Taxation clashes as Florida panel weighs cuts and cures
The Florida Interim Committee on Finance and Taxation hears pleas in Miami Pensacola and Jacksonville arguing for reductions in the intangible tax and for broader relief. Bankers advocate cutbacks while warning of wealth loss and escheatment reform. city leaders seek better tax distribution to support urban growth and revenue needs.
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Miami
Pensacola
Jacksonville
Bankers Assn
Florida Cattlemen’s Assn
Adams
Paul H. Hansen
Sarasota
Lake County
Welborn Daniel
Orlando
William Dial
Dial
Brooksville
Alfred McKethan
Florida League of Municipalities
Gordon Butler
FLP
Butler
Dora schools report two personnel changes at meeting
Dora Mount Dora schools lose two staff members as George E. Moore band director resigns for higher pay in a Coral Gables letter. James Lee Gibson 5th grade teacher at Roseborough Elementary is transferred to Umatilla High School as assistant principal.
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Mount Dora’s
Es of Public Instruction
Tuesay
Coral Gables
George E. Moore
James Lee Gibson
Roseborough
Umatilla High School
Board Denies Parking Request at School Property
A Ferndale resident's plea to let the Ferndale Baptist church minister park a trailer on school grounds and connect to the septic tank was tabled at the school board meeting on Tuesday. Members questioned the project and ultimately refused the request.
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W. S. Miller
Ferndale
Deviled and Stuffed Eggs Recipes for Varied Dishes
A civic note on making deviled and stuffed eggs with careful prep tips. It lists methods for hard cooking, peeling, and whitening, then offers basic deviled egg filling and several variations including shrimp stuffed eggs and eggs India style, with ingredients and garnishes.
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India
Mayor Bliss Promotes Mount Dora Savings at Merchants Lunch
Mount Dora officials welcomed Mayor Guy Bliss, a retired Detroit police officer, who urged merchants to view Mount Dora as an $11 million corporation and urged cost cutting in city services. He cited police staff changes, added patrol cars, and new efficiency measures as examples of savings.
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Merchants Division
Mount Dora
Mr. Bliss
Detroit, Mich
Richard Diamonds
Dick Tracys
Peter Gunns
Ba Hens J
Affa Hubbell Ex Teacher Dies Suddenly at 70 in Mount Dora
Affa Wood Hubbell, 70, ex teacher and author of 138 Sixth Ave, died at home Tuesday evening. A Wisconsin graduate who taught at Mount Dora high school since 1924, she organized first school plays and helped acquire encyclopedias via a school carnival. Survived by brother W. W. Hubbell of Pasadena. Rehbaum Funeral Home handled arrangements.
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Congregational Church
Lake County Philatelic Society
Florida
University of Wisconsin
Palmetto
Helen
Columbia University
Mount Dora High School
Hubbell
Mount Dora
Miss Hubbell
Strawberry School
W. W. Hubbell
Pasadena
Cal
Rehbaum
Lady Lake Delegation Protests Flooding Over Highway Construction
About 20 residents led by Mayor Ernest Zabor pressed the county board Monday over high water in Lady Lake caused by a new highway. State road officials blamed others while the health director warned against drainage wells. a resolution to seek state relief was adopted as word arrived the state would begin work that day.
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Board of County Commissioners
Lady Lake
Ernest Zabor
Welborn Daniel
W. H. Reedy
J. A. Boyd
James Hall
Richey Green
State Road Department
Zabor
Buck
al Church
Hall
Griffin
Daniel
Tallahassee
Mount Dora Wins Lake Orange Title Over Umatilla
Mount Dora clinches the Lake Orange league championship by beating Umatilla 3-1 at Heim Field. Pitcher Neil Stoothoff gave up three hits and fanned 11 as Mount Dora claimed both halves of the split season and earns a post season playoff date versus a Central Florida team. This marks Mount Dora’s first big win in 33 years since the league’s formation.
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Umatilla
Heim Field
Mount Dora
Lake Orange
Neil Stoothoff
Central Florida
Football Practice Resumes August 15 Under Coach Spear
Coach Dan Spear announces football practice resumes on August 15. All players should report to the school gym by 4 p.m. for the session.
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Dan Spear
Caldwell Defense Attorneys Seek Rehearing in Lake County Nominee Fight
With 15 days to file, Roy Caldwell's lawyers plan an appellate rehearing after a June court decision ordered a special second primary between Caldwell and Milton to determine the Democratic nominee for Lake County Judge. The ruling reversed a circuit court order directing certification of Caldwell.
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Roy Caldwell
Appelate Court
Atty
W. A. Milton
Lake County
Kathe
Rine Baker
Atty. Caldwell
Supreme Court
Caldwell
Circuit Court
Milton
Fred Reedy
Leesburg
Harry E. Gaylord
Neal D. Huebsch
Eustis
W. B. Hunter
Tavares
William E. Lee
Clermont
C. O. Andrews Jr
Orlando
United Nations Atmosphere Brings Sense of Assurance
At U N headquarters Dag Hammarskjold speaks of a choice between peace and war with Katanga and Belgium delegations present. The observer notes a calm, hopeful mood in the Security Council as delays give space for small talk before big diplomacy and a sense that war is not final.
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United Nations
N. Y
Dag Hammarskjold
Urowari
Security Council
Katanga
Belgium
Milk Bid Awards Show County Deliberations
Lake County Board of Public Instruction spent over an hour reviewing bids from four dairies T G Lee Foremost Sealtest and Borden for county milk supply. Debate focused on whether to accept the lowest bid with concerns about using county milk and precedent setting for future contracts. Sealtest quoted 6.3 cents per half pint while the others were 6.5 cents.
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Lake County
T. G. Lee
Foremost
Sealtest
Borden
Bids Opened for School Bus Gas and Oil
School board opened bids for furnishing gas and oil for buses at Tuesday meeting. Grandview Thrift station of Mount Dora won the bid. Gas priced at 27.9 cents per gallon and oil at 45 cents per quart.
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Grandview Thrift Station
Mount Dora
Photographers Capture Diplomats as Katanga and Belgium Meet
The scene shows photographers drawing in Katanga and Belgium leaders as Dag Hammarskjold greets delegates with warmth. Interpreters relay the briefing in multiple languages while the council echoes a sense that war talk softens in the small town meeting.
X Ray Unit Offers Last Free Screenings in 1960
Aug 25 and 26 mark the final chances this year for free chest X rays in Lake County. School personnel are to be Xr rayed Thursday 8 am to 4 pm and food handlers plus others may be scanned Friday. The mobile unit will be by the court house east of the courthouse in Tavares.
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Slater Cox
The
Lake County TB and Health Assn
J. B. Hall
Tavares
Opening date set for Lake County schools
Lake County schools will open on August 29, according to School Superintendent Joe Jenkins who told the school board on Tuesday. Grace is but glory begun, and glory is but grace perfected. Onathan Waurarda
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Lake County
Joe Jenkins
Onathan Waurarda
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