Northwest Florida group opposes road build holiday
In a Dec 17 meeting the Northwest Florida association road committee opposed any road building holiday until arterial roads are completed. Delegates from counties Talabassee to Pensacola urged no shift in road funds and backed maintaining the state three cent gas tax and seven cent levy. They urged the highway department to spend $1,700,000 on construction and maintenance next year and to present project recommendations for the 1988 budget at upcoming state highway commission sessions.
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Kmarianna
Fle
Florida
Socieiene
Talabassee
Pensaco
Sieete Rosd
Sload Department
Pest
North ‘West Florids Association
State Reid Department
Commission
Road Department
Felts to study medicine after college football disqualification
Nellie Felts Tolane’s backfield hero, disqualified by the Southern Conference, will not pursue professional football. He plans to apply himself to medical studies, aiming to earn an MD in three years and enter his chosen profession.
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New Orleans
Nellie Felts
Tolane
Gies
Tostead
Churchill's Daughter Engaged To Gold Mine Heir
Diana Churchill eldest daughter of Winston Churchill announces engagement to John Milner Bailey son of Sir Abe Bailey South African gold mining magnate. Bailey is 32 and the couple plan an early marriage while Diana has long been involved in political work nursing studies and stage testing.
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Churchill
London
Diana Churchill
Winston Churchill
British Empire
John Milner Bailey
Miss Churchill
Mike Churchill Ig
Dianas
Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts
the Statesman
Bailey
Abe Balley
Mary Balley
Britain
Smniles
Milner Bailey, Betr
Ottawa Gridiron Star Sets Brilliant Kansas Record
Ottawa Kas AP Jack Knapper sophomore at Ottawa University led the Kansas conference champions in passing and rushing. He completed 70 passes with 73 incomplete, an average just under .500, and gained about 6.1 yards per carry. His punting average stood at 27 yards. Florida Gators Lose Four From 1932 Squad.
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Ottawa
Kas
Jack Knapper
Mal Inspring
Ottawa University
Kansas
Hnapper
Gators
Gainesville, Flin
University of Florida
Lenin Books Given To Polish Library In Bydgoszcz
Polish author Adam Grzymala Slechecki presented to the Bydgoszcz public library a collection of books once owned by Lenin and annotated by him. He recounted saving the set from being used as wrapping paper after discovering his breakfast roll wrapped in Russian prints in Cracow in 1918. The baker had bought second hand books due to wartime paper shortages. Lenin spent 1912 and 1913 in Cracow.
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Bydgoszcz
Poland
Nicola ‘Lenin
Adam Grzymala Slechecki
Cracow
Siedleckt
Lenin
Bulbs Replace Wheat on Oklahoma Farm for Profit
In Oklahoma a former wheat farmer transformed eight acres into a bulb garden growing Gahliss and gladioli. Over a few years the venture earned thousands annually, storing hundreds of thousands of bulbs in underground caves for spring. The Volens shipped bulbs to most states and sold cut flowers in Kansas City Oklahoma City and Tulsa markets. Agricultural seed loans from 1921 to 1991 show about 44 percent repaid.
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Garber
Okla
E. EB
Volens
Gahliss
Kansas City
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
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Felts
Gridiron Star
Vietrey
Ulanoft
United States Department of Agriculture
Marcelle Beauty Shop
Merrill
van Ritch
Coures
H&r
Colossan
van Right
Feeny
Dothan
Idea Gifte
van Ritchies Specialty Shopp
Blaum
Dothan Jewelry Company
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