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Newspaper
Sarasota News
Location
Sarasota, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1962
Page
1
Ash Wing recounts Father s Day misadventures including Forrest Clark the NEWS reporter and a bomb type shaving cream tube that leaked through a motel stay. Sarasota Sophie offers a tongue in cheek tip about talking privately with children and avoiding overheard talk.
A man in East Chicago seeks buyers for dead mosquitoes after reading a clipping that quoted dried insects at 5455.20 a pound for medical use. The Associated Press story notes the mysterious buyer and the unclear processor, while the radio station and Mosquito Abatement District offer little help.
South Korea’s entire cabinet quit on Saturday after Premier Song Yo Chang and Finance Minister Chyun Byun Kyu resigned in protest against currency reform decreed by Gen. Park Chung Hee’s military junta. The crisis began with Song and Chyun’s resignations and led to mass resignations to allow the next premier freedom to form his cabinet.
The United States carried out the 19th announced test in its Pacific series on Friday. An intermediate yield device was released from an airplane and exploded in the atmosphere above Christmas Island, delivering an apparent force near 100000 tons of TNT.
The Transport Workers Union said it was moving close to strike after wage, shorter week, and job security talks with Pennsylvania Railroad broke off in Philadelphia. Attreed said the union asked the Federal Mediation Board for permission to strike after following Railway Labor Act provisions.
The Agriculture Department changed labeling rules for smoked hams with up to 10 percent added water. Hams may use the label sham water added rather than imitation after a federal district court injunction blocked the earlier imitation requirement.
The Justice Department urged the House Commerce Committee to reject a bill allowing brand-name manufacturers to set minimum retail prices. Assistant Attorney General Lee Loevinger called the measure incompatible with free enterprise.
In Los Angeles a $28,743 income tax settlement from the estate of the late actor Jeff Chandler was approved by Superior Court. Chandler had an estate valued around $500,000 and died last June at age 42 after a series of operations.
The U S mission in Berlin confirms two Americans, Jean F. Loba and Robert F. Mann, are detained by East German authorities. Mann, a Stanford student in Stuttgart, is believed to face trial soon, while Loba’s trial date is unknown. Both were accused of attempting to obtain false IDs to flee to the West.
UPI reports two U S Army officers were killed when Viet Cong guerrillas ambushed a convoy near Ben Cat about 25 miles north of Saigon. The officers were part of a special force training Vietnamese troops. Earlier today Gen Decker pledged U S support to South Viet Nam with whatever means are necessary.
Heavy rains triggered flash floods forcing residents from six South Dakota towns including Deadwood Lead St Onge Whitewood and Fort Mead. About 300 National Guardsmen assisted rescues in the Black Hills while roads flooded and up to four inches of rain fell. A nighttime tornado struck Nenzel Nebraska destroying a house injuring two and severe hail accompanied the storm.
The Civil Aeronautics Board bureau of economic regulation on Friday urged rejection of the Eastern American merger. It warned the consolidation would distort routes and harm remaining trunk carriers. The study said the merger would yield up to 50 million dollars in annual savings, producing unreasonably high profits for the combined airline.
Warren G. Harding was named chairman of the Sarasota County Republican Executive Committee at a Friday meeting. Officers include Mrs. Scott K. Woods as vice chairwoman and Mrs. Paulette Crabtree as recording secretary. Harding praised the county’s Republican balance and urged qualified candidates to sustain good government.
The Indiana town of Mitchell welcomes astronaut Virgil I. Grissom with Gov. Matthew E. Welsh and Purdue University president Frederick L. Hovde leading dignitaries. Grissom, 36, to lay a cornerstone for a new high school named after him. He arrived from Louisville and will be feted with a Kentucky colonel designation and a community chicken feast.
Estes creditors agreed to meet with Billie Sol Estes' attorneys in Dallas next Tuesday to avoid involuntary bankruptcy. Judge Thoms on set a hearing for Friday July 13 on the petition to declare Estes bankrupt, with a possibility of earlier bankruptcy.
Friday accidents across Sarasota and Manatee Counties left two dead and several injured. In Bradenton Blanche Johnson 25 and Susie Johnson 65 died when their car collided with John Coniglio's on Morgan Johnson Road. Coniglio and his wife Louise suffered serious injuries. The fatalities raise Manatee County deaths to seven and Sarasota to seventeen. Numerous other injuries followed in separate crashes including a two car wreck at Webber Street and McIntosh.
The Madrid bound Bradenton Florida Conquistadores claimed Florence Friday night with leader Frank Blount accepting the surrender of Florence and the key to the city. Mayor Pro Tem L O Yarborough received the token and De Soto Queen Gayle Lins of Bradenton was introduced. Sixteen carloads of Conquistadores and wives arrived wearing Spanish era costumes. Hernando De Soto was absent. The group planned a Saturday Washington visit and a Sunday reception at the Spanish Embassy before departing Idlewild Airport from New York after a TV appearance.
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