30 Sep 1955
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Newspaper
Sarasota News
Location
Sarasota, Florida, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1955
Page
1
In Buenos Aires last night well armed Peronist labor supporters backed down as authorities threatened to shell their headquarters. About 100 union members surrendered minutes before tanks were to move in, part of raids on three labor groups by soldiers and police.
Hurricane Janet devastates parts of Mexico and Caribbean islands with at least 200 deaths in Mexico and 200 more elsewhere. Eisenhower cabinet meets without him as he recovers from a heart attack in Denver. Sultan Mohammed Ben Moulay Arafa offers to abdicate leaving powers to a family member. MacMillan urges Russia to honor Geneva spirit at the U N Assembly. Argentine police threaten to clear ousted Peron supporters from HQ. Moscow radio reports Soviet rejection of Eisenhower aerial inspection proposal.
Vice President Nixon convenes the Cabinet for its first session since Eisenhower’s Aug 14 departure. The meeting will cover routine budget and department matters and discuss easing the President’s workload after his heart attack. Sherman Adams heads White House staff from Denver during the convalescence.
Denver reports Ike continues to recover from a heart attack as Dr Paul Dudley White suggests he might not seek another term. White notes recovery is uncertain and that running again would be a difficult decision for the President.
Sultan Mohammed Ben Moulay Arafa offered to abdicate if power could pass to a family member after the arrest of his protocol chief by French forces. Paris promised steps toward Moroccan self rule by removing the ruler as part of ending North Africa unrest in the protectorate.
AFL leader A Philip Randolph urged FBI to locate Leroy Collins and Henry Lee Loggins missing since Till abduction. The two Mississippi men were said to have seen the Emmett Till victim with his white abductors, and they were to testify in the murder trial.
Sarasota NAACP leaders threaten a test case to force officials to provide a Gulf beach for Negro residents. They plan peaceful action at Ben Franklin Blvd near Lido if authorities do not grant access, while some local leaders oppose integration and push for a pool instead.
Moscow radio broadcasts presented new evidence that the Soviet Union rejected President Eisenhower's aerial inspection proposal as part of a broader arms reduction program. Bulganin sent a lengthy reply, opposing the plan but not the principle. Officials called it a polite rejection. others said it kept possible talks open.
Communist Chinese guns on Amoy fired more than 100 shells at Nationalist held Little Quemoy and Chuyu islands as reported by the official Central News Agency. Four Mobile area men killed and another seriously injured in a Pensacola auto-truck crash. A typhoon roared up the Sea of Japan posing threat to northern islands. In Greenwood Mississippi the Till murder case defendants posted 10000 bond each and were released temporarily.
In a curled exchange Mrs Busybody notes a new stenographer, praising her looks. The other woman reveals the stenographer is her daughter, confirming a family tie behind the remark.
At the United Nations Harold Macmillan spoke in the policy debate and was expected to urge Russia to live up to Geneva spirit and words. Informants said he would cite German unification as a proof point. In the Assembly Steering Committee Asia and Africa won a key vote to put Indonesia’s claim to Netherlands New Guinea on the agenda by 7 to 5, with the United States and Nationalist China abstaining.
The Florida Legislature recessed in June without finalizing reapportionment and Governor Collins plans to push fair redistricting to voters. Reapportionment is set to dominate the May primary as legislators face re election or lame duck status. The extended adjournment surpasses previous records and signals a heated statewide political battle ahead.
Mexico City reports at least 200 confirmed dead from Janet with another 200 dying on Caribbean islands. Flooding from Tamaulipas to Veracruz swamps rivers as refugees overwhelm Tampico concentration centers. Property damage reaches about 200 million dollars amid disrupted communications and scarce medical supplies.
Minnie Mermaid describes tomorrow as partly cloudy and notes that PC and IATS stand for weather terms rather than a railroad name. The fragment hints at a local forecast discussion without firm specifics.
Sarasota region shows partly cloudy skies with scattered showers toward late afternoon. East to northeast winds shift from east on the coast to easterly inland as highs reach the upper 80s to 90. Florida wide, showers mainly south and central with highs 85 to 90 and nightly cool 60s.
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