29 Mar 1960
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Newspaper
Sarasota News
Location
Sarasota, Florida, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1960
Page
1
Thunderstorms drenched the Midwest as rivers rose on snow melt. Rain extended from Oklahoma northward into Nebraska, aggravating flood threats across the region.
Castro proclaims war on anti castro forces in Cuba as severe weather triggers wide floods across eight states. Gusty winds hit Hutchinson Kansas, a tornado touched near Shattuck Oklahoma, and 20 city blocks flooded Beatrice Nebraska amid rising rivers.
Vice President Nixon promises a hard hitting campaign if nominated. He urges criticizing Democratic records, expanding beyond Eisenhower, and warns the party faces the fight of its life with Congress at its weakest since 1936. He calls farm surpluses a key issue and suggests Fred Seaton as a potential running mate.
Premier Fidel Castro lashed out at anti communist opponents during a third telethon, naming college friend Luis Conte Aguero and accusing him of undermining the revolution. He also rejected sending an ambassador to Washington until the U.S. shows better faith and discussed possible trade talks to secure sugar market access.
The ZPG-2 Navy airship completed a 95.5 hour flight off Lakehurst after an anti-submarine training mission more than 100 miles at sea. The record bested the previous 73.1 hour mark set by a Navy blimp from the same station less than two weeks earlier.
Washington report links the Piedmont Airlines DC3 crash near Charlottesville, Virginia, on Oct 30 to tranquilizer use by Captain George Lavrine. One passenger survived. FAA studies may lead to new rules on drug use by pilots. Bakke testified cockpit issues may have contributed to another 25 fatal crash near Williamsport.
In Geneva the United States proposed lowering both nations' armed forces to 2,100,000 men each if Moscow accepts controls against cheating, while Russia's Vyacheslav Zorin demanded general disarmament. The talks stalled as Zorin sidestepped guarantees, with aides signaling a possible advance notice pact on missile launches to avert miscalculation.
CORE announces a large scale picket of 105 Woolworth stores in New York City to protest lunch counter segregation. The effort, supported by unions and civil rights groups, aims for about 2000 demonstrators, signaling the biggest boycott since Southern sit-ins began.
Eva H Grant of Chicago urged a national survey to measure what Americans want to watch amid criticism of networks. Professors Kimball Wiles and others warned about violence on TV and suburbs shaping youth. calls for kinder programs and realistic views of work and life.
Bayshore Gardens Homes priced from 19590 to 19790 invite would be buyers to open nine in the morning until dark on new US 41 between Sarasota and Bradenton.
New York City Youth Commissioner Ralph W. Whelan told the White House Conference on Children and Youth that a small set of demoralized families produce most juvenile delinquents. He cited desertion divorce alcoholism ignorance and poverty and urged communities to address family needs to curb delinquency.
Pravda, the Communist party newspaper, says the Communist world backs Cuba and nonwhite South Africans. It attacks a U.S. Congress bill to cut Cuban sugar import quotas and give the president power to adjust quotas on his own discretion.
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