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Newspaper
Destin Log
Location
Destin, Florida, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1983
Page
4
A columnist reflects on 1984 deregulation across sectors and predicts major changes in telephones. Local and long distance billing may separate, basic local rates could rise, and new portable wireless phones plus eventual picture calling emerge as Ma Bell loses a controlled monopoly.
Readers are urged to send opinions to the Destin LOG Editor at P O Box 957 Destin Florida 32541 with full signature and address. The notice states the paper may edit lengthy letters and will not consider unsigned submissions.
Editorial says Gov. Bob Graham pressed the Northwest Florida Coast Resource Planning and Management Committee to act urgently on managing coastal growth around Destin and South Walton. He stresses cooperation with local officials, not state intrusion, and warns growth must be controlled rather than halted. The Legislature may fund 1 million dollars to support the panel’s recommendations, with turnout expected to double Florida’s population by century’s end.
The piece argues one in ten drivers is intoxicated and cites Boston sobriety checkpoints as a model. It notes Florida’s drinking age history, calls for Coalition 21’s constitutional amendment to raise the age, and discusses MADD and legislative resistance as it urges action to reduce highway dangers.
In Destin entries, Mary Lou O Connor and Debbie Jeffries of the Destin Woman s Club express thanks for the Mistletoe Ball success, praising editors and merchants. Readership also salutes Mr Vasso for a school bus stop shelter project on Kel ly Street, noting his daily labor and commitment. Two Canadian Snowbirds Fransoir and Helen Dupree.
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