Mayor Alleges Mail Interference Over City Charter Bills
Mayor Frederic W. Dennis says bills changing election date from December to April and creating a planning department were not received by the State Senate delegation. He mails the bills to Rep. William B. Boylston on April 28 and notes a May 2 hearing. he orders an inquiry into possible mail interference and criticizes policy lapses by the city commission.
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Ed H. Price Jr
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Boylston
Price
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Sarasota approves Ringling site for public safety building
City Commission selects Scheme B for the public safety building on Ringling Boulevard after tense debates. Construction to begin July with O. B. Thompson as contractor and an added 37,768 to fund costs and moveable equipment.
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Public Safety
Ringling Boulevard
City Commission
Frederick W. Dennis
Herschel Haye
Jack Turner
Edward Marable
Frank Hoerst
O. B. Thompson
Clearwater
Ken Thompson
Marable
Lake Wood Park
Wayne Hibbs
Chamber of Commerce
Ringling
North Trail
Hayo
Hoersting
Players Theater
Green
Death delay for Starkweather killer in Nebraska
Charles Starkweather 20 received a two week stay of execution in Lincoln hours before scheduled electrocution. Judge Richard Robinson stayed the wake until June 4 to allow appeals on the habeas writ. Caril Fugate remains unaware of the stay as her fate rests with continued confinement.
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Neb
Charles Starkweather
U.S. Dist
Richard Robinson
Omaha
Starkweather
State Penitentiary
John Greenholtz
Robert Klein
Greenholtz
Women’s State Reformatory
York
Caril Fugate
Hattie Bowley
Caril
Robinson
U.S
van Pelt
Germans Seek Berlin Pledge By Reds Before Summit Talk
West Germany presses the Big Three to secure a permanent Soviet pledge on Berlin rights before a summit. Heinrich von Brentano says informal confirmation of Western rights in Berlin could form the basis for a formal agreement with Andrei Gromyko. The pledge would bind Moscow to allow Western troops and access.
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Soviet Union
Heinrich von Bretano
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Britain
France
Andrei Gromyko
East Germany
Bow Ties Signal Strategy at Geneva Foreign Talks
At the Geneva foreign ministers conference the Big Four lines move to secret talks over Berlin and summit issues. Herter and McElroy appeared in bow ties to show support as Western and Soviet positions firm up, with Gromyko awaiting a potential deadlock and a split level approach emerging.
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Herter
Berlin
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Palace of Nations
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Lloyd
West
FBI Closing Lynch Probe Reported by Paper
The Commercial Appeal reported the FBI intends to close its investigation into the M. C. Parker lynching in Poplarville Mississippi. It said federal prosecution chances are eliminated and no clear federal law violation evidence was found. The paper noted lab work strengthened evidence of Parker's guilt in the rape of a white woman before his abduction and murder after escaping Pearl River County jail on April 25.
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M. C. Parker
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Justice Department
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Restaurant serves Sara sota for 30 years
A longtime eatery has honored Sara sota who has dined at the restaurant for three decades, highlighting her loyalty and ongoing support. Local staff remark on her frequent visits and the restaurant’s appreciation for regulars.
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Sarasota
Adv
SHS Prom Weather Forecast Amid Showers
The forecast calls for showers and warm weather for the SHS junior senior prom tonight. Noon temperature is 87 degrees with rain chances continuing through the evening.
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Mother Nature
SHS
Living Costs Back To Last Year’s Peak In April
April living costs rose two tenths to 123.9 percent of the 1947-49 base, matching last year’s peak. State and local taxes pushed up the index while transportation medical care and personal costs rose. food eased slightly. Purchasing power and take home pay also hit new highs, with factory workers averaging $80.68 for three dependents and $73.14 for a single worker.
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Washington
Labor Department
Ment
Six Gang Leaders Sought in Apalachin Case
Washington UPI reports six gangland figures hunted on charges of conspiring to obstruct justice and defraud the United States in connection with the 1957 Apalachin underworld convention. Twenty one others, some top Mafia members, were arrested in coast-to-coast raids. bail ranged from 15000 to 100000.
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UPI
Apalachin
N.Y
Black Hand’’ Crime Society
United States
New York
Government Holiday Halts City Operations in Mexico City
Government employees began an annual 10 day holiday with only top officials on duty to handle urgent affairs as operations slowed.
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Mexico City
Heroes Are Made Not Born Cop Receives Medal
UPI reports Miami police officers endured numerous on the job hazards in 1958. James A. Hadded earned a lifesaving medal after reviving a suffocating child. Motorcycle crashes caused the most lost days, with 1,056 days lost across automobile and motorcycle incidents.
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UPI
James A. Hadded
Klimowski
Urgent U S Action Sought On Jobless Areas
The Labor Department urged Congress to pass a federal areas assistance program to spur new industries in hard hit regions. Secretary Mitchell asked governors to push states to improve unemployment compensation laws as the economy shows broad recovery but uneven local joblessness persists across 149 major labor markets.
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Labor Department
James P. Mitchell
Congress
Eisenhower
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