British Longshoremen End Docks Strike Across 24 Ports
Thousands of longshoremen in 24 British ports voted to end the 21 day strike with a majority choosing to return to work by midnight Sunday. Some ports began unloading and others planned to resume operations, while militant factions pressed for continued action at key locations.
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London
VPS
Portsmouth
Southampton
Liverpool
Manchester
Hull
Jack Jones
Transport and General Workers Union
Jones
Tilbury
Thames
Community notices and upcoming events in Okaloosa area
Local digest lists chicken fry at VFW Post on Carol Avenue hosted by the Military Order of the Cooties from 1 to 7 PM with nominal prices. Fort Walton Beach ceramics class for seniors runs Fridays 10 AM to 2 PM at Hollywood Blvd clubhouse. Public invited to Holy Name church night, Maids of Mecca tacky party, and multiple fish fries and club meetings.
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Military Order of the Cooties
VFW
Carol Avenue
Dixie Blue Boys
FWB
Fort Walton Beach
Senior Citizen Club
Hollywood Blvd
Holy Name
CCC
Holy” Name ‘of Jesus Catholic Church
Niceville
Palm Blvd
Highway 20
Valparaiso
Mecca
Jaycee Park
Alice Fishey
Alton Byrd
Playground Toastmasters Club
Playground Toastmasters
Ray Crawfords Bar-B-Q
Kofc
Knights of Columbus
Caro] Ave
Okaloosa
Florosa School
Troy St
People’s Bank
Democratic Party
Okaloosa County
West Miracle Strip Parkway
Democrats
McGovern- Shriver
McGovern-Shriver
Lockheed Wins $30 Million Additional Federal Loan
Washington reports the emergency loan guarantee board approved Lockheed Aircraft Corp to borrow 30 million more from a 250 million government guaranteed fund. Lockheed has already drawn 130 million under the program to help avert bankruptcy for the defense contractor and aid completion of the TriStar jet. The loan comes from 24 banks and is government guaranteed.
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Washington
UPI
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Lockheed
Airbus
UFO Sightings Stitch Triangle Over West Central Kansas
Dighton Police Chief M H Shelton described ongoing unidentified flying object reports across West Central Kansas. A chart shows sightings within a near equilateral triangle of about 120 miles per side centered on Hays with Dighton at the southwest corner noting repeated appearances every three to four days.
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Hays
Kan
Dighton
Shelton
IRA bombs Belfast bar injure 55 amid sectarian violence
The IRA claimed responsibility for a 200 pound bomb explosion at the Standard bar on Shankill Road injuring 55. A British soldier killed by a sniper in Lower Falls raises Ulster violence to 513 deaths in three years, with police hunting a clan blamed for sectarian killings.
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Belfast
UPI
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Catholic Lower Falls
Ulster
Provisional Wing
Shankill Road
Ardoyne
Royal Ulster Constabulary
Apollo 17 crew previews moon site and final lunar mission
Apollo 17 astronauts describe the landing site as a mountain canyon with rocks as young as 800 million years and as old as 4 billion years. Harrison Schmitt notes the canyon may reveal both young and ancient lunar material.
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Cape Kennedy
UPD
America
Harrison H. Schmitt
Eugene A. Cernan
Cernan
Schmitt
Ronald E. Evans
Death Panel Meets Death Panel in Florida Talkover
Gov. Reubin Askew urged the Capital Punishment Study Committee to study punishment for killers and rapists with calm, dispassion, and no political bias. The committee, led by former Justice E Harris Drew, will craft recommendations for a November special session.
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Tallahassee
UPI
Reubin Askew
Askew
State Supreme Court
E. Harris Drew
Justice Drew
Leroy Collins
Farris Bryant
Auto Makers Refuse Nixon Price Increase Pressure
General Motors Chrysler and American Motors reject President Nixon administration pressure to cut back 1973 model price increases for anti pollution and safety hardware. GM and Chrysler defend adherence to federal guidelines while alleging undue pushback and precedent concerns in the auto industry. In a separate matter a federal grand jury indicts Daniel Moore former U S deputy comptroller of the currency on 49 counts for mis handling 8 1 million in bank funds securities and obligations in Boston.
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Detroit
API
General Motors Corp
Chrysler Corp
American Motors
General Motors
Gerstenberg
Chrysler
Lynn A. Townsend
Rumsfeld
Townsend
Washington
UPI
Daniel Moore
U.S
Richard G. Kleindienst
U. S. District Court
Boston
Moore
Surety Bank & Trust Co
Wakefield
Mass
Massachusetts
Unopposed Florida Senators Form Aide Committee
Four unopposed Florida senators and a House member form a committee to aid Democrats in maintaining a Senate majority. The group plans to avoid primary battles while highlighting Democratic progress and opposing McGovern era shifts.
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Tallahassee
UPD
Senate
Curtis Petersen
Lakeland
Petersen
Robert Brannen
Nixon
Senate Committee
McGovern
Con
Sen
George L. Hollahan
Richard A. Pettigrew
Myers
South Dade County
GOP Reformers Lose Again At 1876 Convention Fight
GOP reformers fail to win broader delegate powers as the Republican National Committee upholds the conservative rules plan. The Tower Kemp drive would expand delegates but keep small-state advantage and bonuses for 1972 nominee supporters. Demonstrations erupt at the Fontainebleau Hotel as antiwar protesters clash with police during platform deliberations.
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Fontainebleau Hotel
GOP Platform Committee
PGDN
UPI
Miami Beach
UPD
Hixon
Republican National Committee
House
Frederick Lippitt
Rhode Islan
GOP
John G. Tower
Texas
Jack F. Kemp
New York
Robert Dole
Committee
Nixon
Tower-Kemp
National Committee
Paul N. McCloskey
California
Nixon-Agnew
Fontainebleau
Republican Platform Committee
North Vietnam
Rennie Davis
Jeff Nightbyrd
Shaun Whitehead
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Miami Beach Convention Hall
Okaloosa Digest
Playground Daily News Office
Parkway Baptist Church
Ne Your Freedom New
Treedam
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Walton
United Pres
WALP
Crestview
Y News
Arida Fabruary
Yolton Beosk
Suburro
Cartiey Dotty
Daly
Myrnoua
Kennedy Space Center
Richard C. Gerstenberg
Donald Rumsfeld
Cost of Living Council
Mike Thompson
South Dade
Monroe County
Welborn Daniel
Vermont
Jim Glisson
Eustis
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