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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1968
Page
4
The TOPIC newspaper based in Mount Dora Florida lists staff including Jacqueline Powman and Kendall Miller with advertising and editorial offices at 182 West Fifth Avenue. It notes circulation rates 4.00 yearly 7.00 for two years and 0.10 per issue and quotes P O Box 197 Mount Dora address.
Mount Dora City Council weighs two zoning ordinances. One would allow RI zoned duplexes to improve housing options with strict design rules. The other would curb keeping boats and campers in yards, suggesting a lakefront recreational alternative.
Labor expert Victor Riesel notes bricklayers in Dayton returned to work at 9.75 dollars an hour plus 19.50 overtime, a 65 to 90 dollar daily rate. Toledo iron workers gained 7.63 dollars hourly, up 19 percent, and a sheet metal union doubled to 10.28 dollars. With 258 major contracts pending, unions hint at more strikes unless 계속 higher pay and overtime dominate, fueling inflation.
Mr and Mrs Harry Gifford of Warren Ohio write that after living six months a year in Mount Dora Florida they will sell their Mount Dora property at 802 Tremain and Hackett Ct and return to their hometown due to Mount Dora's stance on retirees. They note friendships and local involvement including Shuffleboard Club dinners and community service with various local groups.
Mount Dora columnist AL Parsons argues that Ed Gurney and Governor Claude Kirk have close ties. He cites TV clips and past statements to claim Gurney supported Kirk, chaired Kirk’s inaugural, and that integrity could be the Senate race issue.
In Orlando area accident news from September 13, 1928, Dale M. Boydston of Mount Dora was fatally injured and Ernest Mosteller seriously hurt when two cars collided with a third vehicle. Police report the impact occurred in the middle of the road and both cars were speeding. Mosteller suffers multiple serious injuries.
Mrs Nela McGough of Mount Dora Pharmacy challenged the claim that chocolate malted milk was in decline. The Topic reprinted the story and then officially retracts noting malts are full strength and full of flavor. The piece asserts the malt’s quality remains high.
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