Robert King High Dies in Heart Attack at 13
Robert King High, longtime Florida politician and reformer who campaigned as a voice for the little people, died of a heart attack in Doctors Hospital Coral Gables at 4 a.m. He was 13. High, who had waged five mayoral campaigns and two gubernatorial bids, had just criticized Gov. Claude Kirk over school funding.
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Aiken denounces Vietnam poll watchers in Vietnam
Senator Aiken denounces a White House observer group sent to monitor South Vietnam elections. He says the observers provoke humiliation for Vietnamese voters and criticizes the administration's war policy. Premier Tran Van Huong questions the observers as Saigon seeks election supervision.
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Park Bills Create New State Parks in Northwest Florida
Representative Sam Campbell announced the passage and signing into law of a bill creating Blackwater River State Park in Santa Rosa and Okaloosa counties and Basin Bayou State Park in Walton County. The measure funds development with 875000 for Blackwater River State Park and the Basin Bayou project, plus 30000 for Caladesi State Park and 30000 for Wekiva Springs Park, with additional 10000 for Osear Scherer Site Park.
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Sarasate Counts
Candidates for mayor speak at open meeting in Fort Walton Beach
Davis Shahid and Jack King plan attendance at an open house style event at the Pruith Community Center Tow Elbert Davis WS. Voters will hear the four candidates discuss issues as the first mayoral election in Fort Walton Beach approaches. An elementary school open house is scheduled for parents with times listed.
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Southeast to Gain Bigger Share of 1969 Road Funds
The Transportation Department released Senate briefings showing eight southeastern states will receive about 53 million more in federal highway apportionments for fiscal 1969. The interstate system dominates allocations with gains projected across Alabama Florida Georgia Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee and Virginia.
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Leaseholders Postpone Meeting on Okaloosa Island
Okaloosa Island Leaseholders Association postpones its regular monthly meeting due to Labor Day. The session will now be held in the conference room of the Okaloosa Island Authority building at 7:50 p.m. Monday.
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Crestview Mayor Closes Pound as Donor Withdraws Gift
Crestview mayor orders the closing of the town dog pound after an anonymous donor withdraws a $1,000 contribution. Elis Miller of the Pensacola Humane Society says funds are better used elsewhere and urges locking the pound until new facilities are built. The city plans to let dogs roam until a replacement is ready, complicating enforcement of the leash law.
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White House Reveals Plan for 2500-Unit Community
The White House announced a plan for a new community for 2500 residents on surplus federal property in Northeast Washington. A task force led by Law son R. Knott Jr. will survey lands nationwide for potential low and moderate income housing projects with a five to seven year completion target.
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UAW Leaders Reject Big Three Contract Offer
United Auto Workers president Walter P. Reuther and top union leaders rejected the three automakers plan to raise wages. The executive board pressed to name a strike target as the bargaining teams kept seeking a deal for 652,000 workers. The industry proposal offered about 2000 dollars per worker over three years.
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Arlene tropical storm forms in Atlantic no land threat foreseen
Forecasters track Arlene as a small tropical storm spawning 60 mph winds off the Atlantic. Officials say the system, moving west-northwest, is unlikely to affect the mainland for at least two days while Hurricane Center experts monitor its development. A Navy plane and satellite imagery aid the observations as Alma previously opened the season.
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Piper marks 11th anniversary with Playground Daily News
J M Piper, longtime columnist at the Playground Daily News, celebrates his eleventh year with the paper in a page 9 column. He is renowned in nursery and growing cues, and runs a private nursery on Eglin Parkway near Race Track Road.
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Death Strip Barrier Pushed For Vietnam
UPI reports American leaders push Pentagon to approve a 43 mile death strip barrier from Laos to the South China Sea to cut off troops and war supplies to North Vietnam. Viet Cong raid Quang Ngai jail freeing 977 prisoners as U.S. and allied airstrikes hit targets around Hanoi Haiphong and the DMZ region.
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Bruner appeals to Okaloosa teachers over mass resignations
School Superintendent Jax Bruner Jr urged Okaloosa County teachers not to resign en masse amid FEA calls. At Choctawhatchee Senior High School Bruner warned principals and staff that mass resignations would anger the public, stressing focus on student progress and county records.
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Editor refiles election suit against Gov Kirk
Apalachicola publisher J A Maloney filed an amended suit in Leon County Circuit Court charging Governor Claude Kirk with violating state election laws. The original complaint was dismissed for attempting to oust the governor by means outside the constitution. The amended filing adds claims including a charge that Kirk's campaign treasurer Jack Behringer showed 71000 in contributions never deposited in campaign depositories.
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Thousand Pinellas teachers resign over pay boost battle
In Clearwater AP report, about 1900 of Pinellas County's 3500 teachers resign in protest as the School Board weighs higher salaries. Deputy Superintendent Gus Sakkis confirms deliveries by Fred Cekan, association president, and Superintendent Dr. Thomas J. Southard says schools stay open. NEA offers job placement while district explores emergency staffing with two years of college credit.
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