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Newspaper
Sun Coast Gondolier
Location
Venice, Florida, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1981
Page
4
Our Viewpoint argues SCAT must boost South County bus use or risk losing service. The plan shifts buses to circulate Venice and Englewood while reducing countywide routes, but rider shortages threaten the program's future.
The notice invites community letters to the editor but warns editors may shorten longer submissions. It requires signature plus full address and a phone number for verification. Include the address for Letters to the Editor, P.O. Box 1028, Venice, FL 33595.
Mobile Park Properties Inc. explains the temporary closure of Indies Boulevard inside the park to preserve its private street status and control access for residents and invited visitors. The barricade, set in November, serves to maintain legal status and deter unauthorized vehicles.
A reader says Lucie Gray’s open letter was not replied to and praises her points. The writer urges Venice supporters to send mail to express public sentiment amid national politics and government indifference.
A soldier recalls a first night mass paratroop jump from a C 47 at Lawson Field Georgia. Fear and confusion mount as the jumper drifts toward water after mistaking the river for the airfield. He executes an emergency water drop, releases the harness and sinks, struggles to surface.
A Venice council meeting features criticism of ongoing jerry-rigging at the sewer plant as officials shelve a 7,500 dollar feasibility study to relocate the Gulfside disposal site while approving 89,000 for an effluent spray system. Councilman Ed Taylor predicts the move delays progress by a decade or two and urges stopping the pattern.
A veteran recalls the 1941 Pearl Harbor attack as editors prepared an early morning extra. Reports rolled in via teletype as family ties and grim casualties unfolded, ending with a sobering moment when the battleship Oklahoma was sunk.
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