Preservationists push to make Holiday Isle a barrier island
Preservation of Destin group POD seeks to add undeveloped western tip of Holiday Isle to barrier island plan. Despite Reagan signed act omitting the isle, POD argues it meets barrier criteria and pressed Tallahassee to include it via a specific Interior Department inventory clause.
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Ingrid Kreis
Holiday Isle
Barrier Island
Reagan
POD
Jane Moore
Moore
Barrier Island Coalition
Audubon Society
Congress
Moreno Point
Four Mile Village
Tallahassee
Washington
Bill Stichler
Department of Interior
Atlantic
Gulf
POC
Walton County Official Pleads Innocent in Battery Case
Walton County Commissioner Billy McLean and several men from Walton and Mobile face disorderly conduct charges after a scuffle involving Rev Toy Arnett and others. Arnett and Thomas Smith joined McLean in not guilty pleas at a DeFuniak Springs hearing, no trial date set. State attorney indicated the matter must be settled in court.
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Walton County
Billy McLean
McLean
Toy Arnett
Alabama
Arnett
Thomas Smith
George Ralph Miller
Mobile
Buddy
Roy Dueitt
DeFuniak Springs
United Way Road Race Promotes Halfway Goal Progress
Campaign co chairman Glenn Kilpatrick reports United Way has reached 52.6 percent of its 350000 goal with 184109.97 raised. County contributions are rising with an average of 8500 daily and 42350 since Oct 28. The drive includes sponsorship of runners for the November 11 road race at the Playground Area YMCA.
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United Way
Glenn Kilpatrick
Kilpatrick
Playground Area
Murder suspect seeks to avoid death penalty in Florida case
Defense attorneys for 20 year old John Williams of Santa Rosa Beach seek to bar death penalty citing Florida law. They ask to dismiss grand jury indictment, declare death not allowed, sequester jurors individually, and strike aggravating circumstances as unconstitutional. Williams and co defendant Mickey Park face first degree murder and armed robbery charges over the August 21 beating and stabbing of Destin resident Ted Schery. Schery’s nude body was found August 22 in a Walton County drainage ditch along Highway 98. The men pleaded not guilty November 1. Terrell notes death penalty requires life or death sentence and may be by electric chair, which he calls cruel and unusual punishment. He filed motions to vacate the death penalty and seeks an evidentiary hearing. A hearing date has not been set. He also asked the court to bar juror questioning about death penalty opinions to avoid death qualification. Terrell argues death-qualified juries rush verdicts and bias capital juries. Williams was ordered psychologically evaluated recently and separately tried from Park, with trials set for December 27 in Shalimar Annex.
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Ingrid Kreis
John Williams
Santa Rosa Beach
Destin
Ted Schery
Williams
Chie
Terry Terrell
Mickey Allen Park
Ringgold
Schery
Highway 98
Walton County
Park
Terrell
Florida
Terell
Jere Tolton
Bill Norton
Okaloosa County
Tolton
Shalimar Annex
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Old Pass Lagoon
Maggie Flanagan
Bob Doss
Joy Dunlap
Bob Kriegel
Department of Environmental Regulation
Kriegel
Halfway Home
Resort Interiors Inc
Shores
J.P
Mountain Dr
Village Art Gallery
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