Gulf Waterway Project Complete
Boaters and commercial users gain a complete 150 mile Gulf Coastal Waterway from the Anclote River Tarpon Springs to Venice Avenue Bridge Venice. The 9 ft deep 100 ft wide channel ends 30 years of effort and was celebrated by the Florida Board of Conservation the West Coast Inland Navigation District and the U S Army Corps of Engineers.
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Anclote River
Tarpon Springs
Venice Avenue
Venice
Florida Board of Conservation
West Coast Inland Navigation District
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
Lake County Chamber Set for April Board Meeting
The Lake County Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors will hold its quarterly meeting on Thursday April 20 at 2 30 p m at the Chamber Building. President Emmet L Hill says the program will feature a New Look for Lake County centered in the Holiday Highlands hill and lake region of Central Florida. The office has seen a surge in vacation and residency inquiries and staff has supplied extensive statistical data and population figures to interested residents and businesses.
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Lake County
County Chamber
Florida Uses Computer Aid to Process Auto Accident Forms
Florida's Automobile Financial Responsibility Law relies on an electronic computer to process accident forms in minutes. The system, installed in 1965 under Broward Williams, receded forms from 471086 in 1965 versus 284220 in 1964, enabling monthly county by county checks on insured motorists at the time of accidents.
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Florida
Mtorist
Broward Williams
Conner Protests USDA Hearing On Citrus-Import
Commissioner Doyle Conner protests the April 12 hearing in Portland on importing Unshu oranges from Japan. He argues for more prep time and cites regulatory and biological risks from citrus canker and the impossibility of quarantining cankered fruit in the Northwest.
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Conner
USDA
Doyle Conner
Orville Freeman
United States Department of Agriculture
Pacific Northwest
Portland
Oregon
Central Florida lawyers host daylong criminal defense session
A Friday session in Orlando features six top trial lawyers presenting defense techniques for criminal actions. Rom W. Powell leads modules on trial publicity and defense conduct. Registration costs 12 dollars for lectures and materials, with free admission for law students legal secretaries and spouses if space allows.
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Central Flor Communizational Bank of Orlando
Regatta At Mount Dora Ends With Trophies
Shirley Murray Ann Elmore and Lynton Thompson led the races aboard the judges boat with Commodores Bosworth Wilson and Lt Col E F Merchant aboard. A crane aided launching of large sailboats though the tower is not finished. Mount Dora will gain a permanent launch pad at Gilbert Park for future regattas. Commodore Russo presented trophies to the top three in each class at 4 30 p.m.
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Shirley Murray
Ann Elmore
Lynton Thompson
Bosworth
Wilson
E. F. Merchant
Mount Dora
Gilbert Park
Commodore Russo
Lake County February 1967 Gross Sales Rise
Lake County reports gross sales of 12,266,864.84 for February 1967, up 16.4 percent from February 1966’s 10,540,243.27. The rise equals 1,726,621.57 over the prior year, with data prepared for the Lake County Chamber of Commerce by the Florida Retail Federation from J. E. Straughn, Director of the Florida Revenue Commission.
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Lake County
Florida Retail Federation
J. E. Straughn
Florida Revenue Commission
End of Citrus Pest Drives Massive Tree Loss in Florida
Sixteen years after the first trees burned in 1914 the disease was declared eradicated. More than three million nursery trees and a quarter million mature grove trees were destroyed along with 2.4 million dollars in cash. Jones stated Florida would be represented at the Portland meeting with the state’s leading citrus scientists aboard.
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Jones
Portland
Florida
State racing tax receipts distributed to Florida counties
This month 3,618,000 in state racing tax receipts were allocated to Florida counties. Each of the 67 counties received 54,000, which was 1,000 less than its April 1966 share. The article references an ideal society concept attributed to Haldane.
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Florida
How To Make A Fortune Writing Songs
A compact guide touts natural talent over training and outlines five approaches to songwriting. It promises steps to start from an idea, build a song, and learn Nashville style craft for genres from country to blues. It covers submitting songs to publishers, agreements, and maximizing opportunities with demos and collaborative writing.
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Neve
oSiany Permanee
Ieee
Mica
Nashville
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