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Newspaper
Sarasota News
Location
Sarasota, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1962
Page
2
A collection of brief items notes everyday science for housewives, population milestones surpassing 3 billion, size of military footwear, divorce odds for twice married women, the 21 gun salute, and various trivia on education, appliances, taste, languages, and alimony.
The American Medical Association announced a nationwide campaign to improve treatment hospital care research and education for mental illness. A national congress on mental health will be held October 4-6 to map state and local action groups and enlist more trained personnel.
Edward M. Gilbert the 39 year old former president of E L Bruce Co fled to Brazil after admitting an unauthorized withdrawal of nearly 2 million dollars. He told the New York Times he aimed to merge E L Bruce with Celotex to form a giant building materials firm and warned the stock market drop ruined the plan and left him living in Rio de Janeiro facing tax liens totaling over 3.3 million dollars.
Weatherman Hollis Bacon predicts good summer weather with a high near 92 and a low around 74. Partly cloudy skies prevail with scattered showers inland through Tuesday and westerly to variable winds, gusty during thundershowers.
Obituaries from Sarasota Memorial Hospital and local chapels cover Edward H. Miller 38 of 240 Beard Oaks Dr died at Sarasota Memorial. Rita B. Taylor 35 of 6919 Tarpon Lane died at Manatee Veterans Memorial Hospital. Timothy J. Kelly 70 of Trailer Estates died. Fern L. Reynolds 61 of Englewood died. Albert Fisher 89 of Yorktown St died at a rest home. Ray B. Walb 77 of Trailer Estates died at Manatee Memorial. Howard W. Cade 72 of Lakeview Drive Laurel died. Louis R. Bobrink Jr. Dallas Street area death. William Reid McKown 78 of Payne Parkway may have services later in Oakmont Pennsylvania. Burial and funeral home arrangements listed with local firms.
An advertisement touts Primatene tablets that open bronchial tubes and relieve congestion and nervous tension. It markets eight medicines in a full prescription size for asthma distress and claims users will sleep better and avoid spasms. Priced at 98 cents at any drugstore.
George Jo Mess, 63, a painter noted for national and international acclaim, died Sunday. Born in Canton, Mess had work in permanent collections in New York Chicago Paris and Stockholm.
Lucille Watson, 83, famed for portraying formidable dowagers, died Sunday. Her 60-year career covered theater, film and television with 50 Broadway plays and a repertoire of what actors call “Lucille Watson parts”—the smooth, overly sophisticated society woman in drawing room comedies.
In Philadelphia, the Bianchini family cat forced holes in walls and ceiling when it wandered into a small opening Saturday night. The man of the house used a hatchet to create a three foot hole and the cat emerged the same way it entered about 9:15 Sunday morning as neighbors watched and police arrived.
In Chattanooga Tennessee a boxer named Bup Bup leaped between 3 year old David Gamble and a rattlesnake, killing the venomous serpent. The dog was bitten three times and fell gravely ill. Owners Dewey and Mrs Gamble rushed Bup Bup to a city hospital after veterinarians could not locate snake serum. Nurses provided an injection that saved the dog's life.
In Seoul observers marked the 12th anniversary of the Korean War with a quiet observance. South Korean and U.N. authorities pledged to block another invasion. Gen. Guy S. Meloy, commander of U.N. and U.S. forces in Korea, asserted high morale and strong equipment to meet any situation.
The Public Works Department will close the Hudson Bayou and Orange Avenue bridge on Tuesday June 26 and Wednesday June 27 from 9 30 a m to 3 30 p m for repairs. Southbound traffic will detour via Wood Street and Osprey Avenues to Bahia Vista Street while northbound traffic uses Bahia Vista Street to Osprey Avenue to Wood Street to Orange Avenue. Local traffic will have access to nearby areas.
A long December manuscript discusses alcoholism as a widespread sickness, its causes, social impact, and evolving defenses. It notes Alcoholics Anonymous and allied groups aid recovery, earlier treatment, clinics in states, and the shift toward viewing alcoholism as a disease, not moral failure.
In Nashville Tennessee police shot and killed Lawrence Woodard a 32 year old Black man who attacked Patrolman William Adcock with a night stick during a disturbance at a church Sunday School service. Rev Anthony Rouquier said Woodard interrupted services by tearing Bible pages and overturning the pulpit.
Daw son Martin Yerkes, the marrying squire of Milbourne and a Philadelphia area justice of the peace since 1913, died at age 80. He claimed to have married about 36,000 couples and held records for 44 marriages in a day and 1,948 in a year.
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