Miami Beach OKs park campsite for convention protesters
Miami Beach city council voted 4 to 3 to allow Republican National Convention protesters to use Flamingo Park as a campsite near Convention Hall. Police moved to break up marijuana use earlier, while security plans target potential unrest during the convention.
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Miami Beach
UPI
Flamingo Park
Convention Hall
Council Chambers
Atlanta
Alton Fouss
Chuck Hall
Rocky Pomerance
Pomerance
Roger Friedman
Jerry Rudolph
Fouss
Miamingo Park
Labor Unions Form Drive to Back McGovern-Shriver
Twenty five AFL-CIO unions formed a National Labor Committee for the Election of McGovern-Shriver to support the Democratic candidate despite reservations on Vietnam policy. The group will raise funds, register union members, and mobilize voters at state and local levels.
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Washington
UPI
Afl-Cio
George S. McGovern
Vietnam
McGovern
Joseph Beirne
Communications Workers
Mayflower Hotel
Nixon
George Meany
Federation
National Labor Committee
Sen. McGovern
McGovern-Shriver
Aflcio
Beirne
Meany
Joseph Keenan
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
IBEW
Burger Urges Reform in Federal Justice System
Chief Justice Warren E. Burger urged the American Bar Association to pressure Congress for reforms to improve American justice. He called for more judges and probation officers, abolishing three judge federal districts, and for stronger impact statements to justify court workload. He criticized timid action after seeking 348 more probation officers and urged 650.
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San Francisco
UPI
Warren E. Burger
Organized Bar
Congress
State of the Judiciary
American Bar Association
ABA
Burger
Supreme Court
Judiciary
House
Senate Judiciary
Congressional
Reds Avoid Confirmation Of Talks With Kissinger
Paris dispatch reports North Vietnam refused to confirm a White House claim that Kissinger met Hanoi negotiators privately. Hanoi cited pre election publicity and urged no comment from the U.S. team. Viet Cong accused Washington of using secret talks to push escalation while claiming progress.
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Paris
UPI
White House
U.S
Henry A. Kissinger
Hanoi
Kissinger
Washington
Nixon
Vietnam
Ly van Sau
Viet Cong
Provisional Revolutionry Government
PRG
American Candidate Seeks Florida Ballot Drive to put Schmitz on state slate
American Party presidential candidate John Schmitz visited Miami to rally supporters and outline a Florida ballot drive. He aimed for 40,000 petitions to reach 28,000 certified signatures, while officials argued the deadline would not be extended.
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Miami
UPI
John Schmitz
Florida
Party of
Socialist Party
California
Schmitz
Orlando
Jacksonville
Tallahassee
American Party
Ben D. Robinson
Richard B. Stone
Robinson
Dorothy Glisson
Stone
GOP
Nixon
Agnew
Shriver denies delaying war revelation during campaign
In Wheeling West Virginia Democratic vice presidential candidate R Sargent Shriver rejected charges that he withheld for political use a claim Nixon missed a chance to end the Vietnam War in 1969. He defended his remarks made earlier after a airport stop and steel foundry tour saying the issue is about stopping bombing and informing the public.
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Wheeling
W. Va
UPI
R. Sargent Shriver
Nixon
Shriver
William P. Rogers
Miami Beach
Wallace defends Tennessee Tombigbee Waterway plan
Gov. George Wallace rebuked environmentalists opposition to the 253 mile waterway linking the Tennessee River to the Gulf of Mexico. He cited Judge Keady’s ruling and pledged Alabama support to push ahead, saying delay harms regional economic prospects and benefits for millions nationwide. The Gainesville Alabama lock project was praised as having minimal environmental impact.
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Birmingham
Ala
UPI
George C. Wallace
Tennessee- Tombigbee Waterway Development Authority
Wallace
U.S. District Court
William C. Keady
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Environmental Defense Fund
Tennessee River
Gulf of Mexico
Mississippi
Alabama
Keady
Gainesville
Underworld blundered executions in New York restaurant killing
Federal authorities said two meat merchants were slain in a Manhattan restaurant in what was described as a tragic underworld mistake. The intended targets were relatives of Carmine Persico, a Colombo family capo, but Epstein and Teklech were killed instead as they sat in seats vacated by the Persico party.
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New York
UPI
Edward M. Shaw
Organized Crime
Carmine
Persico
Joseph Colombo
Marion
Ill
Sheldon Epstein
New Rochelle
N. Y
Max Teklech
Woodmere
Shaw
U.S
Arnold Bauman
Langella
Bauman
Alphonse Persico
Murphy
Epstein
Teklech
Okaloosa Digest notices seek written submittal to PGDN
Community notices list required submission form at Playground Daily News office and cite library story hour at Fort Walton Beach Public Library with age specific sessions and last summer session. other items include Okaloosa County Hairdressers dinner, PCIO meeting, Bruner Band Parents Fish Fry details with ticket prices, Girl Scout registration sites and times, Wailing Wives luncheon, FW Kiwanis meeting with speaker Kirk Donovan.
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Playground Daily News Office
PGDN
Fort Walton Beach
Okaloosa County
Heidelberg Inn
PCIO
Progressive Community Improvement Organization
Chester Pruitt
McGriff Street
Jaycee Park
Alton Byrd
Highway 98
Eley Lodge
Eglin Afb
Kenwood
Eglinn
Hurlburt
FW Kiwanis
Kiwanis Club
Holiday Inn
Okaloosa Island
Kirk Donovan
Fort Walton
Youth For Ecology
Belfast violence eases as IRA gunmen die in booby trap
Two British soldiers were killed by a booby trap in Belfast in separate incidents, with a civilian also dying. An army spokesman said the takeover of IRA strongholds cut violence by more than half. Guards uncovered a 100-foot tunnel at Long Kesh meant for a mass escape of about 60 prisoners, days from completion.
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Belfast
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Army
Long Kesh
Public Hearing Pledged On Auto Price Increases
The Price Commission will hold hearings before deciding on 1973 car price increases. Ford Chrysler GM seek 2.78, 2.4, and 2.4 percent raises respectively, with American Motors asking 5.5 percent. Costs tied to added safety gear and other factors drive the requests.
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Washington
API
The
Price Commission
Justice Department
Ralph Nader
Consumers’ Union of the United States Inc
Transportation Department
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
American Motors
Harrington Wood Jr
Wood
Commission
Nixon
Donald Rumsfeld
Cost of Living Council
Chrysler Corp
General Motors Corp
Ford Motor Co
White House
Rumsfeld
Americant Motors
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