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Newspaper
The Gondolier
Location
Venice, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1966
Page
4
The piece argues the president seeks broader data on unemployment to expose a supposed manpower shortage. It compares counting unemployed to counting job vacancies and notes opposition from AFL-CIO stalled vacancy data. The editorial warns higher figures could spur more government stimulus.
A University of Colorado professor and his wife journey to remote Queensland to study ant distribution and classification. The narrative notes ants as highly social insects forming compact work groups and outlines various ant species behaviors, contrasting their organization with human needs and value.
An X article by Charles Brower of Batten, Barton, Durstine & Osborn quotes a Milwaukee Journal remark. It suggests Columbus would fail with modern methods revealing a flat world, hostile monsters, and crew greed, concluding America might never be discovered.
A Miami Herald opinion piece notes a federal Bureau of Commercial Fisheries blurb about catfish gaining prestige in upscale dining under names like Rocky Mountain dressed catfish and barbed trout. The column argues the renaming mirrors political branding to extract more tax money, urging straightforward tax facts and honest labeling.
Readers note casual thoughts on extraterrestrial intelligence and a Nashville observer recalls crew details from the Gemini mission. The column cites local voices and references a boy who tracked the flight, joking that the principal actor seemed to be a man named Roger.
In a report to you I oppose housing provisions of this year’s civil rights bill as a dangerous intrusion on home ownership. The House debate will be long and heated with many amendments. the bill is likely to pass eventually, though with a modified housing title. Senate opposition from Dirksen and Republicans threatens a filibuster, making passage uncertain without a housing compromise.
Florida ended the first six months of 1966 with 882 traffic deaths on its highways up from 868 in the same period last year. FHP chief Col. H N Kirkman notes 14 more deaths and urges motorists to drive defensively as vacationing families flood crowded highways.
Venice police chased a pickup on Apalachicola road as the driver Mark Anthony Sacullo 20 of Port Charlotte braked unexpectedly causing a stab and the vehicle to overturn. Sacullo received a reckless driving ticket. A separate careless driving ticket went to Craig Hickok Pignora 15 of 433 Valencia Road Venice on Airport Avenue.
A series of 30 lipreading lessons for hard of hearing adults and students will be telecast this fall on WEDU TV Channel 3. Produced by WETA in Washington DC, the program aligns with a viewer’s manual available from WEDU in Tampa Florida for one dollar. Starting date for the series is set.
The Florida Park Board approves a 2.2 million operating budget for the 51 state parks and historic memorials. It also opposes the Bahia Honda Inc. submerged land purchase by the Internal Improvement Fund Trustees and notes a July 26 Tallahassee meeting to consider the application.
A Bowling Green Kentucky reader thanks the paper for weekly enjoyment and notes Venice Florida would feel like home if he could return, saying he has watched the paper’s growth since 1957.
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