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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1969
Page
4
Citizens urge officials to view public housing as taxpayer funded rather than free money from Uncle Sam. They caution that funds come from Mount Dora residents and that housing helps some households share in taxes, calling for a fairer, more reasonable approach.
A letter recalls a July incident on No 19 where a white driver faced harassment from five young Black youths who spat and laughed as they passed. The writer argues for mutual respect and safety and notes Mount Dora’s racial cooperation. The Golden Triangle Grange 176 holds an August 1 meeting at 8 p.m. with venue changes due to building closure.
The quotation from Patrick Henry delivered at St. John’s Church in Richmond on March 23, 1775 condemns tyranny and proclaims liberty as worth any cost. It frames freedom as essential and links oppression to chains and slavery.
JIM WALDRON editor publisher. The TOPIC mailing address is P O Box 197 Mount Dora Florida 32757. Editorial and advertising offices are 132 West Fifth Avenue Mount Dora. Phone (904) 383-4303. Subscription rates are $4 per year $7 for two years and 10 cents per single copy. The paper was entered as second class matter on April 7 1916 at Mount Dora Florida Post Office under Act of March 3 1879.
Andrew Hamilton, a Black citrus worker from Tangerine, left for Washington after a year old case in Eustis where he and his wife were charged with disturbing the peace and resisting arrest. They were found not guilty of destruction of property and Hamilton plans to stay in the capital until someone listens to his claim of injustice.
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