Pope Paul VI Opens Mass at Randwick in Australia
Pope Paul VI addressed about 200000 at Randwick race track warning wealthier Australia risks losing its moral and spiritual dimension. He urged an examination of conscience and cautioned against self centered hedonism as he celebrated a mass for James Cook's landing with Aborigines present.
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Sydney
Australia
Paul VI
Randwick
Pope Paul
Capt
James Cook
Cook
Okaloosa Digest Notices From Local Office
Local notices for the Okaloosa Digest appear through the Playground Daily News office. Notices are submitted by representatives of organizations seeking publication and must be processed by PODN staff before appearing in print.
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Okaloosa
Playground Daily
Whtte
PODN
Representa
Okaloosa County Lunch Menu and Local Meetings
Today's local menu features fried chicken whipped potatoes English peas jello parfait whole wheat rolls butter and milk. Rotary Club meets at noon at the Sheraton Miramar with Paul Turner from the Public Services Commission as guest speaker. Miracle Strip Charity Bowl Committee to honor 20 Miss Miracle Strip Bowl Queen contestants at a 3 30 p.m. tea at the Ramada Inn.
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Okaloosa County
Rotary Club
Sheraton Miramar Motor Inn
Paul Turner
Public Services Commission
State of Florida
Ramada Inn
MeLsach
Bonnie Brunckmann
Playground Corvette Club Meets At Preston Hood Chevrolet
The bi monthly meeting of the Playground Corvette club is set for 6 30 tonight at Preston Hood Chevrolet. All members and Corvette enthusiasts are invited to attend. A Holiday Isle Leaseholders meeting follows on Sunday December 6 at 4 p m at La Chapelle's Restaurant 506 Star Route Holiday Isle per J H La Chapelle president of the Leaseholders Association.
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Valparaiso
Bayou Sailing Club
Lincoln Park
Playground Corvette Club
Preston Hood Chevrolet
Holiday Isle
la Chapelle
J.H. la Chapelle
Eglin Yacht Club Christmas Party For Members Only
The Eglin Yacht Club hosts a members only Christmas Party on Saturday December 12 at 7 30 p m with free food and music Reservations are requested by calling 651 1964
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Eglin Yacht Club
Lynn Anderson’s Hee Haw ties to Liz Anderson lineage
The note links Lynn Anderson of Hee Haw to Liz Anderson, suggesting family ties in country music. It mentions Liz Anderson’s daughter JL A Sao and claims Casey Anderson as Liz’s father, highlighting a tradition of country music lineage.
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Lynn Anderson
Hee Haw
Liz Anderson
JL. A. Sao
Casey Anderson
Lynn
Cambodian Troops Launch New Drive Near Phnom Penh
Cambodian troops pushed from a blocking position 20 miles north of Phnom Penh led by a battalion trained in South Vietnam. They cleared Prek Khdam ferry on the Tonle Sap River amid resistance from North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces. B52 bombers hit the Mekong Delta’s U Minh Forest, a Viet Cong stronghold, in a rare delta strike following intelligence on Viet Cong activity.
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Saigon
Phnom Penh
South Vietnam
Lon Nol
Prek Khdam
Tonle Sap
Phnom Penh Prek
Khdam
U.S
Cambodia
Betheny
Mekong
U Minh
Jong
An Xuyen
Delta
U Minh Forest
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laos
Decision Due Soon On Island Authority Suit
A Florida circuit court judge said a ruling on the suit between Oka loosa Island Authority and the county commission over abolishing the island board will come "in the near future." County attorney Jere Tolton pressed for speed, noting a parallel case in Tallahassee may influence the local decision.
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Okaloosa Island Authority
County Commission
Circuit Court
William Frye
Playground Daily News
Jere Tolton
Commission
Frye
Tallahassee
Escambia County Commission
Escambia County Civil Service Board
Civil Service Board
Island Authority
Escambia
County Commission-Island Authority
Birch Painting Judged Best
The first county wide junior high art show opened Tuesday at the Eglin National Bank with ninth grade entries. Mike Birch of Fort Walton Beach Junior High won first with an original SUI Life painting. Terry Kouder of Meigs Junior High took second with a wall hanging Eve. Judge Clyde Jackson of Choctawhatchee High and bank president A L Nabors pinned the ribbons.
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Eglin National Bank
Mike Birch
Fort Walton Beach
SUI Life
Terry Kouder
tEve
Meigs
Clyde Jackson
Choctawhatchee High School
A.L. Nabors
Mayors Denied Access by Hanoi on POW Talks
Two Virginia mayors Ann Kilgore of Hampton and J W Hornsby of Newport News were refused entry to the Hanoi mission while carrying petitions signed by 115000 people seeking an accounting of prisoners and humane treatment. They planned to retry contact the next day as a 38 pound suitcase and letters from families were left behind. Amb. David K E Bruce spoke at a Paris peace talks news conference later.
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Paris
Virginia
U.S
North Vietnam
Ann Kilgore
Hampton
J.W. Hornsby
Newport News
Hanoi
Kilgore
Halson
New York
David K.E. Bruce
Twin Cities Plan Memorial Services
VALPARAISO The Nice ville Valparaiso Chamber of Commerce plans a short memorial service for Pearl Harbor Day on Monday. The service is dedicated to the men of the armed services who gave their lives on December 7 1941. Local residents who were at Pearl Harbor Hickam Field or the Honolulu area on that date are asked to contact Jack Jenkins at 678-2114.
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Valparaiso
Niceville-Valparaiso
Labor Unions Speculate On Rejoining AFL-CIO
Washington based sources report strong talk that the Teamsters and Auto Workers may rejoin the AFL-CIO within a year, uniting most major unions under one umbrella for the first time in 15 years. Factors include unity against the Nixon administration, Walter Reuther’s death, and Hoffa’s legal fate affecting Teamsters leadership.
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Washington
Teamsters and
Auto Workers
Afl-Cio
Hitches
White House
Nixon
Walter Reuther
George Meany
Reuther
Leonard Woodcock
Meany
Teamsters
Frank E. Fitzsimmons
James R. Hoffa
Fitzsimmons
Hoffa
Strorn
International Emicat
Workers
Alliance For Labor ‘Action
Teamsters and Auto Workers
Chemical Workers
Teamsters-Auto Workers Alliance
Las Vegas
New Auto Workers
Oil Threatens Underwater Park in Key Largo Chain
An oil spill from a 75 mile long slick off the Florida Keys moved toward John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park threatening the continental United States only living coral reef. The spill traced to the stern of a southbound Italian vessel the Gelesine with wind conditions dictating the evolving danger to marine life and offshore reefs.
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Key Largo
Fla
Forida Keys
Continental
United States
Keys
Marathon
John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park
Harmon Shields
Marine Resources Division
Florida Department of Natural Resources
Red Abel
Islamorada
Upper Matecombe Key
Alligator
Abe
Shields
Coast Guard
Mecca
Miami
Key West
Israeli Patrol Sinks Egyptian Motorboat
TEL AVIV AP An Egyptian motorboat on a nighttime intelligence and smuggling mission was sunk by an Israeli patrol boat in the northern Suez gulf near the Israeli held shore just south of the Suez Canal. All four Egyptian crewmen were killed and documents found on one body indicated intelligence work and hashish smuggling. The incident is the first on the Egyptian front since the August cease fire and may reflect covert exchanges through the area.
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Tel Aviv
Suez Gulf
Middle East
Gulf
Suez Canal
Ransackers Go to Jury in Selective Service Case
A federal judge sent the case of eight defendants to a 12 member jury. The six men and six women will decide on eight people accused of raiding Selective Service FBI and U.S. attorney offices. Judge Burke warned good motives do not excuse the actions. Some defendants said they broke in to protest the war in Vietnam.
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Rochester
N.Y
Selective Service
FBI
U.S. Attorney’s
Harold P. Burke
U.S. District Court
Vietnam
POW MIA Christmas Card Sales Rapid Nationwide Uptick
Vitro Press in Fort Walton Beach reports POW MIA Christmas cards selling at a fast pace since production began in November. About 125 000 cards have sold across 43 states and Puerto Rico, with orders daily and a near future cutoff date to ensure Christmas delivery. The card features two children and a message urging letters to Hanoi to help POWs and MIAs, with 1600 men still prisoner or missing in Southeast Asia.
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Southeast Asia
Gary Partin
Vitro Press
Fort Walton Beach
Vitro
Partin
Puerto Rico
Maxine McCaffrey
la Canada
Calif
Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Ton Due Thang
Hanoi
Hussein Will Seek U S Aid Funds From United States
King Hussein of Jordan travels on a fund raising tour to press the United States for aid as Israel faces pressure. He aims to secure nonmilitary and military support totaling well over current U S figures and plans to meet President Nixon in Washington. The king urges heavy U S pressure on Israel for a negotiated peace and withdraw from occupied Arab lands.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Hussein
Jordan
United States
Israel
Nixon
Middle East
America
Jerusalem
Amman
Saudi Arabia
Feisul
Cairo
Britain
Washington
France
Germany
Hey
U.S
Nasser
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Okaloosa Digest
Bayou
Methodist Men’s Club
Niceville
First United Methodist Church of
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Niceville- Valparaiso Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Okaloosa-Walton Junior College Chorus
John Leatherwood
Ewga Meeting
Annette P. Edwins
Corvette Club
Holiday Isle Leaseholders
Eglin Yacht Club Party
Your Freedom
Florida
Freedom
Eglin Parkway
Ft. Walton Beach
Vox Malierar
Polt Walled
Associated United Press
Crestview
Miceville
Wna
Mol
Obie
Adecare
FHI
Bomiy Ilmay
DIN
Sumida
Grip
Gmay
Aydt Bureov
Crrevlancn
Twin Cities Plan Memorial Services
Alliance
Hofta
Selective Service Office
Pow-Mia
Civil Air Patrol
U.S. Air Force Association
Ariington
Red River Rats
River Rats
Patchogue
U. S
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