Fairest of the Fair Patricia Turk Visits Sarasota
Patricia Ann Turk a 19 year old from Memphis Tennessee and Mississippi Southern College student won the Fairest of the Fair title at the Mid South Fair but served as first alternate and filled in when the winner wed. She toured Sarasota with chaperone Mrs Mary Lee Hanson enjoying Gulf of Mexico and Lido Beach attractions and will reign until September while resembling Elizabeth Taylor.
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Patricia Ann Turk
Memphis
Tenn
Sarasota County
Gulf of Mexico
Lido Beach
Sarasota
Mary Lee Hanson
Patricia
Elizabeth Taylor
Mississippi Southern
Memphis Fair
Venice Council urged to slow review of airport lease
At a lengthy public hearing in Venice, objections focused on a 35 year lease for 1500 feet of Gulf frontage to First Development Corp of Miami. Attorney Dan Boone urged a formal survey and clearer parcel descriptions before any signing, warning the pace risks liquor license and federal approval facets.
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Venice
First Development Corp
Miami
Airtel
U. S. 41
E. G
Dan) Boone
Boone
Council
Stuart Attorneys
Randolph and Hauk
Development Corporation
Florida
Castro outlines terms for US tractor prisoner swap
Fidel Castro said he will receive a four man US bargaining team to discuss exchanging 1,200 Cuban rebels for 500 tractors while insisting the deal include freedom for political prisoners held by the US, Puerto Rico, Nicaragua and Guatemala. He demanded the US team have full negotiating powers and warned Cuba would decide gear and compensation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Fidel Castro
United States
Puerto Rico
Nicaragua
Guatemla
Castro
U.S
Tractors-for-Freedom Committee
Freedom Committee
Detroit
Freedom
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Milton Eisenhower
Cuba
Manatee boards argue over damages from highway bisecting school property
At a joint meeting, the Manatee County School Board and County Commission blamed the State Road Department for delays in acquiring property for the U. S. 301 First Street project. The board seeks $127,503 in damages plus drainage and access costs, citing prior SRD failures to fulfill promises. The group agreed the commission is between SRD and the school board, with the next move to SRD.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Bender
Manatee
Bradenton
Manatee County
Commission
SRD
Lincoln Memorial School
Palmetto
J. Hartley Blackburn
Jesse P. Miller
Blackburn
Parrish School
Oneco
First Street
State Road Department
William Crist
Robert Kessler
J. P. Harflee, Jr
SRC
Greater Bradenton Chamber of Commerce
George Tomberling
Pass Book With Strip Of Bacon Stumps Birmingham Readers
In Birmingham a bacon strip bookmark puzzles librarians along with a butcher knife, cash, and various odd items found in books borrowed from the public library. Adele Cohn notes readers leave scraps of life in volumes, while some marginal notes scold or debate Darwin.
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Birmingham
Ala
Birmingham Public Library
Adele Cohn
Internal Revenue Department
Christ
Police Report On Theft And Traffic Incidents
The report notes a theft of 230 dollars of fishing gear from a car near Siesta Key Bridge, with Edward H. Wills reporting the loss to Sarasota police. Separate incidents include Willie Claude Henderson charged for careless driving and Washie Green charged for following too closely after a crash. Seven sheriff's office arrests are listed including Billy Gene Kennedy held on bond for open profanity and assault and battery and Richard Breese held on vagrancy charges.
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Siesta Key Bridge
Edward H. Wills
Boxford
Mass
Sarasota
Willie Claude Henderson
Don Winkel
Dizie Avenue
Washie Green
25Th St
C. H. Snyder
Green
3Rd Street
U.S. 301
Billy Gene Kennedy
27Th St
Richard Breese
Priest’s Wounds Echo Christ in Padre Pio Biography
A 40 year old Italian priest has wounds on hands feet and side since 1918 resembling Christ’s. Oscar de Lisa’s Padre Pio from McGraw Hill notes doctors and psychiatrists have not explained the phenomena after years of study.
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New York
Padre Pio
Oscar de Lisa
McGraw - Hill
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Ringling Museum
Sarasota Jungle Gardens
Bobo
Circus Hall of Fame
Horn
Plum
Federal Aviation Agency
U. S
Tractor Tradters
Alan E. Gruening
Cranford
N.J
Grace B. Gruening
Acacia Dr
Elmer E. Gruening
Lafayette College
U.S. Air Force
Darwin
Aspinwall St
Lime Ave
Palmer First National
Palmer First National Bank and Trust Company
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