Miss Teenage America crowned in Fort Worth pageant
Rena Collette Walsh, 17, representing Los Angeles and a native of Sydney, Australia, was crowned Miss Teenage America in Fort Worth. She thanked her Anaheim, California roots and family who have lived across the South Pacific, as the new queen receives a $10,000 college scholarship, 50 shares of stock, and a year of travel. First alternate Stephanie Lynn Kuller of Omaha earned $3,000, second Patrice Diane King of Pittsburgh $2,000, and third Michel Lee McCabe of Minneapolis $1,000.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Rena Collette Walsh
Los Angeles
Debbie Patton
Odessa
Sydney
Australia
Richard Marasco
Anaheim
Calif
Tena
South Pacific
Hye
Stephanie Lynn Kuller
Omaha
Neb
Pittsburgh
Patrice Diane King
Michel Lee McCabe
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Rewa
Requirements for Okaloosa Digest Submissions
Organizations must deliver written notices to the Playground Daily News office for publication. PGIDN staff cannot accept items over the phone. Representing representatives must present notices in person to ensure inclusion.
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Playground Daily News
PGIDN
Okaloosa County Lunch Menu Highlights Today
The Okaloosa County School lunch menu for today features cheeseburgers and french fries with sliced tomato on lettuce leaf, devil's food cake, buns, butter and milk.
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Okaloosa County
Island Leaseholders Monthly Meeting and PTO Program
Okaloosa Island Leaseholder Association meets tonight at 7 30 p m in the Okaloosa Island Authority Building. A PTO meeting follows Tuesday at 7 p m in the Elliott Point Elementary School cafeteria with a musical program by fourth to sixth grade students after a brief business session.
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Okaloosa Island Leaseholder Association
Okaloosa Island Authority
Elliott Point
Southwest Okaloosa civic and fire association meeting rundown
The Southwest Okaloosa County Civic Association holds its regular meeting Thursday at 7 p.m. in Seashore Village community center with the new executive board presenting plans and soliciting recommendations for area projects. Immediately after, the Southwest Okaloosa County Volunteer Fire Department meets at the same venue. The Eglin Yacht Club Christmas Party for members only is Saturday December 12 at 7 30 p.m. with free food and music. reservations 651 1964.
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Southwest
Eglin Yacht Club
Last Word chat on TV stars and trivia
Readers debate showbiz questions from Ruth Buzzi to Jeff Donnell and Danny Thomas. Notes correct ages and origins. clarifications include Cif Arquette’s birth year, Danny Thomas’s heritage, and Agnes Moorehead’s wardrobe role on Bewitched.
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Ruth Buzzi
Rowan and Martin
Dom DeLuise
G.M
Ruth
Dom
Carol Burnett
Caterina Valente
John Davidson
Charlie Weaver
G. Greenhalgh
Cif Arquette
Charlie
Toledo
Ohio
Pakistan Electorate Hopes For Military Rule Ouster
In Karachi voters face a first general election with hopes to replace the army. The 313 seat assembly will craft a civilian constitution after 19 months of martial rule. Anger over floods and a deadly cyclone influenced turnout as parties contest East and West seats amid martial law.
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Pakistan
Karachi
Ayub Khan
Agha Mohammad Yahya Khan
Mar. Haltaw
East
Assembly
Awami League
East Pakistan
People’s Party
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Sind
Bhutto
Leutenants
Yahya
Ke Bhutto
Sheik Mujib Arrehman
West
Mujib
Cambodian General Says Local Forces Need Weapons Not Vietnam Aid
Brig. Gen. Sostene Fernandez, commander of 30,000 Cambodian troops in Military Region 2, argues that with sufficient arms his forces would be better off without South Vietnamese help. He cites South Vietnamese troops raping, destroying, looting pagodas, and beating monks, which alienates Cambodians and aids communist fighters. The report notes ongoing clashes near Kampong Cham with high casualties on both sides as Phnom Penh seeks to curb Vietnamese involvement.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Sostene Fernandez
Fernandez
Saigon
South Vietnam
Kampong Cham
Pream Chikang
Vietnam GIs Get Early Christmas Flight Home
About 200 soldiers and families cheer early Christmas as a new policy doubles leave to two weeks for Vietnam veterans. The first of 10 charter flights, arranged by United Service Club, landed in Oakland and connected to Chicago and New York, with reunions unfolding as families learned of surprise arrivals.
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Associated Press
Vietnam
Continental
United States
Mary Dunkel
Air Force
Tony Dunkel
Oakland
Calif
Far East
Hawaii
Trans International Airways
Chicago
New York
United Service Club
Mrs. Dunkel
Pasdald
Harry Goodknight
MacFarlan
Defense Lawyer Vanishes in Tate Case Shocks Court
Los Angeles AP reports Ronald Hughes, 35, a defense attorney for Sharon Tate murder trial defendant Leslie Van Houten, disappeared more than a week ago in Los Padres National Forest near Sespe Hot Springs. A large sheriff search finds no trace while a new attorney takes over and the trial stalls on 18,000 pages of transcripts.
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Los Angeles
Sharon Tate
Ronald Hughes
Sespe Hot Springs
Los Padres National Forest
Hughes
Leslie van Houten
Miss Houten
Attorny
Tate
Minor Blazes Reported By City Fire Department
Fire crews responded to two incidents on Okaloosa Island and Ferry Avenue Fort Walton Beach. A grass fire near Surf Dweller Motel and Sandman Apartments was likely started by burning coal dumped by campers and was put out by residents before firefighters arrived. A second fire at E S Ayecock 131 Ferry Ave N involved a stove grease flare that caused about 25 dollars in damage to the range hood and cabinets.
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Fort Walton Beach
Surf Dweller
Sandman
Okaloosa Island
E.S. Ayecock
Ferry Ave
POW MIA Commemorative Stamps On Sale At Fort Walton Beach
POW MIA commemorative stamps for prisoners of war and missing in action are on sale at the Fort Walton Beach Post Office. Eglin AFB Post Office will begin selling after Christmas stamps sell out. The POW MIA Christmas card remains available briefly, with a cutoff date soon to ensure delivery for the holidays. Orders for the cards may be placed by calling 242-8196 until the cutoff is announced.
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Gary Partin
Vitra Press
Fort Walton Beach
Spanish Basque prisoner testifies of torture at Burgos trial
Jesus Abrizqueta Corta, 21, the youngest defendant in the Burgos terror trial, testified that police beat and tortured him after entering a Bilbao home on April 9, 1969. He said he was held nine days, then 22 days in solitary, and that the confession about dynamite was forced.
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Burgos
Spain
Jesus Abrizqueta Corta
Abrizqueta
ETA
Eugene Bethi
Bethi
Carlos Granada Mezquita
Bilbao
Marlo Onaindis
Onaindia
Navy Secretary Chafee Gathers Oil Spill Data
Navy Secretary John Chafee met with investigators at Mayport Naval Base to gather facts on the Florida coast oil spill. Aboard the fleet, the barge discharges created a 1,000 square mile slick. winds and seas spread it east toward the open Atlantic. Officials disputed earlier oil figures and said current data show about 20,000 gallons discharged with remnants still drifting offshore.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Secretary of the Navy
John Chafee
Navy
Florida
Chafee
Mayport Naval Base
Senate Public Works
Washington
Mayport
Atlantic
Johnny Come
Chaffee
Daniel Smith Jr
Key West
Lawrence Heyworth
Fleet Air Operations
Smith
Patrol
Mayor and student save children from blaze in Omaha
Mayor Eugene Leahy and Creighton University dental student Al Snyder caught three children as they jumped from a second floor window during a blaze next to the mayor's home in 15 degree weather. The grandfather walked to ground unharmed. Fire chief estimated damage at least 12000 dollars.
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Omaha
Neb
Eugene Leahy
Creighton University Dental
Lawrence Wiedmaier
al Snyder
Deborah Wiedmaier
River Rats Highlight Choctawhatchee Snagging Need
River Rats took dignitaries from three counties on a Jolley Bay voyage to view snagged Choctawhatchee River sections. Commodore Paul Roberts hosted a Jolley Bay barbecue after the trip as officials plan a December 17 meeting to resume the desnagging project, halted amid Walton County opposition.
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Caryville
Jolley Bay
Chamber of Commerce
River Rats
Paul Roberts
Roberts
Choctawhatchee River
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