Sarasota writer warns progress may turn city into imitation Miami
Sarasota author Mrs. Mary Freeman writes in The Nation that overspeed growth and speculators threaten Lido Key’s beauty with garish signs, erosion, and four-lane highways. She urges residents to resist progress intoxication and reclaim Sarasota’s culture and unique assets.
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Newtown Pool Project Delayed by Wet Ground Tests Pending
City officials will learn Monday if water-saturated soil at the Newtown recreation site requires redesign of the Negro pool. Contractor Klok said soil tests in Tampa will show whether dewatering works, eight feet of garbage fill was removed, and piling may be needed if the site cannot be dried out.
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Khrushchev signals open skies openness to inspection posts
Soviet leader Khrushchev urged immediate ban on nuclear tests with ground inspection posts in the Soviet Union and other atomic powers. He called aerial Arctic inspection proposals comical and pressed for high level talks to ensure peace and genuine peaceful coexistence, amid Finland visit with Bulganin.
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Lawyer Reports Deformities In Others' Offspring In Wartime Test
A Connecticut lawyer alleges that about a dozen soldiers from a top secret wartime experiment show sterility or fathered deformed children. Four men are named, with wives reporting miscarriages and birth defects among their offspring. The project involved arc lamp mounted tanks to blind gunners along the Rhine, reportedly using 13 million candlepower lamps. The Army denies official complaints and promises investigation if raised.
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Mayflower II completes 5000 mile re‑enactment to Plymouth
Mayflower II sailed from Provincetown toward Plymouth finishing a 53 day voyage across the Atlantic. Cmdr Alan Villiers said a cracked boom briefly slowed progress but the voyage beat the original 1620 trip by 11 days. Spectators gathered as the replica arrived under tow with Pilgrim costumes aboard the crew.
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Mermaid complains of clouds amid Barasota forecast
Minnie Mermaid vents about the weather while baring the Barasota and East Gulf forecasts. Barasota expected mostly fair through Friday with highs 86 to 92 and light variable winds. East Gulf shows gentle to moderate southeast winds with isolated showers in the far south portion.
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Inside The News: Optimism and Youth Insights
The anatomy of optimism is discussed in And Then Again on page 5. Teenagers speak out to elders in the final piece of a young set series, with continuation on page LI. State Rep Henry B. Bartholomew predicts Sarasota County will establish a junior college within five years, page 17.
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George Remains Seriously Ill in Atlanta Hospital
Walter F. George veteran senator and Eisenhower era ambassador to NATO was listed one stage short of critical. Emory University Hospital doctors reported he spent a fairly comfortable night, felt somewhat stronger, but his condition remained serious. The 79-year-old Georgia statesman suffers from coronary arteriosclerosis.
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Hogan Quits National Open After Painful Attack
Ben Hogan withdrew from the 57th National Open at Inverness after severe back and chest pains. A 54 minute delay for diathermy preceded his return to practice, then he told officials he could not continue.
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North Re-Elected President Compromise Keeps Ringling Circus Stable
In New York a compromise among Ringling stockholders ended potential litigation over circus control. John Ringling North was re elected president and chairman. Minority holders Stuart Lancaster James Ringling Mrs Hester Ringling Sanford of Sarasota and Henry North of Sarasota featured in the talks. Mrs Sanford led the minority push for access to circus records amid the dispute with Dan Gordon Judge the sole trustee of Edith Ringling estate.
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Dope Gangster Shootout Wounds Three In Chicago Tavern Fight
Dope gang member Carlo Urbinatti and two federal narcotics agents were critically wounded in a gun battle at a Chicago tavern. Police surrounded the Triangle Inn, firing machine guns and using tear gas in a mistaken raid shortly after the shooting. Agent John Ripa and Agent Jack Love were hit, with Urbinatti shot in the head.
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Banasias) Urbinatti
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Ike's Recovery Said Complete After Illness
Washington dispatch reports President Eisenhower was pronounced completely recovered. The account describes Ike mingling with customers for about 40 minutes at a tavern before a confrontation with armed agents. A gunman, Urbinatti, arrived and was shot after firing on narcotics officers, with agent Love wounded.
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