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Newspaper
Sarasota News
Location
Sarasota, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1958
Page
11
Larry Murphy recalls a chaotic pretrip scramble as his family plans a long four week vacation to Horseheads New York. car troubles hospital visit and mounting expenses mark a tense build up before a long 8500 mile journey to revisit old friends and sights.
A six part series for beginners on Humanetics begins Sunday at 8 p.m. in the City Commission chamber at City Pier. Mrs. David Bothe organizes the talks, with Sunday covering fundamentals and basic theory and technique. Sessions two through six explore destruction by recognition, reversing life outlook, and applying the method to habits and emotions with Q and A after each lecture. Nighttime audiences welcome, daytime meetings may be arranged.
Robert W. Louden resigns as president of Lawyers Realty Abstract Co effective immediately leaving the post vacant. Board members include Randolph Calhoun and R. C. Carlson. Louden hints at future work in title insurance or advertising but rules out returning to Sarasota Shopper publication.
Dr. Linus Pauling resigns as head of Caltech chemistry and chemical engineering after 21 years to focus on research and teaching. He will remain a professor and is succeeded by Dr. Ernest Swift, a Caltech faculty member for 38 years.
London’s Savile Row offers vicuna coats at 250 pounds as top tailors capitalize on the fashion buzz around Sherman Adams vicuna coat. Vicuna is pitched as the male equivalent of mink in luxury outerwear.
American Red Cross sponsors Lifesavers over 18 course at 307 South Orange Ave Sarasota with instructors Jack Betz and Mrs Sandy Hopkins leading the first session at 7 p m. Bob Zubrod, a national water safety figure, will teach later sessions. Enrollment requires 18 plus and a current senior lifesaving certificate.
A free public water safety film will be shown tomorrow at 8 p.m. in the Longboat Key Art Center auditorium sponsored by the Sarasota County Chapter of the American Red Cross. No tickets are needed and parents may bring children. The program also notes ongoing swimming classes Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays at 10 a.m. led by Mrs. Patty Cobb at the community dock.
Six persons who completed the Sarasota Chapter American Red Cross senior lifesaving class under Bill Hopkins will receive certificates soon. The class was completed last night with Madge Kempton Judy Walden Stan Provost David Kellogg James Reid and Charles Neubauer Jr passing the tests. An examination for four more will be scheduled later.
Seaboard Air Line Railroad engineer Howard J. Armour of Plant City had speeding charges from a Shade Avenue collision dismissed by Judge John Wood in Municipal Court. The car driver, Mrs. Phyllis Flake Hughes, was fined $15 for failing to obey a railroad signal.
Four boys in a car on Ohio Place were sprayed with a garden hose by a resident who said they were being “sassy.” A mother complained leading to an investigation by City Policeman Jack Lever.
Scout Troop 53 led by Scoutmaster Robert Lanterman camped at Camp Flying Eagle then returned home under Scoutmaster F. A. Riegel Jr. after spending the last week at the camp.
The City Planning Board ordered the planning director to draft an arterial setback ordinance to ease future widening. Planning Director Pavitt will confer with City Attorney Worth Dexter on a tentative Sarasota version. The board approved a city wide preamble and seeks input on city lands touching Sarasota Bay while debates over Bird Key concessions continue. Thompson cited urgent commission action and showed Ringling estate offshore development plans.
A capacity audience watched The Ballet of Romeo and Juliet at the Asolo Theater in the festival opening. The 90 minute film, part of the Summer Film Festival of the Arts sponsored by the Ringling Museum of Art, delivered a unified mood and heightened tragedy.
Sarasota hosts a ceremony at Bayfront Park as Marines open a recruiting station with Captain Howard Franklin as speaker. Mayor Frank Hoersting presents the Key to Sarasota to Captain B F Thornton and S Sgt Wade B Cadle receives the Outstanding Marine Recruiter certificate for April.
Longboat Key residents plan renewed effort to have the State Road Department install clearer speed limit signs. Six locals were fined for excessive speed at a recent Longboat Municipal Court session, after protests claiming unfamiliarity with restricted zones and readably poor sign visibility.
Road supervisor John Grout will present a comprehensive survey at the commissioners meeting Monday. The report lists miles county maintained, miles paved in the past year, and those needing repair or repaving. Grout has conducted the survey over the past year but has not yet officially reported his findings.
In Fort Myers an 11-year-old boy died after a small fishing spear tangled in his bicycle front wheel. Officials said the spear, carried across the handlebars, slipped free and toppled him to the pavement.
George Sharp reports an odd problem in Tulsa when every backyard water well hits oil. He says the oil must be removed as the third well came in and notes a water well would be cheaper than city water piping.
A Cincinnati woman, 30, is jailed on a driving without license charge with a $40 bond. Forgery suspect Elvis Drymond, 31, remains jailed with no bond after drunkenness charge. Belford, 50, jailed on improper vehicle operation with a $25 bond. Potts, 21, in county jail after a failed escape from a road gang with upcoming circuit court appearance. Two speeding suspects pled guilty and paid fines. Porter, 23, held on failure to yield and released on $50 bond.
Texas oil refineries processed 788 million barrels of crude oil in 1957, accounting for 72 percent of the state's total crude output.
Florida Development Commission outlines a plan to oversee a $50 000 spending fund for the seven year Florida Quadricentennial celebration by a private nonprofit. Questions about legality remain as the attorney general reviews whether public money can pass through the private group. If rejected the state would pay bills directly. Pensacola Jacksonville and St. Augustine are named as cities in the seven year period ending 1965.
A 12 year old girl, Alice Mae Dudley, was struck by a car Tuesday in Marianna and died Wednesday in hospital. The driver, Charles Victers, 27, of Salt Lake City, rushed the girl to the hospital and fled the scene. Police said the girl ran into the path of the car and no charges were pending.
A Georgia ulcer sufferer who pleaded guilty to passing three worthless checks totaling 385 dollars received a promise of medical care. Judge L. A. Grayson ordered W. H. Robinson of Dublin to be sent to a hospital and then to Railford State Prison for one year.
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