico AP report says 8 year old Antonio Cuevas broke his arm trying to imitate Superman by jumping from a high wall. Police explained the accident as a risky stunt gone wrong.
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Hermosillo
Mexico
Antonio Cuevas
Superman
Portugal population sizes compared to Indiana
The statement notes Portugal is slightly smaller than Indiana in area, while Portugal's population is about nine million and Indiana's around four million, indicating Portugal would have roughly double Indiana's population despite similar land area.
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Portugal
Indiana
Postal Surprises Patchogue N Y
Humphrey Avery plant nursery owner finds four ten dollar bills in mail with note for stolen merchandise. He also learns a theft had occurred, but details of the missing items are unknown.
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Patchogue
N. Y
Humphrey Avery
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