Boat Show Opens Friday with Safety Theme at Municipal Auditorium
Workmen began setting up for the fourth annual News Boat Show at the Municipal Auditorium. More than twenty dealers and builders will display on the main floor with exhibits by Sarasota County Water Sports Council in the balcony. Doors open at 11 a.m. daily, official opening at 6 45 p m, prize drawings at 10 p m. Grand prizes include a 22 foot Owens Speedship express cruiser and other fishing and boating items.
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Khrushchev Becomes Premier as Bulganin Steps Aside
Khrushchev replaces Bulganin as Soviet Premier while retaining party leadership, ending Stalin era dual-power pattern in the USSR. Voroshilov announces Khrushchev’s cabinet task after Bulganin’s resignation. Gromyko’s joint session speech sparks nuclear test ban speculation. Bulganin receives standing ovation.
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Red Sox Honor SHS Baseball Team at Payne Park
The Sarasota High School Sailors, defending Western Conference and State Class AA champions, will be honored at Payne Park before the Boston Red Sox game tomorrow at 1 p.m. Readied for a road trip, they will then travel to Clearwater for a crucial game with the Tornadoes. Cincinnati Redlegs provide the opposition tomorrow.
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Braves Exhibition Schedule and Dodgers Tilt at Payne Park
The Milwaukee Braves finish a two game South Florida trip with a loss to Philadelphia yesterday and remain idle today before facing the Chicago White Sox in Tampa tomorrow. Willard Nixon Ike Delock and Leo Kiely are set for the Yanks today while Danny McDevitt and Carl Erskine start for the Dodgers. The Braves travel to Bradenton Saturday to meet the St Louis Cardinals and host the Cincinnati Redlegs Sunday as they pursue back to back league titles.
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Formal Opening for Boat Show on WSPB Broadcast
A formal opening ceremony at 6:45 p.m. Friday marks the Boat Show start with a Vox Pop of Boating radio broadcast live from the auditorium. Mayor Frank L Hoersting will officially open the show and interview top boating enthusiasts including Red Sox pitcher Frank Sullivan who traveled from Boston to Sarasota for spring training.
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Sarasota Tarpon Tournament Opens May 24
The annual Sarasota County International Tarpon Tournament begins May 24. First prize is showcased outside. prizes include three Waterbird Capri boats for second through fourth place, with Mercury outboard motors and Tee Nee Trailers accompanying the boats. Show Director Curley Rivers praises collaboration among dealers and groups. The exhibit highlights The Lady, a 24 foot Owens with deluxe appointments, unveiled at the New York Boat Show. A new lapstroke boat makes its debut at the event.
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Polio Tests Underway After Sarasota Boys Fall Ill
Two Negro brothers, Charles Sellers age 10 and Roy age 5, are isolated in Sarasota Memorial Hospital while awaiting polio test results. One has had three Salk shots, the other possibly some doses. Doctors caution vaccine effectiveness at about 80 percent and urge vaccination for under 35. No paralysis yet. last Sarasota polio case was July 11.
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Englewood Oldster A Show Stopper McNeill Lightens 50 Kids Hearts
Fifty happy kids in Englewood smile thanks to Don McNeill and the Breakfast Club from Lido Beach Casino. Karen Bullock, 15, sang with Don Richards and Dick Noel while wheelchair access and seats for 100 more tomorrow offered on a first come basis.
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Townsend Denies Talk on Princess Margaret Romance
LONDON INS Peter Townsend stated there is no possibility of marrying Princess Margaret. Townsend, a divorced RAF group captain, said the romance remains ended despite his return to London and meetings with the princess. The 1955 royal statement cited duty to church and crown as the barrier.
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Sarasota Breakfast Club to Release Gagster Piece
Gag writer Gagster unveils Sarasota by the Bay a new piece titled Sarasota By The Bay set for release in two weeks at the Breakfast Club venue.
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Joanne Woodward Wins Oscar for The Three Faces of Eve
Georgia born actress Joanne Woodward triumphs as she takes the best actress prize for The Three Faces of Eve. The 28 year old performer, who studied at the Neighborhood Playhouse, rose from TV roles to stardom after a pivotal film in which she portrayed a Georgia woman with multiple personalities. Her win comes amid a starry Hollywood celebration featuring Brando Gable Day Stewart Russell and Allyson. The actress credited the award to hard work and a willingness to speak her mind.
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Minnie Mermaid Seer Award Talk Sparks Weather Banter
In Sarasota a light weather notice runs through Friday with mild conditions and daytime highs around 70 to 73 degrees and cooler nights near 52 to 56. Winds shift west to northwest with no rainfall reported in the last two hours.
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Explorer II Satellite Dives in Odd Orbit Pattern
Cape Canaveral reports Explorer II, the Army’s latest satellite, executing a strange orbit by swinging from 1,700 miles out to about 110 miles high. Maj. Gen. Medaris says two week life expectancy likely. mission aims to map air densities and fringe altitude regions for both manned and unmanned craft. Wernher von Braun cites premature second-stage ignition as cause of imperfect orbit.
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Reds Launch Film Maker Mission Marks Space Flight
Moscow reports a Soviet rocket reached 294 miles and returned to a predetermined spot. Tass notes partial progress on re entry after the Sputnik II dog mission and records the flight weight at 3,360 pounds. Tass mentions an even larger rocket launched last May.
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Scientists report Explorer satellite moon may stay aloft months
Washington scientists announced the Explorer UI satellite remains in orbit with the moon-like bulb remaining aloft for four to six months, potentially longer than earlier expectations.
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