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Newspaper
Sarasota News
Location
Sarasota, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1961
Page
1
In Rippingdale England postman George Beever grapples with a route lacking house numbers and street names, where 20 residents share the same surname and chaos reigns. A UPI summary notes ongoing local delivery difficulties and identity challenges in this village.
The weather summary notes Florida remains in its normal pattern with afternoon highs in the 90s and brief scattered showers. Expect little change over the next five days with partly cloudy skies through Saturday and highs in the mid to upper 80s to mid 90s, light southerly winds, and limited rainfall.
Adlai Stevenson reports worsening conditions in Latin America after his second tour as Kennedy’s UN ambassador. He notes rising economic want and social unrest, and compares communist promises of overnight change to Western democracies slower, steadier progress. He cites Kennedy’s $500 million Latin American aid package and predicts no quick, dramatic solutions from Washington.
The House Appropriations Committee approved a $42.7 billion defense bill for the coming fiscal year. It funds Polaris submarines, bombers, missiles, and a larger armed force, with a near-true alignment to the Presidents request aside from minor bookkeeping cuts. The panel stressed a worsening world situation and asserted U S military superiority over the Soviet Union.
Western leaders plan a quiet, rapid bolstering of Atlantic alliance forces in Europe to deter the Soviet threat over Berlin. Secretary Rusk states no Soviet action can extinguish Western rights in Berlin and that Western forces will remain in the divided city. U.S. diplomats await Paris and London guidance as Kohler and Thompson coordinate a U.S. reply to Khrushchev's aide memoire within a week to ten days.
Senate debate centers on Berlin crisis and a possible free city plan. Mansfield urged neutrality guarantees, while Javits and Bridges push to keep Western troops in West Berlin. Rusk affirmed no policy change.
Justice Frankfurter issued a stay delaying the June fifth ruling that the Communist party must register as a Moscow tool. The stay postpones lower court action until the petition for reconsideration is decided, likely keeping the decision ineffective until at least October ninth.
Authorities suspect organic phosphate paradione caused the deaths of 9-year-old Mildred Bryan and her 5-year-old brother Thomas Edward while three playmates were hospitalized in Tampa. Clinton Burgess said tests from the Savannah Public Health Service were pending and noted rapid skin absorption and strong odor. Randall Issak Bryan, 10, remained in serious condition with improvements but still in oxygen.
UPI reports Radio Havana says Fidel Castro will send his 10man prisoner commission to the United States to revive talks on a tractor prisoner swap. Castro seeks 28 million dollars in tractors or 1,214 Cuban invaders swapped for 500 farm tractors, and accuses the Tractors for Freedom Committee of falsehoods while offering a renewed channel with the Yankee committee.
Washington AP reports a government peace plan for the eight day shipping strike proposes a 60 day suspension while a three man committee weighs all issues. President Kennedy would name the panel if ship owners and six striking unions agree. Secretary Goldberg framed the plan as fair to all.
Chicago report notes that a large share of motorists will hit the highways for the holiday weekend. The National Safety Council estimates the toll will fall within 450 to 480 deaths, signaling a dangerous travel period.
Kensington Park invites the public to inspect its Cavalcade of Homes and a 14 acre recreation center from 9 a.m. to dusk. Homes priced from 11 950 dollars with 375 dollar down payments advertised.
Japanese Prime Minister Hayato Ikeda, after three days with President Kennedy and U.S. leaders, stated that the free world stands solid. Secretary of State Dean Rusk echoed the sentiment at National Airport before Ikeda's departure.
The Air Force probes the seventh Atlas failure in 10 launches as an 85-foot Atlas E model exploded over the Atlantic Ocean ninety five seconds after liftoff on a 7300 mile test. Debris and flaming wreckage fell into the sea.
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