Venice Sees Surge in New Building Activity
Venice construction markets show a rising pace with July permits totaling over 70000 dollars, including a 24200 dollar grocery and coin laundry project on Cypress Street. Plans include 17 Yacht Club Apartments on Tarpon Center Road and a Venice branch of First Federal Savings and Loan, plus a medical office building slated for early next year.
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Venice
Cypress St
Venice By-Way
Truman Hess
Sarasota
Trumac Corporation
Yacht Club
Tarpon Center Road
First Federal Savings and Loan Association
U S GNP Climbs to Record 428 Billion in 1961
The Commerce Department reports the nations gross national product rose three percent to 519 billion with national income at a record 428 billion. First quarter 1962 GNP reached 545 billion, eight and a half percent above a year ago. Kennedy had forecast 570 billion for 1962.
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UPI
Commerce Department
Department
Kennedy
Italian police check Castel Gandolfo after St Peter bomb
Vatican officials tightened security around St. Peter's Basilica after a time bomb exploded at the base of a monument to Pope Clement X behind the main altar. Police checked Pope John XXIII's Castel Gandolfo residence as authorities opened an investigation.
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UPI
St. Peter’s Basilica
John XXIII
Castel Gandolfo
Vatican
St. Peter's Basilica
Clement X
Venice Gardens homeowners drop mosquito control program
Venice Gardens Homeowners Association members voted to disband the mosquito control committee at a special meeting. They rescinded prior actions authorizing a fogger purchase, ordered reimbursement to Quillin for unapproved spray materials, and returned all donations toward the fogger.
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Venice
Venice Gardens
Sarasota Federal
William H. Quillin
Venice Gardens Corp
New Gardens
Quillin
Gerdis
Gerdts
William Strand
VGHA
Sarasota
Mel Williams
Straad
Mosquito Control Committee
Charles Schmitt
Venice Post Office Reports Record Receipts Rise
Venice Post Office posted its largest year over year gain for 1961-62 ending June 30. Postmaster J Douglas Arnell announced receipts reached 151 294 42 up from 124 619 53 last year, a rise of 26 674 89 or over 21 percent, compared with 11 4 percent in 1960-61.
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Venice
J. Douglas Arnell
Arnell
Sarasota News Local Obituaries and Tides Update
Obituaries and tide reports feature in Sarasota News daily edition. Weather outlook includes coastal conditions and women’s event notes for the day.
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The
Sarasota News
St Pete Couple Die in Mount Pleasant Highway Crash
An elderly St Petersburg couple died when their car veered off the road north of Mount Pleasant. Three passengers were hospitalized in critical condition after the vehicle struck a tree and utility pole. The driver Alfonso reportedly fell asleep. no brake marks were found.
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Charleston
S.C
St. Petersburg
Mount Pleasant
Medical College Hospital
Alfonso Parently
Ogulesby
Armstrong
Bayfront Center project praised as dynamic public private effort
York factoring organization notes broad Sarasota impact in Bayfront project. A. T. Wheeler Jr. cites Rocheste r urban renewal expert John A. Dale on local leadership driving rehabilitation. Dale says public stock cooperation invites owner and resident participation in urban renewal benefits.
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Sarasota Bayfront Center
Bayfront Center
Dale
Missile workers warned to avert plant strikes
Labor Secretary Arthur J. Goldberg urged an amicable settlement in missile plant contract talks as unions threaten a July 23 strike deadline. He warned Congress may be asked to curb walkouts if talks fail, stressing no disruption to production. Most plants are on the west coast amid resistance to union shops.
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UPI
Arthur J. Goldberg
Congress
Goldberg
Auto Workers and Machinists
Auto Workers and
Kenneth B. Keating
Rn.y
New York
Italy Doctors Threaten Four Day Strike Over Jobs
Italian doctors warn of a four day walkout across hospitals starting Wednesday unless Parliament passes a law guaranteeing jobs for doctors until age 70 and for their assistants until 65. Exact number of striking physicians not known.
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Rome
UPI
Italy
Anna Maria Dispute To Get Board Action
The five year dispute over ownership of the south end of Anna Maria Island will be reviewed by Manatee County Commissioners at their 9 30 a m meeting. The plan would pay $318 680 to heirs of the E P Green Estate and grant 12 000 to 13 000 feet of Gulf and bay waterfront as public recreation space. Officials say the proposal could boost local economy and preserve beach access, with broad support among the five commissioners though formal approval is not guaranteed.
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Bradenton
Anna Maria Island
Manatee County
Commission
Mike Klemmer
E. P. Green
Kliemmer
Ken Cleary
Kremmer
Gulf and Bay
Miami
New Or
Earl Ribey
Multi fatal weekend crashes claim 45 lives nationwide
United Press International reports at least 45 people died in ten automobile accidents and a series of water and train incidents over the weekend. fatalities included a father and his three sons, a minister family killed by a train in Quapaw Oklahoma, and seven members of an Albertville Alabama vacationing family in Tennessee.
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United Press International
Quapaw
Okla
Albertville
Ala
Fayetteville
Tenn
Georgia
North Carolina
Florida
Pennsylvania
Allen County
Ohio
American Army Helicopter Shot Down in Vietnam
In the central highlands a U.S. Army helicopter believed to carry five Americans and two Vietnamese soldiers was shot down by Communist guerrillas. A rescue party found one American Army officer about ten miles from the crash site in good condition. the fate of the others remains unclear.
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South Viet Nam
UPS
Central Highlands
U.S
Here
Don J. York
Asheville
Army
Laos
Miitary
York
FBI Nabs Fugitive Killer In Knoxville Standoff
An escaped Georgia convict who killed a deputy sheriff in Atlanta was captured near Knoxville after forcing a night watchman to drive him from Marietta. He faced a $50,000 bond and removal back to Atlanta, while authorities retraced the final sighting near the area he fled.
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UPI
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Atlanta
FBI
Miller
Marietta
U. S
Luther Eugene Turley
Turley
Georgia Power Company
Fulton County
Fulton
Golden Jet Boeing T2068 air liner to be delivered
The Golden Jet Boeing T2068 air liner is scheduled for delivery on May 16. The milestone marks a key step in expanding the airline's fleet and service capacity.
Miss Universe Norma Nolan Seeks Private Life
Miss Universe Norma Nolan of Argentina declares she values private life and wishes to return home to Buenos Aires soon after a public appearance in Miami Beach.
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Frs
UPI
Norma Nolan
Argentina
Buence Aires
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