Militancy Fears Mark Mount Dora School Debate
A columnist argues the teacher strike will breed militancy and cites Mount Dora High School as an example of the sector’s casualties. He praises Superintendent Jack Morgan yet criticizes the strike’s methods and warns of a shift toward powerful unions and contested education policy.
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Gene Molnar
Mount Dora
Lake County
Jack Morgan
NEA
Mount Dora High School
Morgan
Afl-Cio
CTA
FEA
American Federation of Teachers
Florida education crisis fuels PR push and teacher exodus
A Florida education analysis condemns reliance on public relations to fix a staffing crisis. Education Dean J Stanley Marshall notes out-of-state recruiting surpassing local interest. Governor Kirk faces NEA and FEA sanctions amid teacher walkout and political theater with PR campaigns and remarks at the Ambassador Hotel.
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Uncle Sugar
Florida
Florida State University
College of Education
South
J. Stanley Marshall
Yesteryear
NEA
National Education Association
FEAA
Florida Education Association
Gov. Kirk
New York
Gov. Rockefeller
Rubenstein
Claude Kirk
Kirk
Disneyland
Ambassador Hotel
Claude R. Kirk Jr
Romney
Insurance Commissioner Warns Against Mail Order Insurance
Florida’s Insurance Commissioner and State Treasurer Broward Williams urged residents not to buy policies from unauthorized insurers. With about 1,000 authorized companies, the official guidance urges using licensed agents or state field offices, noting unauthorized firms lack filed policy forms, claims control, and proper tax payment. The 1967 Unauthorized Mail Order Insurance Law grants action against unauthorised solicitations, requiring certification or cessation of mail operations.
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Broward Williams
Florida
mMe UL
Williams
Florida Insurance Department
Florida Insurance Commissioner
Zeta Alpha Wins at Washington Day Parade
Zeta Alpha Sorority entered the 1968 Washington Day Parade with a black Impala float in Zeta Alpha colors and yellow streamers. The car carried Carol Stephens sweetheart candidate Linda Pohlman Valentine Girl and Gene Hadsock first vice president and won third place in its category. On February 24 the group attended the annual Sweetheart Ball at the Bahia Temple in Orlando. Mount Dora chapter's candidate was Carol Stephens with escort Col Robert Doengers.
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Zeta Alpha Sorority
Zeta Alpha
Carol Stephens
Linda Pohlman
Valentine
Gene Hadsock
Bahia Temple
Orlando
Mount Dora
Robert Doengers
Clarence Beall, Jr
Earl Hodges
David Brown
Donald Stephens
Walter Russell
Bill Young
Ronald Parker
Editor Letters Question Editorial Tone on Dodd Papers
A Mount Dora reader defends Boyd for copying Dodd private papers and turning them to Pearson for patriotic reasons. The letter disputes an editorial claim of payment, urges accuracy, and questions recent Topic editorials including those on Sheriff McCall and Governor Kirk.
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Mount Dora
Florida
Drew Pearson
Boyd
Senator Dodd
Pearson
Sheriff McCall
Kirk
Local Drama Workshop Highlights Student Performers
Peggy Crank led a drama program at home with assistance from Linda Pohlman Linda Kelch Sonja Cook Shelia Parker and Molly Horton, showcasing student actors and stage activities.
Taxpayer errors and unsigned returns delay Florida refunds
Florida taxpayers face refund delays as 1 117 returns await signatures while missing schedules W-2s and arithmetic mistakes hold up 1 268 1 249 and 2 281 refunds. IRS District Director A J O Donnell cites incorrect tax tables and uncompleted forms as the main causes delaying processed refunds at Chamblee center.
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Florida
IRS
A. J. O'Donnell
Te @ae
Quired
O'Donnell
O’donnell
Internal Revenue Service Center
Chamblee
Local Drivers Cause Accidents in Florida Winter Season
Florida Highway Patrol data show 80 percent of accidents involve local drivers within 25 miles of home, with only seven percent from out of state. Colonel H N Kirkman urges Floridians to improve their own driving and remind visiting motorists to exercise caution.
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Weacre
Orida Highway Patrol
H. N. Kirkman
Department of Public Safety
Florida
Kirkman
Reader letters challenge editorial tone in local paper
Tavares resident T. Douglas Scarff writes to dispute an editorial by Jerk Kirk accusing Governor Kirk, calling the piece insulting and unfit for publication. E. R. Tyson also protests the piece and demands more balanced coverage.
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Jerk Kirk
Governor Kirk
Insurance leader honored for 45 years of service
M S Niehaus president of Gulf Life Insurance Co received recognition from the Jacksonville Association of Life Underwriters for forty five years of service to the insurance industry.
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M.S. Niehaus
Gulf Life Insurance Co
Jacksonville Association of Life Underwriters
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East Central
India
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
T. Douglas Scarff
Tavares, Fla
E. R. Tyson
Kearney Caudbel
Af Caudel
Sed
Geraldind Jerue
Eaid
Roy Christopher Mount Dora
Rida
Adwuiniatratrix
Harlan G. Burgett
Alexander
Financial Service
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Reserve System
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