Destin Log publication details and distribution
The Destin Log is printed each Wednesday and Saturday at 1225 Airport Road Destin Florida for residents of Destin and South Walton County. It is sent to subscribers as Second Class mail.
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Destin
Airport Road
Florida
South Walton County
Kim Diera
Richard R. Graybill
Jim Chitwood
Tina Harbuck
Steve Humphries
Pam Mee
Peggy Bailer
B.J. Dier
Lenah Elliott Arlene Webster
Helen Wren
Carol Becklund
Melanie Robinson
Tom Becklund
Mark Lent
Poff
Wanda Remedy
Vicky Distribution
Faye Nettles
Ed Poole
Okaloosa
Walton
P.O. Box
Cano Square
Jack Becklund
Wees
Ingrid Kreis
Karen MacGrogan
Dot Jones
Carol McCrie
Mike Mitchell
Tinkie True
Margaret Watson
Mary Crosby
Byron Meade
Vanita Trippe
Gene Sinsko
Mary Deal
Laura Smith
Destin Chamber Faces Shifting Role and New Goals
The Destin Chamber of Commerce, once a quasi government voice for the fishing village, now operates with a diminished public role after Destin’s city government formed. The board debates future goals emphasizing a stronger economic base, tourism promotion, potential light industry, and convention facilities while considering a new office and budget efficiency. Citizens are invited to contribute ideas for the goals committee.
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Destin Chamber of Commerce
Chambers of Commerce
Chamber
Destin
Goals
City council backs paid interim city clerk amid frugality doubts
Editorial calls out Destin City Council for quick hiring of a temporary city clerk at 375 a week without a budget. It contrasts with lower salaries in nearby towns, questions process and fairness, warns against repeating such prudent lapses, and stresses need for restraint.
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City of Destin
Destin
Ted Shaw
Mary Esther
DeFuniak Springs
Cold War Coffee War Fueled by Pricey US Brew
Bill Mandel reports a surreal Kremlin panic over a $7,500 US coffee maker in B 52s prompting a $26,500 B 1B upgrade with gold handles diamond dust filters and crystal cups. The saga ends with a fanciful MEI All Brew rocket aiming for geosynchronous orbit over Smolensk.
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Bill Mandel
Kremlin
Red Army
United States
CIA
Caspar Weinberger
Weinberger
Congress
David Stockman
Cap
Stockman
General Dynamics
Washington Post
Post
National Security
Baccarat
Defense Department
American Legion
Smolensk
Coffee maker moon mission fuels Cold War wit
Humorous commentary mocks a secret U S space shuttle cargo claim about a coffee maker worth 22 million dollars. A Soviet defense minister jokes about retaliatory space plans and billion dollar coffee brewing on the moon, with a Destin FL reader letters request following.
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Sochi
Black Sea
Moscow
Washington Post
Defense Minister
Scripps
Howard News Service
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