Pageant Queen's Election Triggers Five Points Costume Hunt
Sarasota residents and visitors faced a prankish "monkey cage" in Five Points during Pageant Week as jaycees roped off shoppers and dragged improvised costume offenders to a mock jail. Dozens were arrested for not wearing Spanish garb, including locals and travelers from Kalamazoo, Owen Sound, and beyond, in a playful public relations stunt.
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Jaycees
Cinderella
Carol Duncan
N. Fletcher Ave
Sarasota
Badger’s Drug Store
George Olsen
Kalamazoo
Mich
Nelson Bowman
Owen Sound
Ontario
Canada
Dickie Miller
Byrom Miller
Rocky Mount
N.C
Hardy Allberry
Doug Bidwell
June Bedwell
Esther Bedwell
Addie Bedwell
Opal Bedwell Gallager
Doug
Palmerist Natl. Bank and Trust Cor
Billy Robertson
Jim Drymon
Jack Penrose
Bill Howard
Redwells
Brazil
Ind
Mee
Keefe
Hyde Park St
Wellesley
Mass
Henry Garth
Saginaw
Tommy Wildgen
T. W. Wildgen
Ann Arbor
Betty Bowe
Glassboro
N. J
Sidney Sinick
New York City
Capt
John Sagen
Rocky River
Ohio
Frank Carr
Margaret Hanna
P. A. Barhart
Kate Clemens
Weetoka Smith
Helen ‘Bubit and Son
Herbert
Peggy Hendrickson
Long Island
N. Y
William A. Bloom
Cleveland
Donald Carmens
Howard Beach
Phil Pallotti
Hartford
King Sihanouk abdicates throne in Cambodia
King Norodom Sihanouk abdicates Cambodia's throne in favor of his father Prince Norodom Suramarit. He accuses opposition parties of hamstringing reforms and says he will retire to live a humble life like his subjects after meeting U.S. Secretary of State Dulles in Phnom Penh.
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Norodom Sihanouk
Cambodia
Norodom Suramarit
U.S
Dulles
Phnom Penh
Snowbound Nation Braces as New England Montana See Heavy Snow
Snow fell in parts of Washington Montana eastern Oregon and around Lake Superior. In Caribou Maine the snow depth rose to 39 inches up 9 inches from yesterday. Floodwaters threatened southern West Virginia and Kentucky with two boys and a man drowning in Kentucky. Paintsville Kentucky remained isolated as floods blocked highways.
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Montana
Caribou
Maine
Washington
Oregon
Lake Superior
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
Gulf States
West Virginia
Kentucky
West Liberty
Paintsville
Refugees Await Go Ahead To Return Home After Volcano
More than 400 residents driven from their homes by volcanic eruptions wait for authorization from Gordon A. MacDonald and civil defense officials to return to Pa hoa Hawaii. MacDonald reports 160 acres of cane and timber burned, the eruption fading but unsettled, with subterranean rumblings and a lava river still slow. A strong earthquake struck yesterday with no damage reported.
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Hawaii
Gordon A. MacDonald
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
MacDonald
MacDonalde
$20 Tax Cut Faces Senate Clash Over Plan
Washington reports the Senate expected to back the Finance Committee rebuff of a proposed $20 tax cut per person next year. Senator Byrd predicts a tough fight in conference with the House which already approved a $20-a-head tax cut to start Jan 1. Debate appears likely to begin Friday with party lines split. Senators Millikin and other Republicans see limited defections among GOP members.
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Finance Committee
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Byrd
D-Va
House
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R-Cole
Bright Spot Kitty
A playful dialogue hints at a cosmetic procedure on a cat named Katty and asks about the method using a metaphorical windlass. The exchange preserves the humorous tone and implies transformation without detailing specifics.
Eisenhower Warns Lead In A-Bombs Not Safe Forever
President Eisenhower cautions that Western nuclear superiority over the Soviet Union may lose significance if the USSR retains a large stock of H-bombs. He also notes no invitation for Zhukov now, discusses inviting Soviet farmers, House terms, Congress pay raise, and views on Formosa, electoral college, and AFL-CIO merger.
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Eisenhower
Russia
Marchal Georgi Zhukov
United States
Soviet Union
Winston Churchill
House of Representatives
Congress
San Francisco
Formosa
Red China
U. S
Chiang Kai-shek
China
AFL
CIO
Flood Damage Surpasses One Million Bucks In Western New York
Buffalo area residents battled flood waters with losses exceeding one million dollars. Lackawanna reports about 50 families evacuated as a creek overflow caused extensive damage to homes and streets. Warsaw and Canandaigua also tally numerous affected homes and evacuations. A Phenix City waitress denied alleging a key witness saw two Russell County officials near Albert Patterson's office before last summer's murder.
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Buffalo
Buffalo Area
Lackawanna
John J. Janiga
Warsaw
Canandaigua
Phenix City
Birmingham
INS
Russell County
Albert Patterson
Fiesta Rama Vote Sets Queen For Friday Coronation Ball
Sara de Sota Pageant reaches midway as five Sarasota beauties compete for the queen role in Friday's Coronation Ball at Municipal Auditorium. The event also selects Miss Sarasota from a dozen contestants, with a fashion show and Shaving Cup Trophy contest. Secrets surround the royal couple until Friday night.
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Municipal Auditepaags
Furman
Arthur News
Sara de Sota
Miss Sarasota
Jaycee-Bittes
Erat Ae
Sarasota
Diana Alice ‘Dean
Dolores Althea Moberg
Lou Ellen Harmon
Norma’ Nancy Farrell
Sue Collier
Chamber of Commerce
Miss
Perfection Ho Hum Forecast Brightens Sarasota
Minnie Mermaid predicts a write in win would spark a snow plume while noting a warm calm day ahead. In Sarasota area the forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy skies and near 80 degrees through Thursday with light southwest winds. Marine outlook from Jacksonville to the Straits shows gentle to moderate winds and occasional showers in the straits. Temperature readings at 9 30 a m show 69.5 degrees with a barometer around 30.02 and a max 24 hour temperature of 35 and a min of 61.
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Minnie
Sarasota
Jacksonville
Florida Straits
East Gulf
Straits
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