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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1967
Page
4
Attendees at the press conference saluted Walt Disney who is not present. The venture codenamed EPCOT is described as a new city a showcase of American free enterprise and ingenuity. Florida's selection promises vast impact and a living memorial to Walt Disney.
An official of the Veterans of Foreign Wars warns at a congressional hearing that funding for Job Corps transport and furloughs for servicemen on convalescent or emergency leave should apply to soldiers before overseas deployment. The piece cites federal waste in education and prom tuxedos as examples, arguing the bureaucracy ignores soldiers' needs while expanding programs.
The piece argues that expanding parcel post to carry heavier and larger packages would shift U S transportation policy toward government competition with private business. It questions a claimed $40 million deficit reduction and warns against burdening taxpayers to back a state backed commercial venture.
The council discusses Eudora Road limits and North Donnelly area landscaping under Urban Beautification Task Force leadership. Council President Robert Wason cites zoning enforcement and Gilbert Park projects. A senior citizens group wins partial approval to amend homestead exemption, shifting taxation on the first 2500 and exempting the next 5000.
Orlando Players director Ed Mills fills in as Frank Elgin in The Country Girl at IceHouse. Cast includes Billigene Brown as Georgie and Neal Robinson as Bernie Dodd with strong performances and professional production praised by critic Val Johnson.
Florida banks will return unpaid checks directly to the lender's bank within one to three days. The change speeds handling by routing bad checks straight to the first deposit bank. The Uniform Commercial Code provisions effective since January 1, 1967 enabled this system after a six month Tampa Bay trial with 42 banks.
Florida officials announce a new agreement between the Veterans Administration and the Defense Department to provide hospital or out-patient care in VA facilities for former service members who are entitled to retired or retainer pay. Eligibility requires a military ID card and space and staff limits apply. VA out-patient clinics are in Jacksonville, St Petersburg Beach, and Coral Gables. hospitals in Lake City, Bay Pines, and Coral Gables.
Bleach and household agents on fabric should be washed promptly with soap or detergent. If immediate laundering is not possible, flush the fabric with clear water and launder it later.
A rambling column recalls the Panaroma of EPCOT dreams and Disney World era figures. The writer notes Blazing corridors of 1 4 and SR 530 near Lakeland, Bay Lake and Reedy Creek referenced with travel, press passes, and a Florida travel promoter scene. It mentions Grover Bryan Claude Kirk Dick Pope and Sam Shaw, Valerie Johnson, Jerry Phillians and more, plus a Nassau cruise, Life’s Stage poem and a travel prize.
Topic owner David C. Rawley Jr. of High Point N C attended to honor his managing editor and Valerie Johnson publisher as Topic won First Place awards for 1966 in the Florida Press Association contest.
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