Lake County approves 60 budget amid sheriff hike clash
Lake County commissioners approve a 2 447 999 budget with a sheriff office millage rise from 1.6 to 3 and 312 568 for the sheriff’s department amid criticism from Mount Dora resident John Downer over presumed missteps. Civil Defense concerns are raised by Richard Eddy. locals discuss defense staffing options.
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Doran
Sheriff's Office
Lake County Board of Commissioners
Mount Dora
John Downer
Lake Shore
Caer
Richard Eddy
Pardon Board Refuses Commutation in Lake County Rape Case
The State Pardon Board refused to commute the death sentence of Wiley Sam Odom of Okahumpka for the 1958 rape of an elderly Leesburg woman. Attorney W M Kennedy, court appointed, fought for Odom, who was 18 at sentencing. Daniels of Okahumpka, mentally retarded, is serving a term for a related case after a contested confession. The case draws suspicions of coerced testimony and police questioning. An appeal to the U S Supreme Court remains a rare option given state defense funding limits.
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State Pardon Board
Wiley Sam Odom
Okahumpka
Leesburg
Atty
W. M. Kennedy
Kennedy
Odom
Jesse Daniels
Daniels
Chattahoochee
Lake County
Bill Fisher
Leeshore
LeRoy Collins
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
U. S. Supreme Court
FHA Establishes Orlando Office To Handle Central Florida Loans
The Federal Housing Administration to open an Orlando service office on August 3 to handle increased mortgage applications in Central Florida. Director Hardy A. Sullivan will spend part of each month in Orlando and aims to provide the same facilities as Tampa. Builders lenders and the public urged a full Orlando office, with personnel and space being arranged rapidly.
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Hardy A. Sullivan
Tampa
Federal Housing Administration
Central Florida
Orlando
Sullivan
Ullivan
City Budget Hearing Next Tuesday At City Hall
The city schedules a budget hearing on the record 606,124 budget and a 2.5 mill tax increase at City Hall next Tuesday night. Council approves 10.7 millage with 10 mills for operating and the rest for bonded debt. Salaries rise across departments, with Police up to 26,453 and total general fund at 216,000.
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Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Light and Water
Light Department
Water Dept
Appraisers Named For School Site
Three appraisers were appointed by the Lake County School Board to value property east of the present D. D. Roseborough school on Fifth Avenue for a future school site. The land will join the existing site for a new gymnasium administrative suite science rooms and other facilities for the high school. Appraisers named were Carl Ferran of Eustis C B Treadway of Tavares and Ed Waite of Mount Dora.
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Lake County School Board
D. D. Roseborough
Carl Ferran
Eustis
C. B. Treadway
Tavares
Ed Waite
Mount Dora
Mount Dora to Lose 60 Pupils as Orange County Reassigns Routes
Lake County School Board heard Orange County will stop using its bus to haul Tangerine area students to Mount Dora Fifth Avenue School. About 850 pupils affected. routes will shift to Zellwood, reducing Mount Dora enrollment and possibly delaying a new teacher. Buses will run fall only between Tangerine and Zellwood. Some 10 to 15 students may still attend Mount Dora with parental transport.
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Mount Dora
Lake County School Board
Orange County
Tangerine
Orange Corn
Zellwood
Bernard McCabe
M. O. “Buster” Williams
Register Boat Within 90 Days
Paul H. Reed, Lake county tax collector, notes boats must be registered within 90 days of July 1 when the new state law took effect. Applications available at Auto Inn in Eustis and Barbara Johnson’s office in Leesburg. mail registration possible after proper application. Wise Boat Works in Mount Dora offers indestructible markers after license issuance.
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Paul H. Reed
Lake County
Auto Inn
Eustis
Social Security Officer to Visit Dora Next Month
A Social Security Administration district representative will be at Mount Dora City Hall on Thursday Aug 20 from 9 to 11 am. The visit offers help applying for old age and survivors insurance benefits, obtaining social security numbers, or receiving information about the program.
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Social Security Administration
Orlando
Mount Dora
Vanity versus self love in human nature study
A reflection on the difficulty of shedding vanity and self love. The quotation suggests that it is nearly impossible to remove self-centered pride from one's character, highlighting a universal struggle with self-perception.
Batista's Wife Appeals for Help From Eisenhower
Marta Batista wife of deposed Cuban leader Fulgencio Batista recounts her life in Cuba and appeals to Mamie Eisenhower for help securing an entry permit for her husband and family. Her telegram to the President describes fear for Batista and their five children and a hope for asylum in the United States.
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Batista
Cuba
Fulgencio Batista
Mabel Norris Reese
Daytona Beach News Journal
Jo Topic
New Journal
Halifax River
Dominican Republic
State Dept
St. Paul’s Catholic Church
Marta Batista
News-Journal
Mamie Eisenhower
U.S
Daytona Beach
U. S
Roberto Batista
Eisenhower
Roberto
Washington
Blas M. Rocafort
Lake County Real Estate Revaluation Ties to State Funds
County Superintendent Joe Jenkins warns Lake County must revalue real estate to preserve state funds for schools. With reevaluation expected in 1960, 1961 in new values, Lake’s eight percent rise lags behind statewide 23 percent. Higher assessments raise matching funds and could force higher millage, risking school operation and county expenses if funds run short.
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Lake County
Joe Jenkins
Board of County Commissioners
Jenkins
Florida
Reevaluation Up to Assessor Told to Citizen
At a budget hearing Doug Igon of Eustis urged the Lake County Board of Commissioners to raise property valuations. He asked for a doubling of valuations and a halving of millage, warning high millage hurts business. The board said reevaluation is underway by Tax Assessor Ted Cassady and may lower millage next year.
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Ted Cassady
Lake County Board of Commissioners
Doug Igon
Eustis
Igon
Cassady
Citizen Solves Crime Wave in Mount Dora Teens Held
A civilian helped resolve a series of Mount Dora crimes netting cash and jewelry. Four teenage boys confessed to breaking into Rest-a-While Gift Shop Reid's Service Station and Reynolds Market. They are in custody for Juvenile Judge W. Troy Hall Jr. proceedings.
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Mount Dora
Reid’s
Reynold’s Market
W. Troy Hall, Jr
Moss Bluff Lock Changes Hours On Oklawaha River
Notice from Col. Paul D. Troxler district engineer Jacksonville states the Moss Bluff lock and dam on the Oklawaha River Florida will adjust hours starting August 1 1959 The Feb 15 through Oct 15 period runs 7 am to 12 noon and 1 pm to 7 pm while Oct 16 through Feb 14 runs 8 am to 12 noon and 1 pm to 6 pm The change applies until further notice.
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Moss Bluff
Florida
Oklawaha
Paul D. Troxler
Jacksonville
Florida adds TV facility tightens educational broadcasting lead
Florida increases to four FM stations and four television outlets for educational broadcasting and a pending new television facility will raise the state to second in the nation behind New York in the number of available services.
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Florida
New York
Lake County School Board Approves 4.6 Million Budget and 21 7 Levy
The Lake County school board approves a 4,601,627 budget with 1 mill for first year retirement of a 5.6 million bond issue. Total Mount Dora area millage reaches 45.20 including county tax, with $2,413,909 for teacher salaries and $436,946 for new building activity. If bonds are validated, next year millage will rise, needing about 4.5 mills to cover interest and reduce principal.
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The
Lake County School Board
Mount Dora Area
Williams undergoes leg surgery. board meeting notes
M. O. Williams known as Buster Williams of Mount Dora, a Lake County School Board member, entered Baptist Hospital in Jacksonville for a corrective leg operation and expects two weeks to recover. He attended this week's board meeting before leaving. Absent were Junior Holloway from Leesburg on vacation due to a heart attack in Virginia and Fred Adkinson of Clermont due to a family bereavement.
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M. O
Buster” Williams
Mount Dora
Lake County School Board
Baptist Hospital
Jacksonville
Junior Holloway
Virginia
Leesburg
Fred Adkinson
Clermont
Chester Treadway
Burton Brown
Bond Validation Suit Postponed
Validation of the county’s 5 600 000 in school bonds was postponed Tuesday due to the inability to press the validation procedure. State Atty Gordon Oldham Jr was in Tallahassee for the Wiley Sam Odom case to be heard by the Pardon Board, while pressing the contention that the condemned rapist’s death sentence should not be commuted.
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Gordon Oldham, Jr
Tallahassee
Wiley Sam Odom
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Harvard Law School
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