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Newspaper
Sarasota News
Location
Sarasota, Florida, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1956
Page
1
Virginia Rankin profiles the latest city leaders and government appointees, detailing their backgrounds, party affiliations, and policy priorities as the new administration takes shape. The piece highlights key figures and anticipated changes in local governance.
In Sara de Sota tonight Queen Judy Starr and King Chuck Lovingood were crowned by Lord High Chamberlain Don Lau rent. The ceremony featured Ja net Swain and Alton Horne stepping in for last year’s royal highness. A grand parade with 90 units, 40 floats and 18 bands follows Saturday, with CBS radio to broadcast the Coronation Ball tonight from Municipal Auditorium.
Police explain traffic regulations for the Pageant tomorrow with details on page 11. Bayfront improvement program studied by planning board on page 11. North Trail property owners receive 15 day warning for removing signs on page 11. Forest and brush fires keep firefighters busy on page 11. Police investigate a series of traffic accidents on page 11. Paganini Quartet offers program for high school students on page 2. Jane Derby models visit Sarasota Yacht Club for informal fashion show Thursday with photos on pages 5 and 6. Red Sox drill pitchers and catchers with special instruction in sports on page 12.
Tomorrow evening features the Coronation Ball of Sara de Sota Pageant at Municipal Auditorium at 8 30 p.m. A lecture on Stage Design by A Everett Austin Jr. at Ringling Museum follows in the morning, with orange crate racing at Five Points and a children's parade on Main Street in the afternoon.
Seven people were killed and four wounded in scattered incidents overnight across Algeria and Morocco, with authorities probing the across region flare ups and identifying possible coordinations.
Washington reports Saudi Arabia has asked the United States to supply a small batch of jet planes along with 18 additional tanks. Officials say the request has not yet received U.S. approval.
A snowslide slammed into five houses in Mace near Wallace Idaho early today, killing at least one person and injuring about a dozen. No further details were available.
The House Appropriations Committee approved a large funding increase to combat cancer and heart disease among others. The recommendation calls for 8.301 trillion dollars in new appropriations across 24 government agencies.
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer's government rejected a Soviet proposal for direct East West Germany talks. A spokesman said the suggestion does not align with West Germany's government view.
Secretary of State Dulles begins a 25 000 mile trip visiting nine Asian capitals from New Delhi to Tokyo for meetings with leaders including Nehru. The aim is to assess policy in light of Soviet pressure and aid offers as he attends the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization Foreign Ministers Council in Karachi.
Cairo dispatch reports Sudanese Premier Ismail El Izhari privately rejects communism while Western diplomats snub Communist China and East Germany in favor of Nationalist China and Western Germany. Dr Fengshan Ho in Egypt returns from Khartoum optimistic about a legation opening. The moves signal a diplomatic setback for East German and Soviet aligned efforts.
Storms lash the British Isles with winds up to 80 miles per hour causing extensive damage and driving many ships to seek harbor. Two fatalities were reported amid the severe weather.
Miami supporters of Gov. Collins will file the name John McCarty as a standby candidate in case the State Supreme Court delays its ruling on the Collins eligibility suit past the deadline. McCarty is a Fort Pierce attorney and brother of the late Gov. Dan McCarty.
Louisiana seeks to dissolve the NAACP under a 1979 anti Klan law and ban NAACP meetings. Attorney General Fred Leblanc asks the court to compel filing of annual membership lists and proceed by injunction. Judge Coleman Lindsey set March 19 to show cause for a preliminary injunction.
State investigators traced a clandestine network of about 100 privately operated language and culture schools linked to the Communist party and the International Workers Order. Courts in New York and Connecticut filed suits to seize these assets while the IWO itself is under dissolution. In New York City and Long Island, 53 schools reportedly ran under the National School and Cultural Committee, with classes in rented spaces and protected from seizure.
Local note quotes Minnie Mermaid who laments not being nominated for Miss Sarasota or Pageant Queen as Sarasota area forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies through Saturday with a few showers, warmer near 70s, and southerly to southwestern winds, readings around 67 to 76 degrees with no rainfall.
The News announces in advance that Saturday events in Saraso ta will be fully covered in Sunday's edition. Tourism around the Sara de Sota Pageant is noted as drawing thousands of visitors daily.
Five Points hosts a youth speed ramp race while Sarasota youngsters in Spanish costumes parade from the railroad station to Palm Avenue. A beard contest at Five Points follows the parade. The night parade begins 8 p.m. at Municipal Auditorium with bands and dignitaries. A Sunday dedication at Sunshine Springs caps the pageant week with Congressman James A. Haley attending.
A wife recalls a dream in which her husband is the most generous man, presenting her with a $100 bill to buy new dresses, and questions whether he would ever change that impression.
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