26 May 1959
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Newspaper
Sarasota News
Location
Sarasota, Florida, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1959
Page
1
Aboard the US Liberte editor Kent McKinley recalls year end scenes in 1959 New York, praising Liberty salutes, Ellis Island memories, and encounters with Pat O'Brien Dennis King and Kennedy. Passenger list, dining rooms, and quotable vignettes frame a nostalgic voyage past the Hudson.
Canaveral carpenters ended a 10 day strike at the missile test center and Patrick Air Force Base. About 1,650 workers returned to jobs while long halted construction resumed. The settlement with Associated General Contractors provides a 40 cent raise over two years, with retroactive pay dispute resolved.
Interior Secretary Seaton said a Gulf Coast saline water conversion plant is among five authorized sites and a Sarasota area location remains under serious consideration. A spokesman for the Interior Department confirmed the Sarasota site is still in contention as plans advance for a one million gallon daily output using the long tube distillation process.
An advertisement promotes Bay Shore Gardens on new U.S. 41 offering nine to nine hours daily. It highlights a new shopping center and homes priced from 10 790 to 15 790. Also mentions a restaurant serving Sara sota for 30 years.
In Geneva the Big Four foreign ministers agreed to begin secret sessions on Berlin and German questions Friday after the Dulles funeral. Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko will join the private talks, a move ordered by Khrushchev, with Lloyd acting as intermediary.
Arvida Corp moves to develop Bird Key Sarasota County in a phased project aimed at a high end residential community. Real estate broker Fred Berger noted preliminary engineering on about 2000 acres tied to the John Ringling Estate sale and suggested Longboat Key could host a similar upscale project. Berger said the Bird Key plan centers on strictly residential construction and that the Ringling home may be removed. He declined to detail legal entanglements tied to St. Armands Lido Realty. Berger spoke to the chamber of commerce and emphasized Arvida’s first west coast venture with the aim to begin selling by year start. John Weir and Milton N. Weir were referenced in connection with the firm and its European travel.
Florida legislators clash over county pay raise to 6200 dollars with Edmondson demanding a referendum and Jan 1 1961 start. Price opposes referendum as Boylston seeks extra expense money and 1960 start. Six local bills pass while housing standards and road safety measures rise in priority.
Circuit Judge John A Bird ordered the Pinellas Grand Jury to reconvene on June 2 to review a bolita scandal involving two prominent St. Petersburg men and Tampa gamblers. State Attorney O Connell, appointed by Gov LeRoy Collins, sought the reopening as hearings remain closed. No indictments have been announced and names are undisclosed.
Minnie Mermaid comments on Sarasota climate with sun shine cool breezes and refreshing showers. She notes pay raises are not a worry and describes noon temperature at 84 degrees as part of the pleasant conditions.
Tornado force winds and hail storms battered the south central states and Florida, spreading north. Flash flooding forced families from homes in Elk City Oklahoma. A church damaged in Heald Texas by a nighttime tornado. Snow flurries from Montana to Washington with coastal rain to central California. Highs ranged from 30s in the northern Rockies to over 100 in the Rio Grande Valley.
A public hearing on extending the sanitary landfill permit on the 17th Street site is set for 10:30 a.m. June 23 before the Board of County Commissioners. The extension moves the permit use end date from July 6 to December 31.
Washington AP profile of John Foster Dulles describes a driven, morally rigid leader who ran foreign policy largely alone at the State Department. The article notes his vast travel, 46 countries, 690000 miles, and Eisenhower's full confidence in him while weighing praise and criticism of his uncompromising approach.
Senate President Dewey Johnson proposes a constitutional amendment allowing counties to close all or part of their schools by referendum. A petition from 25 percent of qualified voters triggers a county commission called election within 30 days. The plan preserves Florida’s free public schools and allows state aid for private schools.
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