Blossoming Industries Fuel South County Growth
Venice area embraces small light plants as engines of growth. The Light Industry Council notes 29 plants plus non manufacturing contributors shaping the economy. With potential for expansion, these firms may grow from 10 to hundreds of employees, aided by waterways and local financial and civic support. Building and tourism remain strong while small factories mature.
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Venice
The
Light Industry Council
the Light Industry Council
Committee of 100
South County
Public backs right to work in Texas poll results
The Dallas Morning News reports 65 percent of Texans oppose compulsory union membership to keep a plant job, 25 percent support it, 10 percent undecided. A national Opinion Research poll shows 67 percent favor voluntary unionism, up from 46 percent in 1956, underscoring belief in free association as a basic right.
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Dallas Morning News
Texas
Opinion Research Corporation
Duds and Dudes Boost Texan Western Wear Demand
The Texas labor market struggles to fill seamstress roles as a century old saddle maker retires due to a lack of skilled workers. Fort Worth industries report 15 million dollars in Western dress sales last year amid rising demand driven by national style shifts and LBJ influence.
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Texas
LBJ
Fort Worth
Short Shorts: Klan Wedding Set. Divorce Rates Rise
The Grand Dragon of the KKK announces a Klan wedding planned for Saturday night with a joke about no linen shower. A Philadelphia Bulletin quip notes rising divorce rates and a growing marriage rate shaping America.
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KKK
Charlotte
N.C
America
Philadelphia
Penn
Bulletin
Oscar Wilde in America and Local Library Note
The column recounts Oscar Wilde navigating American audiences with wit from his London renown. It notes Punch caricatures, Bunthorne from Patience, a Harvard student march, Wilde’s remarks on language, and the coming Venice stage production of The Importance of Being Ernest. It also mentions Frances Winwar’s biography at the Venice Area Public Library and urges library use.
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Ers
Oscar
America
Ernest
St. James Theater
London
Venice
Oscar Wilde
Asolo
Frances Winwar
Venice Area Public Library
Sensing The News irresponsibles On Campus
An editorial warns against campus disruption linked to the Free Speech Movement and Berkeley protests. It critiques Steve Weissman for urging lawless behavior, urges colleges to deny use of campus property to speakers who spread hatred and disorder.
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Steve Weissman
University of California
Weissman
Nashville
Tenn
Vanderbilt University
United States
Berkeley
Vanderbilt
University
School of Religion
Presbyterian
Communist Party
Realtors State Meeting At Fort Myers June 10
The Florida Association of Realtors will hold an all day educational institute in Fort Myers on Thursday June 10. Walter L. Miles president of the Venice Area Board of Realtors announced. Five instructors will lead discussions on selling financing property management exchanging listing and finding prospects. Registration begins at 8 30 a m with a complimentary coffee hour and a fee for admission. A new training firm Listing in a Competitive Market is featured this year.
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Florida Association of Realtors
Fort Myers
Walter L. Miles
Venice Area
Miles
Boat License acta sale opens for 1965 66 registrations
Sarasota County tax collector Miss Charlie Hagerman announces the 1965 66 boat registration certificates go on sale June 1 at the auto tag office in the Sara sota courthouse west wing basement. Renewal for 1964 65 expires June 30 and out of state owners may renew on return.
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South County
Sarasota
Charlie Hagerman
Sarasota County
Painters Made Not Born Boyle Tells Kiwanis
Richard Charles Boyle told Venice Kiwanis Club that painters are made not born and retired people take up art for something to do. He runs Venice Art School and Gallery on Tamiami Trail and noted art can be inexpensive with supplies for two oil paintings about ten dollars. He described his approach noting that seven or eight paintings are often worked on at once to avoid monotony and mentioned his Kennedy portrait hanging in the Kennedy Memorial Library.
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Richard Charles Boyle
Venice Kiwanis Club
Boyle
Venice
Tamiami Trail
da Vinci
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Associated Press
Florida Press Association
Opyrighted
Miami Avenue
Florida
Edward D. Ball
Sam Dillon
Peachie Edge Courtney Willis
William A. Meyer
Florida Press Service
Gainesville
Fla
American Newspaper Representatives
New York
N. Y
Atlanta
Mr. Kennedy
White House
South
Atlanta (Ga
Journal-Constitution
Library Column
B. Larz Newton
Friends OF the Library
Oxford
Punch
Gilbert and Sullivan
Patience
Bunthorpe
Piccadilly
Harvard
Boston
Venice Lions Club
Robert Trueschel
Charles Wynne Jr
Robert Blalock
Lions Club
Charles Wynne Sr
Lions
Jim Dunaway
Venice Elementary
Gerald Pease
Mary Blalock
Courtney Willis
North Carolina
South Tamiami Trail
Savings and Loan Association OF
Realtors State Meeting
Fi. Myers
James O. Buck
Jacksonville
Florida Realtors
Enrique Valledor
Miami
Warren G. Harding
Frederick B. Arnold
George M. Linville
Realtors
Boat
Acta Pe
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy Memorial
Mass
Scot Lanius
Harry Lanius
Floridaland
Bob Dalton
Scott
Littrell Concrete
Pecos Bill
SS Federal
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