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Newspaper
Sarasota News
Location
Sarasota, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1956
Page
2
Late market report from Chicago lists hogs: salable 7 500 steady with ranges from 1 450 to 1 760 for weights. Cattle salable 2 000 steady with steer prices up to 2 350 and cows 1 150 to 1 400. Sheep salable 600 steady with lambs 2 175 to 2 250 and spring lambs up to 2 750.
New York trading opened with fractional gains and losses as most leading issues held steady. Early activity was brisk but soon tape activity faded with mixed results among top performers including Goodrich Boeing American Smelting Allied Chemical Westinghouse Chesapeake and Ohio and Standard Oil NJ while U S Steel Chrysler Goodyear International Telephone Du Pont and Royal Dutch Petroleum fell.
The Weather Bureau noted morning conditions show Aberdeen Scotland 48 cloudy London 60 cloudy Paris 59 cloudy Berlin 59 cloudy Copenhagen 69 cloudy Stockholm 63 cloudy indicating widespread overcast in major European cities.
John D. MacDonald and Earl Mohn will discuss Are Americans really losing the reading habit on Mutual Broadcasting Company’s Sounding Board June 27. The program airs on about 500 radio stations. The Sarasota Rotary Club will have questions during a taped luncheon, with Surf and Sand at Siesta Key cited as the venue.
Jasper Reno 24 Sarasota was jailed on reckless driving charges after his car hit a power pole, jumped a ditch, and struck a house at 12th Street and Lockwood Ridge Road. Police Sgt. Fred T. Walker and Patrolman R. W. Rushing reported $250 house damage and the car broke a 10 inch concrete base.
Mrs Sybil Beatty 79 of 523 S Palm Ave Sarasota died last night at Memorial Hospital. Native of Covington Kentucky she leaves three brothers Walter Huber Sarasota Edward Huber Newport Ky Robert Huber Eaton Ohio and three sisters Jeanette Bailey Sarasota Bess Dunlap Plymouth Inc and Ann Quinn Eaton Ohio plus two grandchildren. Funeral and burial in Eaton Ohio with calling 7 to 9 p m at Robarts Funeral Chapel.
Copenhagen reports the death of Prof. H. M. Hansen aged 69, rector of Copenhagen University and a leading member of Denmark's anti cancer society. Other notices include Marie Abrams Lawson of Norwalk and Col James C. Cluck in Washington.
A list of residents admitted or noted includes Eugene Barco 2188 Hillview St Mrs Nancy Barnhart 1022 33rd St Louis Bechler 2047 Rose St Maribeth Crofts Englewood Santos Garcia Zolfo Spgs Mrs Vernelle Jenkins RFD 1 Edward Koehn 314 Bernard St Estelle Melody 225 Cocoanut Ave Inez Nicholson 1267 N Riverside Dr Mrs Louise Palm 11 S Washington Blvd John Sanders Osprey
Nine firms won contracts to train about 6,800 Air Force pilots for the fiscal year starting July 1. The Air Materiels Command estimates operating costs at 35 million dollars for nine schools. Trainees will log roughly 980,000 hours, with bases including Garner Aviation Service Corp at Bartow AB in Florida and Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics at Graham AB in Marianna Florida.
Public divorce action in Sarasota County Florida, Chancery Cause No. hi3e, requires answer or response by July 7 1956 and service of copy on plaintiff or her attorney. Clerk of the Circuit Court ordered publication and dates listed June 14 21 28 and July 5 1956.
Chicago reports a cleft in the electronics sector from missiles to home appliances as the industry braces for the economy. Firms face plant shutdowns and layoffs with price cuts and cautious production, while TV and radio makers navigate rising or falling profits amid a consumer slowdown.
The Sarasota Lions Club won the international prize in its class for the 1955 56 membership contest. The club added 37 new members, leading in its population bracket, and will receive a portable aluminum and plywood speaker stand bearing the Lions emblem.
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