Fort Walton Beach Man Charged With Sexual Battery
A Fort Walton Beach man, David McDonald, 27, was arrested by Okaloosa County deputies on one count of sexual battery involving a 16 year old girl. He is held in Fort Walton Beach City Jail pending arraignment after the incident at Elaine Street. The victim was found unconscious by her brother and an ambulance was summoned.
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Fort Walton Beach
Okaloosa County
David McDonald
Elaine Street
Oan
Miss Fort Walton Beach Crowned In 1977 Pageant
Andrea McMillian won Miss Fort Walton Beach 1977 from fifteen contestants at Fort Walton Beach High School. Mary Jennifer Bennett and Cynthis Marie Conradt were first and second runners up, with Miss Congeniality going to Miss Contact. McMillian receives a $250 scholarship an engraved trophy and sponsorship to Miss Florida in Orlando. She is daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry Kagsell.
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Andrea
McMillian
Eglin Tours Nears Final Day Of Summer Runs
Eglin summer tours conclude Tuesday after drawing more than 4,200 attendees. Sponsored by the Air Force and local Chambers of Commerce, the last bus will depart from the Eglin Chapel Three parking lot near the west gate at 12 30 p.m.
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Eglin
Air Force and
Area Chambers of Commerce
Eglin Chapel Three
West Pate
Political Forum Draws Local Officials and Candidates
A regional political forum featured incumbents and challengers across multiple offices. Participants included Clerk of the Circuit Court Mas Broner Jr alongside judges Jere Toltan and others, state House candidates, U S House hopefuls, and state officials such as Bill Gunter and John J Benton.
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Mas Broner Jr
Newman Buddy Brackin
Edward Neal
George Whitehurst
Jere Toltan
House of Representatives
Olivia Carter Elmore
Jim Howell
Bob McMillan
Ocie Mills
Tom Morton
Joe Prestey
Alan Robinson
James Ward
Ken Boles
Bill Manning
Jerry Melvin
U.S
Rufus ©. Shackelford
Florida
Firemen Hospitalized After Ocean City Home and RV Blaze
A $21,000 motor home owned by Gerald R. Logan burned on 515 Scott Lane and four Ocean City-Wright firefighters were treated at General Hospital of Fort Walton Beach for smoke inhalation heat exhaustion and fiberglass burns. A separate fire on Circle Drive destroyed a one story frame home owned by Mrs Dorothy MccClaney valued at $18,000 with over 60 percent damage under investigation by fire marshals and department officials.
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Gerald R. Logan
Scott Lane
Ocean City-Wright Fire Department
General Hospital
Fort Wallon Beach
Department
Ocean City-Wright
Dorothy MccClaney
Repairs Set For Critical Intersections In September
Three intersections labeled of critical importance by the State Department of Transportation will undergo repair or reconstruction in September. Beal Park way and Mary Esther Cutoff will start in early September and take about six weeks. Santa Rosa Boulevard and Highway 98 will be widened and rebuilt about ten weeks after contracts are set. Traffic signal synchronization on Eglin Parkway will begin with the projects and run for about four months.
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State Department of Transportation
Beal Parkway
Mary Esther
DOT
Allen Potter
Santa Rosa Boulevard
Highway 98
Potter
Eglin Parkway
Walton County Rally Erupts in Battery Attack
A Walton County rally at Freeport High School ended with Jimmy Melvin arrested for battery after an attack on former county commissioner Conley Martin while Martin spoke in support of Ken Boles. Investigators probe a late Thursday rape report near Santa Rosa Beach. two men allegedly abducted the 19 year old, leaving her in a remote area.
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Walton County
Charlie Glass
Walton County Sheriff's Department
Jimmy Melvin
Jerry Melvin
Freeport High School
Conley Martin
Glass
Marlin
Ken Boles
Martin
Daily News
Melvin
Santa Rosa Beach
South Walton Mosquito Control District Holds Budget Hearings
Vernon Bishop leads the South Walton County Mosquito Control District which runs the Santa Rosa Beach landfill and aims to curb pests. The district board of three meets biweekly and is funded by state and county taxes with public hearings scheduled for Tuesday Sept 7 at the south county offices.
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South Walton County
South County
Santa Rosa Beach
Vernon KR. Bishop
Bishop
Cremated murder victim amid budget squeeze in Okanogan
Okanogan County prosecutor Jerry McCormick said an unidentified murder victim was cremated due to a $1,200 annual autopsy budget. He noted previous cases lacked autopsies and estimated the cause of death as drowning.
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Okanogan
Wash
Okanagan County
Jerry McCormick
McCormick
American Party
U S Forces to Join European Exercises in Germany
U S Army Europe and U S Air Force Europe plan joint field drills with Germany Canada Belgium as part of Gordian Shield and Lares Team to run Sept 7 17 in Bavaria and Hesse under V Corps VII Corps. Major U S Airborne and Ranger units to participate with NATO air support and central Europe coverage.
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Eglin Afb
U.S. Army, Europe
Uasreur
U.S Air Force Europe
GSAFE
U.S. European Command
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Hessen
Gordian Shield
Lares
V Corps
VII Corps
Germany
Canada
Belgium
61St Airborne Division
Ranger
75Th
Fantry
Europe
U.S
NATO
Allied Air Forces
Central Europe
Kassel
Fulda
Giessen
Aschaffenburg
Cadenhead Faces New Tax Evasion Charges in Pensacola Court
Rhett I. Cadenhead the Okaloosa County Tax Assessor is to be tried in federal court in Pensacola on income tax evasion charges. He allegedly withheld about $100,000 from the 1969 1970 and 1971 tax returns while serving a prison sentence for embezzlement.
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Okaloosa
Rhett I. Cadenhead
Pensacola
Cadenhead
Berrydale
Marchers Rally Against Bus Desegregation in Louisville
About 1,200 opponents of court ordered busing marched in downtown Louisville four days before the second year of a federally imposed desegregation plan. Speakers tied busing to communism and called for new political leadership while police kept order without incidents.
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Louisville
Jack Shore
Union Labor
Shore
Federal Building
James F. Wathen
Lamd
Heck
Wis
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