29 Sep 1961
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Newspaper
Sarasota News
Location
Sarasota, Florida, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1961
Page
1
Page side feature highlights several British travel agents attracting attention from readers. Aimed at travelers seeking specialized itineraries, the piece notes firms with strong reputations and distinctive services.
In a daring salvage near San Diego, John Joseph McGee of Chula Vista and Douglas Webster of Kennewick sealed a flooding compartment and held back water to prevent a fatal electrocution risk as USS Charr sank to 12,000 feet. A 78 crew, 64,000 pounds of seawater flooded engines, and both men remained at controls until surface recovery.
Washington AP Gen Curtis E LeMay ordered the 91 Air Force generals at the Pentagon to exercise regularly. A plan drafted by Maj Gen Oliver K Neiss requires medical exams and options from gym sessions to half day weekly recreation, with fitness testing for under 40 and optional testing for older officers.
Azel Davis, 36, an escapee returning from Callahan to an Osceola road camp, was killed by buckshot at a roadblock north of Lakeland after slugging Deputy Ernest Murphy and handcuffing him to a car. Davis died at Morrell Memorial Hospital. Murphy remained in good condition at a Kissimmee clinic.
Kensington Park hosts the 1961 Cavalcade of Homes at Madfe recreation center with hours from dawn to dusk. The Plaza Restaurant advertises a menu and real estate offering with a price of 11 950 and 375 down, serving Sarasota for 32 years.
Casey Stengel signs a one year contract to manage the New York Mets for their 1962 season. The team will train in St. Petersburg.
Dag Hammarskjold rests at Uppsala after a state funeral the first for a commoner since 1896. King Gustav VI Adolf ordered the ceremony with more than two thousand in attendance at Uppsala Cathedral. Attending were King Gustave, Lyndon Johnson, Madame Pandit, Mongi Slim, and UN officials.
UPI reports the Syria revolt is not seen as Communist driven but could realign Arab politics if Syria exits the United Arab Republic. Observers warn Nasser faces three options from compromise to force, while Iraq and Jordan seek regional leadership and Lebanon may shift ties.
Syrian rebel leaders led by Dr. Mahmoun Kuzbari declared Syria independent of Egypt and formed a civilian government under Kuzbari. Nasser recalled Egyptian regiments and navy to avoid bloodshed, while Jordan recognized the rebel regime and Amman radio aired anti Nasser broadcasts. Paratrooper losses were claimed by rebels, with Latakia noted as the invasion port.
Mira Densel ten year old Japanese American girl is unconscious and near death from a brain tumor in Augusta Georgia. Doctors fear she cannot survive the flight to Tokyo but her parents the mother Takako Densel and father Frank Densel seek to reunion the family before she dies.
East Berlin mobilizes girls and women to clear ground and raze houses along a 25 mile border zone called the death strip. Fugitives reportedly crossed into the West by the Teltow Canal as thousands of workers toil under armed guard. The regime pushes tighter controls and accuses the U.S. of kidnapping refugees from Steinstrucken as Gen. Clay visits Berlin.
Tropical storm Sally diminished from its early intensity as it moved north of Hong Kong, causing little damage to the British colony today.
Paris reports show mounting parliamentary opposition to President Charles de Gaulle as national figures attack him and Algeria violence persists. With De Gaulle set to surrender dictatorial powers, deputies discuss possible removal and replacement, though public support remains with him.
Havana ends the era of gambling with the last casinos shuttered as Fidel Castro vows to purge vice. He denounces white slave racketeers and warns dealers to relocate to Miami, while stressing the CDRs extend to 107000 committees monitoring citizens. He accuses the United States CIA of aiding anti-Cairo sabotage.
Sunshine Magazine highlights a fish story by Frank True about tropical fish keeping, an article on England’s famed organist Al Bollington by Dora Walters, and notes two concerts by Bollington for Sertoma Speech and Hearing Clinic. Also a London school reading experiment uses a 46 letter alphabet to aid early readers.
Sen Barry Goldwater told a Republican western conference dinner that if elections were held today the GOP could win the greatest landslide in history. He criticized the New Frontier as fumbling and extravagant and urged increased Republican power in Congress. The audience of 750 gave him strong support.
Former Gov Goodwin Knight claims a wealthy Republican friend of Richard Nixon offered him any California job if he quit the 1962 gubernatorial race. Nixon denied the charge at a news conference, while Knight said he has two witnesses and will name them if denied again.
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