Visitor outlines year round casino plan for Venice Beach
Jim Walden of Memphis spoke at the Venice Rotary and proposed taking over the City Casino on Venice Beach, adding a year round outdoor dance pavilion for teenagers, umbrellas, a landscaped picnic area, and a lifeguard, while living in Venice with his wife and four children. City officials invited further talks on leasing the beach casino.
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Venice
Jim Walden
Memphis
Tenn
Rotary
Walden
State of
Florida
Rotarians
Venice Beach
Warren Henderson
Frank Roebuck
Robert Baynard
City Council
Beach
Celebration Planned For New Cortez Bridge Opening
Holmes Beach officials and county leaders gathered at Island Chamber of Commerce to plan a January opening for the Cortez bridge over Sarasota Bay. Gov Colins may attend. ambitions include a Blue Angels demonstration and a Ringling Brothers parade across the bridge.
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Leroy Colins
Harry Barton
Blue Angels
Navy
Ringling Brothers
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Sarasota
Planning Group Rejects Request To Close Roads
The Manatee Fruit Co sought title to undeveloped roads on Perico Island northeast area. planning group refused. Attorneys for other landowners argued road closures would block access, while others contended 40-foot road termini could become boat ramps. Mrs. Snyder noted that finishing the mid-island bridge would spur area development and require more access roads.
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Bradenton
County Planning and Zoning Commission
Perico Island
Manatee Fruit Co
Walter Woodward
The
Fruit Company
Walter Talley
Robert Schultz
James Wallace
Madelon Snyder
Commission
Mid-Island
State's Attorney Charges Murder in Palmetto Case
State's Attorney W. M. Smiley charged Elizabeth Rose 29 of Palmetto with assault with intent to commit first degree murder for the December 17 1955 stabbing of Daniel Zadick. Rose was adjudged insane and sent to a state mental institution but faces trial if released. Smiley also charged Bernie Owens 54 with lewd and lascivious assault on a 14 year old, and Joseph McGurn with two counts of forgery using the name George L. Henson.
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Bradenton
W. M. (Mack) Smiley
Elizabeth Rose
Palmetto
Daniel Zadick
Manatee County
Robert E. Hensley
A. L. Redman
R. L Pope
Sadick
Smiley
Burnie Owens
25Th Street East
Joseph McGurn
First National Bank
George L. Henson
Venice educator Joseph M. Camp retires after long service
Venice supervising principal Joseph M. Camp was farewelled by male high school faculty members after a Thursday night party at Cornwell on the Gulf. Camp announced his resignation and departure from the teaching field ending a lengthy tenure in the Venice school system.
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Camp
Venice
Joseph M. Camp
Cornwell
Gulf
Venice City Council Approves May Bills in Special Session
In a special session yesterday afternoon the Venice city council approved payment of May bills to take advantage of discounts before the 10th. The move avoided delaying payments to the regular meeting of the council.
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Venice
Accidental Shot Injures Legionnaire in Venice
Warren Brubach, 34, commander of the local American Legion Post, was shot in the chest at the Standard Service Station Venice. The bullet from a 45 caliber pistol traveled four inches through his chest before emerging. Brubach received treatment at Venice Memorial Hospital and was resting at home. The pistol owner J Youmans, 40, said the gun had not been used for months and believed it unloaded. Brubach said the gun fired when he handled it. Police ruled the shooting accidental.
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Venice
Warren Brubach
Brubach
Venice Memorial Hospital
Standard
Venice Avenue
Tamiami Trail
J. W. Youmans
Youmans
Bruback
Fish Fry Planned by Nokomis Volunteer Fire Dept
The Union Volunteer Fire Department will hold a fish fry at the firehouse Sunday at 1 p.m. The public is invited and proceeds will fund new firefighting equipment.
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Union Volunteer Fire Department
Venice Methodist Church Sets Summer Service Hours
Pastor George Graderson of the Venice Nokomis Methodist Church announces summer service times: Sunday School at 9 a.m. Morning Worship at 10 a.m. and Vespers at 7 15 p.m.
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Venice
George Graden
Venice-Nokomis
Septuagenarian Missing All Day
Venice Ohio area report details 77 year old Lee B. Lewellyn of Albee Farm Road missing since noon Wednesday. Daugher Mrs Sherman Dawes alerted authorities. search found Lewellyn about 5 30 p m in a ditch on Center Road two miles east of the Tamjiami Trail. He was taken to Venice Memorial Hospital with exposure and pneumonia.
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Venice
Lee B. Lewellyn
Albee Farm Road
Venice Memorial Hospital
Dick Rich
Harry Edge
Center Road
Tamjiami Trail
Street Dept Shows Only Cut Council Tentatively Ups Budget
Venice City Council met in an informal session to discuss the proposed city budget with emphasis on the street department. The discussion centered on a partial cut to departments while tentatively increasing overall appropriations.
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Venice
Concession Lease Offer Considered in Venice
Jim Walden of Memphis discussed leasing the city beach casino after cleaning it up and operating a year round facility with a soda fountain, umbrellas, picnic area, lifeguard, and beach maintenance. Council asked Walden to meet with the beach commission and show the casino, while Louis Jacobs sought a $30,000 two-doctor office on Nokomis and Palermo Streets amid zoning changes. Tentative budgets for Fire, Police, Water, City offices, and Streets were outlined for the June 12 meeting.
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Walden
Lewis Hester
Beach Commission
Louis Jacobs
Nokomis and
Palermo Streets
Frank Roebuck
Council
Jacobs
Retty
Betty
US Geological Survey maps most of the nation
The Geological Survey reports that seventy three percent of the United States has been mapped. The agency notes progress across regions and ongoing efforts to chart remaining areas.
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United States
The
Geological Survey
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Ringling Circus
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Gerald E. Ludwig
Charles R. Walpole Hamilton C. Jones
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Southern Gas & Electric Corp
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Bee Ridge RD
Ringling School of Art
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Ringling Blvd
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Miami
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