Be Not Overcome
A wartime editorial warns against belligerent actions in Asia and urges U S restraint. It urges Eisenhower to declare no aggressive intent and to channel Indochina aid to Viet Nam Laos and Cambodia while promoting goodwill to avert World War III and foster peace.
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Asia
America
Eisenhower
China
Indochina
U.S
Saigon
Viet Nam
Laos
Cambodia
Kremlin
Moscow
United States
Chiang Kai-shek under U S pressure in Formosa clash
Miami Herald columnist Jack Kofoed argues that Chiang Kai-shek's Formosan regime remains a flawed dictatorship. He warns hatred of communism alone cannot defeat the Red threat and calls for intelligent, positive U S backed action rather than mere opposition.
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United States
Chiang Kai-shek
Kremlin
Formosa
Jack Kofoed
Miami Herald
Moral Code for Youth essay wins Lions Club prize
Chester Ames notes his granddaughter Dimis Ehninger, a Downers Grove high school junior, won first prize for her essay A Morale Code for Youth. The piece urges universal charity, truth, courage, hope, and U S civic responsibility as youth strengthen democracy and combat discrimination and communism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester C. Ames
Donnelly Sr
Dimis Ehninger
Downers Grove
Dimis
Lions Club
Budget deficits and unemployment loom in midyear outlook
In U S News & World Report June 18 the forecast warns deficits will grow while unemployment rises sharply in July with about four million jobless. Farm prices are flagged as a political issue and pressures mount as the economy faces uncertain times. Democratic Digest notes a government push for business leaders to tout improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. News & World Report
Character of an epoch and the role of philosophy
Alfred North Whitehead argues that a society’s reaction to events reveals its core values. He posits courage and understanding shape collective fate, while philosophy clarifies the beliefs guiding attention and character.
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Alfred North Whitehead
Mount Dora Controversy Intensifies Over Mayor Heaton
Local tensions rise as clashes over mayoral actions continue in Mount Dora with residents and officials debating governance and leadership at city hall.
Highway signs and billboards draw a traveler's ire
A traveler vents about pervasive highway billboards from Georgia to Florida. He laments intrusive ads and explicit religious signs, warns of safety hazards at curves, and argues for limits on signage near highways and tourist zones. He notes beer and whiskey ads mislead drivers and resentment toward state-border messaging.
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D. Eisenhower
Charles Johns
Hendersonville
N. C
Georgia
Florida
World on the brink calls for American leadership
A contemporary column argues nations including Britain, Russia, France, China, and India drift toward catastrophe. It warns America must seize a historic chance to champion peace enforceable law and a united world, before the era of decision and doom arrives.
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Indochina
Vichy
China
Kremlin
India
America
Knowland
State Department
If you're going to hang a man make sure the rope doesn't scratch
Washington witness Russ Nixon of the United Electrical Union warned the Senate Judiciary committee that security procedures threaten due process and civil liberties. He cited questions about reading materials and petitions as evidence of possible blacklist tactics by political appointees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Russ Nixon
United Electrical Union
Nixon
Kiwanis Club
Rotary
Pilot
Security Board
Brownell
Sorrento and Mt Plymouth Community Notes
Sorrento News and Mt Plymouth bring community updates including a fish fry on Friday night at 7 at the school yard and local visits. Mrs A J Thompson hosts news of her father Oliver from Gainesville while Miss Florence Wilson visits Mt Plymouth with George Rainey and Eloise Pyper.
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Gus’ Schmah
A. J.thompson
Oliver
Gainesville
Canada
Florence Wilson
Dayton
Ohio
George Raineys
Eloise Pyper
Mt. Plymouth
Frank Bussey
New Jersey
R. J. Godwin
Rainfall surges in July surpassing last year totals
Mount Dora Growers Co-op records show rainfall reaching 7.4 inches in July after a 3.8 inch week since July 21, exceeding last July by a wide margin. Year to date rainfall stands at 25 inches versus 39.9 inches at the same point last year.
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Mount Dora
New Arrivals This Week at Local Hospitals
Joseph Alan Tucker born July 14 at Orange Memorial Hospital weighing 7 lbs 3 ozs. Lester B Vincent Jr born July 22 at Waterman Memorial Hospital weighing 7 lbs 13 ozs. Lois Ann Porter born July 28 at Waterman Memorial Hospital weighing 6 lbs 5 ozs. Names given for local families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Alan Tucker
Carl Tucker
Orange Memorial Hospital
Lester B. Vincent, Jr
Lester B. Vincent
Zellwood
Lois Ann Porter
Charles Porter
Mount Dora
Waterman Memorial Hospital
Bustisia
Kindness as a balm to harshness in others
A brief aside on inner kindness softening others' sharp edges. The saying suggests self kindness reduces impact of external cruelty and promotes better interpersonal responses.
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Chiang
United States of America
France
Korea
Far East
Russia
Universal Brotherhood and Charity
God
Democratic Digest
L. L. Heaton Mayor
Lou
Lady Dora
Jesus
Auke
Crorc
Chamberlain
Churchill
England
Soviet Union
Great Britain
Sorrento
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