Keep Florida Clean and Green Campaign Message
A Florida public service plea urges conservation and personal responsibility to protect lands and waters. It cites keeping streets litter free and avoiding fire and chemical misuse, urging courtesy, careful use of natural resources, and adherence to fish and game laws to ensure future generations inherit a healthy outdoors and democratic America.
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Florida
WFTV
Orlando
America
Woodbridge Metcalf
Be Wary Of Promises And Taxes That Drain The Pocket
The piece warns that taxes and living costs will burden the present generation and future ones. It likens political promises of public largess to installment buying, stressing the need to vote against extravagant schemes and to balance spending with income to protect personal independence.
Mount Dora Considers Ambulance Pay Scale Change
City officials discuss a wage scale for ambulance staff with a proposed minimum and maximum pay. In closing, Willmott notes littering fallout is declining and Mount Dora aims for a cleaner city atmosphere.
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Willmott
Mount Dora
House hearing targets Klan type groups in security bill
The House un American Activities Committee opened hearings on an internal security bill aimed at clandstine Klan like groups. Lead witness Atty Gen Katzenbach, other participants include Emanuel Celler and a B nai B rith antidefamation rep. The bill would amend the internal security act to punish such groups for acts in interstate commerce.
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House Committee On un-American Activities
Nicholas de B. Katzenbach
Emanuel Celler
D-N.y
House Judiciary Committee
Antidefamation League of B'nai B'rith
Edwin E. Willis
D-La
House
Senate
Charles L. Weltner
D-Ga
Buying for cash to pay debts keeps finances steady
The article argues that purchasing with cash helps individuals keep debt levels manageable and reduces interest costs, promoting financial discipline and avoidance of credit traps.
Council hires study on tourism funding and future growth
The council votes to engage Economics Research Associates of Los Angeles to study tourism with funding from federal and private sources. The firm has previously worked for Disney interests in California and Florida. The Programs Contract Committee will meet with private enterprises to join the effort. A resolution sets seven basic growth goals aligned with council guides.
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Economics Research Associates
Los Angeles
Calif
Walt Disney
California
Florida
Senate Approves Earlier Minimum Wage Increase
The Senate labor subcommittee approved a bill to raise the minimum wage to 1.60 dollars an hour on February 1, 1968, proceeding in two steps from the current 1.25. The measure would extend coverage to over eight million workers, surpassing the House plan, and moves to the full Senate labor committee for consideration led by Sen. Ralph Yarborough.
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Senate Labor Subcommittee
House
Senate
Senate Labor Committee
Ralph Yarborough
D-Tex
Florida oil quest gains renewed interest after Felda discovery
Frustrated explorers pursue Florida oil after 1964 Felda find. Despite 389 wildcat wells since 1900, only Sunniland produced commercially until Sun Oil's 1964 success near Felda. Seismic methods fail in Florida limestone, slowing detection but prompting new research while investments reach about 250 million dollars with modest returns.
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Sunshine State
Thea Hiumbhlo
Florida
Gulf of Mexico
Florida Gulf
The
Keys
Humble
Sunniland
Sun Oil Company
Felda
Texas
Food Shortages Bid For Federal Research Funds
A National Academy of Sciences panel urged a 1.5 billion federal research effort over the next decade to prevent future food shortages. It notes annual loss of about one million acres of farmland to development while population grows by three million mouths to feed and calls for scientific agriculture to prepare for productivity problems.
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National Academy of Sciences
Correction Notice On Lake County Budget Hearing Date
A correction states the tentative budget hearing date for the Lake County Board of Commissioners Florida is Wednesday July 27 1966, relating to an advertisement in the July 18 1966 Daily Commercial. The notice clarifies the reading date previously listed.
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Lake County
Board of Commissioners
Florida
The
Daily Commercial
Toastmasters Stirring Speeches Spark Interest
Jim Davis opened the meeting with a lively talk on Water Pollution that framed a potential crisis. Bill Andrews delivered his standard engaging speech about his radio career, as guests Jim Cooper and Jim Noblitt attended.
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Jim Davis
Jim
Bill Andrews
Jim Cooper
Eustis
Jim Noblitt
Mount Dora
Golden Triangle
Garden Gate
Randall Whitney
C. J. Pettyjohn
Will Wistler
Bob Elbe
Mount Dora Letter to Editor challenges local real estate claims
A Mount Dora reader rebuts exaggerated statements about Sylvan Shores property values. The writer notes a house listed as selling at a loss of 20 000 is inconsistent with a 12 600 assessed value and argues county assessments are realistic. The letter rejects claims that annexation would boost sales and asserts Mount Dora is now a buyers market.
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Sylvan Shores
Tavares
Mount Dora
Know Your Insect Enemy Mosquitoes
An overview of mosquitoes as disease carriers and pests outlining their impact on health and industry. It covers historical control methods from oil puddles to Panama Canal larvicide, notes DDT but highlights Sevin carbaryl as a newer safer option, and gives application guidance for home treatments and professional spraying.
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Africa
Panama Canal
Paris
Levin
Asia
South America
F.N.S
Real estate price talk raises cautions on local listings
A writer warns that extreme price claims depress sales and notes 12 Eastland Road and Northland Road transfers in the past year. He adds a ratio claim that Sylvan Shores has one third as many houses for sale as Mount Dora and urges fact checking.
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Eastland Road
Northland Road
Sylvan Shores
Mount Dora
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