Sarasota Boat and Sport Show Opens at Municipal Auditorium
Crowds throng the first Sarasota News Boat and Sport Show sponsored by THE NEWS with Sarasota Power Squadron cooperation. Mayor Hopkins inaugurates the new small boat launching site in Sarasota Bay beside the auditorium as Bert Montressor loses a bet to Fred Stager in a Par 3 match.
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Courthouse Jail Plan Stays, Special Meeting Set
County commissioners keep the courthouse jail plan unchanged and call a special meeting with the city to discuss relocation options. The board approved salary increases for key staff, reviewed bids for a mosquito dragline, and started preliminary plans for a Negro swimming pool at the county.
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Ralph Davis
Brumbaugh
J. Melton Williams
Garret W. Purce
Edwin
Justice Harlan Seated on Supreme Court Bench
Justice John Marshall Harlan formally joined the Supreme Court today to begin the 1954 55 term. Appointed by President Eisenhower to succeed the late Justice Robert H Jackson he becomes the second Justice John Marshall Harlan. His grandfather served on the court from 1877 to 1911.
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Washington
John Marshall Harlan
Supreme Court
New York
Eisenhower
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Witness Testimony in Pedestrian Incident Sparks Caution
A magistrate hears a motorist admit no attempt to stop for a pedestrian. The driver claims he blew the horn and used rude language, while the witness asserts the driver neither slowed nor avoided the person. The case centers on responsibility and conduct at the scene.
Corson Opposes City Stockade Term in Resolution
County Commission Chairman Albert D. Corson objected to the use of the word stockade in the city resolution and sought to strike it. The effort failed when it was noted the city had already used the term.
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County bodies clash over salaries and meetings
Nelson rejects planned public meeting on changing plans while Registration Supervisor Virginia Meade wins a full time deputy salary of 1950 annually after showing that clerical costs lagged behind the previous year. Building Director Kenneth Brumceant secures a $75 monthly raise for custodial staff and the plumbing inspector, ending with a higher pay package. Custodian Fred Meyer was
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Ringling Shopping Center Opens In Sarasota
Sarasota opens Ringling Shopping Center tomorrow with Publix Supermarket as its anchor. The 21 000 square foot store on Ringling Blvd will employ about fifty people and launch eleven more shops including S H Merchandise. Construction was led by George D Brown with paving by Cobb Construction Co. at 86 915. Center name was changed from Ringling Plaza to Ringling Shopping Center to avoid conflict with the Ringling Museum.
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Cordell Hull In Critical Condition At Bethesda
Cordell Hull 83 year old former secretary of state remained in critical condition at Bethesda Naval Hospital after a stroke suffered on Saturday. The hospital reported no marked change yesterday but noted definite improvement during his first night and said he was conscious in the latest update.
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Ringling Circus Faces Cold Welcome in New York
The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus arrived from Sarasota with 80 degree warmth to a 27 degree Bronx chill. Attendants and animals shivered as the 41-car train unloaded and moved seven miles to Madison Square Garden for the show opening Wednesday night.
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Record Cold Ravages Seven States Cutting Peach Crops
A historic spring freeze swept from the Great Plains to Dixie causing over 50 million dollars in crop damage and at least three deaths in the Sunny South. Georgia reports 16 million in losses as Alabama tops 13 million with other states in flux.
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Prisoners hold guards. nine still hostage at Nebraska prison
Three inmates labeled dead weight by fellow captors were sent to the warden’s office in Lincoln with nine others remaining hostage to two guards at the state penitentiary. Governor Anderson said the guards were unharmed after questioning one of the trio.
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Abraham Lincoln Club Drives Break in Republican Harmony
The Abraham Lincoln National Republican Club in Chicago announces a push to wrest control of the GOP from New Dealers and internationalists. The group plans recruiting offices nationwide and cites support from leaders like Sen. McCarthy and Gov. Lee. Bundy asserts future meetings will draw more figures, though Bricker and Jenner offered limited comments. The club, founded in 1945, has about 1,200 members in 25 states.
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Northeastern Blizzard Strikes Across United States
A deadly storm blanketed the northeast with 15 inches of snow in Syracuse and paralyzed travel. Winds up to 55 mph created 12 foot drifts. The system hit Canada with 13 inches and 60 mile winds. The disaster caused millions in crop losses across Dixie and the midwest, with fruit crops badly damaged in eight states. Helicopters rescued about 200 fishermen in South Carolina.
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North Florida iced by sleet and light snow
Sleet and snow swept from the west to cover North Florida with a thin ice crust. The weather bureau in Tallahassee logged four tenths of an inch of sleet with some snow as far as Jacksonville. By morning the precipitation eased to light rain, with temperatures around 34 at 6 am and not likely to exceed 45 this afternoon.
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Weather Bureau
Tallahassee
Weather forecast notes warmer trend and scattered showers
Sarasota area will stay mostly cloudy with occasional rain through Tuesday. Temperatures rise slowly from 38-60 across Florida with northeast to east winds and a warming trend tonight into Tuesday.
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Chamber of Commerce
Sarasota
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