GOP Governors Split Over Nixon Campaign Role at Conference
At the Idaho gathering, some Republican governors criticized the Nixon administration's influence on the 1970 elections while others supported the President. The GOP lost 11 statehouses, and concerns about Agnew's campaign style and Nixon's remarks on governors' political relevance were to be discussed in a three dayWinter Conference at Sun Valley. Massachusetts Governor Francis Sargent condemned Agnew's rhetoric during the campaign.
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Sun Valley
Idaho
Nixon
GOP
Spiro T. Agnew
Associated Press
Agnew
Massachusetts
Francis Sargent
Okaloosa Digest Notices Now Require Written Submissions
Local policy requires organizations to submit Okaloosa Digest items in writing to the Playground Daily News office. Staff will not accept notices over the phone and reps must deliver items in person to have them published.
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Okaloosa Digest
Playground Daily News
PUDN
Fort Walton Beach
Florida
Stis
Okaloosa County Lunch Menu and Mistletoe Sale
Okaloosa County schools serve barbecue pork on bun with corn on the cob tomato wedge blackberry cobbler buns butter and milk. Choctawhatchee band members sold about 4000 sacks of mistletoe at 25 cents each through 150 Fort Walton Beach area outlets. Proceeds support band equipment and exhibitions.
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Okaloosa County
Fort Walton Beach
Christmas Carols and Guest Visit At Pack Meeting
Cub Scout Pack 508 hosts its monthly meeting tonight at 7 in the Cherokee cafetorium with Christmas songs and a special guest. Oakland Heights Elementary School holds a Tuesday 7 pm gathering in the school cafetorium where Sheriff Ray Wilson will address drug abuse and sixth grade carolers will sing.
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Oakland Heights
Ray Wilson
West Florida Stamp Club Meets With Elections at Okaloosa
West Florida Stamp Club holds 7 30 p m meeting at the Okaloosa County Health Department Building with officer elections trading and plans for a Billy Bowlegs festival exhibition. Melvin M Kessler 242 8538. American Legion Destin Post 296 conducts Board of Directors at 7 p m and general meeting at 8 p m for active and prospective members.
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West Florida Stamp Club
Okaloosa County
American Legion Destin Post 296
Disabled American to Hold Monthly Meeting at VFW Post 7674
The Disabled American will hold a monthly meeting tonight at 7 30 p m at VFW post 7674 located at 205 Carol Avenue. All members are urged to attend this meeting.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW
Carol Avenue
Civil Air Patrol Plans Teen Programs At Eglin Air Force Base
Eglin CAP invites boys and girls ages 13 to 18 to tonight's CAP meeting at Building 808 with Maj. Leono Pezzato. Preflight instruction aero space education and ongoing activities including summer encampments are offered. Boy Scout Troop 525 will hold a Court of Honor at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Building 25L auditorium, with Tenderfoot investments and Second Class rank recognitions, merit badges, and a troop open house. Parents and boys 11 or older may attend.
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Civil Air Patrol
CAP
Eglin Afb
Leono Pezzato
Pezzato
Fort Walton Beach
Last Word Q A on Cash Family and TV Stars
Readers ask about Johnny Cash and June Carter having a baby son John Carter Cash. Myoshi Umeki married to Randall Hood. she has a five year old son Michael Ople from previous marriage Tage. Debor h Wally and Gidget films noted with Sandra Dee.
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Johnny Cash
Jun Carter
F. Per. A
John Carter Cash
Myoshi Umeki
Eddie
P. R. A. Yen
Randall Hood
Ichael Ople
Tage
Kirk to Assume Opposition Role in Florida Politics
Lame duck Florida governor Claude Kirk said he will assume the loyal opposition after January 5 and may return to public life. He talked of private office plans in Palm Beach and future work in merchant and investment banking, praising Gov-elect Reubin Askew and defending post-election media coverage.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Claude Kirk
Richard Nixon
WCTV
Kirk
Alf Landon
Harold Stassen
Bill Mansfield
Miami Herald
WCTYV
Roy Weissliger
Don Meiklejohn
Palm Beach
Duck's Nest
Reubin Askew
David McCain
Fort Pierce
Supreme Court
Florida Bar
McCain
Gerald Mager
4Th District Court of Appeal
Askew
Florida
Idaho
Weissinger
Abe Lincoln
George Washington
Proxmire Rules Against SST Funding Use
Sen. William Proxmire said he would vote to end filibusters but would filibuster to defeat the 210 million SST funding in the House Senate conference report. He urged changing Senate rules to allow a simple majority to halt unlimited debate while implying other bills could pass without SST funds. He avoided comment on any presidential bid.
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Washington
William Proxmire
Senate
Wisconsin Democrat
Proxmire
CBS
House-Senate
Lockheed to Receive Government Cash Rescue
New York Times reports the government will bail out Lockheed Aircraft Corp. with an apparent minimum public cost around 600 million dollars. The move, chosen to avoid bankruptcy, signals a precedent for government support to major military manufacturers in financial distress.
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New York
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
The
New York Times
USAF Sergeant to be Tried For Basic Trainee Brutality
San Antonio AP. T. Sgt. Jack H. Wilson a 34 year old San Antonio native faces a court martial on charges of maltreating basic trainees at Lackland AFB. His lawyers request for a stay was denied in federal court and they await word from the Court of Military Appeals. One trainee reportedly required surgery after an alleged head collision during training.
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San Antonio, Tex
Air Force
Jack H. Wilson
San Antonio
Kenova
W. Va
Wilson
Court of Military Appeals
Washington
High Military Court
Lackland Military Training Center
Military Appeals Court
Austin
Santa greets Crestview on first pre Christmas stopover
Over 2 500 bags of candy vanished into the hands of nearly 2 500 children who gathered at Twin Hills Park for Santa’s 4 30 p m visit. Groups from Southside Elementary Massadante Baptist Church Richbourt Junior High and Crestview High School sang carols as Crestview High School Band flag corps assisted Santa.
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Santa
Crestview
Southside Elementary
Massadante Baptist Church
Richbourt Junior High
Crestview High School
Twin Hills Park
Flag Corp
14 States Meet Deadline for Meat Inspection Program
Only 14 of 50 states fulfilled the 1967 meat inspection law by the Tuesday deadline after a one year extension. Alaska, Arkansas, Idaho, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Washington and Wyoming were certified, with North Dakota moved to federal inspection. James K. Payne said 15 states are under review and 21 await federal action by mid January. Ralph Nader criticized the process as political.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Ralph Nader
Florida
Maryland
California
Secretary of Agriculture
Alaska
Arkansas
Idaho
Kansas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Tennessee
Wyoming
North Dakota
James K. Payne
Agricul
Payne
Nader
House Opponents to Pettigrew Draw Low- Priority Positions
Three House members who backed a failed bid to deny Richard Pettigrew the speakership received low priority posts in 1971 72 committees announced by Pettigrew. Miley Miers James Sweeny and Donald Reed lost chairing hopes and were reassigned to smaller panels with limited influence.
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Pettigrew
Tallahassee
Fla
Richard Pettigrew
Miley Miers
D-Tallahassee
House
Miami Democrat
James Sweeny
D-Deland
Miers
Donald Reed
Boca Raton
Reed
Appropriations Committee
Sweeny
Fort Walton Beach Council Sets Light Finance Agenda
The Fort Walton Beach City council meets at 4 15 p m on the committee agenda focusing on financial matters with three bid items and three bills due for payment. Regular session at 7 30 p m Tuesday follows a light agenda and December meetings wrap up with bids for three half ton trucks concrete supply and Christmas turkeys for city employees plus bills for Municipal Code update YMCA donation and Chamber of Commerce advertising.
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Fort Walton Beach
YMCA
Chamber of Commerce
Basque Trial in Burgos Shakes Franco Spain
The Burgos trial of 16 Basque defendants including two priests and three women disrupts Francoist Spain. Prosecutions seek death for some. defendants denounce fascism and tortures while attacking the education system and church. The case tests regime liberalization and aging Franco.
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Madrid
Spain
Burgos
Francisco Franco
Franco
el Caudillo
ETA
Palestinians Seek Time as Peace Talks Loom
Palestinians struggle in Jordan as Jordanian army drives guerrillas from Jarash area on the Amman Syrian border. Arafat appeals to Egypt and Syria for intervention while peace talks and a cease fire extension appear likely. West Bank leaders face pressure over autonomous or independent state status under looming settlement.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Middle East
Yasir Arafat
Egypt
Syria
Jordan
Ito Jarash
Amman
Arafat
Fedayeen
Hussein
Nixon
Washington
Anwar
Sadat
Palestine Liberation Army
Suez Canal
Jerusalem
Golan Heights
Straits of Tiran
West Bank
Jerusa Jem
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Weete
Don Casey
Ture Department
Commerce Committee
Your Freedom
Playground Daily News Division
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Eglin Parkway
Walton Beach
Aline
Associated United Press
AOS
VAUP
Niceville
Tures Daly
Sungoy
Aydiy
Franco Spain
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Sun- Gay
Bahi Ladgham
Tunis
Arab Commission
Samir Halib
Palesnian Liberation Organization
Amman Abunawar
Jordanian Army
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