City budget praised for form but faces public scrutiny
Mount Dora residents are urged to challenge the 1960 61 budget, which officials call intelligent in form yet uncertain in content. Critics say the finance committee controls spending with limited council oversight, and demand open public appraisal of expenditures like the Shuffleboard club, City Hall repairs, and utility costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Council
Lake Coleman
David Bowen
Council
Bowen
Mount Dora
Finance Committee
Shuffleboard Club
Donnelly Park
Water Department
Chamber of Commerce
A Bit Less than Democratic
The piece argues against a Florida special legislative session to create an independent slate of electors for the Democratic party. It questions democratic legitimacy, notes cost and lack of Republican input, and contrasts local and national party loyalties while criticizing Rep. Welborn Daniel for pursuing unpledged electors and misreading Democratic history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welborn Daniel
Lakes County
Florida
LeRoy Collins
Collins
Daniel
Senate Tr
Senate
Dewey Johnson
Pork Chop Gang
Orval Faubus
Arkansas
A Swan Song by Mount Dora Editor Mabel Norris Reese
Mabel Norris Reese reflects on 13 years as editor of the Topic in Mount Dora, details leaving the paper for Daytona Beach, and recalls personal memories, community fights, and the toll of running a weekly newspaper as a single mind exposed to public view.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Chang
Aga Py
P. R
Pat
News-Journal
Daytona Beach
Willis McCall
East Town
Grant
Grandview St
Dan McCarty
Platt
Groveland
U.N
Daniels
Boating safety emphasis highlights Florida study
The Florida Medical Association notes 1 200 boating deaths nationwide with most due to small, motor driven craft. It links fatalities to carelessness and lack of swimming ability and urges life saving gear and swimming lessons for boaters. Males age 20 to 24 predominate. three fifths of deaths occur among fishers.
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Aps
Epg
United States
Florida
Powers verdict cited as propaganda and moral contrast
The piece argues Francis Gary Powers faces three years in a Soviet prison and explores the moral clash between American compassion and Soviet harshness. It warns against letting fear shape policy, notes U S executions of spies, and questions the nation’s guiding values in the Cold War context. It concludes by questioning the sources of fear and national foundations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Gary Powers
Moscow
Soviet Union
U.S
Russia
Kremlin
Fed moves to free $600 million in reserves for lending
The Federal Reserve Board explains its move to release $600 million in bank reserves to cover a seasonal borrowing peak and to implement a year old Congress backed law urged by New York and Chicago banks. It notes the need for demand in business borrowing and the possibility of higher loan growth if trade revives, while highlighting pushback over reserve requirements and the impact on loanable funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel
Florida
National
Democratic Party
Emergency Works Progress Administration
Mount Dora
Federal Deposit Insurance
Clermont
National Democratic Party
Federal Reserve Board
Congress
New York
Chicago
Christian Science Monitor
Let’s Laugh and Laughing Woman After Man Joke Card
A cartoonish quip about creation names woman after man and a retirement joke. A reporter questions a long lived trucker who jokes about energy and temptation in a lighthearted exchange.
Local churches and service schedules listed for Mount Dora area
A roster of church listings shows service times and pastors for Baptist, Methodist, Church of Christ, Presbyterian, Latter Day Saints, Episcopal, and Disciples of Christ congregations in Mount Dora area including Rev. Coffield, Rev. Jones, Sam Ayers, Cletus Stutzman, Rev. Kress, and Rev. Doerr with times for Bible School, worship, MYF, midweek services, and Holy Communion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Fifth Ave
James Jones
Church OF Christ
Sam Ayers
Cletus Stutzman
General Assembly
ST. Edwards Episcopal Church
Grandview St
John F
Central Christian Church
Disciples of Christ
Mount Dora-Eustis Road
Lester C. Doerr
Eusitis First Church of Christ Scientist notice
Sunday services at 11:00 a.m. and Sunday School at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday evening service at 8. Corner location Lemons Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eustis First Church OF Christ Scientist
Lemons Grove
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Intelligent
Light Department
Mabel Norris Reese
The
Florida Medical Association
Behind Powers
National Foundation
Lend
Pop
Sonny
Baptist Church
Sixth and Tremain
David Coffield
Presbyterian Church
U. S.A
Sixth Ave
Alexander
George L. Kress
Reorganized Church OF Jesus Christ
Latter Day Saints
W. A. Jennings
Federal Savings & Loan Insurance Corporation
First Federal Savings
Leesburg
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