Stone blocks one way trade with Cuba in Senate clash
In Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Sen. Richard Dick Stone derailed a McGovern amendment to lift all restrictions on Cuba trade for medical supplies food and agriculture. A compromise allowed one way U.S. sales while a Javits move recognized presidential power to reimpose the embargo. Stone vows to fight any immediate resumption of agricultural trade.
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U.S
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Stone
McGovern
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Senate
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Castro
Carter
Congress
Florida tourism hits record year despite winter weather
Florida Chamber of Commerce reports 1976 as the best tourism year, with all four quarters up and visitor spending nearly doubling since 1973. Average expenditure per person rose to 352.26, Walt Disney World Busch Gardens and Sea World top auto and air attractions, and several counties report large visitor counts. Airport arrivals project 30.5 million in 1977, up over five percent.
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Florida
Florida Chamber of Commerce
Walt Disney World
Busch Gardens
Sea World
Orange
Osceola
Dade County
Hillsborough County
Broward County
Palm Beach County
Ohio
Georgia
Michigan
New York
Pennsylvania
Illinoise
Area Obituaries for Benson Watson and Rule
Three memorial notices detail the deaths of Clifford Joseph Benson Willard H Watson and Robert Andrew Rule in May 1977 Sarasota area. Benson, 64, from Jamestown NY, resident of Venice, leaves wife Loretta and eight grandchildren with services at Emmanuel Lutheran Church. Watson, 75, North Port resident from St Paul MN, graveside rites at Gulf Pines Memorial Park and charity gifts. Rule, 72, Venice resident from Knoxville TN, was employed in Venice Electric Appliance and Knox Ville Power and Light, with funeral at Farley Funeral Home.
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Clifford J. Benson
Clifford Joseph Benson
Sarasota
Jamestown
N.Y
Florida
DesPlaines
Ill
Benson
S&c Electric Co
Chicago
Emmanuel Lutheran Church
Venice
Loretta E. Benson
Thomas C
Springfield
Paul R
Manitowoc
Wis
Donald W
Daryl A
Elmhurst
Manyee R. Tompkins
Villa Park
Signa J. Benson
Beatrice J. Blegen
Carefree
Ariz
Emmanuel Lutheran Church Memorial Fund
Farley Funeral Home
Willard H. Watson
Dorothy Ave
North Port
St. Paul
Minn
Evanston
Wiebolt Department Store
San Pedro
Mary M. Watson
Louise Gardner
Grace Lynch
Helen Stevens
Ruth McMagon
Gulf Pines Memorial Park
Jospeh P. Duggan
Ewing Funeral Home
Robert A. Rule
Robert Andrew Rule
Sunset Dr
Tennessee
Knoxville
Betty Davis
Las Cruces
N.M
St. Clare Rule
Kenneth B. Rule
Tenn
Farley
David A. Bowles
City plans traffic islands at key intersection
Public Works Director Larry Heath says the city will install a physical island at the North Harbor Drive Barcelona Avenue Tampa Avenue intersection to better control traffic. Posts will surround the perimeter after drivers ignore the painted island. Similar measures were taken at Ponce de Leon Nokomis Avenue months earlier.
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Barcelona Avenue
Tampa Avenue
Public Works
Larry Heath
Ponce de Leon
Nokomis Avenue
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Works Irrigation Service Inc
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Lenny
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Warfield Ave
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Foster Parents Association
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Tacheny's Grocery
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Hathaway
eCotton Sport
Fine Men’s Wear , Flowers Ltd
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