British Women and Children Clash With Dock Strikers
Police clashed with thousands of longshoremen across ports including Colchester Richborough and Scunthorpe as women and children joined the blockades. Strikers sought to halt goods flows amid Britain’s 19 day port shutdown, with stones bottles and banners raised in protest.
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London
UPS
Britain
Colchester
Essex
Richborough
Kent
Scunthorpe
Trent
Garthorpe
Jim Harrison
Asian Blood Not Wanted In Uganda
President Idi Amin reaffirmed his plan to expel about 60,000 Asians from Uganda within 90 days. British envoy Geoffrey Rippon met Amin in Kampala and said Heath’s government would accept British passport holders among the expellees into Britain. About 50,000 of the 60,000 hold British passports.
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Uganda
Kampala
UPI
Idi Amin
Geoffrey Rippon
Rippon
Amin
Edward Heath
Britain
England
Psychopathic gang called "the animals" prowls Ulster killings
Police sources say a gang of psychopathic killers may be roaming Northern Ireland harming Catholics and Protestants for thrills. They could be linked to up to 40 of 62 recent murders, with IRA and UVF squads giving way to the psycho theory amid claims one killer is a young Protestant in Old Park.
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Belfast
UPID
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Ulster Volunteer Force
UVF
The
Old Park District
Thomas Madden
Pensacola Bystander Receives Georgia Apology
Governor Carter apologized to a Florida woman whose car was damaged by police gunfire last Friday. County officials where the incident occurred have been slower to offer remorse.
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Atlanta
UPI
Jimmy Carter
Florida
Carter
Daley Cancels Meeting With McGovern at Illinois Fair
Chicago mayor Richard J. Daley postponed a Springfield Illinois meeting with Sen. George S. McGovern citing urgent city business. The two will instead meet in Chicago on Wednesday August 23 when McGovern speaks to the American Legion.
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Chicago
UPI
Richard J. Daley
George S. McGovern
Springfield
Daley
McGovern
National American Legion
Illinois
Donovan Addresses FWB Kiwanis Club
Kirk Donovan, Fort Walton Beach youth leader, spoke to the Kiwanis Club about the Tallahassee march where 32 local high school youths met Governor Askew to discuss pollution problems. The march was described as a complete effort for youth involvement.
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Kirk Donovan
Fort Walton Beach
Kiwanis Club
Donovan
Tallahassee
Askew
Kremlin Proposes Working Level Arab Soviet Summit
Diplomatic sources say Moscow suggests a tentative working level Arab Soviet meeting to review frayed Cairo Moscow ties and the Egypt ouster of Soviet advisers. A top level conference is possible if the talks go well.
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Moscow
UPS
Kremlin
Cairo
Egypt
Commmunist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Anwar Sadat
Clark defends Hanoi trip at ABA luncheon
Former Attorney General Ramsey Clark told an ABA audience he urged humane treatment for American POWs in North Vietnam. Rita Hauser of the Committee to Re-elect the President pressed him about pressuring Hanoi to meet international law obligations. Clark defended his efforts and mocked criticism from a Nixon campaign official.
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San Francisco
UPI
Ramsey Clark
North Vietnam
Nixon
Rita Hauser
U.S
United Nations Human Rights Commission
Clark
American Bar Association
U.N
42Nd Street
United Nations
PSC Urged To Reject FPC Hikes
Attorney General Robert L. Shevin urged the Public Service Commission to deny Florida Power Corp a 19 million dollar rate increase. He noted a 14.53 percent rate of return in 1970, well above the 10.99 percent industry average, and said earnings per share rose from 1.37 in 1961 to 3.14 in 1970 with dividends increasing from .96 to 1.68.
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Tallahassee
UPI
Robert L. Shevin
Florida Power Corp
Public Service Commission
PSC
Shevin
Florida Power Corporation
Judge lifts injunction on Alaska oil pipeline project
U S District Judge George L Hart voided the 1970 injunction blocking the trans Alaska oil pipeline. He noted likely appeals to the Supreme Court and allowed Interior to issue a construction permit, but work is not imminent. Plaintiffs Environmental Defense Fund Wilderness Society and Friends of the Earth plan to appeal. Alyeska Pipeline Co will not start until final resolution.
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Washington
UPI
U.S
George L. Hart
Supreme Court
Hart
Interior Department
Interior Scretary
Rogers C.B. Morton
Environmental Defense Fund
the Wilderness Society
Friends of the Arth
Alyeska Pipeline Co
Alaska
Valdez
Canada
UAW backs McGovern with broad endorsement and funds
UAW President Leonard Woodcock announced that about 84 percent of 4,455 local leaders favored George McGovern over Richard Nixon in a presidential preference poll. The union plans volunteer and fundraising support, aiming to raise $300,000 to $400,000 for McGovern and pro-UAW candidates, amid split loyalties among auto workers.
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Detroit
UPI
United Auto Workers
George 8. McGovern
UAW
Leonard Woodcock
South Dakota
Nixon
Woodcock
McGovern
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Labor Federation
Walter P. Reuther
Teamsters
Michigan
Okaloosa Digest Notice Appeal Process
The Okaloosa Digest requests that notices to be republished in the Playground Daily News be brought in written form to the PGDN office by representatives of the notifying organizations. Telephone submissions are not accepted.
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Te Playground Daily News
PGDN
Bruner Band Parents Fish Fry Planned in Jaycee Park
Bruner band parents host a fish fry Saturday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Jaycee Park with tickets sold at the event, through band parents, or by calling Mrs. Alton Byrd at 243-1385. Adults $1.25, children under 10 $0.75.
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Jaycee Park
Alton Byrd
Knights of Columbus
Kofc
Carol Ave
Playground Corvette Club
Playground
Corvette Club
Preston Hood Chevrolet
Cancer Society
American Cancer Society
Okaloosa County
Perry Ave
Fort Walton Beach
AHOY
Hurlburt Officers Club
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Senior Citizens Club
Eden State Park
Point Washington
Florida
Senior Citizen Building
Hollywood Blvd
A&a Transfer and Storage, Inc
Senior Citizen
Sandy Sisson
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