Suez block and global tidbits cross many currents
The item surveys a blocked Suez passage with fourteen ships marooned at Great Bitter Lake and crews from eight nations. hints a possible release by Nasser. It then moves through varied notes on road top colors, U S 441, railroad mergers, Trans-Siberian scenery, White House public works funding, Greenwich Time shifts, Russian centenarian counts, East Berlin hotel etiquette, and a quip about Maurice Chevalier and General de Gaulle, all tied by columnist Lou Heaton.
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Suez Canal
U. S
Britain
Sweden
West Germany
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Bulgaria
France
Great Bitter Lake
Perry Come To Be Ambassador For Heart Fund
Perry Como of Jupiter Florida stars as Florida Heart Ambassador for the Heart Fund campaign run by the Florida Heart Association and chapters. Heart Sunday is February 11 in Lake County with local chair C Welborn Daniel leading efforts to raise funds for heart and blood vessel disease research. Como promotes donations and heart attack prevention tips through radio spots and TV specials while remaining a prominent entertainer and amateur golfer.
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Ae Como
Jupiter
Fla
Florida
Florida Heart Association
Como
Florida Heart
Heart Fund
Pineapple Pest Or Piney Pride A Mossy Problem
Spanish moss a non true moss from the pineapple family acts as an air plant needing only air and moisture for sustenance. It can break limbs shade leaves and hinder growth though it is not a parasite. Its use ranges from upholstery to potential future applications in adhesives inks cosmetics and vitamins. Ranging from Florida to Virginia and Texas Moss may pose risks to trees while offering commercial possibilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Virginia
Gulf Coast
Texas
Florida Migrant Ministry Director Bares Rural Poverty
The Reverend Benjamin Fraticelli of Orlando spoke to the Rotary Club of Mount Dora about Florida’s migrant laborers. He highlighted poverty, education gaps, and the mobile labor force, noting 100000 workers wintering in the state and 37 states with migrant programs through the Christian Migrant Ministry founded 45 years ago in New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Fraticelli
Orlando
Florida Christian Migrant Ministry
Rotary Club of
Mount Dora
Florida
Georgia
Carolinas
Virginia
New York State
New England
Mich
Christian Migrant Ministry
New Jersey
Florida Council of Churches
Florida Chain of Missionary Assemblies
Church Women United of Florida
National Council of Churches
Church Women United
Fraticelli
California
University of California (Berkeley
Pacific School of Religion
Berkeley
Dos Palos Christian Church
Disciples
Lake County Adult Institute Offers Winter Classes 1968
Adult courses begin the week of January 2 at Eustis High School and multiple sites in Lake County. Classes include bookkeeping, typing, general adult education, sewing, Spanish, and art with schedules across Eustis Leesburg Mount Dora and Tavares. Supplies and a $2 registration fee apply for general and basic education programs.
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Lake County
Bates Avenue
Eustis
Carver Heights
Leesburg
Dabney
Special Services Center
Beecher Street
Lake Sumter Junior College
Mount Dora High School
Milner Rosenwald Academy
Mount Dora
Tavares High School
Southside
Umatilla
Eustis Chamber Sets 46th Annual Meeting with McNamara
The 46th annual Eustis Chamber of Commerce meeting features David McNamara of Jacksonville speaking on future regional growth. The event installs 1968 officers and directors, with tickets $2.50 and reservations via the Chamber office. Lou Bethea, director, Leesburg, 787-1581.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eustis Chamber of Commerce
David McNamara
Jacksonville
McNamara
Chamber of Commerce
Florida
Duval
Florida Symphony to Perform With Noted Conductor
Mount Dora readers will hear a concert by the Florida Symphony on January 8 at the Community Building. The program features Ruth Sullivan and John H Harvey among referenced guests and Hermann Herz in the conducting chair, praised for passionate string phrasing and orchestral vitality.
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John H. Harvey
New Orleans
Hermann Herz
Ruth Sullivan
Johannesburg
Rae Douglas
Mount Dorans
Florida Symphony
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U.S. 441
Lake Woodward
Great Northern R.R
Northern Pacific
Burlington
Chicago
St. Louis
Seattle
Vancouver
Trans-Siberian Railway
Moscow
Vladivostok
Russia
Vasness
White House
House
Senate
Soviet Union
U.S
East Berlin
Maurice Chevalier
Gen. de Gaulle
Lou Heaton
Perry
Christian Migrant Director
Rotary
The
Minis
Perry Como
Heart Ambassador
Florida Symphony Orchestra
the Pops
Brahms
Tschaikovsky
Weinberger
Herbert
Strauss
Anderson Anderson Rodgers
Schwanda
Bagpiper
Victor Herbert
Pizzicato
Oklahoma
Chamber of Commerce and
Swanis Club OF
Lou Bethea
Jim Walter
Fine
SIG
Solomon Jones
Dora
Mt. Dora
Tremain St
Highland St
Fearon
Fearon St. x
Paige
KODAK
Pine Hill Sta
Colonial
JIM Walter Corporation I
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