Boca Grande Link To Open Tonight
Boca Grande Bridge linking Gasparilla Island to the mainland at Placida opens tonight as a privately owned toll span. The two mile bridge, cost 1.2 million, is owned by Florida Bridge Corp led by Robert S. Baynard. Toll is 75 cents each way with 10 cents per extra passenger. Franchise runs 45 years then reverts to state ownership.
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Sunset Realty Co
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Sunset Realty
Boca Grande Kiwanis Club
Supreme Court Faces Ticklish School Case
The high court may act on the Girard College admission dispute from Philadelphia where two Black orphans challenge a legacy that favored white male students. The case tests postwar limits of segregation and follows prior rulings striking down racial discrimination in school administration.
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Eisenhower
Myron Weiner
War Claims Commission
Max Lermer
New York City
Herman A. Bei
East Coast Negroes disrupt Boynton Beach beach policy
A largely white beach at Boynton Beach was closed indefinitely after 30 to 40 Black swimmers arrived seeking a place to swim. A spokesman said the aim was not integration but a separate Negro beach, while Mayor Chadwell awaited a city commission meeting and police cleared white bathers.
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St. Petersburg
Ocean Ridge
Delray Beach
Okay Seen For New Version Of Water Bill
Washington AP reports a Senate House conference committee will draft a final compromise bill authorizing 1 billion dollars for water projects. Eisenhower is expected to sign after twice vetoing prior versions. The measures include a 40 million dollar Central and South Florida flood control appropriation and differ on a few provisos the White House dislikes.
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NAACP Seeks New Ruling On Central High School Integration
In Little Rock Arkansas the NAACP asks federal Judge Harry J. Lemley to set aside his order suspending Central High School integration for two and a half years. Daisy Bates says she was knocked for a loop by the decision. If denied the NAACP plans appeals to the 8th Circuit and possibly the Supreme Court.
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World and U.S. news briefs across labor, politics and sports
United Press International surveys expect the labor reform bill to fail in Congress, with labor committee odds viewed as zero. Eisenhower to press defense reorganization, hampered by Sherman Adams case. Asia droughts threaten famine and possible riots, Japan weighs restrictions. Hungarian revolution leaders’ execution may backfire on Reds in Finland as elections approach. Lana Turner and Cheryl Crane saga extends with court testimony and custody matters. Dodgers target July 5 ground breaking if Chavez Ravine lawsuits cleared.
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O’malley
You Poulson
Adams Case Heats Up as White House Stands Firm
Rep. Morgan Moulder urged calling Gerald D. Morgan to testify about Adams contacts with regulators on behalf of Bernard Goldfine. Adams acknowledged accepting hospitality from Goldfine, denying favoritism, while Eisenhower supports Adams though Republicans press for more testimony and possible recall.
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Goldfine
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Meeker
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D-Ark
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Edward F. Howrey
Howrey
American actor John Calvert missing with yacht near China
Japanese fishermen were urged to spot a drifting 95 ton yacht Thespian near the Communist Chinese mainland. Actor John Calvert along with four others aboard had left Keelung in bad weather en route to southern Japan. A similar vessel sighting near Shanghai raised concern, though officials cautioned the craft could reach southern Japan shortly.
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Keelung
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Shanghai
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Falcon
Constance Conrad Lowe
Iverson
California
Victor Koehler
New York
Joey Raridan
Hollywood
Creston Ketchum
Flying purple people eater stolen from Hialeah chamber
The Miami Springs Hialeah Chamber of Commerce reported the theft of its seven foot paper mache monster named the people eater. The creature with a green nose wings and one eye was built for a banquet with the theme out of this world.
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Miami Springs - Hialeah
Minnie Little Rain A Blessing Says Minnie
Sarasota forecast notes considerable cloudiness with scattered showers through tomorrow. Highs near 87 to 93 and lows around 70 to 75 with southwest winds 10 to 20 mph. Five day outlook predicts near normal temperatures and heavy precipitation as showers continue, especially early period.
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Minnie Mermaid
Peninsular Florida
Auto Makers, UAW Reopen Talks Amid Backlog Worries
DETROIT AP Auto makers and the United Auto Workers started new contract talks with no rush. The UAW plans strike votes, while management notes a shrinking backlog of unsold cars. Both sides expect cautious bargaining as 1959 model production looms.
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Walter P. Reinher
Unso
Reuther
Dade Fruit Crop Shrunk By Adverse Weather
Miami AP reports a crop forecaster says adverse weather has reduced Dade County mango avocado and lime harvests. County agent John Campbell notes a combination of bad weather would leave little salvage fruit as the season, which should have begun three weeks ago, starts.
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Dade County
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Rennick's of Sarasota Branch of Lighthouse Inn Ad
An advertisement for Rennick's of Sarasota promoting a branch of Lighthouse Inn in New London Connecticut highlights promotional offerings and contact details. The notice frames the Sarasota location as part of the Lighthouse Inn network.
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Russians Attack West German Embassy in Moscow
Russian demonstrators threw rocks and ink at the West German embassy, injuring several people as police kept the mob from entering. The protest lasted over three hours in reprisal for a Bonn incident and coincided with WWII memory events and other demonstrations protesting Imre Nagy’s execution.
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