Faulty generators blamed for deaths in Vietnam
Washington report by House Armed Services subcommittee details contractor influence over Marine Corps procurement. CONDEC generators powering Danang radar units failed, with several out of service over months. Four CONDEC contracts totaled over 27 million dollars for 7000 units. Officials used a Dewey Electronics Corp. credit card with permission to sign Morris M. Kemple’s name, all under oath.
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Marine Corps
Vietnam
House Armed Services Investigating Subcommittee
Wei O
Washington
Danang
Alto
Consolidated Diesel Electrle Co
Condec
Stamford
Daniel Elmore
Civician
Daniel Ross
Ross
Jennings McLain
Elmore
Thomas O'Brien
Dewey Electronics Corp. Diners Club
Morris M. Kemple
Kemple
Dewey
O'Brien
Dewey Electronics
New York
Consolidated Diesel
Defense Supply Agency
Credit Eards
Elmore An A Capl
Dewey Electronics Corp
Okaloosa Digest Notices To Be Submitted By Representatives
Local groups must have their notices filed in the Playground Daily News via their representatives. PGDN staff cannot accept items or telephone submissions for Okaloosa Digest entries.
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Playground
Daily News Utfler
PGDN
Library Story Hour at Fort Walton Beach Public Library
The Fort Walton Beach Public Library hosts a weekly story hour through August 24. Children aged 4 to 6 attend at 10 a.m. and those aged 7 to 9 at 11 a.m. All theatre age group children are invited to join the fun.
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Fort Walton Beach
Sabre Ettes Meet At Shallmar Home Tonight
Fort Walton Beach group the Sabre Ettes wives of the Sabre Jets hold their regular monthly meeting at 7 p.m. today at Mrs. Leo Norred home 36 Maple Ave Shallmar. All members urged to attend.
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FWB
Sabre Ettes
Fort Walton Beach
Sabre Jets
Whho
Leo Norred
Maple Ave
Shallmar
Fort Walton Beach High School Senior Class Meeting
The senior class of Fort Walton Beach High School will meet at 10 a.m. Tuesday in room 210. All seniors are invited to attend. Disabled American Veterans Playground Chapter 72 holds its regular monthly meeting at 8 p.m. tonight at VFW Post 7674 205 Carol Ave. Fort Walton Beach. Disabled veterans are urged to attend.
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Fort Walton Beach High School
VFW
Carol Ave
Fort Walton Beach
Apollo 15 Astronauts Return Welcome in Hawaii
Apollo 15 astronauts greeted by thousands on arrival in Honolulu with lunar samples and mapping film. Officials report good health after splashdown. Endeavour command ship damaged parachute details noted. Soviet vessels shadow recovery and exchange friendly messages.
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Honolulu
Nowers
Plckham
John A. Burns
Endeavour
Okinawa
Ciwth
Space Agency
Andre W. Huff
Podgorny Congratulates U S on Apollo 15
Soviet President Nikolai Podgorny sent a message of congratulations to President Nixon on Apollo 15 success. Tass reported Podgorny expressed courage and good wishes to astronauts David Scott Alfred Worden and James Irwin.
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Moscow
Nikolai V. Podgorny
United States
Tass
Podgorny
Nixon
Union Members March In Hawaii
More than 1,000 union supporters marched through Wilson North Carolina to back striking tobacco workers. Led by AFL-CIO president Wilbur Hobby they ended at a church for a strike rally. They demand 25-cent hourly increases across the board and benefits, threatening plant shutdowns if negotiations stall.
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Export
Afl-Cio
Tobacco Workers International Union
Wilson
Willson
John Cyrus
North Carolina
Grinding Crash Hills Death Toll Rises With Week End Toll
Two South Florida residents die in a grinding head on collision on U S Highway 1 raising the weekend traffic toll to nine. Walter Lynn 54 of Plantation Key and 40 year old Mighalla Sanchez of Milam died at the scene. Linnie Mason died from internal injuries after a one car crash near Crestview. John Mason was charged with driving without a license and leaving the scene. Pedestrians Charles Meddman 14 of Hobe Sound Kenneth Fanning and Mary Allee Ayerington were also killed in separate incidents along Florida roads.
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South Flarida
Lovida Mighwiy
Walter Lynn
Plantation Key
Florida Keys
Mighalla Sanchez
Milam
Linnie Mason
Helway
Florida-Alabama
Crestview
Charles John Tmeddman
Hobe Sound
Kenneth Fanning
SK O
Fort Pierce
Finning
Mary Allee Aye
Birds Return To Peaceful Suez
The Suez Canal area remains quiet a year after the Middle East cease-fire as both sides report few major incidents. Israeli and Egyptian forces continue reconnaissance flights with no reported casualties, while birds return to the canal signaling a fragile peace, and Abba Eban notes the cease-fire’s momentum and political prospects.
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Suez Canal
Seuz Canal
Middle East
Firefighters Halt Blaze Near Condor Sanctuary in California
Firefighters stopped a 200 acre brush fire in Las Padres National Forest near Fillmore as heat records pushed fire danger high. About 500 personnel used ground gear and 12 air tankers to halt the flames near the Sespe Condor Sanctuary with no injuries or structures lost.
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Fillmore
Calif
U.S. Forest Service
Las Padres National Forest
Los Angeles
California
Forest Service
Bill Waltrip
Nader Demands Resignation of Commerce Secretary
Consumer advocate Ralph Nader on CBS Face the Nation urged Maurice Stans resign as Commerce Secretary, accusing him of representing a narrow business interest and criticizing environmental policy under the Nixon administration. He argued pollution cleanup costs could be moderated and noted the rise of a new waste control industry.
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Washington
Ralph Nadler
Maurice Stans
Stans
Elena Nader
Dio-Television
Nader
Nixon
White House
Peter Flanigan
Commerce
Ralph Nader
CBS Radio-Television
Two Youths Charged In Fort Walton Beach Break In
Two county youths, Dennis Tardie aged 20 and Robert Murphy aged 17, were arrested Sunday for breaking and entering a trailer at 709 Park Blvd Fort Walton Beach. The owner, Ethyl McCraw, was away. deputies led by George French captured the suspects a few blocks from the scene. Details on method of entry stolen property or motives were not released.
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Crestview
Park Blvd
Fort Walton Beach
Okaloosa County
Dennis Tardie
Country Club Rd
Robert Muphy
Anabelle Dr
Mary Esther
Ethyl] McCraw
Sheriff's Department
George French
Sudanese Arrest 700 Communists as Crackdown Deepens
In Khartoum the government led by Maj. Gen. Jaafar el Numairi reports 700 more Communist members arrested in Blue Nile province after a counter coup. Earlier raids had swept up thousands with many executed or released. party ranks are limited to about 6,000 with up to 40,000 sympathizers.
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Khartoum
Sudan
Jaafar el Numairi
Blue Nile
Numairi
Abdul Khalik Majhour
Communist Party
Furuce
Senate urged $200 million loan for Israel in aid bill
Ten members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee urged the Nixon administration to grant Israel a $200 million defense loan amid heavy Soviet arms shipments to Arab neighbors. The letter, signed by six Democrats and four Republicans, warned delays could undermine policy on the Middle East arms balance.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Nixon Administration
Israal
William P. Rogers
Middle East
Isreal
Soviet Union
Stuart Symington
Missouri
John Sparkman
Balbama
Claiborne Pell
Rhode Island
Gale W. McGee
Wyoming
Edmund S Muskie
Maine
William B. Spong Jr
Virginia
Clifford P. Case
New Jersey
Jacob K. Javits
New York
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
James B. Pearson
Kansas
Sunday Mishap Causes Damages
A two car collision at State Roads 189 and 30 caused 600 dollar damage to a 1970s model vehicle driven by Lester J. Hunter 28 of Eglin AFB and 300 dollar damage to a 1968 model vehicle driven by Cheryl B. Jones. Hunter was charged with reckless driving by Patrolman Jose C. Sotuyo. An unknown vehicle struck a cement pillar at Merrimac Manor Apartments causing 80 dollar damage and was investigated by Joe Gauvin.
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Lester J. Hunter
Eglin Afb
Fort Walton Beach
Cheryl B. Jones
Hunter
Jose C. Sotuyo
Denton Boulevard
Racetrack Road
Merrimac Manor
Joe Gauvin
Car Crash on SR 189 Damages Vehicle No Injuries Reported
Crestview Florida Highway Patrol said a late model car overturned after hitting a slick spot on SR 189 in Mary Esther at 4 12 a m Sunday. Driver Dalton GH Sr 21 of Gulf Breeze was cited for failure to have his ventile under con tra.
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Mary Esther
Florida Highway Patrol
A. N. McGovern
Dalton GH
Gulf Breeze
Gul
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