Fund Drive Proceeds Help Gibson Wounded Deputy
Deputy Fred Gibson wounded chasing a fugitive receives support as the Okaloosa County Fraternal Order of Police and auxiliary raise funds. A bake sale aims for 2000 dollars with 1590 dollars already collected and contributions from Atlanta, Georgia. Gibson, recovering from bullet wounds and a hand injury, remains in care while his wife works to support their family of three.
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Bunny Middleton
Fred Gibson
Gibson
Okatoosa County
Fraternal Order of Police
Gibsons
Lodge
Gibson's Department Store
Carp’s Department
Fort Walton Square
Gilson
John Campbell
PGDN
Fort Walton Beach
Okaloosa Digest Notices Required in Writing
Organizations must submit their Okaloosa Digest items in writing to the Playground Daily News office. Staff cannot accept notices over the phone.
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Okaloosa Digest
Playground Daily News
PGDN
Okaloosa County Lunch Menu Highlights
The menu lists beef stew combiation salad peanut butter cupcakes rolls butter and milk for today.
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Okaloosa County
Chanukah Service at Teffereth Israel on Eglin AFB
Teffereth Israel announces an annual Chanukah service Sunday at Chapel 3 Eglin AFB from 3 to 5 30 PM. The program includes a holiday play by the religious school children, gifts for all ages, refreshments, and menorahs. Volunteers are invited. call Toni Benedict at 885 2713 for details.
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Teffereth Israel
Chapel 3
Eglin Afb
Toni Benedict
Ocean City PTA Christmas Program Planned
The Ocean City Elementary School annual Christmas program is announced for the next general meeting Thursday at 7 30 p m in the school auditorium. An attendance prize will go to the classroom with the most parents present. The bi monthly Playground Area Corvette Club meeting follows at 6 30 tonight at Preston Hood Chevrolet inviting club members and area enthusiasts.
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Ocean City Elementary School
PTA
Playground Area
Preston Hood Chevrolet
Rotary Club Christmas Madrigals at Miramar Inn
The Rotary Club gathers at noon in the Sheraton Miramar Motor Inn for a Christmas themed performance by the Madrigals from Choctaw Hatchee High School. The event showcases student music and club fellowship.
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Rotary Club
Sheraton
Miramar Motor Inn
Choctawhatchee High School
Soldier Told Be Quiet on My Lai Massacre
Capt. Ernest L. Medina advised his infantry company to be quiet about the My Lai massacre and told one GI not to write his congressman. Testimony came as Lt. Calley faced a court martial for the March 1968 killings, with broader allegations of a coverup across the chain of command.
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FT. Benning
Ernest L. Medina
My Lai
William J. Calley Jr
Michael Rernhardt
Tarpon Springs
Fla
Medina
Bernhardt
Charlie Company
Calley
Washington
House
Last Word Q A Cisco Kid Cast Quiz
Q Who played the Cisco Kid and Pancho in their TV series. A Cisco was played by Duncan Rinaldo. His comic sidekick was Leo Carillo. Q I’ve waited for years for The Great Caruso shown on TV. P How can the public influence Mims chosen. A The movie has been shown in parts of the country. Write to your local station’s program manager to inquire when it may be shown.
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Cisco Kid
Pancho
A.T
Cisco
Duncan Rinaldo
Leo Carillo
Great Caruso
Mario Lanza
I.V
Mims
P.H. A
Commissioners Farewell As County Plans Sewer System
The County Commission bids farewell to Bill Landreth and Jim Barefield at their last meeting. They discuss funding for the planned percolation phase of the new sewer system, with total costs over 1 million dollars and the county share around 361 thousand aided by grants. A special Monday session will pick an engineering firm to design transmission lines and sprinkler systems, and land release from Elgin Air Force Base is sought.
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County Commission
Bill Landreth
Jim Barefield
Landreth
Barefield
J.B. Converse Co
Ecounty
Elgin Air Force Base
Tonal 243 and 3127 numbers listed in sequence
A terse listing shows tonal values and numbers 243 3127 2431241 667 4021 676 2149 243 arranged in a compact sequence. No clear event or narrative is provided.
Two Mary Esther Homes Reported Illegally Entered
Two Mary Esther residences were broken into during daylight hours on Monday. Items missing include three shotguns three rod and reels from James Singley at 117 Pryor Dr and a TV stereo phonograph and electronic flash unit from James M Figaniah at 400 Miracle Strip Pkwy. Deputy Cecil Donaldson continues the investigation.
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Mary Esther
Okaloosa County
Accidents Reported In Crestview
Crestview police logged two crashes totaling 875 in damage. James E. Kennedy 52 of Crestview faced a driving while intoxicated charge after an accident causing 175 damage to city property. Dee Sanders 68 of Holt was cited for failure to yield after a collision with Maudine Mason Thomas in Laurel Hill, with 700 total damage to vehicles.
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Crestview
James E. Kennedy
Dee Sanders
Rt. 1
Holt
Maudine Mason Thomas
Laurel Hill
Sanders
Crestview City
Leon Hardy
Parkway Accident Costs Arrive At Fort Walton Beach
A South Eglin Parkway collision Tuesday afternoon caused $1300 in vehicle damage. Nebraska Coward, 32, of Fort Walton Beach, owned a 1970 Chevrolet worth $400 and Tommy D. Hayes, 33, of Tallahassee, drove a 1963 Cadillac valued at $900. No injuries reported. Hayes cited for following too close.
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South Eglin Parkway
Fort Walton Beach
Billy Lee
Police Department
Nebraska Coward
McGriff St
Tommy D. Hayes
Tallahassee
Lee
Hayes
Troops Close In On Kidnappers Near Rio de Janeiro
In Rio de Janeiro area six miles north of the city police and army reinforcements swept the Hillside suburb of Rio da Boa Vista to seize the kidnapper hideout of Swiss Ambassador Giovanni Enrico Rucher. Roadblocks, ident checks, and heavy patrols marked the effort as negotiations stalled and threats to the ambassador's life were reported.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Rlto da Boavista
Giovanni Enrico Rucher
Rio
Bucher
Cabinet Digs Deep For Vehicles
Florida Cabinet approves 3.1 million for 963 cars and trucks amid weak revenue. General Services chief says agencies cut requests from 1,700. most vehicles go to Transportation, Highway Patrol, Marine Patrol, Game Commission, and UF. Several agencies gain small deficiency fund allocations for staffing and projects as Health and Rehabilitation Services funding to Jacksonville is postponed.
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Chester Blakemore
General Services Department
Florida
Transportation Department
Highway Patrol
Marine Patrol
Game Commission
University of Florida
Probation and Parole Commission
American Correctional Association
Atty
Robert Shevin
Department of Legal Affairs
Highway Safety Department
Delvers
Department of Business Regulation
Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services
City of
Jacksonville
Department of State
St. Augustine's Cross and Swords
Val-P City Employees To Get Holiday Bonuses
Valparaiso city commissioners vote Christmas bonuses for all employees including part timers. Regular staff with at least one year receive 50, those with six months to a year get 25, under six months get 15, and part time workers plus crossing personnel get 10. Spousal gifts also approved for the police and fire chiefs.
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Valparaiso
Alligator Harbor Dredging Blocked by Conservationists
Florida conservationists blocked a Cabinet meeting to challenge dredging at Alligator Harbor while Florida Power & Light won a permit to dredge three Card Sound channels for the Turkey Point plant. The panel also addressed land ownership, land purchases, and a $983,800 settlement with GAC Corp over alleged illegal dredging.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Florida
Alligator Harbor
Florida Power & Light
Band
Cabinet
Fp&l
Turkey Point
Card Sound
Frank
A. C. Tuck
GAC Corp
Cape Coral
GAC
Collier County
Fakahatechee
Child Disobeys, Saves Her Life
Dawn Carver, six, ignored a bedtime rule and slept in her mother’s bed. A car driven by George Albert Clark, 56, crashed into the home in Orlando, killing him. The home, rented for three months, was struck after he lost control on a curve. Mrs. Carver praised her daughter’s extra safety.
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Orlando
Fla
Dawn Carver
Kenneth Carver
Dawn
Fourth Body Found In Orlando
A badly decomposed female body was found off the Beeline Expressway near State Road 45 increasing Orange County’s unsolved female deaths to four. Investigators seek the slayers of two Orlando women from last week and a third woman killed in a car months earlier.
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Orlando
Fla
Beeline
Orange County
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