09 Mar 1962
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Newspaper
Sarasota News
Location
Sarasota, Florida, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1962
Page
1
Wreckage found in heavy woods near Alencon France confirms 12 crewmen killed on a U S Air Force four engine transport missing since Thursday. The plane from Evreux base was on a routine training mission with five officers and seven enlisted men aboard.
Washington reports 29 U S Army prisoners held by Communists among 227 seized since 1954. The letter from Defense counsel Cyrus Vance lists 29 missing presumed under Sino Soviet control with seven reported dead, 171 returned, and 20 Air Force captives released. Navy none listed.
A bill to authorize minting 500000 fifty cent pieces commemorating Lt. Col. John H. Glenn Jr. orbital flight was introduced in Washington on Thursday by Sen. Alan Bible with Sen. Stuart Symington as cosponsor.
Five week old Jimmy Bialas of Grand Rapids born January 28 with no outer ear openings wears a tiny hearing aid. Audiologist Eugene L. Walle of the Hearing and Speech Center reports infant testing shows near normal hearing nerves. future tests and possible early corrective surgery may follow.
Thisty miners were killed and at least nine others severely injured when a blast in the Sachsen Mine ripped through 4400 feet below Heessen in the Ruhr. Nine injured were brought to the surface. three in critical condition. It followed a February blast that killed 298 at Voelklingen.
The Sunshine News previews this weekend edition with a county pageant section and hour by hour events. It highlights Sally Ann Guthrie on police training, Edith Demarest on Paris fashion, Al Parsons on raising twins, a feature on exotic salmon, and a look at a Western Campaign episode from the Civil War.
Coon Rapids Iowa AP Roswell Garst a long time Iowa farmer who hosted Khrushchev says Moscow must spend more on basic farming needs. He cites need for more farm machinery fertilizer factories better transportation to boost Soviet crop production compared with its seven year plan.
The Post Office announces 50,000 more Project Mercury stamps available today at all units. Postmaster Gordon Higel reports 51,000 stamps sold in the first two days of the issue.
The Pennsylvania and New York Central railroads asked the Interstate Commerce Commission to approve their merger plan. They said three competitively balanced rail systems are forming, with PRR NYC forming the third, and projected annual pre tax savings of 75 million plus improved service and stronger competition.
Emergency workers from the Carolinas to New Jersey battle storm wreckage and rising damage. A Miami Gold Coast area faces cleanup after hotel lobbies and basements suffered flood damage. A late season snowstorm adds road blockages in East Tennessee North Carolina and western Virginia and Georgia. At Wilmington North Carolina an oil heater exploded in a Negro boarding house killing three. Coast Guard aids search on Chincoteague Island for additional storm victims with 1000 to 1500 evacuated. Georgia coast reports no damage Beaufort South Carolina reports destroyed cottage and damaged camping area and road.
In Los Angeles a 5 year old girl named Carolyn Page died after foster parents Clarence Van Buren and Ruth Van Buren tied her to a shower fixture with television wire as punishment for bedwetting. The couple were sentenced to one to ten years for manslaughter with the judge condemning the disposal of the body in a weed patch.
Mrs Jacqueline Kennedy will arrive at Fiumicino Airport to a crowd of reporters and photographers all vaccinated, as the foreign office requires valid smallpox vaccination certificates for foreign journalists entering Italy.
Sam M. Fleming, president of the American Bankers Association, told Florida Southern College leaders and students that free enterprise and competition drive America’s abundance. He praised the government established by the founders and urged educators and business leaders to foster understanding of the business–economic system. Fleming received an honorary Doctor of Laws and crowned Miss Florida Southern College.
Washington reports the Senate House Committee on Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures found 2,428,691 civilians employed in January, down 2,307 from December. Civilian agencies fell by 3,209 while military civilian workers rose by 902.
The Soviet Union will host Benny Goodman in a first time jazz visit amid a new two year cultural exchange, boosting exchanges by 10 to 15 percent. The pact also expands magazine circulation and monthly radio program exchanges and includes tours by other U S and Soviet artistic groups.
In Lansing the Senate Judiciary Committee heard 18 divorcees testify for stricter alimony and child support enforcement. Women described husbands behind on payments and the difficulty of collecting without legal aid, urging state action as lawmakers listened.
The Plaza Restaurant marks 32 years serving Sarasota with longtime ownership and local patrons. The milestone highlights a stable menu and steady neighborhood support as it reflects on past decades of service.
Elizabeth Thring arrives at Idlewild Airport amid secrecy after Congo visit related to the Leopoldville slaying of Lt. Col. Helen Stogner. She refuses comment and is escorted by parents, then taken into protective custody by Congolese authorities with no new developments reported.
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