Sarasota Eyes Light Industry Commission for Growth
A Sarasota plan to create a Light Industry Commission with funds from a local mill tax awaits Governor signature. The project would fund a full-time director to attract light industries, benefiting youths, students, and older residents as 132 area manufacturers, mainly small, could expand.
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Light Industry Commission
Sarasota
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce Is Wholly Behind the Plan, As Is the County Commission
County Commission
Carl Strode
Venice
Egg market prices in St Pete Clearwater area report
Market listings show prices for Florida eggs by size from Extra Large to Small with whites quality notes and carton counts. Sales to consumers are described as higher than general, with approximate differentials and varied scales across sizes.
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St. Pete-Clearwater
Florida
Tampa Poultry Market Prices and Dressings
Market notes list live weights for various poultry types in Tampa. Include fryers and hens with average weights and prices per pound. roosters described as old with lower weights. Deliversion and dressers not clearly specified due to fragmented OCR text.
Livestock Market Prices Chicago Listed for Hogs Cattle and Sheep
LivestockPrices show hogs steady to 25 cents higher with early top 2015 and bulk lots around 1650 to 1975 pounds. Cattle offerings 15 000 steady to 50 cents lower with steers common to choice 15 22.75 and yearlings 15 to 26. Calves 25 50 packer rates 12 16. Sheep offerings 1 000 steady with lambs 24 to 25.25 and ewes about 6 to 850 pounds.
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Chicago
Grain futures inch higher with mixed Soybeans prices
Markets report irregular opening in grain futures. Soybeans show mixed movements with July at 24.24, September old at 22.9, November old at 22.844, January old 23.12, March 23.4, and November new at 23.0.
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Speahcand
INS
Vegetable market steady as supply and demand balance
Jacksonville report notes moderate vegetable supply and steady market. Prices listed include beans 2.00-4.50 per unit, greens 1.75-2.50, okra 7.00-8.00, onions 1.00-1.25 per dozen, peppers 2.50-3.25, tomatoes 5.50-6.25 per 40 lb crates, and other produce with varied ranges.
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Jacksonville
U.S
Slowpoke drivers called highway menace by association leader
The Automobile Legal Association general manager Philip C. Thibodeau says slow drivers who impede traffic are as dangerous as speeders and reckless drivers. He advocates a minimum speed in all states to curb frustration and risky passing.
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Boston
Automobile Legal Assn
Philip C. Thibodeau
Two Die When Beer Truck Rolls Onto Car Near Findlay
Findlay Ohio reports two people killed when a beer truck jackknifed and rolled on top of their car. Victims identified as P-Lillie Bowling, 41, of Sanford Florida and Benny Esque, 37, of Detroit Michigan. Police investigated the dramatic crash that occurred yesterday near the city.
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Findlay
Ohio
Lillie Bowling
Sanford
Fla
Benny Esque
Detroit
Mich
Mixed Stocks Quietly Hover Near Highs Amid Steel and Aluminum Activity
New York stocks showed a narrow mixed day after consecutive advances to new highs. Trading featured fractional gains and losses with steel and aluminum issues active. Kaiser Aluminum rose on 12,000 shares, General Motors and U S Steel posted small gains, while Westinghouse and American Motors slipped and Deere and International Harvester moved modestly.
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New York
Kaiser Aluminum
Sesson
General Motors
U. S. Steel
Westinghouse Electric
American Motors
Deere
D International Harvester
Frequent Visitor Col. Cobb Dies in Sarasota
Col. Candler Cobb longtime New York City Director of Selective Service since 1946 and winter resident of Sarasota died May 23 His career included assistant U S attorney in New York commercial attaché in London and work on the British war debt settlement Surviving are his wife Beatrice and two daughters Mrs Adriaan Van Lockhurst of Sarasota and Mrs Alexander Louden of New York
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Candler Cobb
New York City
Selective Service
Sarasota
Adriaan van Lockhorst
Siesta . Key
Col. Cobb
United States
New York
London
Army
Beatrice Carpenter Cobb
Adriaan van Lockhurst
Alexander Louden
Court records list multiple foreclosures and divorces in vital statistics
Circuit and county court filings include suit to foreclose mortgages on Irvington Heights, quiet title actions, a divorce case, and a civil action for damages of 323.51. Orders confirm sale and certificates of title appear among dockets with numerous names and addresses listed.
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Circuit Court
Joan R. Cramer
Clifford Chapman
Irvington Heights
Thirza J. Niquet
Anna Dragohes
Virginia C. Dowler
Fred A. Dowler
Herman A. Méineke
William R. Dean
Admissions and discharges list Bradenton area residents
A fragmented list notes admissions and discharges of residents in the Bradenton area. Names include Mrs. Isabelle Curry Mrs. Mazie Drymon Wallace Lansdown Mrs. Maxine Roberts Ralph Savage Nanette Taylor Randy Young Mrs. Mary T. O'Brien Henry Pirtle Mrs. Mildred Poorman Robert Pratt Nancy Pynn John Slevin Lyden Swafford Elvira Zell and others with entry addresses in Punta Gorda Oneco Oyster Bay Estates and Bradenton. Discharges mention Flora Gale Jeanne Livingston Cecil Manning Mabel Myles Chris Navratel Willis Price Layden Swafford and Vernon Altman among others.
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Isabelle Curry
Punta Gorda
Paul Denarski
P.O
Mazie Drymon
RFD
Wallace Lansdown
8Th
Maxine Roberts
N. Tamiami Trail
Ralph Savage
Nanette Taylor
Royal Palm Nurs
Oneco
Randy Young
Osprey
Mary T. O’brien
Oyster Bay Estates
Marion Pavitt
Sydelle
Henry Pirtle
Mecca
Mildred Poorman
Washington
Robert Pratt
Milmar
Nancy Pynn
Ashton
John Slevin
Winchester
Lyden Swafford
7Th St
W. Bradenton
Elvira Zell
Ohio
Flora Gale
W. Tamiami Circle
Jeanne Livingston
Ellenwood
Cecil Manning
Mabel Myles
Palm Terrace
Chris Navratel
Lockwoodridge
Willis Price
Cross St
Layden Swafford
Bradenton
Vernon Altman
Bahia Vista
Donald Baker
Winter Searless
Pamela Brady
San Remo Terrace
Obituary notices for Vogel and Beverman
The Associated Press reports Kurt R. Vogel 57 longtime secretary of Crucible Steel Co. of America since 1940 died yesterday after a long career. In Columbus George H. Beverman 59 inventor of race track mutuel equipment died yesterday.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Kurt R. Vogel
Crucible Steel Co. of, America
Anna, N. Y
Columbus
Ohio
George H. Beverman
Florida polio shipment arrives to finish second doses
A Salk polio vaccine shipment for Florida arrives in Jacksonville to complete a second round for 160,000 first and second graders across 53 counties. The State Board of Health will let counties decide when to resume shots, suggesting a one day reopening in schools for administration.
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Jacksonville
Florida
State Board of Health
Eli Lilly & Co
Indianapolis
National Foundation For
Jonas E. Salk
State Board
Dade County
Palm Beach
Leon
Brevard
Broward
Polk
Seminole
C. E. Stenzel 79 Dies in Bradenton Hospital
Bradenton Charles E. Stenzel 79 of Braden Castle died yesterday in a local hospital. He was a retired automobile salesman who moved from Toledo seven years ago. Survived by wife Mae P. Stengel and son Ferol A. Lower of St. Louis. Burial in Indianapolis with Griffith-Cline Funeral Home handling arrangements.
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Bradenton
Charles E. Stenzel
Braden Castle
Toledo
Stenzel
Bradley Methodist Church
Mae P. Stengel
Ferol A. Lower
St. Louis
Indianapolis
Ind
Griffith-Cline Funeral Home
Lt Com Sheldon Dies in New York
Retired Coast Guard officer Lt. Com Sheldon A Russell Sr aged 52 of Sarasota died Monday in a New York hospital after a long illness. A native of Altoona Pennsylvania he joined the Coast Guard in 1919 retired in 1946 and had lived in Sarasota since. Survived by wife Barbara M Roseman Russell a daughter Mrs Thomas Varnum Denver a son Sheldon A Russell Jr Wilmington California his mother Mrs William C Russell of Altoona three sisters and a brother. Funeral 2 30 p m Friday Arlington National Cemetery chapel with burial in the national cemetery.
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Coast Guard
Sheldon A. Russell
Julia Ct
Sarasota
New York
Altoona
Coast Guard Service
Barbara M. Roseman Russell
City
Thomas Varnum
Denver
Colo
Sheldon A
Part Time Attendance for 700,000 U.S. Students in 1954
In September 1954 about 700,000 American public school students attended on a part time basis due to a lack of full time classroom facilities.
Methodists May Add District In Florida Conference
Lakeland Florida Methodist leaders consider adding a 10th district at the 11th annual state conference opening session. About 170 000 members and 1 000 delegates will hear J Herman Daniel report on district needs with potential expansion centered on the St Petersburg area.
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Lakeland
Florida Methodists
J. Herman Daniel
Akeland
St. Petersburg
Prison Riot at St Louis Workhouse Short Lived
Police used tear gas to break up a brief riot at the St Louis city workhouse as inmates set fire to mattresses ripped plumbing and smashed windows. Firemen put out the blaze. over 100 officers contained the disturbance to one cell block. A riot-related auto crash injures two police officials. no inmates were hurt. Warden Harold E. Baynes cites visit restrictions as trigger for youths ages 17 to 20.
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ST. Louis
St. Louis City
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BP St
Freida Fischer
Trail
Joseph Golsneider
Citrus Ave
Sharon Turner
Bradenton Rd
Ruby van Doren
Tyler St
Tracy White
4Th St
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Sarasot
Main
Adams, Sloan & Company, Inc
Palm Ave
Wal St
Nyc
Badger
C. E. Stenzel
Lt. Com. Sheldon
AIR Engineering, Inc
Bee Ridge Rd
Sales and
Methodists
Harold E. Baynes
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Main ST
Andrew J. Olsen
Stephen Albee
DR. A. Lamar Matthews
Fred L. MacDonald
Lydia $. Brummer
John W. Whitesides
James E. Kirk
Venice-Notomis Bank
Thomas J. Bell
Citizens Bonk
Ralph P. Farrell
A. Lamar Matthews
Anda J. Olsen
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