Bale Joins Superstar Rank With Ringling Circus
Venice aerial artist Elvin Bale and Gunther Gebel Williams have been named Superstars of The Greatest Show on Earth. Bale headlines the Blue Unit while Gebel Williams leads the Red Unit. Bale, briefly sidelined by a shoulder injury, gains federal notice in People and Time magazines for his Giant Gyro-Wheel act and high trapeze stunts.
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Ringling Bros
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Elvin Bale
Venice
Bale
Gunther Gebel-Williams
Gebel Williams
Bales
People
Time
Ringling Bros. and
Barnum & Bailey
Venice Time Capsule Plans Celebrate Bicentennial
The Bicentennial Time Capsule Committee seeks historical items for a July 4, 1976 burial at the northeast First National Bank of Venice site with reopening hoped for July 4, 2076. A 1949 Venice Artist Guild capsule buried at the Country Club site is recalled with local figures linked to the event.
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Venice
First National Bank of Venice
Venice Artist Guild
Venice Bicentennial film History shown to local business crowd
The History of Venice, a 24 minute film produced by Hack Swain Productions for the First National Bank of Venice, was shown to a small audience of businessmen and press. The montage draws on 12 hours of interviews and old photos to document Venice’s past with pioneers like George Youngberg and Frank Higel featured in recollections.
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Merle Glaser
First National Bank of Venice
Venice
Hack Swain
Sarasota Film Company
Jesse L. Knight
Broad Creek
Youngberg
Shakett Creek
Knight
Georgia
Frank Higel
School board weighs fate of Osprey complex for museum use
Sarasota County School Board debates leasing the 2.3 acre Osprey school site to the Sarasota Historical and Natural Science Board for a museum. If no educational use is found, sale or alternate use is considered. A one year lease was approved amid ongoing discussion.
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Osprey
Sarasota County School Board
Sarasota County Historical Natural Science Board of Trustees
Eugene Pillot
Historical Group
Richard W. Cooney
Richard Ehlers
Daylight Saving Time Begins Sunday Morning
Daylight Saving Time goes into effect at 2 a.m. Sunday, April 25, with clocks moved forward one hour. The change shifts sunset later, extending after work daylight until next October when clocks are set back. Remember the slogan spring forward, fall back.
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United States
Chambers seeks Rhodes seat in Sarasota County race
C G Jerry Chambers filed to run for the District 5 Sarasota County Commission seat against incumbent Larry Rhodes. The Englewood resident, 52, urges a strict land use plan to curb urbanization and protect against speculative and corporate encroachment. He cites Miami and Jacksonville as warned examples. He notes his airline captain background and current service on the Zoning Appeals Board and the South Central Florida Health Systems Agency.
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C. G
Jerry” Chambers
Sarasota County Commission
Larry Rhodes
Venice
Chambers
Englewood
Florida
Miami
Jacksonville
Sarasota County
Eastern Airlines
Recent Grad Joins Gondolier News Staff
C A Tony Briggs joins The Gondolier after earning a USF mass communications BA with a 3.4 GPA in March. Son of Venice editors, Briggs grew up in Nokomis and previously worked at USF Oracle and St. Petersburg Times through campus programs.
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Gondolier
C. A
Tony” Briggs
Jack Briggs
Venice
The
University of South Florida
USF
Tampa
South County
Briggs
Lexington
Nokomis
Oracle
Sigma Delta Chi
Modern Media Institute
St. Petersburg
St. Petersburg Times
Sarasota County considers two calendars for 1976 77 school year
The School Board plans two calendars for 1976 77 starting August 23 ending June 3 or starting August 30 ending June 10. Differences center on professional days and the later start would push breaks and sessions one week later. Superintendent Pillot favors the later schedule to avoid ending summer vacations before Labor Day and asks for public comment.
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Sarasota County
Eugene Pillot
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Jeanette
Louis Suter
Steve Albee
Publix
Corn
City Fathers
George Higel
Ken Higel
George Youngberg
H. N
Bud" Wimmers
Dave Hamilton
Bob Miles
Pillot
C. Richard Doudna
Doudna
Sarasota
Warren Brown
Sarasota Association of School Administrators and Supervisors
Rhodes
Jerry Chambers
Tony Briggs
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