Hotdog Stand Sparks Dispute Over Ringling Museum Aesthetics
Residents north of the Ringling Circus Museum protest a planned 5000 to 6000 dollar hotdog stand near the art museum arguing it spoils the museum atmosphere while trustees defend refreshments as a revenue idea. The debate features George Higgins, Al McFadyen, Karl Bickel, and Phil Salvatore with the Board of Control involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ringling
John
Board of Control and Trustees
George Higgins
Circus Museum
al McFadyen
58Th Street
Higgins
McFadyen
Karl Bickel
Phil Salvatori
Salvatori
Art Museum
Ringling Art Museum
John Ringling
Chemicals Threat Discussed In Sarasota Luncheon Talk
A Sarasota chemist warns of new psycho chemicals that could paralyze the nervous system via air or water. Dr. Robert T. Haslam will explain at a Navy League luncheon at the Sarasota Yacht Club, with hosts The News and the Navy League. He will address weapon obsolescence and Russian threats, noting 1954 1955 mousetraps and Russia’s civilian casualties, and he will be introduced by Kent B. McKinley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert T. Haslam
Navy League
Sarasota Yacht Club
the News
Dr. Haslam
Kent 8. McKinley
The
Fourteen States Hit by Furious Snowstorm Rages On
The winter storm battered the Midwest and South and moved north along the coast toward the mid Atlantic. Snow depths reached two feet in southwest Virginia and much of Illinois Indiana Tennessee Kentucky and Missouri with tens of thousands stranded as bus and plane service was disrupted and schools stores and factories closed.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Virginia
Georgia
Carolinas
Ohio
Pennsylvania
North Carolina
West Virginia
mid-Atlantic
Mississippi and
Ohio Valleys
Appalachians
Maryland
Delaware
New Jersey
New York
Texas Panhandle
VNA Group Elects Slate of Leaders
Sarasota Visiting Nurse Association names two new directors and eight committee chairs. Elected directors include Mrs. Edward W. Bixby and Mrs. James O. Fergeson. New committee chairs cover finance mothers class nursing personnel public relations and supply and volunteer services. New agency representatives include Mrs. William A. Gance and Mrs. Kent S. McKinley among others.
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Sarasota
George Clark
Ruth Lindblad
J. P. Magner
William A. Gance
Blood Bank
Cancer Society
Glenn E. John
Council For Social Agencies
Arnold J Funk
Health Department
John
Tuberculosis Assn
Kent S. McKinley
United Appeal
Weather and brief notes from the cold season
Partly cloudy and mild conditions noted with noon temperature listed as 72. A stray aside references a kid bopped by a bunny in northern states due to desperate animals in cold weather. Tide tables indicate page 11.
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Minnie Mermaid
Five-Cent Newspaper Prices Rise Across the Nation
A 1959 survey shows rising costs push many daily papers to six to ten cents per copy. Of 1,722 US dailies, 789 now charge 6 7 8 or 10c with 48 at 6c, 505 at 7c, 14 at 8c, and 222 at 10c. Five-cent papers drop to 921. Sunday prices also climb with 25 30 15 10c categories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona
District of Columbia
Nevada
Rhode Island
Delaware
Hawaii
Michigan
Vermont
U.S
Cranston Williams
Foster Parents Fight For Little Alice In New Jersey
In Old Bridge New Jersey foster parents Richard and Mrs Combs fight an official bid to place 4 year old Alice with court appointed guardians. Alice bonds with her foster family amid cameras books and a televised spotlight as three Trenton judges decide her future. The Combs say they love Alice and will continue the battle to keep her.
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Saul Pett
Old Bridge
N.J
Richard Combs
Alice
Mrs. Combs
Combses
State Child Welfare Board
Trenton
Dick Combs
Legislature Rejects Brown Death Penalty Repeal Bill
A 8-7 Senate Judiciary Committee vote ends the push to repeal the death penalty in California. The hearing touched on Gov. Brown’s plan and Daryl Chessman’s case, with Deputy DA J Miller Leavy revealing Barbara Graham confessed before her 1955 execution.
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California
Chessman
Sacramento
Calif
Edmund G. Brown
Senate Judiciary Committee
Daryl Chessman
Edwin J. Regan
Senate
Brown
All-Lawyer
J. Miller Leavy
Los Angeles
Barbara Graham
Venice Boy Sentenced After Wild Car Chase
A 15 year old Venice boy received an indefinite term in the Okeechobee Correctional Institute after a high speed theft driven chase on U.S. 19 in Levy County. He admitted stealing a car and a 1960 tag and reaching 123 mph while pursued by Florida Highway Patrol. He and two Venice girls planned to fled to Mexico. The court heard the boy was previously given a suspended commitment for boat theft. A letter was ordered to the Florida Highway Patrol chief about the incident. The girl involved will face a later hearing.
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Venice
Okeechobee Correctional Institute
Russell Thomas
U.S. 19
Levy County
Florida Highway Patrol
Mexico
Thomas
Col. H. M. Kirkman
West Agrees On New Plan To Give Reds
The Western five disarmament delegates reach a common plan to present to the Soviet Union at Geneva next week after tense talks. France resisted, insisting destruction of nuclear stockpiles be a first step, but NATO officials say the group now moves forward with broad agreement.
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Paris
UPI
Soviet Union
Geneva
France
United States
Britain
Canada
Italy
U.S
Frederick Eaton
Permanent Council of
NATO
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Army Scientific Advisory Panel
Robert Haslam
Florida
Panhandle
Peninsula
Ohio Valley
Illinois
Indiana
Tennessee
Kentucky
Missouri
VNA Group
Shriners Crippled Children’s Hospital
Greenville
S.C
Oriental Band Shriners
Midway Groves
Raymond Skinner Sr
Frank Paulstian
Milton Bartok
Oren Shamblen
Joe Shetsky
John McDonald
Jasper Watherly
Shrine
Alaska
Maine
New Hampshire
Assn
Bayshore Gardens
Bradenton
Daddy
Kensington Park
Florida Builders’ Award
Jet
Combs Ranch
Adlai Stevenson
Brazil
the Plaza
Power Construction Co
West
Reds
Inside the News
Margaret
Fran Pollock
Sarasota High School
Bob Kubes
St. Pete
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