Self-made convict speaks from prison about reforms
A Florida inmate, jailed for crimes from mugging to rooftop heists, offers a blunt prison diary. He critiques rehabilitation, argues for selective punishment, and questions how figures like Haldeman Ehrlichman and Mitchell are treated, while criticizing government overreach and jail overcrowding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big House
Haldeman
Ehrlichman
Mitchell
Palmy Springs
Vegas
House of Correction
FBI
CIA
McCoy
Washington
Murph Questions Modern Regulation and Media Swamp
Mike Murphy riffs on government rules and social action, contrasting daily edicts with personal liberty. He cites tree houses, school graduation standards, a Manhattan drug case, Carter era arms talks, Detroit engine mixups, cancer scares in consumer goods, and the shift from rugged individualism to cradle to grave oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Manhattan
Rosalynn Carter
Peru
Detroit
Califano
Farrah
Charlie's Gang
John Boy
Tom Seaver
Mets
Mark Twain in San Francisco and Literary Influence
The column recalls Mark Twain’s San Francisco period as a newsman where he met Bret Harte who urged his writing. It cites Ernest Hemingway praising Twain’s influence and notes AMERICA'S MARK TWAIN by May Yonge McNeer in the Venice Area Public Library with a call to use the library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Twain
San Francisco
Bret Harte
Ernest Hemingway
America
May Yonge McNeer
Venice Area
Area Obituaries Duke DeBlois Clark and Ernest McKelvey
Two area obituaries note the deaths of Duke DeBlois Clark 89 of Venice and Ernest McKelvey 84 of Venice Gardens. Clark co owned Clark Restaurant Co in Cleveland and was active in church and civic groups. funeral rites were held at Ewing Funeral Home with burial Gulf Pines Memorial Park. McKelvey, retired Sears Roebuck employee born in New Jersey, belonged to Venice United Church of Christ and local veterans and homeowners groups. funeral services were at Venice United Church with burial Gulf Pines Memorial Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Deblois Clark
Duke
S. Park Blvd
Venice
Prince Edward Island
Canada
Cleveland
Ohio
Clark
Clark Restaurant Company
Venice United Church of Christ
National Restaurant Association
Boy Scouts of America
North Ohio Council
Venice Gourmet Club
Venice Garden Club
Venice Yacht Club
Nancy Webb
Grand Rapids
Mich
Beverly Boyd
West St. Paul
Minn
Ernest M. McKelvey
Banyan Dr
Venice Gardens
Venice Hospital
Springlake
N.J
Glendale
Calif
Sears Roebuck
McKelvey
Tamiami Memorial Veterans of Foreign Wars
Venice Gardens Home Owners Association
Pauline McKelvey
Hazel Austin Covert
Miami
Verna Newman
New Jersey
E. Robert Chable
Gulf Pines Memorial Park
Farley
North Port Man Killed in River Road Crash
North Port resident Joseph Milton David, 54, of 400 El Prado W., died after his car blew a left rear tire on River Road. The vehicle left the road, rolled over, and he was ejected, dying at Venice Hospital after the crash Friday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Port
River Road
Highway Patrol
Joseph Milton David
el Prado W
Venice Hospital
David
FPL Gets July Fuel Adjustment Up 82 Cents Per 1000 kWh
Florida Power and Light Company wins Public Service Commission approval for a July fuel adjustment charge of 82 cents per 1000 kilowatt hours up from June. The rise reflects reduced May nuclear generation which accounted for 31 percent of FPL’s total May output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida Power and Light Company
Public Service Commission
FPL
Venice Approves New Charter in Referendum Vote
The final certified vote shows Venice backing a new charter with 895 in favor and 198 against. Absentee ballots favored the change 38 to 8, and the City Council unanimously approved, sending the results to the Secretary of State to become law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venice
Secretary of State
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SUN Coast Gondolier
Sun Coast Gondolier Inc
DE Pre
Sam Dillon
Courtney Willis
Tony Briggs
Jim Beans
Scott Bartholomew
Dorothy Lippstretter
Sher! Bridges
Sarasota County
K Dunn
Michael W. Corradino
Sun Coast Gondolier, Inc
Miami Ave
Florida Press Service
Tallahassee
Fla
New York
N.Y
Atlanta
Ellos
Murph
By Mike Murphy
Library Column
Klarz Newtong
Friends of the Library
Vara
Parade AR
Hill & Hill Plumbing CO
Grove St. Venice
P. Natarajan, M.D
F.A
American Board OF Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Disease
Doctors Hospital
Bahia Vista St
Sarasota
Saeaeeeemen
Jay S. Hinton, F. Pe
Ang
Turin
ST. Venice
Reg
Tamiami Trail
Phillippi Shores
Rye Andersgeon
al Ok
Seaboard
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