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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1966
Page
4
Mount Dora Topic printed in Mount Dora Florida weekly by Mount Dora Publishing Company with second class mail entry date April 7 1916 under March 8 1879 act. Affiliate member 10.
Florida Highway Patrol steps up efforts to curb slow drivers in the left lane and cites 314 arrests in eight months of 1966. Officials warn left-lane dawdling creates hazards, irritates faster drivers, and risks accidents as law requires keeping to the right or near the edge. Colonels’ statement frames slow driving as an accident waiting to happen.
Readers in Findlay Foley Elk Grove International Falls and other towns react to national issues. Topics include war costs versus domestic spending, treason laws, labor strikes, inheritance tax, and crime in cities. Officials warn of sovereign power battles and rising crime.
Commissioner Doyle Conner urges support for Article VIII Section 2 of the proposed Florida constitution, arguing for tax classifications to aid agriculture. He outlines Florida’s medfly eradication campaigns, the state’s trap network, and cooperation with federal agencies to protect a four billion dollar agricultural sector. The piece compares U S and international food spending trends, noting historical shifts in consumer expenditures.
The Florida Canners Association released figures: weekly frozen concentrated orange juice movement for the week ending Nov 12 1966 at 1 309 651 gallons. Season-to-date retail shipments stand at 62 432 254 gallons, up 14 percent from last season. The Otto G Richter Library on the University of Miami campus in Coral Gables is the tallest building there at nine stories with capacity for over a million books.
The HYDE, a 215 foot seagoing hopper dredge, will be dry docked in Jacksonville starting November 21 for rehabilitation under a $175,310 U S Army Corps contract. Work aims to finish about December 11 as the vessel vacuums sand and silt in exposed harbor channels.
Ice House Theatre group stages The Golden Triangle from Dec 14 to 18 with 8:30 p.m. shows and a 2:30 p.m. Sunday matinee. President Albert Crone urges membership or season-series purchases, offering six admissions for 7.50 to 10 dollars. Tickets available through Porter's Camera Shop Eustis Yellow Jasmine Gift Shop Tavares and Fisher's Camera Mount Dora.
After a successful fall meeting the Florida Council of 100 returns home pushing 16 proposed constitutional amendments and the creation of a state oceanography board under the governor and cabinet. The panel urges forming the board to harness Florida’s oceanographic potential.
A report cites rising farm and highway injuries with 83 tractor crashes in six months and 1 968 farm mishaps last year. it backs cabinet integrity and governor term limits, calls for independent audit, a state income tax ban, and biennial sessions. It also urges stricter pollution laws, cross department coordination, and support for the Florida State Museum in Gainesville.
The annual mobile chest X-ray survey begins and runs through December 10 conducted by the Central Florida Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Association with the Lake County Health Department under Dr. John Ball. Last year its mass screening found 30 new TB cases, three deaths, and 104 persons needing care or supervision.
The annual Christmas Seal drive funds the TB association's operation and free mobile chest X-ray surveys. It also backs year round health education in schools colleges and communities. The mobile unit will visit Eustis Thriftway on Rt 19 November 29 3 to 6 pm Sorrento Post Office November 30 10 am to 1 pm Eustis Post Office December 2 10 am to 5 pm Golden Triangle Food Fair December 3 10 am to 1 pm and 2 to 5 pm Mount Dora Fifth and Donnelly December 8 10 am to 1 pm Thriftway Rt 441 A 2 to 5 pm.
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