Traffic Deaths Hit 424 Over Labor Day Weekend
The Associated Press reports 424 traffic deaths occurred during a 78 hour Labor Day weekend from 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Monday. Safety council president Ned H Dearborn credited improved enforcement and driver caution for saving at least 40 lives, though overall toll remained high at 424. Delaware New Hampshire North Dakota Vermont saw no fatalities during the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
National Safety Council
Ned H. Dearborn
Safety Council
Dearborn
Delaware
Newre
North Dakota
Vermont
Pupil interest in late weather affects after school play
In Sarasota and Florida weather forecasts expect partly cloudy skies for today and Wednesday with scattered afternoon thundershowers. Highs reach 88 to 94, lows 68 to 75, easterly winds. The marine forecast for the Jacksonville through Florida Straits and East Gulf area notes gentle to moderate easterly winds with scattered thundershowers. Readings show a 30.04 barometer, mild rainfall, and gentle SE breeze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarasota
Florida
Jacksonville
Florida Straits
East Gulf
Advisory committee requests more data on 4.4 million bond
The advisory committee seeks additional information on the proposed 4.4 million school bond issue. References to related items appear on page 9. Senator Kefauver will speak in Sarasota on September 14, with details on page 2. College freshmen attend a Sarasota-Bradenton Phi Mu party and a wedding feature on page 6, plus other notices about people you know.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kefauver
Sarasota
Sarasota-Bradenton
Overcrowded Sarasota Schools Face Busy New Year
About 8,500 Sarasota County students returned to class as principals report crowded first grades and full schedules. Basil White of Alta Vista says registrations spiked from 450 to 547 before noon. Anne York at Southside confirms excessive crowding across elementary classes and first grade. Russell Wiley notes that despite 35 new teachers, enrollment will strain resources. An 8 room addition to Alta Vista is planned but not ready until January. Venice Police urge motorists to slow for over 1,000 students commuting to Venice Nokomis and Laurel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarasota County
Basil White
Alta Vista School
Southside
Anne York
Wiley
Bay Haven
Phillippi Shores
Alta Vista
Venice
Nokomis
Laurel
John Schockey
Labor Day Appeals Highlight Labor Vote in 1952 Campaign
Eisenhower cites a Labor Department report saying the economy is at a peak in peace or war. Stevenson assails poverty and insecurity, Truman campaigns for Stevenson, Hall questions the challenger, Reuther attacks the GOP in a national radio address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
Harry Truman
Afi-Cto
Labor
Mitchell
Truman
GOP
Milwaukee
Stevenson
Walter Reuther
United Automobile Workers
Reuther
Egyptians Lash Out At Big 3 In Canal Talks
Cairo reports Egyptian officials attack the Big Three as Nasser resists Western calls for international control of the Suez Canal. Menzies leads a private session with Nasser amid suspected British spy arrests and pilot shortages threatening the canal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
INS
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Suez Canal
Nasser
Five Nation Committee
Robert G. Menzies
Dulles
Egypt
Suez Canal Co
Menzies
Woman Cleared In Kidnap Case And Clinton Integration
In Clinton Tennessee National Guard kept crowds away as nine Negro students returned to Clinton High School under a federal order. A woman in Hamden Connecticut was released after FBI police questioning in a separate kidnapping case of Cynthia Ruotolo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
Clinton, Tenn
INS
National Guard
U. S
Joe W. Henry
Anderson County
FBI
Cattaneo
Middletown
Hamden
Cynthia
Clinton High School
U.S. Supreme Court
Oliver
Dayton
Tenn
Guardesearim Clinton
Knoxville
Frank Clement
Egypt feels pinch from U.S. aid ban
Washington officials said the freeze on U.S. economic aid to Egypt is hurting Cairo as expected. U.S. experts hope the halt influences President Gamal Abdel Nasser toward a canal crisis compromise. Big items like locomotives and dredges are held. about 36 million dollars in aid remains scheduled for Egypt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ins
U.S
Egypt
Cairo
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Suez Canal
Nasser
United States
Train Derails Threatens Greenfield Town Center
A freight train derailment in Greenfield Indiana caused flames from two or more oil tank cars. Police reported 23 cars toppled, tearing up about a thousand feet of track near U.S. 40 in the Hancock County seat with potential catastrophe in the town of 6500 residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenfield
Ind
INS
Hancock County
Pennsylvania Railroad
U.S. 40
Bombings, Shootings Mark Turbulent Cyprus Crisis
A British soldier was wounded in a crowded Larnaca market amid gunfire as a Greek Cypriot youth escaped. A time bomb exploded at the Acropole hotel annex in Nicosia injuring no one, striking George Pereira, an interrogation officer, while he slept. The unrest grows around EOKA’s push for union with Greece as French and British arms flow to the island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicosia
Suez Canal
Liceman
Cyprus
Larnaca
Famagusta
Acropole
George Pereira
Eoka
Greece
Pereira
Eisenhower Photographs with 25 Republican Congressional Candidates
President Eisenhower greeted and photographed with 25 Republican congressional hopefuls from across the nation in the White House rose garden. Among them were Col G M Nelson of Florida and Arnold L Lund of Florida, with incumbents and a mix of regional campaigns. One candidate, William B Prendergast, reported the President’s quip about needing a professor in Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. G.M. Nelson
Sarasota
Florida
Arnold L. Lund
Daytona Beach
Oval
White House
Rose Garden
House
William B. Prendergast
Bay Ridge
GOP
Maryland
Nixon Senior Lapses Into Coma At 77 In La Habra
Frank A. Nixon father of Vice President Richard M. Nixon slipped into a coma about 2 a.m. doctors said the end is near after visiting the Nixon home in La Habra at 9:30 a.m. EST. The report notes his age and status as the VP’s father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LA Habra
Calif
Ins
Frank A. Nixon
Richard M. Nixon
M.kraushaar
Nixon
Fort Worth Negro Family Stands Firm Amid White Section Tension
Lloyd G. Austin, owner of a Riverside Fort Worth home, fired a shot at a mob of about 150 after they hanged an effigy and attacked his property when the house was moved into an all white area. Police formed barricades to protect the family and quell the riot. The Riverside Merchants and Home Owners Assn opposed the move, alleging NAACP financing aimed to move Negroes into the school district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Springs
Henry
Fort Worth
Riverside
Lloyd G. Austin
Austin
Riverside Merchants
The
National Assn. For
Also Mentioned on This Page
Minnie Mermaid
Inside the News
Nick
Dick Youngstrand
Siesta Drive
Ralph Kestly
Adlair Stevenson
Leonard Hall
Adlai
Hall
Mediterranean
Red Sea
Lou Henderson
James Chandler
National
Frank E. Cattaneo
Sears, Roebuck and Co
Gen. Henry
Frank Quarles
Quarles
Col
Nelson
New York
Ohio
Michigan
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Indiana
Republican National Committee
U. S. Naval Academy At
Annapolis
Congress
Teliows
Frank Nixon
Fort Worth Area
Fort Worth, Tex
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!