Oak Hill Student Defeats Polio To Win Fitness Award
Sharon Tapper, once polio handicapped, receives the President's Physical Fitness award at Oak Hill Elementary School. Fellow students Scott Harris and Randy Thomas also earned the award for scoring high on seven fitness tests.
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LBJ
Sharon Tapper
Sharon
Scott Harris
Randy Thomas
Billy Thompson
Jim Rushing
Ale
Willie R. Tapper
Tapper
Troops land in Vietnamese resort city for combat duty
New combat troops landed in Vung Tau to join combat assignments as the U S forces in Viet Nam rose to more than 370000, the highest number to date.
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Vung Tau
Viet Nam
UPI
Tom Corpora
Teenagers Join Jaycees In Dance For Operation Christmas
Teenagers join the Fort Walton Jaycees in a dance to support Operation Christmas. The program distributes food baskets toys and other holiday aid. The event aims to collect non perishable food items such as canned fruit beans or similar food staples for needy families.
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Jaycees
Tree Lighting Planned By Choctaw High School
Choctaw High School student council sponsors a tree lighting on campus from 5 to 6 p.m. Wednesday afternoon. Public invited to attend.
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Choc
Choctawhatchee High School
Tide Tables For Destin East Pass Tides
Tide tables list high and low tides for Destin East Pass with times across Thursday Friday and Saturday. Provided courtesy of the Bay Store Fort Walton Beach. Jim Woodruff with location notes in Blountstown.
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Destin East Pass
Bay Store
Fort Walton Beach
Youths Charged After Drinking and Fight on Tower Beach
Three youths were charged with disorderly conduct after a Saturday night fight near Tower Beach. Oglesby and Deputy Sheriff James Ward arrested the trio at about 10:30 p.m. Saturday following the reported disturbance.
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Tower
Tower Beach
Oglesby
Shierff James Ward
Ruby Claims Oswald Death Not Conspiracy
Dallas report states Ruby, facing terminal cancer, appealed Monday for belief he alone killed Lee Harvey Oswald. He says Jack Ruby desires a final lie detector test to prove the assassination was not a conspiracy. Doctors offer uncertain life expectancy.
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Oswald
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Tex
World
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Elmer
Treaty okayed by U.N. General Assembly on outer space
United Nations actions include a U.S. request to U Thant for talks aimed at a Vietnam cease fire. Goldberg notes timing depends on the secretary-general as Pope Paul VI and Thant reference call for sincere negotiations. Harold Koch, former Catholic priest who defected to Russia, plans to return to the U.S. to visit his father in Chicago.
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United Nations, N.Y
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U.N
U Thant
Vietnam
U.S
Arthur J
Thant
Goldberg
Harold M. Koch
Russia
UPI
Sweden
Koch
Chicago
Assembly Calls For UNICEF Drive Worldwide
The United Nations Assembly today called a worldwide drive to help UNICEF. Officials urged funding and support from member nations and private donors to aid children globally.
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United Nations
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Twin City Chamber Plans Carols Round Community Christmas Tree
The Twin City Chamber hosts a community Christmas tree and carol round from 7 to 9 p.m. at John C. Sims Park. Local churches and schools join in with a chorus from Okaloosa-Walton Junior College conducted by Dr. Bryan Lindsey. Mayor John B. Arnold supports the event as a first annual community sing in the Twin Cities.
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Okaloosango Junior College
Bryan Lindsay
OWJC
Yale
Twin Cities
Taxpayer stages IRS protest with eight children left waiting
Davenport Iowa AP an angry bus driver left eight of his children in an IRS office for hours amid a $156 15 levy that reduced his take home to 1 24 He faces a $100 repay within 80 days after a sit in He claims installment plans should have been allowed and he quit his job fearing no warning from school officials
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Davenport
Iowa
Internal Revenue Service
Raymond Haley
Muscatine
Haley
IRS
Muscatine Community
Crestview Man Held In Stabbing and Shooting
In Crestview area, Nathaniel Reynolds allegedly stabbed Betty Johnson at a Still Quarters residence and shot Dolittle Harrison during a Christmas program setup. Johnson reached a neighbor before hospital treatment. both women were released. Reynolds’ brothers joined the manhunt with firearms as sheriff units investigated.
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Nathaniel Reynolds
Charlie Harrison
Still Quarters
SR 85
Betty Johnson
Reynolds
Okalooosa County
Ray Wilson
Dolittle Harrison
Dolittle Harison
Okaloosa Memorial Hospital
Harrison
Naiae
Reynold
Peacekeeping Deliberations Extend US Soviet Talks in UN Session
The 122 nation United Nations assembly neared adjournment as debate on peacekeeping and Korea delayed closing. A April special session is planned to address the Korean situation while the body approved the outer space treaty, opening it for signature by all nations including China.
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United States
United Nations
Korea
China
Britain
Soviet Union
Judge Refuses To Dismiss Baker Charges
Investigators contest Baker case saying they monitored conversations with hidden microphones in a hotel and office suite as part of general surveillance of organized crime. The Baker indictment was returned January 6 by a federal grand jury.
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Baker
Kull Charged With Larceny
Kull was released on a 500 dollar bond for a new appearance before Judge H W Gill in JP Court District 6 on December 31. The charge relates to a 1957 motorcycle. Previous charges of breaking and entering were noted with a 2000 dollar bond and set for circuit court in May.
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Kull
Hendrix
Fire damages home after late evening blaze
Fire and smoke damaged a home in a late evening blaze reported by Fort officials. The fire started near a floor heater in a hallway and spread to the hallway floor and two adjoining closets, consuming clothing and contents. Damages to hallway and smoke exposure could not be determined at press time.
Neighbors Duel Over Invitations For Christmas Party
A town woman mailed invitations by Special Delivery after a neighbor complained of not receiving a written invite. The neighbor retaliated by sending an acceptance via delivered telegram, despite living just four doors away.
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