Okaloosa Youths Lift College Enrollment and Costs
Okaloosa County families face higher college bills as nationwide survey shows 85 percent of 1200 colleges raising tuition and fees. Local estimates project a $7,672,000 burden for next year with about 2,740 students from the area attending state and private institutions and private colleges averaging $2,672 in median costs.
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Okaloosa
Okaloosa County
Life Insurance Agency Management Association
Department of Commerce
BOK
Okaloosa Digest Hens to Appear in Playground Daily News
Okaloosa Digest notices must be submitted in writing to the Playground Daily News office by the representing organizations. Telephone submissions are not accepted.
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Playground Daily News
Playground Boat Club announces monthly meetings and Sunday cruise
The Playground Area Boat Club meets on the first and third Tuesday monthly. A Sunday cruise is planned for local waters. For information call 243-0842 or 678.2381. The Vitreettes Bowling League meets 7:30 am Wednesday at the Playground Owling Center.
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Playground Area Boat Club
Vitreettes
Playground Owling Center
Atl Ineterested Vitro
Newcomers Club Luncheon Hosted at Coronado Motel
The Miracle Strip Newcomers Club hosts September luncheon at the Coronado Motel. Social hour at 12:30, lunch at 11:30. Guest speaker Mrs. Iris Baughman of the Fort Walton Beach Chamber of Commerce. Reservations by Tuesday noon at 885-2017 or 24-084. cost is $2.50. All newcomers invited.
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Miracle Strip
Coronado Motel
Ris Baughman
Fort Walton Beach
Small U.S. towns lose population over decade report
Census findings show 79 incorporated towns with 25 or fewer residents and 116 such places in 1970. North Dakota had the most with 17 shrinking towns, and four towns including Ironton Idaho Lost River Idaho Lakeside Colorado and Lidotta Iowa became extinct as populations vanished.
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Washington
Lost River
Idaho
Lakeside
Ironton
Colo
Ridetta
Iowa
Deensus Bureau
U.S
Census Bureau
North Dakota
Wit
Bureau
Cole
Cola
Lidotta
Towa
Wallace blasts busing and Nixon in 1972 bid
Wallace tells 1,000 supporters that Nixon must honor 1968 commitments and stop busing, criticizing Nixon's China visit as a colossal mistake. He suggests United Nations seating for China and emphasizes the busing issue as the central 1972 campaign theme. Separate TV interviews feature Stans, Woodcock, and Hodgson.
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Wallace
Nixon
China
Cuba
United Nations
Stans
CHS
Fee the Nation
Woodcock
NBC
Meet the Press
Hodgson
ABC
Issues and Answers
Ingleek
Meany
Afl-Cio
Organized Labor
Man Called Evil Charged With Death of Migrant Trio
Driggs Idaho authorities charged Michael Rempage and Joyce Turner with first degree murder in the deaths of three Mexican American brothers and a cousin. A town marshal was wounded when subduing Rempage as the group hid in a car near the Grand Tetons. Richard de Luna survived after a bullet to the head. In separate Fort Walton Beach incident three youths extinguished a woods fire behind a middle school.
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Driggs
Idaho
UPI
Teton County
California
Alden Stevens
Michael Wren Rempage
Sacramento
Calif
Joyce Diane Turner
Elko
Nev
Texas
Ruben de Luna
Antonio
Robert
Richard de Luna
Melvin Jones
Rempage
Jones
de Luna
Bonneville County
Idaho Falls
Grand Teton Mountains
Kitchener Head
Fort Walton Beach
Max Bruner Jr
Sheriff opposes strings on federal grant for deputies
Crestview Okaloosa County Sheriff Ray Wilson says he has not been contacted about hiring two deputies under a federal grant that would cover 90 percent of costs for 21 local positions. He warns of federal strings and insists local self government should guide decisions, though he would follow the people's will if they demand the hires.
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Crestview
Okaloosa County
Ray Wilson
Hirng
Wilson
Congress
Law Enforcement Assistance Agency
Washing
D.C
Commission
Contractors to Face City Officials On Sanitation Pond Flood
Two Fort Walton Beach contractors, A. J. Weldon and L. F. Sullivan, seek settlement for about $20,000 in front end loaders damaged when a sanitation pond burst a restraining wall into Gibson's sand pit Friday. City crews recovered the gear Saturday as officials discussed responsibility and repairs. The pit remains unusable until dry conditions return after the wall was rebuilt.
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Wright
Fort Walton Beach
Gibson
A. J. Weldon
L. F. Sullivan
Vandalism Reported at Fort Walton Beach Shrine Club
Fort Walton Beach police report vandalism at the Shrine Club building under construction at Carol Drive and the Mary Es ther Cutoff. The incident, likely Thursday, involved shattered windows a removed board and tossed bottles. Footprints suggest boys about eight, with a German Shepherd seen nearby. one boy in a black ball club T shirt could be identified. Earlier weeks saw cars sprayed with paint in the same area.
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Fort Walton Beach
Shrine Club
Carol Drive
Mary Esther Cutoff
William C. Ticks
Keel Services Set For Gilbert G. Keel
Funeral services for Gilbert G. Keel aged 19 are set for 4 p.m. today at McLoughlin Mortuary Chapel with Rev. Talmdge Smith officiating. Burial will be at Boal Memorial Cemetery. Survivors include wife Janette Keel three daughters Marguarite Kathy and Iisa all of Fort Walton Beach and three sons Charles Robert and Sammy also of Fort Walton Beach. Also surviving are his parents Mr and Mrs Charles Keel and sister Mrs Pat Bryant of Fort Walton Beach. Active pallbearers include Jim Andrews Johnny Strickland Bob Shura C C White P C Alford and Jim Boles. Members of SPCO Lodge No 1795 Fort Walton Beach will serve as honorary pallbearers. McLaughlin Mortuary in charge.
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Gilbert G. “Gibby
Keel
McLoughlin Mortuary
Talmdge Smith
Boal Memorial Cemetery
Keeel
Pensacola
Janette Keel
Marguarite Keel
Kathy Keel
Iisa Coughenour
Fort Watton Beach
Charles Keel
Robert Keel
Sammy Coughenour
Fort Walton Beach
Fort Walton Beach Man Charged With Assault and Battery
Fred Ousley Jr., 44 Carson Dr Apt 9, put on 156 bond after Fort Walton Beach Police arrested him Saturday morning on assault and battery charges filed by Elizabeth Jackson of 44 Carson Dr Apt 5B. Jackson reported visible head and facial injuries. Trial set for Sept 15.
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Fort Walton Beach
Fred Ousley Jr
Carson
Injured Persons Improve After Weekend Crestview Accidents
In Crestview four people were hurt in two weekend crashes. Robert Lee Foley of Eglin Air Force Base was treated and released. Warren Whitaker Bethal Crouch and Dexter Crouch were taken to Okaloosa Memorial Hospital. Whitaker faced charges of excessive speed and reckless driving.
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Crestview
Okaloosa Memorial Hospital
Egiin Afb
Robert Lee Foley
USAF
Eglin
Warren Whitaker
Bethal
Dexter Crouch
Bethal Crouch
Sikes
Whitaker
Marvin Bass
Foley
Chestnut and
James Streets
Niceville Council to Hear Bulkhead Plans and Annexation
Niceville officials schedule a 7:30 p.m. special session to hear complaints on bulkhead lines along Swift Creek east of Niceville. The DOT seeks bulkhead approval for SR 20 four-laning from Niceville-Valparaiso to Rocky Bayou, while another item covers annexing a 142 acre tract off Valparaiso Boulevard developed by Sohn Development Company.
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Niceville
Swift Creek
State Department of Transportation
DOT
Niceville-Valparaiso
Rocky Bayou
Valparaiso Boulevard
Soin Development Company
County Commission Welcomes Fort Walton Hospital Plan
County officials defend the proposed privately run Fort Walton Beach hospital on Rasco Road as a potential boon for taxpayers. They anticipate a 60 day reorganization of the system, plan talks with federal officials, and promise audits to fix a $14,000 ledger discrepancy at the Fort Walton Beach Hospital.
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Guy Middleton
Fort Walton Beach
Commission
Dan Merrill
Dee Parkton
Rasceback Road
Merrill
South Okaloosa
Hhe Commission
Lillie
Parkton
Nas
Merril
Audi
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