01 May 1960
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Newspaper
Sarasota News
Location
Sarasota, Florida, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1960
Page
1
Rebels attacked southeastern Paraguay from across the Paraná River with about 1000 men aided by exiles from Argentina and Brazil. Government forces repelled the assault at Porto Carlos Antonio Lopez and Colonia Otano, while airstrikes targeted the Parana battleground as Stroessner denounced Cuban involvement.
Turkish troops with fixed bayonets cleared 2000 student sitdown strikers from Istanbul University after an 18 hour protest against Premier Adnan Menderes. About 1000 students faced martial law charges and were interned in army camps as others picketed outside the NATO foreign ministers meeting venue.
The Florida Primary sweepstakes morning line lists races on May 3 from 7 AM to 7 PM with muddied conditions and track notes. Jockeys Doyle Carlton Farris Bryant John McCarty Hayden Burns Fred Dickinson Ted David and others are noted. several entries face questions about distance, form, and likelihood of heat advancement.
Lana Turner’s 16 year old daughter Cheryl, known for the 1958 Stompanato stabbing, escapes from the Sylmar girls home with two companions. Parents wait by the phone as authorities search the San Fernando Valley neighborhood.
The Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus will launch the 1961 season with a weekend show in Venice at the new winter quarters auditorium on airport property. The 5,000-seat venue will be leased to the city for 20 years at 1,000 yearly rent, with ownership reverting to Venice. Rehearsals begin in December for a January performance and possible summer plans to Sarasota.
Purges target provincial governors and police as reforms sweep to end Syngman Rhee era. Plans call for constitutional amendments creating cabinet rule with a prime minister, president as ceremonial head, and new parliamentary elections by June after Rhee resignation. Lee Ki Poong died. acting president sacks governors.
UPI reports Soviet led excavations uncovered Adolf Hitler’s Berlin bunker where he and Eva Braun died. News notes a remaining question about whether Hitler’s remains were moved to the Soviet Union or buried near the chancellery by SS, per valet Peinz Linge.
Judge Gerald Klein dismissed a charge against John Burkert a two year old in North Miami Beach for failing to have a traffic light on his tricycle. John was injured March 30 when his tricycle was struck by a car and remained in St Francis Hospital in a coma before recovering. Police officer Stanley Licht had filed the ticket prompting the dismissal.
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