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Newspaper
Sarasota News
Location
Sarasota, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1957
Page
3
Viviah Masters 20 bursts into Newton New Jersey police station with a 12 gauge shotgun forcing calls to patrolman Young. Officers subdue her as she threatens more violence and is jailed after an arrest for reckless driving.
The Senate begins debate on joining the 80 nation International Atomic Energy Agency with Eisenhower assured of victory. The treaty follows his 1953 atoms for peace speech and aims to police peaceful use of nuclear materials through an international pool and inspection system.
Weekend Florida accidents claim ten lives including five in a single flaming crash near Fort Walton Beach. A truck pursued by police collided head on with a passenger car, killing the truck driver and four car occupants all from St Augustine. Other fatalities include a Crestview car driver who fell asleep at the wheel and two separate drownings in Pensacola Bay area.
The 3,000-ton SS St. Mary owned by Standard Fruit and Steamship was beached three miles downriver from New Orleans after a fire in the hold and generator room. Firefighters battled for over three hours. 1,400 gallons of fuel oil prompted the move to avoid explosion near cotton warehouses.
Twenty nine women pilots start a 1700 mile handicap air race to Cuba from McAllen Texas. Sponsored by the Nine Nines Florida chapter the event includes stops at Alice Beaumont Valdosta and Fort Lauderdale with Coast Guard briefings on overwater flights. The winner earns a gold trophy and the top six share 2000 in prizes at a Cuba banquet.
Supreme Court Justice William C. Douglas departs Washington for an Asia journey to Seoul then Karachi and on to Istanbul. He will speak at the University of Seoul and later meet Mary Watkins of Rockville Maryland as the trip covers about 4000 miles over varied terrain.
Haiti riots leave about 50 people dead and 200 wounded as mobs loot burn and stone in protest of the army ouster of Provisional President Daniel Fignole. Troops fire to quell violence as embassies are guarded and Americans report injuries.
A 1952 analysis shows back injuries cost millions of workdays and dollars. Chiropractic care reportedly speeds recovery, with workers returning to duty in about 14 days versus 19 to 36 days under other care. About half of chiropractic-treated backache cases show no lost work time, unlike other methods.
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