Jaycees Seek Food Cash Gifts for Christmas Project
Jaycees Operation Christmas aims to aid 125 families in Fort Walton Beach area with more than 5 000 pounds of food 7 000 toys and over 1 000 dollars in cash. The drive requests local names from the Chamber of Commerce to avoid duplication and spread holiday aid to eight child families and others in need.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa
Fort Walton Beach
The
Jaycees
Greater
Comedeg Toys
Robbins
Fort Walton
Harvey
Ruby Too Ill For Retrial As Cancer Spreads
Dallas AP Jack Ruby is too ill with advanced cancer to face a February retrial for the slaying of Lee Harvey Oswald, doctors say. A biopsy found a cancerous lymph node near his neck indicating spread from elsewhere. The hospital reports Ruby is free of pain and eating well after chest fluid drainage but his prognosis remains unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
Jack Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
Ruby
Fires Caused by Sparklers and Smoking In Fort Walton
Fireworks and careless smoking caused two fires in Fort Walton Beach Saturday and Friday. A utility shed at Donald F. Kercher’s home on Osborn Drive burned when children played with sparklers, causing 300 dollars in damage. A fire at Staff Sergeant Jones’s home on Sellers Street started from a cigarette on a sofa, damaging the sofa and floor and triggering smoke damage worth 500 dollars. a neighbor put out the blaze before firefighters arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Lee
Fort Walton Beach Fire Department
Donald F. Kercher
Osborn
Lee
Jones
Sellers St. A
Fort Walton
Richard Oblack
Fire Department
Car and Grain Truck Crash Kills Seven Near Sterling
A dawn collision south of Sterling Colorado left seven dead of nine in a car that struck a fully loaded grain truck at a highway intersection. The truck traveled west on U S 6 while the car came from Colorado 63. Adults and children among the dead included a young father his three sons and a mother. Most victims were thrown from the car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling
Colo
Upt
U.S. 6
Colorado 63
Farber Coppolino Trial Witness Testimony Recalled
In Freehold New Jersey Mrs Farber testifies again as the Coppolino murder case unfolds. Defense attorney F Lee Bailey questions evidence and medical expert Helpern discusses exhumed remains and the cause of death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farber
Coppetino
Vincent P
Artroom
Helpern
Warber
Pyelpern
Rockefee
Center
Avenue
Helin Poh
Coppolino Trial Opens as Bailey Defends Husband in Freehold
Mrs Coppolino smiles for the photographer while attorney F Lee Bailey, defending Dr Carl Coppolino in a murder case in Freehold New Jersey, talks with an unseen friend outside a Manhattan restaurant. The trial began with the prosecution presenting its star witness Mrs Marjorie Farber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Coppolino
F. Lee Bailey
Carl Coppolino
Freehold
N. J
Manhattan
Coppolino
William Farber
Erand
Marjorie Farber
Upr
Woman Slain and Man Wounded in Inn Shooting
A Crestview woman was killed and a man wounded in a shooting at the Dew Drop Inn on West Chestnut Street. The scene involved Thomas, 47, and James Ramsey among others. Police investigated the incident with no immediate suspects named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crestview
Dew Drop Inn
West Chestnut Street
Thomas
James Ramsey
Chestnut Street
Fire devastates Hanson's Antiques at 177 Brookght Fort Walton Beach
Firefighters battled a Sunday morning blaze at Hanson’s Antiques and residence at 177 Brookght Fort Walton Beach destroying the shop’s contents valued over 50 000 dollars. A defective wiring issue is cited as the likely cause with no insurance reported. The fire spread quickly through old pine beams, melting windows and damaging furnishings, paintings, chandeliers, and copper items. residents escaped with only some items saved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Han‘son
Brookght
Fort Watton Beach
Fort Walton
Howard Holmes
Hanson
Antiq
Page
Airways Terminal Move Denied by Southern Amid Claims
Disjointed notes quote Hulse denying any planned service change at Eglin AFB and refuting rumors of an airline terminal move by Southern Airways. The material references statements to a Playeroung Daily telephone inquiry and private authorities at Eglin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern
Eglin Afb
Eglin
Hulse
Southern Airways
Playeroung
Weekend crash spree fouls Fort Walton Beach police
Police logged a rash of weekend accidents in Fort Walton Beach with multiple injuries avoided. Barbara Carroll Armes reported about 20 damage to her 1956 Chevrolet after losing control Sunday at 2 45 p m. John Sellers, 57, was charged with driving while intoxicated following a collision. his 1965 Mercury and other vehicles suffered damage. Fred Dipson and Jean Jensen faced reckless driving and failure to yield charges after crashes on Eglin Parkway. Damages listed include cars and a door. Police note additional incidents throughout Friday and Saturday with varying totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Beach
Barbara Carroll Armes
P.O. Box
Steve
Pf. Wilkersq
Sellers
So Dam Ve
Mare A. Jean
Btn
Grosgaoe
Eglin Arp
Eglin Parkway
Walter Martin
Ambushes, Bombers Target DMZ as Saigon Flags Casualties
UPI reports 26 Reds killed near Saigon in a major ambush by American Marines with heavy losses on Viet Cong forces. B52s bombed the DMZ as Marine units clashed with infiltrators, while air strikes hit targets in South and North Vietnam and a platoon suffered severe casualties near Saigon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
Upz
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Viet Nam
Youzh
Axis
North Vietnam
Panhandle
Demil Zone
U.S
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jaycees Rush
Harold Carnley
Daily News
Nancy Kenaston
Warren Commission
Pistol
Oswald
Kennedy
Wichita Falls
Here
Jay Sanford
Southwestern Medical School
Jim Woodruff
Brountstown
Caemiea
Mrs. Coppolino
Elation
Juujce
Eglix
Mit Col
Nerager
By Wayne B. Bell
Valparaiso Community
Biuey
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!