Thorned Family Flee Lake County After Gun Attack
The Allen Platt family left Lake County for Orange County following a shotgun assault on their home west of Sorrento. They sought safety after a year of harassment tied to a civil status ruling, with further threats and earlier uninvestigated incidents cited by the family and local witnesses.
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Lake County
Allen Platt
Orange County
Truman G. Futch
Platt
Sorrento
Willis McCall
Mount Dora
Ing
Sheriff McCall
Platts
Lake Jury Condemns Articles and Clemeny Move in Irvin Case
The Lake county grand jury says Gov. LeRoy Collins acted within his rights in commuting Walter Lee Irvin’s death sentence but urges legislative scrutiny of the pardon board and demands prosecutors be present at clemency sessions with written reasons. The panel refrains from full Lake county probe, postponing several local inquiries to a fall session.
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Lake County
Grand Jury
LeRoy Collins
Walter Lee Irvin
Florida
Bailiwick
The
Unty
Truman G. Futch
Atty. A. P
Sam” Buie
Willis McCall
Owen M. Cheeseman
Mount Dora
R. B. Rustic
Groveland
St. Petersburg Times
Collins
Pardon Board
Akerman
Futch
Shepherd
Irvin
Greenlee
McCall
Times
Walter Irvin
Nelson Spaulding
Raiford
Mount Dora to Host 1956 Assemblies Banquet
Mount Dora will host the Assemblies banquet on February 3 and 4 with Mrs. A A Stanley and Mrs. W D Aubrey promoting plans. Lake Wales attendees returned with updates, noting the event links in a statewide sequence underwritten by 11 427 sponsorships from 475 churches.
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Mount Dora
A. A. Stanley
W. D. Aubrey
Mount Mention
Lake Wales
Florida
Stanley
Gertrude L. Schermerhorn
St. Petersburg
R. E. Kinkel
Miami
Hill Hop course still thrills local golfers at Mount Dora
Dr. Thomas Langley of Eustis aced hole No. 8 with a No. 4 iron while golfing with J. B. Reilly and J. M. Clower Jr. of Eustis, an ace noted as the standout moment as the season winds down after Stanley Kuznik returns to Ohio.
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Mount Dora
Hill Hop
Stanley Kuznik
Ohio
Thomas Langley
Eustis
J. B. Reilly
J. M. Clower, Jr
Dora Students Vote for Sumter Lowry in Mock Poll
Mount Dora high school students held a straw poll last Friday naming Sumter L Lowry of Tampa as their top choice on the second primary ticket with 103 votes to 76 for LeRoy Collins. Ferris Bryant 75 and Fuller Warren 15 also received votes. Eisenhower topped the presidential ballot with 219 votes.
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Sumter L. Lowry
Tampa
Mount Dora
Mr. Lowry
LeRoy Collins
Ferris Bryant
Fuller Warren
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Supreme Court
Mount Dora area votes show sheriff race patterns and party alignments
Lake county's precincts including Mount Dora Sorrento and rural Jem favored Lowry for governor and McCall for sheriff, with Hodges? patterns tied to Collins supporters. Voter turnout was strong in Mount Dora. Rural areas backed Baker and Adkinson, while County Commission and school board races split among several candidates.
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Mount Dora
Clermont
Leesburg
Fruitland Park
Collins
Lake County
Lowry
Pruitt
Baker
McCall
Prentice Pruitt
Richard In
Lake Jem
Fred H. Adkinson
G. T. “Gail” Sims
Sorrento
Katherine Baker
Carl Averitt
Supreme Court
Stephen C. O’connell
T. Frank Hobson
J. Ed Baker
Senate
Boyd
Collins Committee
W H
Eille Reedy
Welborn Daniel
House of Representatives
C. B. Treadway
Gail” Sims
Mount
Adkinson
Annral
Jem County
Congressional Fis
Smathers
Judicial
Douglas
O’connell
Hobson
Governor Bryant
Price
Secretary OF State
Gray
Il Horns
Ervin Po
Oat
Musleh
Oldham
Senator Baker
Representative
Daniel
Howard
Reedy
Weir
S Fisher
Hall
Averitt
Herlong
Singer
Board OF Public Adkinson
Mount Dora Lake County Democrat Primary Unofficial Totals
Unofficial tabulations released for Mount Dora area and Lake County show results from Tuesday's Democratic primary. Absentee ballots are to be counted today.
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Mount Dora
Lake County
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Self
Lake
Lake Jury
U. S. Supreme Court
Dora
Leroy Collins Lee
Sumter Lowry
Gainesville
Dorans
R. E
Doc” Lee
Jimmy Simpson
Hazel Anne Avery
Anne Brotherson
Catherine Daniels
Neal Baldwin
Mary Lou Davidson
Nerina Jeanne Wise
Collins’ Corner
Sheriff Race
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