Driver's license sales open with new protections in 1955 56
Sarasotans lined up as doors opened at 8 45 am to buy 1955 56 licenses. Clerks Blydenburgh Munkittrick and Abbott handled early crowds while Judge Justice offered Englewood renewals. Over 250 licenses issued by 11 am. New features include blood type space on the pink copy and a yellow renewal card. license cost rises to 1 25. Renewal deadline is Oct 1 with increased fees after.
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Florida
Bright Yel
Jones Bar-B-Q
Hills Garage
Osprey
Siesta Sundries
Siesta Key
Gants Grocery
Fruitville
Bee Ridge
Hayes Hardware
Venice
Englewood
John D. Justice
Lorida
John Justice
Joanne Abbott
A. J. Lopez
L. G. Gray
Japs Get Promise On U.S. Troops
Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu earned a U S promise to consider a progressive withdrawal of American ground forces from Japan after three days of talks. He left for New York for a four day visit while Tokyo awaits a time schedule. The talks also touched on Japan's rearmament plans and the shift of defense responsibility to Tokyo.
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Washington
Japan
Mamoru Shigemitsu
United States
New York
Tokyo
Shigemitsu
Dulles
U.S
Pacific
Japaoil
World War and political tensions dominate global headlines
Fighting flared in the Israel Egypt theater with two Egyptian planes downed and a military HQ blasted on the Gaza frontier. Argentina's Peron warns opposition of further violent action as US signals gradual troop withdrawal from Japan. Chrysler and CIO UAW settle six state strikes, while UN disarmament talks seek Soviet inspection clarity. Morocco's royal stance conflicts with France, Big Four evacuations from Austria underway, and Bendix plants idle due to strikes.
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Jerusalem
Gaza
Israel
Yad Mordechai
Gaza Strip
Egypt
Cairo
Khan Yunis
U.N
E. L. M. Burns
Burns
Peron Vows Strong Response to Opposition Violence
President Juan D. Peron warned that violence by opponents would be met with even stronger force. He spoke to a large demonstration in Buenos Aires and said he was withdrawing his offer as he tightened his grip on power.
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Argentina
Juan D. Peron
Buenos Aires
Plaza Dé Mayo
Strike Ends In Chrysler Plants
Chrysler Corp and the CIO United Auto Workers reached a contract settlement six hours after widespread strikes hit plants in six states. The agreement mirrors Ford and GM layoff pay plans with 60 to 65 percent pay for up to 26 weeks and a six cent hourly wage raise over three years. Pension rises to about 250 dollars monthly, health coverage improves, and non economic provisions expand union rights including a strike over production standards.
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Chrysler
CIO
United Auto Workers
Detroit
Chrysler Corp
Ford
General Motors
Buenos Aires State of Siege Sought by Peron Government
Authoritative sources report President Peron's government plans to ask Congress this afternoon to approve an immediate declaration of a state of siege for Buenos Aires.
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Buenos Aires
Peron
Congress
Slaying of 15-Year-Old Emmett Till Goes to Grand Jury
In Mississippi Delta, Emmitt Louis Till was kidnapped from Mose Wright’s tenant farm home near Money and shot behind his car. Two white men, storekeeper Roy Bryant and half-brother J W Milam, are held on charges with a grand jury likely to consider indictments by Tuesday.
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Greenwood
Miss
Chicago
Delta
Louis Till
Maurice Wright
Till
Wright
Tallahatchie County
Roy Bryant
J. W. Milam
Glendora
Bryant
Postmaster’s World Knowledge From Picture Postcards
A citizen notes the local postmaster appears worldly from postcards. He admits the postmaster has not traveled much but has gained a broad education through pictures.
U N Subcommittee Seeks Clarity on Soviet Arms Plan
Western delegates pressed for a clearer interpretation of Soviet ground inspection proposals at a U N disarmament subcommittee session. Harold Stassen noted progress toward stationing teams in the Soviet Union and United States, as Sobolev defended the May 10 statement. France’s Jules Moch and Britain’s Anthony Nutting questioned specific inspection facilities.
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U.N. Disarmament
Harold E. Stassen
U.S
Eisenhower
Stassen
Soviet Union
United States
Canada
Paul Martin
Sobolev
France
Jules Moch
Anthony Nutting
Russia
Moch
Chase Bank bandit Burke shipped to New York for murder charge
Elmer Trigger Burke, 37, a feared hoodlum, was returned by train from Charleston to face a murder count in New York under heavy guard. The case ties him to the $302,000 Chase Manhattan Bank heist in Woodside, Queens, investigated by the FBI. Coast Guard halts search for a light plane off Clearwater. Four men die in a car truck crash on U S Highway 1 near Stuart. The victims are David Lapham and Edward Frothingham of New Canaan Connecticut. Willis Fuller of Jacksonville Florida. and Charles Jones Jr. of South Jacksonville Beach.
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Chase Bank
New York
INS
Elmer “Trigger” Burke
Charleston
S. C
Chase Manhattan Bank
Woodside
Queens
FBI
Stuart
U. S. Highway 1
David Lapham
New Canaan
San Francisco Teamsters Plan Pickets at Ringling Circus
San Francisco AFL Teamsters plan a four day picket line to press for a labor contract for non musicians and performers. Joseph J Diving says truck drivers car drivers roustabouts and other circus workers will be included. Ringling officials offered no immediate comment as John Ringling North arrived for talks with Henry Ringling.
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San
John Ringling North
San Francisco
Henry
New slimming series offers dieting guidance by Ida Jean Kain
Ida Jean Kain presents a dieting article aimed at both men and women to help shed pounds. The first piece in a new series appears on Page 6 inviting readers to start slimming without delay.
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Ida Jean Kain
Sheriff Boyer To Be Consulted On School Guard Plan
Republican County Commissioner Gustin M. Nelson moves to study feasibility of using volunteers or retired officers as school crossing guards. Nelson will discuss with Sheriff Ross Boyer who said deputies cannot be assigned to crossings under the current fee system. He noted the county budget may fund such a program next year as Sarasota grows and a new school opens.
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Republican
Gustin M. Nelson
Nelson
County Commission
Ross Boyer
Sarasota County
Sarasota
Boyer
Weather and seasonal notes for early September fishing season
The snippet notes pleasant September prospects with forecasts for the Sarasota area and Florida including partly cloudy skies and scattered afternoon thundershowers through Friday. It cites southeast to southwest winds offshore and near shore, readings of 87 to 91 degrees, a barometer at 29.88, and a 24 hour rainfall of none. It also references Herb Stolander's fishing column for tides and almanac details.
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Sarasota
Florida
East Gulf
Herb Stolander
Tides and Almanac
Nation’s Weather
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Guy Bumpas
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Natl Cash
NY Central
Monty Ward
Nor Amer Aviat
Penn RR
Repabr Steel
Safeway Stores
Sou Pacific
Sperry Rand
Stand Oil
Tampa
Elec
United Air Lines
Steel
West’ghous Eric Woolworth
Dow-Jones
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Public Service Booth
UAW
General Confederation of Labor
CGT
Peronista
Hugo di Pietro
Bulletin
Mississippi
Grand
Mose Wright
Money, Miss
Emmitt
Maurice
U. N. Subcommittee
United Nations
N.Y
Five-Nations
Coast Guard
ST. Petersburg
Gulf of Mexico
Clearwater
Teamsters
Ringling Circus
Minnie Mermaid
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