Cronkite Dropped by CBS From Democratic Convention Coverage
CBS will not have Walter Cronkite as anchor for the Democratic national convention in Atlantic City next Monday. His replacements are unnamed, as ratings drive the network’s choices after Cronkite ranked second to NBC’s Huntley Brinkley at the Republican convention. Cronkite’s removal, amid scrutiny of ratings methods by a congressional panel, highlights the harsh economics of television news.
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CBS
Walter Cronkite
Atlantic City
Cronkite
NBC
Huntley-Brinkley
San Francisco
Huntley
Brinkley
Walter
Blood drives urged as donor need grows worldwide
The Spokane community blood bank appeals for donors amid rising transfusion needs. The American Association of Blood Banks notes increased surgeries and accidents. Only 3 percent of eligible people donate. A Jamaica Long Island bank emphasizes blood ready for patients. If healthy and 21 to 60, volunteer at nearest center. You may save a life and later benefit from others’ donations.
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Community Blood Bank
Spokane
Washington
South Africa
Rosser L. Mainwaring
American Association of Blood Banks
Texas City
Jamaica
Long Island
South County Blood Bank
Night Dog and Two-Note Birds Rouse Silent Neighbors
A nocturnal dog bark irks a resident who laments mornings filled with memory and a missed eighteenth green putt. Birds join the dawn chorus with two sorrowful notes inspiring reflection on life, loss, and incongruent neighbors.
The Americans and a Crevecoeur Memoir in Venice
Harvard professor Oscar Handlin argues history created shared institutions that foster American nationality. Michel de Crevecoeur’s Letters From An American Farmer describes a “new breed” forged by diverse roots, written under the name J Hector St John. A Crevecoeur memoir is in the Dictionary of American Biography. both works are in Venice area libraries.
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Harvard
Oscar Handlin
New Chronicle
Michel de Crevecoeur
New York
Mehatable Tiffit
J. Hector St. John
London
Paris
Philadelphia
Handlin
de Crevecoeur
Dictionary OF
Free Public Library of
Venice
Readers rail against local event funding and Goldwater optimism
The letter reflects disputes over a Venice benefit dance sponsored by the Venice Junior Chamber of Commerce and queries why local merchants are bypassed. It also endorses Goldwater, arguing for a return to free enterprise and criticizing Democratic foreign policy and welfare.
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Teen Haven
Venice
Goldwater
Barry
Congress
Fidel Castro’s defiant rhetoric faces US response in Tonkin era critique
The piece assesses Fidel Castro’s stance as he alternates threats against US forces in Guantanamo with calls for talks. It notes his professed shift toward Marxist Leninism, cites past declarations denying communism, contrasts with Soviet backing, and warns that US policy now favors forceful retaliation for attacks, as seen in Tonkin.
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Fidel Castro
Organization of American States
Americas
Guantanamo
United States
Cuba
Soviet Union
Castro
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Washington
Ernesto Guevara
Moscow
Western Hemisphere
Batista
OAS
Adolf Hitler
Third Reich
Hitler
Sr. Castro
Gulf of Tonkin
Kremlin
Florida Pavilion Dominates New York World's Fair
The Florida Pavilion at the New York World's Fair attracts large crowds daily and ranks as the second most popular exhibit in the federal and states area. The Porpoise Show draws about 3,500 paid admissions and generates around $5,000 daily, supporting operations despite access and event adjustments.
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Florida
Lake
Fair
Louisiana
Texas Pavilion
Florida Pavilion
Lake Amusement
New York
New York World’s Fair Corp
World’s Fair Authority
Meadow Lake
Market Research Corp. of America
New York City
Hollywood
USA
Hawaii
Illinois
New England
United States Pavilion
Missouri
Maryland
Florida Pavilion at New York World's Fair Draws Big Crowds
The Florida Pavilion at the New York World's Fair reports growing attendance and strong visitor interest. Highlights include the Everglades Show, a Ross Allen Reptile Act, Seminole Indians, a Naples piano duck act, and a free exhibit hall with a private art collection valued over two million dollars. The pavilion emphasizes tourism and Florida culture with live flamingos, model homes, and sub tropical landscaping as crowds soar toward anticipated 40 million visitors in 1964.
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Silver Springs
Naples
Ruben
Paolo Veronese
Frans Hals
Alesandro Magnasco
Winslow Homer
Paul Cezanne
Renoir
Florida
Florida Pavilion
The Era of the Grasshoppers in Eastern Kentucky
Clennie Hollon of Williba reports a neighbor who vows to become a grasshopper living off boards and agencies. The tale contrasts ant and grasshopper fates, warns against overharvesting, and imagines a bright era where workers sing and dance on agency steps.
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Clennie Hollon
Poreman
Williba
Kentucky
Farm Relief Office
Clennie
Bor
Corsica
S. D
Benjamin Franklin
Venice Area Church Directory
A compact church directory lists numerous Venice and Nokomis area congregations with addresses and service times. Denominations include Episcopal, Assembly of God, Methodist, Lutheran, Christian Science, Grace Methodist, Seventh Day Adventist, Episcopal Mission, Baptist, Church of the Nazarene, and others with pastors and weekly schedules.
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Venice
Assembly OF God
Myrtle Avenue
Victor Maurice
Grace Methodist Church
Field and Davis
Edward Dinkins Faiday
Seventh Day Adventist
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THE
Associated Press
Florida Press Association
Miami Avenue
Edward D. Ball Courtney Willis
Sam Dillon
Roger Kilby
Sue
Florida Press Service
Gainesville
Fla
Repitatives
N. Y
Atlanta
Johnny Two-Note
Library Column
B. Larz Newton
Friends OF the Library
A. Pfannkuch
South
Moses
Haley
REP
James A. Haley
Kenneth Donahue
Ringling Museum of Art
Sarasota
Farris Bryant
Thurman
Southern States Industrial Council
Venice Area Church Directory
ST. Nathantel’s Episcopal Hurch
Lighthouse
Peter G. Madson
Venice-Nokomis
Methodist Church
Palm Avenue
Poinsettia
John Louis Jones
Panto
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Emmanuel Lutheran Church
S. Tamiami Trai
Charles L Rowe
Lakeside Lutheran Church
U.S
Melvin H. Meyer
First Church OF Christ, Scientist
West
Venice Avenue
Venice-Nokomis Presbyterian
David A. Bowles
Rialto
Saint Mark’s Episcopal Church Riviera
Sorrento
Denis Dean Patterson
Vic
First Baptist Church OF
Richard R. Lloyd
South Venice Baptist Mission Baffin Dr
Old Englewood Rd
Arthur M. Spiller
Trinity Methodist Church
Episcopal Mission
Scout House
Peter Madson
First Baptist Church
N. Biscayne Blvd
Charles F. Cuthbertson
Church OF the Nazarene
South Venice
Junction 41
Catholic Church OF the
NORTH
First Presbyterian Church Community Center
Terrence J. Peterson
Calvary Reformed Church OF
Venice Gardens
North Banyan Drive
Frank J. Shearer
ST. Raphael's Church OF
Englewood
Msgr
George W. Cummings
United Church OF Christ Congregational Christian Evangelical and Reformed
Robert Chable
Venice Gardens Recreation Center
Recreation Center
Nome
Rayemond H. Knight
Shamrock Blvd
First Christian Church
Disciples of Christ
Masonic Temple
East
G. M. Peery
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