Makarios Calls For Pull-Out Of All Greek Turkish Troops
President Makarios urged complete withdrawal of Greek and Turkish forces from Cyprus and UN Security Council action to bar military intervention. He welcomed Thant proposal for demilitarization and expanded UN Peace Force with safeguards for Cyprus sovereignty.
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Makarios
United Nations, N.Y
Cyprus
U.N
U.N. Security Council
U Thant
Greece
Turkey
Isand
Mediterranean
Constantine Kollias
Suleyman Demirel
Athens
Ankara
United Nations
Security Council
Demirel
Thant
County Judge Audit Finds Four Corrections Needed
County Judge Joe Livingston faces immediate corrective steps after a comprehensive audit of the County Judge's Office covering January 5 1965 to March 31 1967. The report notes nonbonded license agents insufficient reporting and incorrect retirement deductions under Florida law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Livingston
Florida
DeFuniak Springs Girl Missing Three Weeks
Barbara Ann Harrah, 20, of 212 College Ave DeFuniak Springs, has been missing about three weeks. She left for Fort Walton Beach to work in a hospital and has not been seen since. She is 5 foot 7 inches, 160 to 170 pounds, dark brown hair, brown eyes, and limps in her right leg. Contact Fort Walton Beach Police Detective Division with any information.
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DeFuniak Springs
College Ave
Barbara Ann Harrah
Fort Walton Beach
Barbara
Carol Bearden
Carol
Choctawhatchee High School
Pat Grant
Metro form of government discussed by Fort Walton Beach official
Fort Walton Beach City Manager Winston Walker told 400 ninth graders that a metro county system could replace existing city and county governments. He cited examples in Montreal, Jacksonville, Miami and Nashville and called tax duplication a key issue while noting political hurdles in dissolving current offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Okaloosa
Fort Walton Beach
Winston Walker
Walker
Montreal
Jacksonville
Miami
Nashville
W. C. Pryor
Glenn
Peterson
County Court Hears 4 Cases in December Session
Crestview four cases heard by County Judge Joe Livingston in December session. Jerry Edge pled guilty to assault and battery and display of weapons. sentence due this morning. Bill McClanahan found not guilty of driving while intoxicated. Corbett Wilkinson pleaded guilty to failing to yield. sentence withheld. William L. Harrison not tried due to Alabama transfer for grand larceny. James Arthur Caine guilty of obtaining a driver’s license while suspended. sentence withheld.
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Crestview
Joe Livingston
Jerry Edge
Bill McClanahan
Eglin
Alabama
James Arthur Caine
Cinco Bayou Swears In New City Officers
Cinco Bayou city officers will be sworn in at the council meeting in Town Hall on Kelly Avenue. City Attorney Fred Estergren will administer the oaths to Mayor Ronald Gibson Clerk Irene Ealsley Councilman Edward Laritz Councilman Iva Booher and Marshall L F Dis haroon. The regular monthly meeting starts at 7 30 p m.
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Cinco Bayou City
Kelly Avenue
Fred Estergren
Ronald Gibson
Irene E. Ealsley
Edward Laritz
Iva Booher
Marshall L.F. Disharoon
Allies In Bitter River Battle Trap Slay 235 Viet Cong
American and Vietnamese troops fought a day long battle in the Mekong Delta killing at least 235 Viet Cong. The action near the Cuu Long River and Ruong Canal left 13 Americans dead and 128 wounded with支 artillery aircraft and helicopters supporting the swing.
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Bitter River
Saigon
UPS
Mekong
U.S
U.S. 9Th Infantry Division
5Th Marine
Cuu Long River
Ruong Canal
Jong
Delta
Dong Nai River
Central Highlands
Dak
Bu Dop
Bu Doc
Osburn
North Vietnam
Long Binh
Valparaiso Voters Urged to Register Before Saturday
Five days remain for Valparaiso residents to register to vote in the January 9 1968 city election for mayor and three commissioners. Books close at noon Saturday December 9 and reopen two weeks after the vote. To qualify voters must be 21 US citizens and Florida residents for one year with six months in Valparaiso prior to election. Candidates could file through December 30 noon at City Hall with City Clerk Doyt Richardson.
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Valparaiso
United States
Florida
John Bruce Arnold
David Kinlaw
Joel] Richardson
Clark T. Browning
Major
George W. Mitchell
Doyt Richardson
Mary Esther Council Plans League Meeting on Okaloosa Island
The Mary Esther City Council completed plans for the Okaloosa League of Municipalities quarterly meeting to be co hosted by Mary Esther and Laurel Hill. The event will be Wednesday December 20 at the Elk's Club on Okaloosa Island with cocktails at 6 30 and dinner at 7 20.
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Mary Esther
Mary Esther City
Okaloosa
Laurel Hill
Elk’s Club
Okaloosa Island
Philippine to curb smuggling from U.S. bases
Manila authorities announced a crackdown on untaxed goods smuggled from U.S. military bases in the Philippines. A government committee said imported cigarettes and other high value items were being moved out of the bases without paying taxes.
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Manila
UPI
U.S
Philippines
Stab Victim In Hospital In Crestview
Crestview police investigate a Sunday stabbing of Horace Leslie at 658 W Edney Ave and vandalism to two cars. Leslie was taken to Okaloosa Memorial Hospital in fair condition with knife wounds. Mrs Leslie confined briefly on drunkenness charge. No assault charge filed yet. Damaged cars in Shalimar area also reported with slashed tires and shattered rear windows. Authorities investigate with help from the County Sheriff's Office.
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Mary Ann O'Connell
Crestview
Horace Leslie
W. Edney Ave
Crestview City
Leslie
Okaloosa Memorial Hospital
William J. Latham
Arly
Donald Wayne
Route 1
Meigs Dr
Shalimar
Walnut St
Gerald Huckabe
Kembron
Ala
Wayne's
Latham
Wallace For President Meeting Scheduled
Wallace for President supporters have scheduled a public meeting at 7 20 p m Wednesday. The gathering will be in the Fort Walton Beach Elks Club lodge room and aims to mobilize residents in support of the Wallace campaign. Local chairman J Holley Rogers announced the event and urged attendance.
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Wallace
Fort Walton
Beach
Missing Heifer Flees Into Fort Walton Beach Swamp
A 400 pound black heifer owned by E L Thomason escaped from a pen behind his drilling company in Wright, Fort Walton Beach, and led police and humane society officers on a three hour hunt through the Belaire Shopping Center area swampy underbrush before being recaptured. The animal arrived from Walton County and vanished after a neighbor reported the pen empty. Authorities, including Driscoll Oglesby, chief sheriff investigator, and J D Jackson and Rusty Smith of the humane society, tracked the runaway with Oglesby on horseback.
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John O'Connor
China Shop
Brooks Plaza
Fort Walton Beach
Humane Society
E. L. Thomason
Mary Esther
Thomason
Rickey Rd
Wright
Walton County
Justice
Belaire
Driscoll Oglesby
Okaloosa County
Sheriff’s Office
J. D. Jackson
Rusty Smith
Oglesby
E. L. Tomason
Okaloosa
O'Conner
Kinney to Speak on Eglin AFB Impact at Chamber
Maj. Gen. Andrew J. Kinney will address the Niceville Valparaiso Chamber of Commerce at 8 am at the Old Hickory Restaurant on John Sims Parkway Niceville. He will discuss housing salaries and the economic aspects of Eglin AFB and its link to the local community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eglin Afb
Andrew J. Kinney
Koffee Klatch
Niceville-Valparaiso
Gen. Kinney
Georgia bank robbed by lone gunman in Luthersville
A tall thin man wearing a red white and blue ski stocking over his face robbed the Luthersville Banking Co just before 3 pm taking about $10 000. Sheriff roadblocks and a Fayetteville gunfire exchange followed as the suspect fled north in a light green station wagon toward Georgia 54. Bank cashier Elizabeth Reid described the holdup and the suspect carried a chromium plated revolver.
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Luthersville, Ga
UPI
Luthersville Banking Co
Coweta
Meriwether County
Georgia
Georgia 54
Fayetteville
Jimmy Nesmith
Elizabeth Reid
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Vietnam
Lockheed
California
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