MacArthur Tract Battles Drainage District Push
The Dona and Roberts Bays Environmental Society plans action to stop a drainage district on the 54 square mile MacArthur Tract east of Venice. The land, once the Edith Ringling Estate, covers about one tenth of Sarasota County with owners Bankers Life Insurance Company.
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Dona and Roberts Bays Environmental Society
Dona Bay-Shakett Creek
MacArthur
Edith Ringling
Sarasota County
Bankers Life Insurance Com
Sarasota attorney seeks seat as Circuit Judge
William S. Boylston, 44, of Sarasota, announces candidacy for Circuit Judge in the September judicial elections. A Sarasota High School and University of Chicago trained lawyer, he has practiced in Sarasota since 1953 after stints in Chicago from 1950 to 1952.
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William S. Boylston
Boylston
Sarasota High School
Tor
University of Chicago
Chicago
Twelfth Judicial
Asphalt plant dispute stirs Venice area residents
Opponents led by the Venice Farms Association gathered with the Venice City Council to oppose a proposed Montgomery Hauling asphalt plant east of Venice. They warn of fumes truck traffic noise and hazards for about 40 nearby homes and urge thorough planning assessment before any zoning variance is approved.
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Venice Farms Association
T. Hey
County Planning Commission
Venice Gardens Home Owners Association
East Gate Property Owners Association
Venice Farms
The
Montgomery Hauling Company
Dick Rich
Florida to Replace Signs with Pictograms on New Highways
The Florida Department of Transportation joins a national shift to pictographic and larger word signs to aid readers with poor eyesight and non English speakers. New roadway signs will appear at all new construction and upon upgrades, aiming for full statewide replacement by December 31, 1974. The program will roll out gradually to acclimate drivers to the symbols.
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Florida Department of Transportation
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DOT
Governor’s Highway Safety Commission
Is Blackburn Bay Alive or Dying
County health engineer William Fehring assesses Blackburn Bay's ecological state after residents report poor fishing and no catch. He explains dead water is a subjective term and that true life depends on measurable organisms, while tests elsewhere show varying levels of life.
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Blackburn Bay
William Fehring
Sarasota County
Fehroung
Fehring
Gondilier
Humane group warns as exotic pets raise danger in U S
A Venice Florida humane society urges viewing wildlife in zoos rather than as pets. The Florida Monkey Sanctuary houses over 80 simians on 10 acres east of Venice, with three monkeys aged 29 living there, funded by tax deductible donations and local contributions.
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Humane Society
U.S
Florida
Janie Corradino
Venice
United States
The
Simian Society of America
Sarasota and Charlotte Voters Favor the March Primary
Sarasota County will host the March 14 presidential primary with 60 453 voters of 2 982 076 statewide registered. Charlotte County adds 16 022. Republicans lead in Sarasota by over 10 000 while Charlotte County leans Democratic. Secretary Stone notes turnout hopes and urges new registrants ahead of March 20 post. He also cites a fall in total registrations since October 1971 due to purge and a rise in youth registration with 129 807 of 325 000 eligible 18 to 20 year olds registered.
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Sarasota County
Charlotte County
Florida
Richard
Dick) Stone
Stone
Bradenton Dealer Opens Venice Car Crusher to Tackle Junk Heaps
Byrd's Auto Parts owner Weyman Byrd moved into Venice with a mobile crusher to crush and remove junked cars at no charge if 100 or more vehicles were gathered. The operation, starting in Venice and expanding to Laurel and beyond, sends crushed cars to Tampa for shredding and recycling with Byrd profiting on the metal.
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Venice
Weyman Byrd
Byrd
Shockey
Junkers
Tampa
Laurel
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Squire Jarret
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Nokomis Elementary School
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W. S. Boylston
Wayne
New Sign Language
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Auto Parts
John Shockey
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