Beauty Pageant To Start Four Day Florida Festival
A four day Miss Florida Pageant unfolds in Sarasota with 29 contestants from across the state entering the first annual Festival of Sports and Beauty. The event culminates Saturday night with the crowning of Miss Florida who will advance to Miss America in Atlantic City.
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of Florida
Atlantic City
Florida
Ted Weems
Miss Florida
Sarasota
Thornton Utz
Gil Elvgren
al Buell
Florida Festival of Sports and Beauty
Mary Jane Rysdyk
Boca Grande Awakens As New Bridge Draws Tourists
The tarpon fishing village of Boca Grande awakens with the opening of the bridge to Placida. Tourists arrive by car for quiet beaches and historic inns like Gasparilla Inn and Boca Grande Hotel. Visitors, including notable anglers such as Ted Williams, explore the island’s charm and new access, signaling anticipated summer boom.
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Boca Grande
Placida
Gasparilla
Ted Williams
Gasparilla Inn
Boca Grande Hotel
Butcher Knife Stabbing Leaves One Dead In City Home
Willie Mae Pearson, 44, is held at the city jail on suspicion after confessing to stabbing Robert Davis, 46, with a butcher knife during a kitchen dispute at 2803 Gillespie Ave. Davis died before medical aid arrived. autopsy pending.
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Willie Mae Pearson
Gillespie Ave
Walter Whitted
Robert Davis
State Weather Normal Skies Fair Warm Air Across State
Normal summer weather persisted as June ended with generally fair skies in the north and partly cloudy conditions in the south. No rain before dawn, but the weather bureau forecast locally heavy showers in South Florida through Saturday with scattered showers elsewhere. Thunderstorms hit the lower peninsula yesterday with Fort Myers near an inch and Tampa at a half inch in one hour. Clewiston logged 1.4 inches.
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Florida
Central
South Florida
Weather Bureau
Lower Peninsula
Fort Myers
Tampa
Clewiston
Junkyard Operator Ordered To Stop Or Clean Up
Robert Williams of Newtown faces a magistrate court appearance tonight for violating zoning rules at a residential junkyard east of Reed Avenue near 27th Street. Neighbor Willie Mae Weston had a warrant alleging dumping on her property. court under Justice George 8S. Foster.
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27Th Street
Robert Williams
Newtown
Willie Mae Weston
Williams
George
Foster
New Jaycee Officers To Outline Program
News officers of the Junior Chamber of Commerce take over tomorrow night at a regular meeting at 7 p.m. at the commissioner chambers on City Pier. The year's program will be outlined at the meeting and prospective members will be accepted.
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Buccaneer Inn
A. D. Carson
County Commission
Frank Hoersting
Chamber of Commerce
Commissioner Chambers
City Pier
Commissioners Set Meeting On Street Lights And Paving
Three commissioners will hold a work session to review city engineering plans for a street lighting program in the commercial district and a street paving program in the residential area. The projects are part of a $4.7 million bond issue allocating $150,000 for lights and $350,000 for paving. A vote may be held on repealing the current offstreet parking setback in the business district.
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City Engineering Department
Nassau Vacation Drawing Today
Winners of free Nassau vacation trips announced at 3 p.m. today by Publix Markets in Ringling and South Gate Shopping Centers. Registration began May 19 and closed Saturday. Drawing held in 39 markets. Winners receive a full week at a Bahama resort plus $200 expense money.
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Publix Markets
Ringling
South Gate
Bahama
Wilshire Chamber delivers land gift to Honolulu
Members of the Wilshire Chamber of Commerce from Los Angeles donated a portion of Wilshire Boulevard to Honolulu during a goodwill tour. Mayor Neal Blaisdell accepted the gift of one square yard of land in Honolulu.
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Wilshire Chamber of Commerce of
Los Angeles
Wilshire Boulevard
Neal Blaisdell
Three Youths Arrested On Alcohol Charges In Sheriff's Report
Three 17 year olds Edward Denham Virginia Drive Buddy Johnson Golden Sands and Larry Williams 18th Street were arrested for possessing alcoholic beverages in a car on Leonard Reid Avenue Deputy Montagnesi and Deputy Mize led the arrests the youths were released on their own recognizance A Negro adult was accused of buying beer for them and action will follow A damaged window at E F Robinson’s home was blamed on a rock lifted by a mower and not a gunshot Eva H Proctor 54 Tallevast was charged with reckless driving while drinking and bond set at 150 Robbery and theft reports included wallet theft at Siesta Beach and car radio theft from a residence in Riviera Drive plus several reckless driving and speeding charges across the county.
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Sheriff's Office
Edward Denham
Virginia Drive
Buddy Johnson
Golden Sands
Larry Williams
18Th Street
Leonard Reid Avenue
Tony Montagnesi
Montagnesi
Russell Mize
Eva H. Proctor
Tallevast
Lon Collins
Norman Landers
Eva S. Spencer
17Th St
West
Bradenton
Edward Perpente
James B. Langford
Seventh St
Henry Walters
Highway Patrol
Hoyt Waycaster
Novus St
Morticians End Aetna Ambulance Cooperation in Florida
Five funeral homes in Sarasota and Manatee counties will resume independent ambulance service at midnight after dissolving the joint Aetna operation. Stockholders say the central plan was costly and less profitable, costing about $1,000 weekly in total. The Central Ambulance Service remains active.
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Sarasota
Manatee
Aetna
W.T. Robarts
Central Ambulance Service
Funeral Home
Shannon
Bradenton
Edwards Funeral Home
Palmetto
Griffith-Cline
Robarts and
Teale Brothers Funeral Homes
Health Center Contract Signed in Sarasota County
Final contract for the Sarasota County Health Center at 1865 Hawthorne Street has been signed with Schierloh Builders Inc. The $86,000 project, funded by federal and county money, will start after a permit is issued and is to be completed in 150 calendar days, aiming for November occupancy.
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W. L. Wright
Schierloh Builders Inc
Hawthorne St
Sarasota Memorial Hospital
Wright
Higel to discuss Sarasota roots in Early Days talk
Gordon Higel former Sarasota postmaster will review early Sarasota history focusing on his family’s role and descent from William Whitaker, the area’s first settler in 1842. The talk is hosted by the Ivy League Club at the Holiday House at noon tomorrow.
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Sarasota
Gordon Higel
Ivy League Club
Higel
William Whitaker
Lido Pool to Reopen After Major Repairs
Ted Wilson, superintendent of parks and recreation, hopes to fill the Lido pool tonight as repairs finish following a faulty filter system. The painting is nearly done and the pool may use city water before the filter runs on well water. A state inspection is needed before public opening, with a goal of July Fourth weekend. Repairs required replacing all pipes at a cost of 17 000 dollars.
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Parks and Recreation
Ted Wilson
Lido
Wilson
Widening Work Starts On Bahia Vista Street
The city engineering department reports start of Bahia Vista Street widening from the South Trail to School Avenue. Plans call for 53 foot widest section over 300 feet then taper to 45 feet. City crews handle the project.
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Bahia Vista Street
School Avenue
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