Giant Boat and Sport Show Highlights Sarasota Coast
The News presents its first annual Boat and Sport Show at the Municipal Auditorium featuring Sarasota made boats from fishing to sailing, fishing tackle, lures, and sporting gadgets with 30 exhibitors. Headliners include Fred Stager Tam Isota Archery Club and Mrs Lucille Heinz fencers plus Beegle the marksman performing four times. Doors open 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday and Tuesday with prizes drawn by a numbered wheel and demonstrations daily.
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Beegle
Record Cold Devastates Plains Crops and Livestock
A massive spring storm swept the Great Plains bringing bitter cold, wind and snow. Temperatures plunged to as low as 20 below zero in Montana and Colorado saw record lows, while Nebraska Oklahoma and Missouri faced livestock losses and possible fruit crop damage in Oklahoma and Texas.
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Trail Dept Open House Displays New Fire Truck
The South Trail Area Volunteer Fire Department invites residents to an open house at 10 a.m. to view its facilities and learn that membership at $5 funds the department. The event promotes a $5,000 balance needed for the new truck and additional gear. The station is east of Stickney Pt Road and Ta Miami Tr.
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Britain Presses USSR on Disarmament Pact
London urged Soviet Russia to negotiate in good faith toward a disarmament accord that would free the world from mass destruction and fear, promising a safer future.
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London
Brahman bulls run wild in Phoenix after rodeo
After a local rodeo, 31 Brahman bulls escaped a cattle car and roamed Phoenix. Twenty were captured or killed by early morning. two people, Frances Rhodes and James D. Legg, were seriously injured, with Glenn Hay credited for saving Legg during the panic. Police battled the herd amid widespread property damage.
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Gasoline Price War Spreads Across Florida Cities
The price war began in Jacksonville and spread to Tampa Orlando Bartow and Sarasota with regular gasoline dropping to about 19.9 cents in Jacksonville and 22.9 cents in Orlando. Officials warn the trend may extend to other Florida cities within days as industry groups debate responsibility and impact.
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Florida Petroleum Markets Assn
Home Rule Supported by Florida Officials
Assistant Attorney General Tom Henderson urged Florida county commissioners to gain broader powers to address rapid growth. He spoke to the State Association of County Commissioners advocating a constitutional revision allowing counties to govern themselves rather than rely on Legislature passed special acts every two years.
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Eisenhowers slip away to Gettysburg for farm visit
President and Mrs. Eisenhower left the White House for a brief trip to their Gettysburg farm home without advance notice. They were expected to return to Washington later in the day. Edwin F. McCann won Sarasota County in the State Association of County Commissioners convention and opposed a move to district-based county electors.
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U. S. Court To Review Cpl. Dickenson Case
The U S Court of Military Appeals will review Army Cpl Edward B Dickenson's court martial conviction for unlawfully dealing with the enemy while a prisoner. The Cracker's Neck Virginia youth was dishonorably discharged and sentenced to 10 years. His lawyer challenges a UCMJ section used in the trial.
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Atom Shot Postponed
An atomic event marking a test or showcase was postponed amid financial or tonal confusion described as an equivalent of a zero value TNT tone.
North Florida braces for unseasonable freeze
Unseasonable cold moves into the South with ice temperatures expected to reach Gulf coast and north Florida tonight. Farmers prepare for a second crop-killing freeze as spring begins. Early highs will be low. Snow reported in north Georgia and the Carolinas mountains. Traces fall in Atlanta.
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Catholics Clash With Police in Brussels Over School Subsidies
Catholics protest Belgian government cuts to parochial school subsidies in Brussels and other cities. Mounted police charged crowds of thousands, hundreds were arrested, and demonstrators blocked streets with lying and barricades while shouting against Education Minister Leo Collard. The draft bill would reduce subsidies from 64 million to about 54 million and curb new church schools.
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Ticklish Niagara Ice-Breaking Delayed by Weather
Niagara Falls New York faced a postponed ice blasting operation on the Niagara River as snow, sleet and rain reduced visibility. Demolition expert Karl Dintruff of Rochester planned to anchor under an Army helicopter while Col. Loren W. Olmstead, district engineer in Buffalo, agreed to retry blasting the ice despite doubts about effectiveness.
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Not Quite Jingle Bells Protest at Chamber of Commerce
Minnie protested at the Chamber of Commerce today over a promised sunny weekend for her mother-in-law. The Sarasota area forecast calls for clouds, showers, and wind shifts with colder tonight and a high 72 degrees reading. Small craft warnings loom in the eastern Gulf and Florida Straits with north to northwest winds 20 to 30 mph.
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Bright Spot Plans Silver Anniversary on a Saturday
A reader reflects on choosing a wedding anniversary date. He notes discovering his silver wedding anniversary will fall on a Saturday, a day he often spends playing golf.
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