Florida Republicans push state primary to record Eisenhower support
Florida GOP members seek a state primary to bind delegates to the national convention and support Dwight D. Eisenhower as the presidential candidate. The move comes amid Democratic chatter favoring Eisenhower and opposition to Taft, arguing for international peace and strong American leadership.
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Florida
Eisenhower
Robert Taft
Dwight Eisenhower
America
White House
Columbia
Taft
Odham Uses McCarthyism Tactics In Florida Campaign
Odham, a would be Florida governor, promotes McCarthyism in his bid. He recounted a Miami tale of a drink refusal involving William Johnston to allege support for Dan McCarty. Johnston denies the charge, and the piece dismisses Odham’s tactics as thin and unprovable. The editorial says McCarty would not use such methods and calls Odham’s campaign dead.
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Brailey Odham
Florida
Miami
Hetold
William Johnston
Johnston
Odham
Dan McCarty
McCarty
la Odham
Fuller Warren
Education chiefs vie for Lake County post in Polk Leesburg race
Frank Banning, retiring superintendent, faces a list of contenders as Vaughn emerges with Florida University training, a 1948 master’s, and prior posts as supervising principal. Ray M. Hayes, Leesburg supervising principal, unexpectedly enters after long Lake County service from teacher to head coach and principal, with wartime service and later return to Leesburg as supervising principal.
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Frank Banning
Vaughn
University of Florida
Polk County
Umatilla
Lake County Education Association
Ray M. Hayes
Leesburg
Hayes
Lake County
Leesburg High
The Doric Column on Honest Government and Self Interest
A column contends that public virtue is compromised by self-interest and petty local pressures. It urges reform via a federal realignment of Internal Revenue District Offices and calls for Americans to back principled governance over personal gain.
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Peter
Washington
Congress
Internal Revenue Bureau
Hoover Commission
Internal Revenue District
Joe
Broadway
Scientists Call for Ethical Shift to End War
Harvard geologist Dr. Kirtley F. Mather urges moving beyond weapons to address war causes. British scientist Dr. Kathleen Lonsdale argues scientists must work on non-productive applications and adopt personal ethical axioms. The piece notes a large convention where leaders stress moral responsibility and spiritual renewal to save civilization.
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Kirtley F. Mather
Harvard
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Bulletin For the Atomic Scientists
Kathleen Lonsdale
Dr. Lonsdale
Jehn
Bob Taft
Pounds & Repo
Dr. Mather
Photographer Charles Cottrell Dies at 87 in Lake County
Charles Cottrell 87, longtime Pensacola photographer famed for Lake Dora sunset scenes, died after a brief illness in Eustis. He lived in Yalaha and Mount Dora areas, worked 50 years as a commercial photographer, and leaves widow Christine Bogart Cottrell and daughters Mrs. Kennedy and Mrs. Williams, plus grandchildren and greats. Rites held at Rehbaum chapel with burial in Forest cemetery.
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Charles Cottrell
Lake Dora
Mr. Cottrell
W. M. Kennedy
Sylvan Shores
Eustis Waterman Memorial Hospital
Pensacola
Mount Dora
Florida
Yalaha
Christine Bogart
Lake County
Brooklyn
N. Y
Bowling Green
Kennedy
Cottrell
John C., Williams
Midland
Tex
Lem C. Downs
Ft. Leavenworth
Kan
William “Brugs” Kennedy
Germany
Michael
John Downs
William, Jr
Charles Kennedy
Rehbaum Chapel
Forest Cemetery
Lions Prepare for Days of 49ers Carnival
Lions club gears up for the annual Days of 49ers event in downtown with a Gold Rush theme. Beards will sprout and red vests worn as they train for the carnival slated for February 15 and 16. Tickets are available from any Lions member.
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Lions Club
Pi Phis Welcome Two New Members
In the absence of president Mrs. Melissa Cornish vice president presided at the Lake County Alumnae club Loyalty Day meeting at Grand View hotel. Two new members Mrs. Frederick Rubidge and Mrs. Pick Talley of Mount Dora were welcomed at the luncheon. Other attendees included Mrs. Slater Cox and several Mount Dora, Tavares and Eustis members.
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Melissa Cornish
William Lafroos
Lake County
Grand View Hotel
Cornish
Indianapolis
Frederick Rubidge
Pick Talley
Mount Dora
Slater Cox
Jack Pease, Jr
Roy Christopher
Bernard McCabe
Dick Dufour
Walter TeStrake
Robert Roof
William Haywood, Jr
Tavares
William Hunter
Nat McGarity
James Bryant
Catherine Stockwell
Eustis
Hospitalization List in Eustis and Mount Dora
In Waterman Memorial hospital Eustis this week illness keeps Mrs. N S Mayo Villa Dora hotel Mrs Susie Barfield William Hardwick Mrs Frances Williamson David Sellers and Mrs Ursula Woodbridge Mount Dora and infant Donald Ray Kinsey Lake Jem.
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Waterman Memorial Hospital
Eustis
N. S. Mayo
Villa Dora Hotel
Susie Barfield
William Hardwick
Frances Williamson
David Sellers
Ursula Woodbridge
Mount Dora
Donald Ray Kinsey
Lake Jem
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Ree
Ike
No Barker of God
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Colonel Bronson
Leonard Barker
Orlando
R. M. Blackburn
Minister Methodist Church
Bob
Givens
Lady Dora
Pi Phis
John Huntington
Ruth Chatterton
Barry Thomson
Edward Everett Horton
Henry
Geyay
Henry Stein
Sylvan Shores Hote
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Aes
Columbia Picture
Wacky Comediene
Judy
Ward Eles
Eddie Foy, Jr
Alan Hale
Fred Macmurray
Nccuire
Howard Keel
Nala
Norman Panama
Frank
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Desire
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