Governor Collins to decide on Ellis extradition case in Florida
In Tallahassee Governor LeRoy Collins will hear the extradition case of Melvin and Gladys Ellis, a Jewish couple from Brookline Massachusetts, who fled with their adopted daughter Hildy nine and a half years ago to avoid a Massachusetts court order. The case centers on the child's Catholic birth mother Marjorie Dougherty's demand for custody. The governor's attendance reflects the charge's emotional stakes, with many letters urging compassion. Final decision expected days after the extradition board's recommendation.
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Massachusetts
Melvin B. Ellis
Florida
LeRoy Collins
Marjorie Dougherty
Hingham, Mass
Miami
Collins
Ellises
Extradition Board
Windy McCoy Ellis
Miami Beach
Marvin Ellis
Hildy
North Trail paving enters final phase on 4.9 mile project
Workmen began laying 24 000 tons of blacktop on the widened North Trail after completing the Myrtle Street mixing plant. The $1.3 million project, started March 20 last year, is 80 percent done with 75 percent of time elapsed, with dry weather needed to finish the limerock base and riding surface. 1400 railroad cars hauled limerock base, 9000 cubic yards of concrete poured for curbs gutters and sidewalks, and nearly six miles of underground drainage installed.
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Myrtle Street
Seaboard
Tallahassee
W. A. Kindall
Dunn Construction Co
Kindall
Bowlee’s Creek
Ringling Museum
Observing Juvenile Court Hearings Opens Policy Story
The first reporter allowed to observe juvenile court hearings under a new policy shares details on page 11. The feature notes a breakthrough in access and the ongoing coverage of juvenile justice.
Stassen Reports On London Talks
President Eisenhower weighs disarmament options with top advisers at the White House NSC. Harold Stassen outlines U S counter proposals as London talks resume and Dulles briefs a Senate panel on partial disarmament, open skies and troop withdrawals.
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Ins
Eisenhower
United States
Russia
National Security Council
White House
Harold E. Stassen
Stassen
United Nations
Hubert H. Humphrey
L Minn
Dulles
Iron Curtain
Europe
NSC
London
Minnie Mermaid Comments on Sarasota Weather Quip
In Sarasota Minnie Mermaid jokes that days here tan men, not burn them, calling it the burning issue. Forecast stays generally fair through Friday with highs near 88 to 93 and gentle south winds.
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Minnie Mermaid
Sarasota
Minnie
Wilson Warns Budget Cuts Risk Security in Nation
Defense Secretary Charles E. Wilson testified that a 21 billion dollar defense cut proposed by the House would harm the military program including aircraft ships and missiles. He urged the Senate Appropriations Committee to restore the cut, warning that relying on improved international conditions is too risky. He defended the current force as sound and ahead of waste claims, and cautioned that future crises could emerge in Europe, the Far East, and the Middle East.
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Washington
INS
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Pentagon
Senate Military Appropriations Committee
House Appropriations Group
Wilson
Defense Department
Europe
Far East
Middle East
Congress
Army
Navy
Air Force
House Committee
Explanation To Exposed Couple In Atomic Test Fallout
Las Vegas couple James and Harriet Edwards learn they were exposed to the highest atomic bomb fallout on civilians four years ago. AEC officials cited panic, lack of time, or unknowns as reasons for not informing them earlier. The Ed wardses have suffered health issues since the Riverside motel incident on April 25, 1953.
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Las Vegas
Nev
INS
James Edwards
International
Atomic Energy Commission
Edwardses
Riverside
Easy Choice for 14 Year Old in Juvenile Court
Juvenile Judge Russell Thomas gave a 14 year old Negro boy a choice between Sunday school or reform school. The youth chose Sunday School and was placed on one year probation in care of Booker High School Principal Roland Rogers. He was picked up after a late night chase on North Orange Avenue with a deputy posse firing several shots as the fleeing car refused to stop.
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Russell Thomas
Thomas
Booker High School
Roland Rogers
Yough
Sheriff's
North Orange Avenue
Marianna
Harold Wilson
Russell Mize
Crash Kills Sailors in Rhodes Shore Patrol Crash
Three U S sixth Fleet sailors were killed and three others injured when a Shore Patrol truck went off a road into a 60 foot ditch in Rhodes. Names were not released.
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Athens
Greece
U.S. 6Th Fleet
Rhodes
State Attorney Defends Response Amid Gettis Lee Case
State attorney E Mack Smiley said he does not blame Mrs. Elizabeth Lee for calling in the Florida Sheriff's Bureau in the Gettis Lee disappearance. Sheriff Roy Baden arranged two investigators, and Mrs. Lee has posted a $1,000 reward while seeking more funds for actions like diving to search old phosphate pits.
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E. Mack Smiley
Gettis Lee
Elizabeth Lee
Florida Sheriff's Bureau
Manatee County
Roy Baden
Baden
Don McLeod
Bureau
Parrish
Lee
Ellenton
Smiley
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Brookline, Mass
Ike
E. Hazellief
State Road Department
Inside the News
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Parrish Grocer
Ady
Sceesseees
U.S
Kremlin
AEC
Henry G. Vermillion
Edwin G. Williams
Roscoe Goeke
Nevada
Harriet Edwards
Mrs. Lee
Gettis
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