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Newspaper
Sarasota News
Location
Sarasota, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1956
Page
3
President Eisenhower underwent a nearly two hour abdominal operation at Walter Reed Army Hospital to remove a non cancerous intestinal blockage. Doctors said the procedure could extend his life and he may play golf by mid August.
Dr. Alvarez outlines ileitis or regional enteritis, its incidence and symptoms, and explains diagnostic signs using X rays and barium enema. Surgery aims to stop progression by removing diseased intestinal segments though recurrence is possible.
In Buenos Aires troops from the Third Infantry Regiment attacked the army ammunition depot prompting the government to declare martial law nationwide. Civil unrest spread as crowds fled movie theaters amid machine gun fire, while an unidentified radio station urged immediate elections and the freeing of political prisoners. Leaders of the revolt were not identified.
Arthur Grossman 46 vice president of Citizens Bank remains in very critical condition after a severe heart attack Wednesday night in Baton Rouge Louisiana. Mrs Grossman and Eugene Amaral assistant vice president traveled to his bedside following the incident during his two week course at the School of Banking of the South.
Two Sarasota policemen escaped harm when 16 year old Alton Swearingen aimed a pistol at them in the Swearingen home on Goolo Road after a drive-in disturbance. The weapon clicked. Alton and his twin Leo faced juvenile authorities as the case grows.
The Florida Federation of Stamp Clubs announced last night that three of five awards at Stamporee went to Sarasotans. Winners include Arthur C. Coleman Tampa for Birds and Animals of Australia, W F Henderson Sarasota for Selected Pages of the United States, Oliver Joe Bailey Orlando for Migratory Birds Hunting Permits, Mrs Robert E Lee Sarasota for Rooseveltiana, and L Marvin Cross Sarasota for Specialized Guatemala. The judging covered 120 frames on display at the Sarasota Terrace Hotel as the Sarasota Philatelic Club hosted 16 statewide clubs.
President Eisenhower remains under care at Walter Reed Hospital after a predawn operation for an intestinal obstruction. Doctors say he should be fully active within four to six weeks and could run for re election, with recovery expected to continue and no cancer found. Vice President Nixon welcomed the progress.
A Navy jet plunged through six homes near Wold-Chamberlain Field in Minneapolis, killing six people including four members of a five person family and injuring nine, seven of them children. Pilot Marine Maj George Armstrong died in the crash as the aircraft attempted to land after taking off in a three-jet formation. The disaster followed a prior Air Force crash at the same field last Tuesday.
Bradenton plant board inspector Charles Bickner says aerial spraying to combat Mediterranean fruit fly in East Bradenton is tentatively set for Monday. Two more suspected larvae in calamondin trees were sent to the Miami lab for identification, and a trap was placed Friday night. Movement of fruit from the area is illegal until fumigation is completed. Processors largely voluntarily fumigate.
The first lady, Mamie Eisenhower, appears radiant and optimistic as her husband undergoes a surgery at Walter Reed General Hospital. Assisting Chaplain John E. Foster notes her buoyant spirits, while James Hagerty praises her steady courage. Her mother Mrs. John Doud remains nearby at the Gettysburg estate as the nation watches Ike’s condition.
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