Flu cases surge as Asian flu spreads nationwide
The U S Public Health Service reports 122000 new Asian flu cases in the past week, surpassing prior totals. Epidemic zones include Louisiana Mississippi Utah and east Texas with Sarasota noting four confirmed cases, while officials warn early in the outbreak rates may vary.
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Washington
INS
U.S. Public Health Service Today
U.S
Louisiana
Mississippi
Tex
Sarasota
W. L. Wright
State Health Department
Utah
William Stewart
Arizona
Misssissippi
U. S. Public Health Service
East Texas
Stewart
Louisiaa
Texas
Hoffa Ally Testifies Of Threats In Senate Probe
Robert Scott a former Pontiac local teamster official told the Senate rackets committee he received two phone threats last week not to testify about Hoffa and the labor movement He linked his wife s 1946 death to repeated calls and said Hoffa helped him join the union and gain a labor post in Michigan
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Washington
INS
James R. Hoffa
Senate
Labor Committee
Robert Scott
Pontiac Teamsters
Michigan Federation of Labor
John L. McCellan
D-Ark
CIO
Teamsters
Pontiac Grocery Store
Scott
Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Pontiac
School Mothers Form A Mudders Club in Austin
A group of Austin mothers mobilized against school yard mud naming themselves the Mudders Club of Austin. The effort centers on keeping the yard clean as children return from recess and marching toward action locally.
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Austin, Texas
Mns
Austin
Johnny
The
Mudders’ Club of
Vandals Blamed for $300000 Albany State blaze
Fire at Albany State College for Negroes destroyed Hazard Training School, valued at $250000, with damages to Caroline Hall estimated between $25,000 and $50,000. Police credited vandals with starting the blaze, noting two to three runners fled the scene as flames spread. Government officials and firemen offered conflicting accounts on the race of the fleeing individuals.
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Albany, Ga
Albany State College
Hazard
W. H. Dennis
Russia confirms second ICBM firing via Japanese paper
Tokyo reports that Mainichi, citing a London correspondent, says Soviet Deputy Premier Mikoyan disclosed a second successful ICBM test. Times of London notes Western circles learned of the Sept 7 or 8 test, two weeks after Russia announced its first ICBM test on Aug 26. Akira Iwai, Japanese labor federation leader, said Kremlin officials confirmed the second test.
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Mainichi
London
Mikoyan
Moscow
Times of London
Akira Iwai
Japan
Kremlin
Russia
Push-Button System Demonstrated for City Water Purifier
City officials witnessed a Hydrozone demonstration at the sewage disposal plant showing an ozone producing purifier that kills bacteria and odors. Dr Harry Fleck of Jacksonville presented the system. test interrupted by heavy rains. full test planned when conditions normalize. The city will study the apparatus with consulting engineers before any decision.
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Harry D. Fieck
Jacksonville
Elect
Fleck
Kenneth Thompson
Storm Fizzle Pleases Min and Sarasota Showdown
A muddled recap notes a storm fizzling as Sarasota High School Sailors prepare to host the Halabets borough Terriers at Shrng Field at 8 p.m. Weather outlook predicts considerable cloudiness with scattered showers and a high in the 82 to 88 range.
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Borough
Sarasota High School
Shrng Field
Ecuador Orders Czech Embassy Staff Out Within 48 Hours
Quito Ecuador the Czech ambassador Ludvik Horak and his embassy staff were ordered to leave the country within 48 hours. Chancellor Carlos Tobar accused them of interfering in Ecuador internal affairs.
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Quito
INS
Ecuador
Carlos Tobar
Ludvid Horak
Central High School Desegregation Enters Third Day
Nine Negro children escorted by two GI soldiers enter Central High for a third day of federally supervised classes. A single boo from a white student is offset by laughter as students walk in, with federal troops continuing to patrol both inside and outside the building. Faubus condemns federal intervention while Sid McMath calls for FBI action to reveal a report alleging Faubus provoked the crisis.
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Central High School
Little Rock
Ark
Little Rock, Ark
INS
Central High
101St Aireborne Division
Arkansas Goveral Faubus
Eisenhower
U. S. Army
Diers
Arkansas National Guardsmen
Army Drops Orders For Riot Readiness
The Army canceled a day old directive to train for riot duty in the South, amid controversy over President Eisenhower’s dispatch of troops to enforce racial integration at Little Rock Central High. Secretary Wilbur Brucker called the move precautionary, scrapping the order after it drew criticism and noting it could be misinterpreted.
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Washington P
High Command
Eisenhower
Little Rock
Cental High School
Wilber Brucker
Brucker
Anti integration social club in Levittown disbands
Leader William Hughes closed the vacant house by court order after Howard J. Robinson said the club use violated the law. About 50 people were told they could no longer gather there as a state police detail watched over the Myers residence amid ongoing interracial tensions and past violence nearby.
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Levittown
William Hughes
Howard J. Robinson
Bristol Township
Hughes
State leaders plan sales trip to Gotham
Gov. Collins and four Cabinet members will travel to New York on Oct. 8 to pitch northern industrialists on relocating plants to Florida. The State Development Commission arranged a luncheon at the Roosevelt Hotel for sales executives and businessmen to hear the pitch.
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Tallahassee
Land deal inflates values across Sarasota and Charlotte counties
A complex 12 683 acre transaction in Sarasota and Charlotte counties centers on a 6 341 980 dollar sale price with a purchase money mortgage back to sellers. Florida Canada Corp is the parent. filings date Aug 23 and Sept 6. Broker Gil Strange warns the deal creates a false market inflating acre prices beyond actual use value.
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A. J. Ruttenber
Sarasota
Charlotte Counties
Florida Canada Corp
Charlotte County
Florida West Coast Land Co. Inc
Charlotte
Strange
Florida West Coast Land Co
Chemical Research Corp
Delaware
Maule Industries Inc
Ponce Cement Corp
Puerto Rico
Chemical Research
Yukon
Florida Canada
Florida Real Estate
Charlotte Harbor
Pompano Beach
Vero Beach
Tampa Bay
Fort Pierce
West
Texas
Florida
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