Split in Red China's Army Acknowledged by Peking
Hong Kong dispatch reports the Chinese Communist party feud between Mao Tse-tung and opponents has split the army. Liberation Army Daily warns of strikes and peasant calls to storm cities while observers describe a civil war situation with tolls in southern and central China. Tass cites famine in Guangdong and Yunnan with looting, and Paratroopers and gunboats were used near Wuhan to quell unrest. Rail disruption between Canton and Hong Kong persists as tensions mount.
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Hong Kong
API
Mao Tse-tung
China
Liberatio Army
Mao
Tuss
Tass
Wuhan
Kwangtung
Yunnan
Liberation Army Adily
Canton
Mong Kong
New Life Evening Post
Premie Chou En-lai
Radio Peking
Embarrassing Typo Hits Police Reporting
Fort Walton Beach police and editors faced a corrected quote after a paper misquoted Officer Steve Wilkerson during the Earl Shaw trial. The corrected line states that colored officers are used to arrest colored subjects, and that it is common practice for Negro officers to serve warrants on Negro subjects while white officers serve warrants on white subjects.
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Fort Walton Beach
Steve Wilkerson
Earl Shaw
Crime pays in Britain as $130.7 million stolen in 1966
London reports that property valued at 130.7 million dollars was stolen in 1966 and only about 20 percent was recovered by police. The Security Gazette cited the figures in a Thursday release.
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London
UPI
Britain
The
Security Gazette
Jury Acquits Shaw In Gun Battle Trial
A six member jury deliberated two hours and 13 minutes before returning a not guilty verdict in the Earl Shaw gun battle trial. Defense attorney Brooks Taylor clashed with Assistant State Attorney Curtis Golden as Shaw testified about the incident and a physician described the bullet’s path.
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Bill Tennis
Earl Shaw
Brooks Taylor
Taylor
Shaw
Fort Walton Beach
Eugene Celano
McKinnon
Celano
BecKinnon
Curtis Golden
Julius McKinnon
Golden
August Meeting Spots Gather at Local Groups
Friday events include American Legion Auxiliary at Legion Home and Jayceettes with FWB Chamber of Commerce. Bel les and Beaux Square Dance at St Simon on the Sound, Sonicboom Coin Club at Women’s Club building. Destin Public Library opens morning and afternoon, plus FWB and Valparaiso gatherings, Temple Mound Museum, Playground Ramblers, and more. Saturday features art exhibit, Radio Club at Niceville City Hall, Torch Twirlers, and library hours. Sunday lists Temple Mound Museum and Unitarian Fellowship at Shalimar Elementary.
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P.m. Jayceettes
FWB Chamber of Commerce
Belles & Beaux Square Dance Group
St. Simon On the Sound
Education
Sonicboom Coin Club
Womans Club
Destin Public
FWB
Ramblers Motorcycle Club
Swedes Motorcycle Shop
Valparaiso
Temple Mound
Wilson Bldg
Eta Radio Club, Inc
Niceville
Torch Twi
Temple Mound Museum
Unitarian Fellowship
Shalimar Elem
FWB Dixie All-Stars Edge Crestview 1-0 in State Tourney
Fort Walton Beach Dixie Senior League All-Stars beat Crestview 1-0 in Pensacola to reach the state final. Jim Rooney drove in Larry Kieszek for the winning run in the bottom of the ninth as Cotton Howard fired a three hit, 14 strikeout performance. Coach Pete Howell and Clark Luckie lead the defending champions toward another title at Escambia High School.
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Paul Thompson
Pensacola
Jim Rooney
Larry Kieszek
Fort Warron Beach
Crestview
Kieszek
Pete Bagget
Dave Maloy
Rooney
Cotton Howard
Howard
Fort Walton Beach
Pete Howell
Clark Luckie
Escambia
Jim Miller
Sleam
Dr Hoffeld Missing From Valparai Hearing
A public hearing ordered by Circuit Judge William Frye to consider Dr. George Hoffeld applying to practice medicine in the county hospital system ended when he did not appear. Hospital system lawyers read postponement and termination notices from Hoffeld's secretary and his former attorney. The board then instructed its attorney to inform the Circuit Court the hearings were held as ordered.
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Valparaiso
George Hoffeld
Hoffeld
William Frye
Gillis Powell
Woffeld
Joh Smyth
Powell
Ernest Wimberly
Circuit Court
Tieffeld
Mayor Announces Trash Service Pickup Waits on Written Refusal
Shalimar Mayor Jim Trash declined comment on the Okaloosa Gas District Board’s decision to deny Shalimar admission. Tras said he would await written notice to the town council before pursuing a settlement or action. The district refused Shalimar’s admission at Monday night’s meeting.
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Shalimar
Jim Trash
Okaloosa
United States to Withdraw Two Congo C130 Planes Soon
Washington sources say the United States likely will pull its two remaining C130 transport aircraft out of the Congo within a short time, with official actions expected “very soon.”
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Washington
UPI
United States
Congo
U.S
Barron Pushes Exemption Hike To $10,000
State Senator Dempsey J. Barron of Panama City introduced a constitutional amendment in the Senate to raise the homestead exemption from $5,000 to $10,000. He argued homeowners under $10,000 would owe no taxes, suggested adopting a sales tax instead, and said the measure would go to voters in the next general election. The bill, filed during regular session, was held in committee due to constitutional revision.
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State Senate
Dempsey J. Barron
Panama City
Barron
Johnson orders Vietnam troop increase to 525,000 next summer
President Johnson approved boosting US forces in Vietnam by at least 45,000 to about 525,000 by next summer, using Army units from the United States with no reserve call up. Defense officials said the total force size remains undecided, with no immediate plan for further draft increases. Pentagon and White House statements stressed Vietnam buildup and allied support, including naval and air personnel in the region and Thailand.
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Washington
UPS
Johnson
Vietnam
Defense Department
United States
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Joint Chiefs of Staff
William C. Westmoreland
Pentagon
White House
U.S
South Vietnam
Thailand
Korea
Japan
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
New Jersey
Asia
Russell
McNamara
Phil G. Goulding
Medicaid and University Expansion Vetoes by Kirk
Gov Claude Kirk vetoed twenty plus million in bills including fourteen point nine million for Medicaid and one point three six million for university expansion. He also rejected a two cent cigarette tax increase and a central purchasing bill. The vetoes followed the legislative session adjournment and targeted spending projects tied to Senate President Verle Pope.
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Tallahassee
Fla
UPI
Claude Kirk
Kirk
Senate
Verle Pope
Woman Saved From 3 Snakes
Fort Walton Beach firemen rescued a woman from three garden snakes in her yard. Mrs Rudolph Suggs reported the snakes. firefighters disposed of non poisonous reptiles. A second call proved false at Ocean City Wright Fire Department. Fire crews also extinguished trash incinerator flames at a Florida Drive In concession area and spent two hours tackling a woods fire at Dixie Point in Shalimar.
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Rudolph Suggs
Carlson Dr
Ocean City Wright Fire Department
Florida Drive-In
Dixie Point
Shalimar
Public TV committee caps funding for proposed corporation
The House Commerce Committee voted Thursday to place a nine million dollar one year limit on authorized financing for the administration's proposed public television corporation. The Senate version would start with nine million dollars for one year to begin the venture, then an unspecified amount the next year.
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Washington
UPI
House Commerce Committee
Senate
Garbage Service To Pick Up Says Mayor Pryor
Mary Esther residents with little or no garbage pickup will have regular service by early next week. The town council authorized Mayor Pryor to hire a sanitation contractor to replace Ira Talbert. Fort Walton Sanitation Service began Tuesday to catch up on back logs and restore regular pickups. Talbert blamed worker shortages for the standstill. J P Bishop owns the Fort Walton outfit, currently with one truck and four workers in Mary Esther. Jupiter spins fastest among planets, completing a revolution in under ten hours, causing noticeable flattening at its poles.
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Mary Esther
Tom Pryor
Pryor
Ira Talbert
Fort Walton
Talbert
J. P. Bishop
Mild Quake Jolts Bogota
A moderate earthquake shook central Colombia early Thursday with no reported casualties or damage. The tremor's main impact was in Huila Department where a February quake killed over 100 and caused extensive damage. Many residents fled in panic but returned once the shock ended.
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Bogota
Colombia
UPID
Huila Department
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