Bolita probe widens as 22 subpoenaed for Tampa grand jury
State Atty W Mack Smiley and former Manatee sheriff Roy Baden among 22 subpoenaed to testify May 11 before a federal grand jury in Tampa. The probes cover bolita and moonshine in Manatee Sarasota and Lee counties with deputies and other officials named. Baden says he will cooperate as investigators pursue possible syndicates and past raids.
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Manatee County
Roy Baden
Tampa
Manatee
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Asst. U.S. Dist. Atty
Robert Nunez
Bolita
Sarasota County
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Lonnie Selph
Paul Ford
Bud Hammock
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LeRoy Collins
Bradenton
Mack Britt
Partieizeday
Britt
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Ralph Clark
Democratic Party
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Fred Barber
Clyde Crews
Ellis Clifton
Hillsborough County
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Frank
L A Woman Named 1960 American Mother of the Year
Mrs. Emerald Lucy Barman Arbogast of Los Angeles was named 1960 American mother of the year by the American Mother Committee. She is mother to six, grandmother to ten, and great grandmother to four.
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New York
UPI
Emerald Lucy Barman Arbogast
Los Angeles
Venice Gardens Residents Protest Utility Rates Hearing Sought
A Venice Gardens Homeowners Assn committee led by William Straad protests Venice Gardens Utility Corp rates and asks for a public hearing to resolve the dispute. They seek a financial statement of capital investment, amortization, interest, pipe costs, plant costs, and rate calculation methods. County officials will review the protests and consider a public hearing if warranted.
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Venice Gardens Homeowners Assn
Venice Gardens Utility Corp
William Straad
Utility Corporation
Leaders Go In Hiding During U.S. Civil Defense Test
Washington and cities nationwide enact Operation Alert 1960 as radio and TV go off air from 1 to 1 30 pm Conelrad takes over frequencies 640 and 1240 kc. Officials relocate to emergency centers up to 200 miles away while protests challenge civil defense efficacy.
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Washington
UPI
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Tiow
Leo A. Hoegh
City Hall Park
Florida primary vote eyed as 900000 Floridians cast ballots
About 900000 voters in Florida were set to choose the governor and four state offices in a Democratic dominated primary. Doyle Carlton Jr and Farris Bryant led in campaigning while party dynamics and personality ahead of a May 24 runoff influenced outcomes. Weather was partly cloudy with scattered showers and polls opened 7 am to 7 pm.
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UPI
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Wauchula
Farris Bryant
Ocala
John McCarty
Fort Pierce
Fred Dickinson
West Palm Beach
Haydon Burns
Jacksonville
Ted David
Hollywood
Big City
Dade County
Carlton
Tampa-St. Petersburg
Burns
Bryant
Florida
Fruitville Fair Set For Saturday
The Fruitville Fair will be held this Saturday in Fruitville Park. Sponsored by American Legion Glen Peters Post No. 266 under Commander Carl E Legg. Officials say rides for children plus a rummage sale and auction for adults. Food and other refreshments will be on sale.
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Fruitville Park
American Legion
Glen Peters
Carl E Legg
World wide stir over Chessman case shocks embassies
U S embassies and American tourists faced threats and insults as news of Daryl Chessman’s execution spread. Mobs in Lisbon Stockholm and Montevideo shouted insults and called killers. Critics cite capital punishment debates and delays. some press figures condemn the crimes and note public anger.
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U.S
Daryl Chessman
Chessman
Lisbon
Portugal
Stockholm
Sweden
Montevideo
Uruguay
State Department
California
Edmund Brown
Milan
UPI
Twin Bill Broadcast Combines News Election Night And Baseball
Tonight on WSPB 1450 Sarasota listeners will receive election returns from Sarasota and Manatee with reporters from WSPB and The News. Between updates the Chicago White Sox face the Baltimore Orioles, anchoring a dual broadcast from editorial rooms.
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Sarasota and Manatee
WSPB
Sarasota News
Chicago White Sox
Baltimore Orioles
Early Sarasota Primary Voter Turnout Appears Strong
Early returns in Sarasota County show brisk turnout with Democrats leading in most precincts. In Nokomis precinct 7, 201 Democrats and 83 Republicans voted. Venice precinct 8 reported 80 Republicans and 71 Democrats. Lions Den precinct 3 tallied 154 of 1,125.
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Sarasota
South County
County Commission
Nokomis
Venice Munic
Venice Civic Center
Lions den
Payola Probe Quizzes ABC Payola Hearings
Alan Freed former ABC WABC disc jockey testified in closed session about a double standard in payola. The subcommittee leading the probe released part of his testimony publicly on Monday.
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Mount Theaters Inc
ABC
Alan Freed
WABC
New York
City Denies Cops' Motion in Suspension Case
The board denies a motion raised by attorney Gale Green for Donald Elie and John Rademaker two patrolmen suspended for 30 days without pay for outside employment without chief or city manager approval. City Attorney John Scheb and Police Chief Francis Scott face the matter with Francis Millican as prosecutor.
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Gale Green
Donald Elie
John Rademaker
John Scheb
Francis Scott
Francis Millican
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