Northwest Florida beaches fuel tourist boom and jobs
Tourists flock to Pensacola Panama City and Fort Walton Beach as Northwest Florida markets its white sands and warm climate. The region rides on beach revenue and military bases with Eglin Tyndall and NAS Pensacola contributing to a multi million dollar economy and thousands of jobs for locals.
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Fort Walton Beach
Fila
South Florida
Doyle Morgan
Playgound Chamber of Commerce
Morgan
Pensacola
Panama City
Florida
Birmingham
Dothan
Ala
Eglin Air Force Base
Air Force
Air Proving Ground Center
Bay County
Tyndall Afb
Navy
Waldo Carroll
Chamber of Commerce
Pensacola Naval Air Station
Compromise Sought In Labor Measure
Democratic leaders push to bring a compromise labor bill to a House vote next month. Roosevelt’s eleventh hour bill limits to anti racketeering controls, postpones Taft Hartley revisions to next year, and mirrors a labor bill of rights. It includes financial reporting rules and non felonious penalties, plus noncontroversial Taft Hartley amendments.
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B. L. Livingstone Washington
House
Sam Rayburn
Texas
House Labor Committee
James Roosevelt
Calif
Roosevelt
Senate House
Rayburn
Newsmen
Congress
Labor Committee
William H. Ayres
Ohio
New York State
Taft Hartley
Pensacola Sees Business Boost As Florida Anniversary Lifts Tourism
Pensacola area hotels and motels report visitors dominated by business travelers with 65 percent of last year’s registrations. Florida’s 400th anniversary celebration and the Don Tristan de Luna landing drive more tourists this season, while Pensacola hosts numerous state conventions. Fort Walton Beach expects about 345,000 visitors as the Billy Bowlegs Festival kicks off Labor Day weekend.
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Pensacola
Florida
Don Tristan de Luna
St. Augustine
John Cole
Billy
Krewe
Ie Os
Spiritualists Convene in California Led by Navy Officer
In Long Beach a former Navy commander who cites spirit visitations from Abraham Lincoln and Alexander Hamilton presides over the International General Assembly of Spiritualists. Rev Fred Jordan, a retired lieutenant commander and 1915 boxing champion, leads the 22nd annual meeting and urges public clarity that spiritualists are not crystal gazers. The Rev Jordan, a practicing medium, says Hamilton warned on current financial matters as cameras expand sports coverage since 1940.
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Long Beach
Calif
Abraham Lincoln
Alexander Hamilton
U.S
International General Assembly of Spiritualists
Fred Jordan
Norfolk
U.S. Navy
Navy
Jordan
the Treasury
Hamilton
Liz Taylor Takes Weekend Break For French Food
Elizabeth Taylor and Eddie Fisher arrived in Paris from filming Last Summer and sought a famed Left Bank restaurant. She enjoyed assorted hors d oeuvres goose liver stew cheeses strawberries and wines.
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Paris
Elizabeth Taylor
Eddie Fisher
Liz
Nixon to Visit Whittier College Commencement
AP reports President Richard M. Nixon and his family planned to fly home to Whittier California today after whirlwind visits to San Francisco and Cook. Nixon will be guest speaker at the commencement exercises at his alma mater Whittier College this noon.
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San Francisco
Richard M. Nixon
Whittier
Calif
Cook
Whi College
Snow depth to water ratio in normal conditions
In normal conditions eight to twelve inches of snow equates to about one inch of water.
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James R. Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Bibl
Summerlin
Anniston, Ala
W. H. Quesenberry
Moulton Heights
Decatur, Ala
Callel
Harold Caccia
Washington
Figaro
Queen Elizabeth
Liz Taylor
Nivons
Second Avenue
Chevrolet
Chevy
Hicks Chevrolet Sales Company, Inc
Decatur
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