William R. Montgomery for Sarasota City Commission
The Sarasota News endorses William R. Montgomery for Group 2 on the City Commission. He led with a strong development platform and has continued outreach beyond the primary, promising experience as a former city administrative aide and business executive. He pledges to represent voters’ interests, avoid factional dictates, and act decisively to move Sarasota forward.
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William R. Montgomery
Montgomery
City Commission
Sarasota News
City Hall
William Montgomery
Sarasota
New Dollar Bills Move Through Federal Reserve System
The new U.S. dollar bills are circulating from 12 Federal Reserve banks and 24 branches to banks and the public. They look like old dollars but cannot be exchanged for silver, a change the government says will not hurt the dollar’s purchasing power despite silver’s high industrial price.
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U.S
Federal Reserve Banks
Dream Room of Tomorrow by John L. Matrone
An engineer named John L. Matrone envisions a ten by twenty dream room as a total environment. The space would include a rolling floor to simulate seas and coordinated fans lights and mood music to create any atmosphere. A hidden projector would display color scenes on one wall, such as Hawaii, to place the occupant in a preferred locale.
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John L. Matrone
Hawaii
Environment Room Promises Sensory Mystery Vibe
A writer muses on an environmental room that simulates sun wind moisture scent and ocean sounds to set moods for mysteries or vacations. The imagined scene pairs Alaska sunbathing with a risky gimmick and ends with a question about a man reeling from seasickness while neighbors know he stayed indoors all day.
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Alaska
Signatures Preserved For 1939 New York World’s Fair Capsule
Visitors to the New York World’s Fair will sign a guest book whose entries are microfilmed and stored in a time capsule marked Do not open until 1939. The capsule supplements a 25 year old cache buried in Flushing Meadow and aims to inform future generations about nuclear power space travel television and the four minute mile along with a roster of ancestors.
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Flushing Meadow
Metric System Holdouts Include U S and Australia
Australians debate extending decimal coinage to weights and measures as the United States and Australia remain metric holdouts. Dr Edward Teller cites the metric system as a key edge in weaponry, while Canberra builds a new mint and Australia studies South Africa's experience with currency reform.
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Melbourne
Australia
Edward Teller
United States
United Kingdom
New Zealand
Republic
South Africa
Walter Scott
Eva Adams
Canberra
Shy Brilliant Lawyer Fortas Emerges as Johnson Aide
Washington profile of Abe Fortas, a gifted Memphis born lawyer and violinist, whose rapid New Deal era rise positions him as confidant to President Johnson and a potential future Attorney General or Supreme Court appointee. Fortas leaves Bobby Baker case to avoid conflict, though his firm remains influential in D C.
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Washington
United States
Johnson
Robert Kennedy
Fortas
Supreme Court
New Deal
Yale Law
Public Works Administration
Thurman
Arnold, Fortas and Porter
Bobby Baker
Senate
Lyndon Johnson
Words and Actions Show Place for Everything Case R-47
A column discusses how words carry personality and tone in advertising copy and social speech. It cites Hotchkiss on word choices like bevy and herd and notes that feeling tone extends to actions such as a clergyman avoiding flashy cars. The piece ends with a plug to write to Dr Crane for his booklet.
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Mildred H
G. B. Hotchkiss
Hotchkiss
Washington, D.C
Family Members Visit Proves Patient’s Tonic
A pastor notes hospital visiting room rules vary by community and argues for patient welfare over doctor convenience. He recalls mothers barred from delivery rooms, questions policies masking infection risk, and the need for patient centered care including meaningful family access and board representation.
Johnson Moves To Break Opposition To Tax Bill
President Johnson shifts to isolate Congressional foes of the tax cut by pressing for fast savings in the current year. He pressures defense contractors to cut costs, aims for $1.5 billion in Pentagon savings, and personally calls officials to emphasize the push to pass the tax measure.
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Johnson
Washington
Kennedy
Charles Halleck
Indiana
House
Congress
Defense
Robert McNamara
Pentagon
Capitol Hill
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Harold Ickes
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