Rood Backs Sarasota College Site in Twin County Fight
Senator Joe Rood of Bradenton crosses party lines to back Sarasota in the junior college site dispute with Manatee. He warns Manatee must propose a plan as good as Sarasota’s and meets with lawmakers in Tallahassee as the House Appropriations Committee weighs an $8 million construction bill amendment that could shift the site.
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Joe Bill Rood
Bradenton
Sarasota
Manatee
Manattee County
College Council
Rood
Reod
Tallahassee
Cherokee
Appropriations Committee
Rod
House
James Pratt
Pratt
Sarasota - Manatee
Community College Council
William C. Grimes
Henry S. Bartholomew
Carl Strode
C. A. Bellum
George Higgins
Sarasota College
Sarasota County
Manatee County
Bayshore Gardens
Joe Bill Reod
Manattee
Five-Man Teamsters Panel Probes Beck Charges
A five member Teamsters committee meets to consider charges that union president Dave Beck used his position for personal profit and advantage relate d to income tax evasion and a Senate inquiry. Some sources expect no action until the Miami union convention. Hoffa is seen as a possible successor.
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Washington
INS
Teamsters
Dave Beck
Beck
Afl-Cio
Man
Galveston
Tex
Mohn
Miami
Hoffa
Senate Backets
Afl-Cio Executive Council
Federation
Senate
Senate Committee
Rackets Panel Opens Early Look at Kohler Strike
The Senate Rackets Committee announced a preliminary investigation into the Kohler Co. strike in Kohler Wisconsin, with staff investigators assigned and potential public hearings to follow. The dispute pits the company against Walter Reuther's United Auto Workers amid widespread accusations of unfair practices and violence.
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Washington
Senate
Kohler Co
Kohler, Wis
McClellan
D-Ark
Sen. Mundt
R-Sd
Walter Reuther
United Auto Workers
Kohler
Inside THE NEWS headline grabber and features
Ronnie Langley faces many troubles yet smiles in a human interest piece on page 9. Clara Bow, once country’s film queen, is profiled with focus on her tumultuous love life by Louella Parsons on page 5. Advice column for the downtrodden appears on page 15.
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Ronnie Langley
Clara Bow
Louella Parsons
Boy 14 Admits Strangling Child Near Chicago Porch
Chicago police say 14-year-old neighbor Lawrence Madsen admitted strangling 3-year-old Lise Jorg and burying her under a porch. The girl was reported missing at 4 p.m. and found buried after midnight as officers pursued the case.
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Chicago
Robert Ryan
Uniformed Police
Lawrence
Larry) Madsen
Lise Jorgnude
Eisenhower warns GOP chiefs over security budget cuts
President Eisenhower told Republican leaders that deep cuts in missiles and aircraft funding could sap U.S. security. He planned a national radio television address at 8 p.m. to defend his budget and foreign aid, while noting concerns over cuts to the State Department USIA and Justice Department. Senate leaders expected to push to restore some House reductions.
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Esses
White House
Senate
William F. Knowland
Calif
House
Joseph W. Martin
Mass
House Appropriations Committee
Martin
Eisenhower
Knowland
U.S
State Department
U. S. Information Agency
Justice Department
Nation
Congress
Sarasota union official confirms local organizing drive
A Sarasota Building Trades Council official says an industrial union organizing drive is underway in Sarasota County. He notes organizers may be in the area from Miami and from New York and Alabama. About 100 workers at the New York Rubber Corp. plant at the Sarasota Bradenton Airport were handed pro union cards seeking a National Labor Relations Board vote. At Electro Mechanical Research Inc. in Fruitville, with 173 workers, management says no union effort is known yet, but would not be surprised.
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Sarasota
Industrial ‘Union
Building and Construction Trade Council
Kerr
Miami
New York
Alabama
New York Rubber Corp
Sarasota-Bradenton
National Labor Relations Board
Electro Mechanical Research Inc
Fruitville
Minnie Lands Clear Morns
Minnie Mermaid praises May mornings as blue skies help chase blues while Sarasota forecasts a partly cloudy week with scattered afternoon thunderstorms. Local readings show morning temperature around 83 with highs near 85 to 90 and gentle variable winds.
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Sarasota
Sarasota Chief Seeks 55-Man Police Force Plan
Sarasota Police Chief Robert N. Wilson will ask the City Commission for funds to raise the force to 55 officers, up from 36. He plans a six-zone layout with two captains four lieutenants and five sergeants and would add patrol cars and motorcycles to expand coverage amid rising break-ins and tourist presence.
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Robert N. Wilson
City Commission
Sarasota
Wilson
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James R. Hoffa
Detroit
William A. Lee
Thomas L. Hickey
Joseph Diving
San Francisco
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Inside the News
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