Askew Opens Legislature With Swan Song Address
Governor Reubin Askew opened Florida's first legislative session in the new capitol with a state of the state address regarded by Rep. Ted Ewing as more farewell than practical. The speech urged coastline protection, crime-fighting funding, expansion of the Public Service Commission, and a stronger Human Rights Commission.
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Sun Coast Gondolier
Reubin Askew
Florida
Capitol
Ted Ewing
Venice
Ewing
Askew
Public Service Commission
Human Rights Commission
Venice hires Michigan engineer to fill city post
City of Venice hires Jacob J. Toma, a 39 year old senior civil engineer from Ann Arbor, to lead a revamped utilities and public works department. He arrives in 30 to 45 days with a salary of 22 984 dollars plus fringe benefits and a company car. Toma has designed water systems and supervised public works projects at the University city. Born in Bagdad Iraq he earned B S and M S degrees from the University of Toledo.
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Florida
Brian Erickson
Venice
Stephen Edge
Ted Yeatts
Punta Gorda
Leugtty
Toma
Bagdad
Iraq
University of Toledo
Death certificate mixup prompts insurance query
Samson Ness of Nokomis reports his death certificate mix up after Blue Cross Blue Shield sent letters addressed to an alleged deceased beneficiary and an executor. Ness, alive in Florida, asks if living patients are insured and who cashed bills while a public relations official logged an investigation.
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Canal Way
Nokomis
Blue Cross- Blue Shield
Chicago
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Blue Cross Blue Shield
Florida
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Sun Coast
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Venice considers long term leases as airport plan advances
Venice council weighs a 30 year lease plan for city airport facilities tied to a $33 000 master plan cost. Mayor Case doubts binding the city to decades long leases while South Venice growth and future incorporation are discussed. Some council members back the operator proposal with a $160 000 price tag.
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Venice
Sun Coast Gondolier
Eugene Caffrey
Harry Case
Case
South Venice
Sarasota
Venice Flying Service
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Louis Suter
Sarasota County Commission backs anti treaty Panama Canal resolution
Commissioners unanimously approved a resolution opposing the Panama Canal Treaty and sending it to Florida senators Stone and Chiles. The move mirrors a 1973 stance against Nixon impeachment signed by Saba, Sandegren, and Rhodes, who again supported today’s action.
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Florida
Richard Stone
Lawton Chiles
Beverly Clay
County Commission
Richard Nixon
Board of County Commissioners
Sarasota
United States
John Saba
Andrew Sandegren
Larry Rhodes
Panama Canal
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