New Grand Jury Drawn For Lake County Case
A new blind grand jury of 500 Lake county voters will hear state charges against Walter Irvin and Sam Shepherd tied to a high profile rape case. If indicted, the Lake county case could be retried in November. County officials moved to avoid jury bias by creating a fresh jury box from 6,000 voters, including more Negro residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake
Lake County
Walter Irvin
Sam Shepherd
United States Supreme Court
Shepherd
Irvin
Bay Lake
W. L. Story
Story
Jesse W. Hunter
Reeves Bowman
Tallahassee
Florida State’s Attorneys Association
Hunter
Alex Akerman, Jr
Truman G. Futch
Akerman
Protopopovs Become Voice For America
Vladimir and Anna Protopopov, once displaced by the Russian revolution, find freedom in Mount Dora Florida. Thanks to help from Mr and Mrs Knoors and the Methodist church they adjust to life in the United States and express gratitude for American kindness. Their father and brother were killed or disappeared during the upheaval, prompting escape from Ukraine as communists rose to power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Mount Dora
Vladimir
Anna Protopopov
United States
Karl Knoors
Methodist Church
Dorans
Anna
Ukraine
Czechoslo
Youth Center Opens Fridays in Mount Dora
Under Business and Professional Women's sponsorship the Youth Center will be open every other Friday evening starting this week for a community gathering in Mount Dora Florida USA Anna Protopopov spends much time writing letters to European friends about their new life and impressions of Americans Clippings from the Topic accompany the letters with pictures of warm receptions in the community showing a cheerful Voice of America emanating from Mount Dora.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Munity
Mount Dora
Florida
U.S.A
Anna Protopopov
Europe
America
House Unhappy Over Tax Bill Says Defense Burden
Lake county congressman Syd Herlong Jr signed the Revenue Act of 1951 known as the Defense Tax Bill promising a $7.2 billion tax boost. He noted some provisions upset him but argued defense needs justify higher taxes and warned against disarming after emergencies. He declared many representatives disagree but the rule limited opposition.
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Lake County
Syd Herlong, Jr
Herlong
Committee On Ways and Means
Congress
Kiwanis Honors Mutual Officers at Florida Citrus Mutual Day
Mount Dora Kiwanis club honors Florida Citrus Mutual leaders Lacy G. Thomas Vernon L. Conner and A. V. Sauerman at a luncheon. G B Crip Hurlburt leads the program as Mutual’s grower relations director Morris Nelms will discuss Citrus Mutual’s role and the season’s highlights.
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Lacy G. Thomas
Groveland
Vernon L. Conner
Mount Dora
A. V. Sauerman
Lakeland
Mount Dora Kiwanis Club
Florida Citrus Mutual Day
G. B. “Crip” Hurlburt
Mount Dora Club
Mutual
Shippers Advisory Committee
Citrus Mutual
Florida
Morris Nelms
Citrus Mutuals
Dora Scouts Induct Three Into Order of the Arrow at Lake County Camp
Mount Dora Troop 19 led the camp awards at Camp Lanochee on Lake Norris last week. Three Troop 19 boys George Cox Clarence Sims and Buster Brown were inducted into the Order of the Arrow alongside two Leesburg youths. Brown attended on crutches after a polio related leg operation. The ceremony capped Lake County week with a camp-fire procession and Indian regalia as parents watched a torch-lit parade and scouts earned badges in swimming archery rifle work and other activities.
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Mount Dora
Boy Scouts
Camp Lanochee
Lake Norris
Troop 19
Lake County
Order of the Arrow
George Cox
Clarence Sims
Buster Brown
Buster
Glen Brown
Leesburg
Ife
Bobby Partridge
Charles
David Brown
Salt Springs rich in minerals and history under Carl Ray
Spanish explorers settled near Salt Springs in Florida for access to warm waters and a water supply rich in minerals. Mineral content at Salt Springs far surpasses nearby Silver Glen, with high calcium magnesium sodium and sulfate levels. Carl Ray, owner of Silver Springs, now owns Salt Springs after buying it from the Townsend family, who originally developed the site for timber and a sawmill.
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Florida
Salt
St. Johns River
Salt Springs
Silver Glen
Juniper Springs
Florida Geographical Survey
Florida Springs
Silver Glen Springs
Carl Ray
Ocala
Townsend
Personalities: Forrest Braden and the birth of the national fingerprint bureau
The profile recalls Forrest Braden’s push in 1923 to create a Bureau of Identification with federal backing. Braden lobbied the American Bar Association and won support from Chief Justice Taft, helping seed the FBI fingerprint system later run by J. Edgar Hoover. Louisville political enemies faced investigations, but Braden stood by his aims and career achievements.
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Louisville
Forrest Braden
International Association of Police Chiefs
Washington
Congress
Police Chiefs’ Association
Braden
American Bar Association
ABA
Supreme Court
William H. Taft
Lawyers’ Association
Taft
Leavenworth
FBI
Hoover
Railway Administration
Kentucky
Braden Defends Prohibition Enforcement Amid City Turmoil
Col. Forrest Braden defends police efforts to enforce prohibition while alleging organized crime and corrupt protection oppose him. He cites oath and claims promotions and dismissals were controlled by a political organization, warning of revenge charges. Continued on Page 8.
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Colonel Braden
Louisville
Braden
Police Department
Pales
Republican League
O.K
Lake County School Resurvey Affects Building Plans
Lake county schools await July state survey results to determine which districts gain permanent center status and access capital outlay funds. If reclassified, Mount Dora Umatilla Tavares Groveland could accelerate bond plans funded by auto tag proceeds, while Leesburg advances elementary and colored school projects.
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Lake County
Mount Dora
Tavares
Leesburg
Eustis
Clermont
Frank Banning
Umatilla
Groveland
Banning
Fifth Av
Highland Extension
Lake County Veterans Aid Totals Record Amount in Fiscal Year
Lake county veterans and families received 468590.85 in monetary benefits for the year ending May 31, the largest Lake County sum since World War II. Service Officer James C. Hunter released the annual report detailing training, education, and pension figures, plus hospitalization and county costs.
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Lake County
James C. Hunter
Pioneer
Tavares
Hunter
David M. Walker
Eustis
Stephen Harvey
Mount Dora
T. A. Smith, Jr
Umatilla
Jack Mce
Births of interest to Dorans noted at Waterman Memorial
Dorans record three births this week at Waterman Memorial hospital a son Richard Stockton to Mr and Mrs Thomas Hurlburt 610 St John Ave June 23 a son John David to Mr and Mrs John Chambliss Route 1 June 21 and a son Jerry Dale to Mr and Mrs Albert Threlkeld Route 1 June 16.
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Dorans
Waterman Memorial Hospital
Richard Stockton
Thomas Hurlburt
St. John Av
John David
John Chambliss
Jerry Dale
Albert Threlkeld
Think Of Others On Highway Township Fourth Of July Safety Appeal
Mayor D Fletcher Crane urged Dorans to maintain a good safety record and heed the Florida Safety Council campaign to make July a safe month. The council cited 10 000-plus July 1950 accidents with 70 killed and about 2 500 injured and asked citizens, veterans and enforcement officers to cooperate in saving lives on the highways this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Fletcher Crane
Dorans
Florida Safety Council
American Legion Posts
Brotherhood of Man
Crane
Sumatra Oil Fields Tame Simpson Says
Talbot Simpson, longtime Far East worker and WWII veteran, fell from a ladder at his Third Ave home in Lake Dora while repairing a screen. He shattered his nose and both wrists and has returned home from Orange Memorial hospital in Orlando. The Simpsons recently purchased the former Douglass home.
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Talbot Simpson
Far East
Simpson
Lake Dora
Orange Memorial Hospital
Orlando
Douglass
Simpsons
Midwest
Sumatra
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Protopopovs
House
Kiwanis
Dora
Scout
Lanochee
Ocala National Forest
Terre Haute
Ind
Belmont Heights
J. Edgar Hoover
Nlw
Col
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