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Newspaper
Sarasota News
Location
Sarasota, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1955
Page
1
Two volunteers swam 20 feet beneath the Ringling causeways and found no major damage to pilings anchored in bedrock. They report only woodwork repairs and no serious failures, contrasting recent warnings from another paper.
The News disputes engineers claims of deplorable condition and says pilings show no wear or imminent collapse. It argues the Ringling Causeway is safe for another 50 years, with only handrails and deck needing attention, and supports a new bridge but not demolishing the causeway without clear danger.
Attorneys for Edward Lindley 73 asked dismissal of civil suits stemming from the May gun battle at the Lindley home that killed deputies Bob Wooten Curtis Youngblood and Asst. Police Chief M O Tuck. Lindley’s guardianship and mental hospital commitment in Indiana in 1933 are cited.
Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov will appear on a radio and television show this Sunday with a Saturday segment canceled. CBS announced the Sunday program, recorded in advance, will air at 3:30 p.m. EST on TV and 9:05 p.m. EST on radio.
In Kalamazoo Michigan Philip Coldwell 16 will urge the adult court waiver for trial as an adult in the slaying of David Keckler 71. Coldwell reportedly admitted striking Keckler over the head with a pop bottle during a $3 robbery June 12. Keckler operated a crippled fish bait stand.
London. The Duke of Edinburgh at 34 experiments with a new hair growth lotion. Barber Charles Topper, longtime Buckingham Palace barber, described the product as light and non greasy and specially blended with a touch of oil.
Richard A. Mack of Coral Gables Florida will be sworn in as a member of the Federal Communications Commission on July 7.
Five airmen died in two bomber crashes near San Antonio. A B29 from Randolph AFB failed during a touch and go, killing four aboard. two crewmen survived. A B57 jet north of the base killed Capt William P. Brown. The B29 dead were Lt Col Willie G Woods Jr. Capt James J Crawford Jr. Lt Bobbie Gene Wykert. Sgt Charles M Hawthorne.
Senate Investigations subcommittee seeks documents from Sol Schlesinger amid graft hearings on uniforms procurement. Schlesinger, owner of Ideal Uniform Cap Co., denies bribery and invokes the Fifth Amendment while lawmakers press for contracts and 50,000 blue sailor caps.
Argentina's President Juan Peron plans a Cabinet reshuffle after a 16 member group resigned amid military unrest. A nationwide broadcast emphasized his stay in office only to serve the people while rumors of a marriage and leaked reports of a military dominated lineup circulated from Montevideo and Rio de Janeiro to Buenos Aires.
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles bluntly told Russia that the way to end the cold war is to stop using force against other countries and to halt subversion. He condemned communism and urged a peaceful path to reduce global tensions.
A 10 member conference committee was named to resolve the Florida Senate redistricting deadlock that has spanned weeks and cost $108,300 in extra session expenses. The panel will craft a compromise for 38 Senate seats and align with House ideas on multi county districts and four county senate representation. The panel includes Sens. Johnson Quincy Johns Starke Morgan and others with Rep. Murray Polk Dickinson Palm Beach and others. The House and Senate seek reconciliation on district boundaries, including Liberty Bay Monroe and other counties, amid a tense, ongoing debate on senatorial tenure and multi county lines.
In Hopkinsville Kentucky two young soldiers handcuffed together leaped from a speeding passenger train while being returned from Fort Leonard Wood on AWOL charges. One was killed and the other seriously injured.
A Sarasota weather note features a playful line about a mermaid returning from a secret mission in Key West to explain bridges stay high and dry due to pilings not pressure. The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with scattered afternoon showers, warm highs around 90 to 96, and light winds across Florida and the coast.
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