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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1967
Page
8
The American Automobile Association warns of crooked garages charging motorists for unnecessary repairs. Florida considers mandatory biannual checks, while Diagnostic Centers offer a 86-test, half‑hour examination for $9.50, revealing needed repairs and letting customers choose their shop.
A tour of historical playthings notes clay and bronze figures in ancient ruins, Greek and Babylonian dolls, Cretan dolls with ornate hair, medieval toy knights, 15th century Nuremberg doll houses, and childhood hacks like wooden scooters and rope skipping. It also highlights US toy sales at 1.5 billion dollars last year and facts about Oakes Ames shovels, Florida strawberry production, and definitions of juice nectar and ade.
Florida Attorney General Earl Faircloth urged Democrats to rally behind unified candidates to unseat Republicans, predicting a new, honorable state government after 1968 and promising an airing of GOP misrule during upcoming legislative investigations. He stressed unity to defeat Republican control.
The passage predicts Republicans will gain seats in the House and Senate while TV commentators and writers like Drew Pearson and James Reston criticize the TOPIC as stirring trouble. The piece frames the dispute as critics calling it agitational reporting versus TOPIC asserting it reports the facts.
Minute Maid in Leesburg resumes free guided tours at the US 441 plant starting January 8 1968 Monday through Friday with four daily sessions at 9 30 11 1 and 2 30 visitors see operations from unloading fruit to palletizing concentrates and storage. Tour guide is Mrs Donnie Irene Walker assisting Plant Personnel Manager Frank Robotti. Last year nearly 5000 visitors from all states attended. Tours run through May with no prior arrangements needed.
The article notes advance group tour arrangements should go through Mrs Bettney of Minute Maid in Orlando. Leesburg area groups should contact Mr Robotti at the Leesburg plant for tours.
Services for Mr. Turrentine will be held in Garden City Kansas with final rites conducted by Rehbaum Harden Funeral Home handling arrangements.
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