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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1968
Page
1
Linda Hodges is crowned Homecoming Queen for Mount Dora High School in 1968. The ceremony sparks surprise tears and photos as students celebrate the queen amid pageant activity and school pride.
Dr Robert Montgomery announces he will not seek re election to Mount Dora City Council in 1969 70 race. Terms of Gor don Dake and J P Turner also expire. Dake undecided about running. Turner to announce later. Filing deadline November 18 with petitions in circulation.
Mount Dora area voters backed the overall Lake County results in most races last week but diverged in three contests. They supported Bill Chappell for U S Congress, Wade Hopping over Vascar Carlton for Supreme Court, and E B Hooten over Frank Owens for Circuit Court Clerk. Edgd of Winter defeated Collins for U S Senate as the top Mount Dora vote getter, with other strong showings for Richard Nixon Bob Huffstetler John W Booth Ralph R Clayton Bill Milton and Tommy Windram. Precincts include Sorrento Lake Jem Sylvan Shores and three in Mount Dora.
High winds in Mount Dora have caused dead tree limbs to fall onto power lines, shorting them and cutting lights. The limbs strike lines and then drop to the ground, causing outages that briefly resemble lightning.
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