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Newspaper
The Gondolier
Location
Venice, Florida, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1968
Page
1
A reflective column recalls Texas politics and memorable lines from Coke Stevens son and Oliver Wendell Holmes. The piece contrasts election-time rhetoric with a coffee disaster and a prairie gath ering anecdote, ending with a wry wish for kinder speeches.
It was a quiet weekend with no charges recorded in the Venice police blotter. No incidents met the threshold for listing, leaving the blotter free of entries or blemishes.
NPC police officer Carl Kissel was hospitalized after his cruiser struck a bridge abutment while pursuing a car wanted by Charlotte County Sheriff. The chase began in Charlotte County and Kissel, in full duty, was aided by Venice radio before the crash on US 41. Chief Jack Knuckles announced an internal inquiry as Kissel remains unable to speak.
Adverse publicity surrounds a high profile heart transplant case as news reports detail two men charged with murdering a man whose death prompts the controversial medical discussion.
The Venice City Council will hold a regular session at 8 PM in City Hall with ordinances on Housing Authority zoning and civil disturbances, code updates for building and fire prevention, sewer installations, taxiway project considerations, annexations, and bids on a garbage truck. Public letters from local chambers and annexation petitions are on the agenda.
Vice-Versa Beauty Pageant at Epiphany Catholic School in Venice aims to crown Miss Epiphany 1968 in a playful gender swap game. Fifth and sixth graders participate with boys posing as girls and girls as escorts, producing a lighthearted, talent filled event with the winner seated for photos.
Ten or twelve contestants will attend a pool party at the Statler Hilton Inn on Lido Beach as part of the 1968 Miss Florida Pageant events in Sarasota. The pageant concludes Saturday night June 29 with 42 candidates competing for the title and a chance to advance to Miss America in Atlantic City. Bill Weatherly says press, TV, and radio representatives are expected at the Statler Hilton previews. Best time to attend is 2 p.m.
Monsignor George Cummings of Epiphany Church Venice notes Florida now has four Roman Catholic dioceses. The division shortens travel for Bishop Charles McLaughlin, bringing closer oversight to about 110000 Catholics and altering confirmations and Good Counsel Camp duties. Installation timing aimed for June or July remains unsettled.
A Sarasota County CONA meeting Friday at 1 30 p m will feature a panel on a county wide sewage and water system. County Commissioners Robert M Wright and Dr David L Crane of the Health Dept will join in the discussion at the First Federal Savings and Loan Assn building in Venice.
Five West Coast counties invite state and local candidates to a May 20 Punta Gorda dinner at the Holiday Inn. The Southwest Florida Chamber of Commerce Council seeks support for a toll road inland from the coast from Tampa Bay to Naples, linking to Aligator Alley. The plan envisions a corridor through Sarasota Manatee Charlotte Lee and Collier counties with ongoing Turnpike studies.
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