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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1953
Page
4
Mount Dora Topic is published in Mount Dora Florida each Thursday by Mount Paul H Reese and Mabel Norris Reese. It is entered as second class matter since April 7 1916 at the Mount Dora Post Office under the Act of March 3 1879. Publisher and editor subscription prices in advance for one year six months and a single copy are listed.
The piece argues that neither Russians nor Americans should rejoice at H-bomb possession. It urges U S disarmament leadership, cites Eisenhower’s April speech and SCR 32 HCR 132 bills, notes Einstein and the AEC warnings, and calls for global disarmament as the path to true rejoicing.
Dr Nance, president of the University of Tampa, and Nicaraguan consul Dr N Salinas De Aguilar faced police court after a Tampa traffic crash in which Aguilar allegedly drove intoxicated through an amber light, striking a car with four children. Witnesses pursued, Aguilar fled, and a cash settlement offer was reported. Dr Nance later blamed heckling and defended human respect amid pressure and past condemning actions.
A narrator reflects on parenting and child training, noting the exhaustion of old duties and the rise of gadgets. He recalls his parents' hard work and laments the gap between past and present expectations for Punky. He muses on balancing chores with personal pursuits as life moves swiftly.
Public relations note jokes about D G Moore to scrap an A bomb film idea shown to Kiwanis and to create a bigger production to beat the competition. The letter mimics Hollywood style and references event timing and rivalry.
High school youths in Mount Dora renovated Gilbert Park's Youth Center and planned a new building away from Boy Scouts. They promote subscriptions to the Topic, offering $1.50 for each new subscriber and $1.50 for each two year renewal, all for the benefit of future generations.
Eisenhower argues that lasting peace comes from cooperation and basic commodities like wheat, cotton, milk, wool, meat, timber, and rice, not from armaments.
A teacher prompts students to rephrase a sentence on the board. A clever pupil replies with a succinct, witty version: The sight of her doubled him up.
A diaryLike account from a Florida scene describes daily rain and heat shifts through Thursday to Tuesday. Cool mornings, humid afternoons, and brief downpours mark a fickle summer with lake views at sunset and a ball game trip amid breezy relief and lingering sultriness.
The United States would block Red China joining the United Nations and may walk out after 90 days if the Korea Conference proves a sham. British reaction criticizes prearranged outcomes, urging diplomacy under the rule of law rather than fixed agendas.
The piece portrays Archimedes McNulty as a beguiling but disreputable figure with no social grace who flits between cities. He boasts of reforming others while flaunting responsibility, mixing charm with sharp insults and libertine bravado. He imagines a political future, possible governor's seat, if a state would tolerate his restless wanderings.
Mayor Lou L. Heaton clarifies that a Lions Club suggestion for five year terms was the president's personal view, not Board of Directors policy, regarding Planning Commission ordinance discussions. Heaton makes the correction public in the letter to the editor.
Members of the Board of County Commissioners passed a resolution last week expressing sympathy to chairman George L. Singeltary over the death of his father George Thomas Singeltary who died July 10.
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