State asks full release of medfly funds for 1957 58
The State Plant Board urged immediate release of the entire 186000 appropriation for Mediterranean fruit fly survey work. Ed Ayers reported continued infestations require full funding for trapping, spraying, and monitoring as the citrus threat remains active across counties. Restrictions on fruit movement from Oak Knoll Manatee and Berkley Road Polk areas will ease Monday.
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State Plant Board
State Budget Commission
Ed Ayers
Ayers
Governor's Citrus Advisory Committee
R. V. Phillips
Manatee
Berkley Road
Polk
St Armands Association Alters By Laws In Meeting
St Armands Key Association discussed drainage shift delays lighting and littering fixes at the fire house. A health hazard from slow drainage was noted and lighting approved last year remains unimplemented. Absentee owners clear overgrown lots and anti littering signs with $100 fine were urged. By laws were changed to diversify officers and meeting procedures. C W Moxley presided.
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St. Armands Key
St. Armands
C. W. Moxley
Association
Hoosier Charles E. Shearer Jr. Named 37th UJC President
Charles E. Shearer Jr., a Shelbyville attorney, was elected the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce president at the Milwaukee convention. He won by three votes on the second ballot, becoming the 37th Jaycee president.
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Milwaukee
Charles E. Shearer Jr
Shelbyville
Ind
United States Junior Chamber of Commerce
C. Shearer
Jaycee
Strike threatens builders as cement plants walk out
Thousands of Jacksonville construction workers face unemployment as a nationwide cement strike cuts supplies. Cap itol Concrete and Jacksonville Concrete Go warn shutdowns by early next week without relief from foreign markets. Union leaders say 3 500 workers nationally have struck with more to join.
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Jacksonville
Capitol Concrete Co
Jacksonville Concrete Go
Joseph Shaffer
Home Builders Assn
Lehigh Portland Cement Co
Bunnell
Universal Atlas Cement Co
Birmingham
Ala
Jones
Will Rogers Turnpike Opens With Formal Dedication
Rogers Road Open VIITA, Oklahoma The Will Rogers Turnpike a four lane toll road running 884 miles from the east wedge of Tulsa to the Missouri border near Joplin will be formally dedicated today.
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Viita
Oklah ‘A
Tulsa
Missouri
Joplin
United States backs fish oil research contract in Florida
The U S government funds a one year contract worth 10500 to PML Laboratories Sarasota to study whole fish oil to deter mold on leather and create insect repellents and oils from fish. If successful new uses span citrus coatings floor polishes and book bindings.
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United States
PML Laboratories
Sarasota
M. B. White
Aim II Pml Laboratories
White
AAUW Meets Factual Knowledge Says Political Influence
In Boston a Kentucky educator urged the American Association of University Women to prioritize mastery of facts and access to key government posts over issuing resolutions. Dr Gladys M Kammerer of the University of Kentucky noted lawmakers and administrators have higher education exposure. Mrs Elizabeth H Taylor reported Texas progress in reducing tax restrictions on women signatures.
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Boston
INS
Kentucky
American Association of University Women
Gladys M. Kammerer
University of Kentucky
AAUW
Congress
Elizabeth H. Taylor
Greenville
Tex
Texas
Taylor
Shopkeeper Sentenced After Jam Poisoning in Taichung
Lin Tea-piao, owner of a Taichung foodshop in central Formosa, was found guilty and sentenced to a prison term of two and a half years after admitting he contaminated jam with rat poison by mistake. Eight customers died.
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Taipei
Lin Tea-piao
Taichung
Formosa
Lin
State speed limit signs delay highway enforcement
Florida officials announced that the 65 mile per hour speed limit law cannot be enforced Monday because about 1 800 signs are not yet installed. Col. H N Kirkman said enforcement will begin after signs are posted with leniency for minor offenders during a driver education period.
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Tallahassee
H. N. Kirkman
State Road Department
Wilbur Jones
Road Board
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