Disabled veteran learns he inherits 2 million from Swedish grandmother
Cleveland resident Lund, 35, a WWII veteran and $90 weekly clerk, will share nearly 6 million among siblings. He plans to fly to Sweden to sign papers, set up a trust for his wife and three children, and perhaps buy a motel night club. He has refused to change his modest life, remaining cautious and private.
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Cleveland
Land of
Stockholm
Sweden
Lund
American Steel and Wire Co
Fanny Stromberg
New York City
Helicopter Rescues Navy Pilot From Life Raft Off Florida
President Eisenhower’s task force conducted an air sea rescue after a Navy pilot from Fighter Squadron 31 bailed out near Mayport Florida. Commander J B Tefft was plucked from a life raft 120 miles northeast of Mayport in very good condition. The Valley Forge helicopter from USS Saratoga carried out the lift as Saratoga and 16 ships joined the search for a second pilot whose Demon Jet went down in the Atlantic.
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Saratoga
INS
Eisenhower
Florida
Comdr
J. B. Tefft
Fighter Squadron 31
Cecil Field
Fla
Mayport
Tefft
Valley Forge
Mr. Eisenhower
Atlantic
Navy
Boston
Sarasota Junior High Wins NEWS Trophy
Sarasota Junior High School won the second annual NEWS School Page Trophy for outstanding reporting. Fruitville and other Sarasota County schools were runners up. The award, presented by School Editor Virginia Rankin, honors neat copy, deadlines, and news value from the 1956-57 school year.
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Sarasota Junior High School
Carl Huckaby
Sandy Wing
Claudia DeGraffenreid
Anne Weaver
Nancy Murtha
Virginia Rankin
S. H. Mims
Barbara Arsenault
Jewel Bamford
Ardel Price
Pat Fink
Bruce McKay
Sarasota Junior High
Ardell Price
Sarasota County
Happiness House
Sarasota
House Seeks Compromise On Revision In Florida
In Tallahassee the House planned a move to revive constitutional revision by reconsidering a昨 night vote that junked the revision after a reapportionment clash. Leaders hoped a midterm compromise could emerge after the overnight recess as small county reps pressed to adopt the legislative article while preserving status quo on reapportionment.
Downtown Flood Forces Barricades and Store Losses
Heavy rain flooded Main, 1st, 3rd and State Streets with as much as three inches inside several stores. Police set barricades to protect motorists as merchants moved goods above water. Rain continued into morning with forecasts of more showers. Hudson and Supply Inc. reported 12 inches of water in a 1970 Main building and mud on the floor while the city sewage plant overflowed after 2.57 inches fell. Storm drains delayed a pipe installation at 10th Street and North Trail. May rainfall totals reached 27.69 inches at the treatment plant, far higher than 1956 and other years. Officials blamed clogged drains for part of the flood.
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1St
1St Street
Ray Hudson
Hudson and Supply Inc
Main
Joseph Seymour
N. Gillespie Ave
12Th St
10Th St
North Trail
Max Sturm
Seymour
Bakers Boss Got 60 000 On Banquet
Senate probes heard Max Kralstein a national Bakers Union vice president received about 60000 from a June 1956 Waldorf Astoria banquet in his honor. Joseph Tenczar ex Brooklyn local business agent said employers were pressured to buy tickets and advertise, targeting firms with whom Kralstein bargained on industry contracts.
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Washington Senate
Bakers Union
Max Kralstein
Waldorf-Astoria
Joseph Tenczar
Brooklyn
Kyalstein
Tenczar
Robert Kennedy
Carolina Crash Toll Reaches Nineteen In Fatal Collision
A fiery two truck crash near Fayetteville North Carolina raised the death toll to 19 matching the national record for the worst truck accident.
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Carolina
Fayetteville
Here
Train Hits Car Wrecks Nokomis Mother and Daughter
A Seaboard Air Line passenger train struck a 1957 Pontiac at a Nokomis By-Way grade crossing, demolishing the car and injuring Mrs. W. C. Giddens and her daughter. Mrs. Giddens is in critical condition at Venice Hospital. daughter less seriously hurt. The train, led by Alonso C. Jenkins of Tampa, had just left Venice depot at 8 20 a m.
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Venice
Nokomis
Seaboard Air Line
Venice Hospital
W. C. Giddens
Alonso C. Jenkins
Tampa
Minnie Hides From Rains in Sarasota Storm Talk
Sarasota reports partly cloudy skies with scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers. Highs reach 86 to 92 degrees with overnight lows of 70 to 74 as winds stay gentle to moderate and variable.
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Sarasota
U S 301 Link Shapes Florida Frontiers and Finance
A Sarasota focus drives a seven year push to widen U S 301 from the courthouse to the Manatee County line. Merchants north and state officials clash over plans for the Ringling Causeway and bayfront drive while a northward extension toward Ellenton seeks a cross to U S 41.
25 Years In The Making 301 Route History In City Center Boom
The piece recalls the drive to four lane Highway 301 from the county line to Bard Street and east to Inton Boulevard, naming Charlies Ringling influence, the 1960 High Way 41 four laning campaign by North Trail Improvement Assn, and Alfred McKethan’s settlement of the route as U.S. 301 at a Sarasota Bay luncheon. It notes charges of pressure from Manatee County Commissioner W H Burnett and portrays a pioneering boom era for U S 301.
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Main Street
Washington Boulevard
Charlies Ringling
City Commission
Bradenton Road
County
Bard Street
Inton Boulevard
State Road Department
The
North Trail Improvement Assn
Alfred McKethan
Sarasota Bay Country High
A “Se
Manatee County
W. H. Burnett
U.S. 301
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