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Newspaper
Sun Coast Gondolier
Location
Venice, Florida, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1978
Page
1
Storer TV refuses the city’s proposed rate terms in a dispute over municipal service charges. The confrontation centers on pricing and regulatory compliance, with city officials seeking a compromise while Storer advocates a firmer stance on the rate structure.
Tickets for the Beaux Arts Ball are on sale now with event details listed on page 17.
Community news note announces a reward for information leading to the capture of individuals who butchered a bull. Details appear on page 10.
Electra Tronics Travel Wash House Laundromat advert appears on page 25 with brief note about Atwell advancing to the division semi finals.
William Gibson, president of the South County Condominium Association, won the Venice city council seat with 834 votes to attorney Charles Cheves 338. Turnout was 1,172 voters or 14 percent of 7,900 registered. McCracken protested write-in vote bans, noting law forbids them as of 1978.
Lt. Gen. James V. Edmundson recounts the December 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor raid from Hickam Field Hawaii. He describes waking to planes diving, shrapnel wounds, and aiding a burning B-17 while aviation history and personal memory anchor his long military career.
Police tie a drug induced death of 22 year old Rick Riley in Venice to a robbery at Walpole Pharmacy Sarasota on Nov 26. Larry Arnold, in the Base Avenue apartment, reportedly aided detectives by revealing burglaries and disposing of jewelry as investigators pursue multiple Venice area break ins.
Teachers at Venice Elementary School voted unanimously to reject a plan by the school board to extend daily hours by 18 minutes and dismiss students two Wednesday afternoons monthly for faculty in-service activities and countywide instructional meetings. The memo, from Dr Henry Heusner, proposed early dismissals starting 1979 80 with in school activities on the first Wednesday and county meetings on the third. Teachers warned the plan would burden students and families and noted budget constraints and substitute costs.
Sarasota County Commission ordered a temporary 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. vehicular traffic ban on Indian Mound, Turtle Beach, Siesta Public Beach and South Side Beach to curb disturbances. The measure targets beach parking areas and nearby streets to help the Sheriff's Department as talks continue on broader curfew plans and possible closures.
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