13 Aug 1971
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Newspaper
Playground Daily News
Location
Fort Walton Beach, Florida, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1971
Page
1
Domestic banks criticize Treasury Department rules on six year record keeping for checks and monetary instruments aimed at tracking illegal activity in US and foreign accounts. Regulators delay start date to November amid widespread revisions as banks warn of inflationary, paper-intensive burden and hindered investigations.
Fragments announce K of C game night Fridays at 205 Cyreal Ave Gall and a Valparaiso chicken dinner bake sale at Latter Day Church grounds cross from Post Office. Also a Mort Walton Peach Jadv ee Auxiliary sale, Seminole Senior Citizens meeting, and Gulf Coast Councils Pow Wow with Troupe Sanne. details incomplete.
Community notices describe a Holy Name event at a church hall in Meevitte with games and speakers, plus a sailing race at Kee Park in Villpiratoo under NAVEO rules with warning timelines and spectator details. Additional items include a weekly luncheon at the Alechomee Restaurant and a Breakfast with the Fort Walton Beach Band Parents group featuring a fish fry fundraiser for the school, with prices and times listed.
The North Hlarkda Press Clubboard of Directors will meet at noon today at the Sheraton Miramar. All spouses of members on remote tours are invited on Junehean at 11 45 a.m. Tuesday at the Ramada Inn. Game night at the DesUn American Legion Post 2h home will be at 5 p.m. today. The PUDHE is faulted.
Apollo 15 commander David Scott James Irwin and Alfred Worden urged lunar exploration and a permanent science base. They described leaving a memorial plaque and a fallen astronaut figure on Hadley Base to honor 14 space explorers, eight Americans and six Russians, who died pursuing space.
Maj. Pete Askew claims Okaloosa County plans to route effluent from four sewer sites through Mills Bayou via pipes on or near his property at 24 Pocahontas Dr. He cites a 1870 court ruling granting only surface drainage rights and says county plans violate the court and harm his home.
City planners and Port Walton Beach officials pressed residents to join the Butler Terrace urban renewal talks. Marion Kent warned that delaying action risks being left out as plans to clear a block on Germany Avenue move forward. Milo Smith of a Tampa planning firm outlined a one year trial and potential compensation for displaced residents.
Ragweed Mountain in Playground Paddy News parking lot grew to a 1120-bag heap as collectors, often with parents, queued to redeem bags for prizes. Andy Osak of Okaloosa Island Amusement Park said prizes were announced as the mountain neared completion. Events run daily 6 to 7 pm through Aug 18 with moving and a planned burning night at the park on Aug 19, featuring various incentives and a Canadian gold mine stock prize.
Police said grand larceny is under investigation after a burglary at a residence on Es Vai St. where a Durghiun suspect fired a shot. Officers reported a dinner-ring theft and other items taken valued at about S79 with partial fingerprints collected.
An 82 year old Crestview woman was struck by lightning during a violent thunderstorm while grabbing clothes from a metal line. Paralyzed yet reported in fair condition at Okaloosa Memorial Hospital, she is the mother of Constable Darrell Summer.
A head-on crash on the Cinco Bayou Bridge in Crestview injured a woman and wrecked two late model vehicles. Jim Greene 21 of Fort Walton Beach drove a new pickup that struck a 1970 sedan driven by George Robert Berry of Fort Walton Beach. Greene was hospitalized. Berry was uninjured and charged with failure to have his vehicle under control.
Leo Tisa, current Niceville Valparaiso Hospital administrator, named temporary director by the new hospital advisory board. His appointment awaits formal approval from the county commission as the board has no admin powers. Peter J. Hudson is acting director in Tisa’s absence. The board approved a $5,815 psychiatric unit outlay and pharmacy equipment for the Tort Walton Beach Hospital addition.
Traffic halted on Highway 98 nine miles east of Deslin after a pick-up truck and trailer loaded with sailboats collided with a car. Trooper Wilson estimated $2,600 damage to the truck and $100 to the car. The driver Eilion was charged with speeding for conditions. no injuries reported.
Doctors at Sinai Hospital Detroit report 3-year-old factory guard is conscious communicating and comfortable about 30 hours after receiving a partial mechanical heart. Shanks was visited by his wife and is taking clear fluids and ice chips.
Tommy Anderson of the Department of Natural Resources said the agency is on call 24 hours to handle problems when Florida Marine Patrol reach is limited. He cited under staffing, outlined patrol duties from boat safety to pollution control, and noted a new law book due mid September.
Fire crews responded to a house blaze at 24 Beachview in Fort Walton Beach Thursday morning. Officials said the fire at the home of Rob Raynsford was out on arrival and appeared sparked by spilled gasoline. Damages were estimated at 175 dollars.
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