Kirk Sets Jan 29 for Florida Legislature Special Session
Governor Claude Kirk announced a January 29 special session on education and taxes after a stormy cabinet meeting in Tallahassee. He described the session as possibly the most important in Florida history and suggested it could include constitutional revision and road bonds. Earlier, the cabinet split 3-2 to reject $96,250 to phase out the Wackenhut dominated anticrime program amid a dispute over funding and alleged political camouflage.
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Bethea Named Hurlburt CO Bethea Named Hurlburt CO
HQ SPECIAL AIR WAR CENTER Col. William E. Bethea designated commander of all Hurlburt Field units except tenants. TAC reorganization shifts the 4420th Combat Sup port Group to the 4410th Combat Crew Training Wing to centralize control while not increasing personnel. Sputnik launch: Cosmos 196 satellites orbit Earth every 95.5 minutes with scientific apparatus sending data to a computing center in Moscow.
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William E. Bethea
Hurlburt Field
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Soviet Union
Tass
Board Lets 2 School Contracts
Okaloosa County School Board awarded two new elementary schools to Kenneth Fulghum of Pensacola as the low bidder at 1,059,759 dollars. The honeycomb design allows flexible rooms, with carpets in primary areas. Construction must finish in 240 days for use in the 1968 69 school year.
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Charles Sweetland
Okaloosa County
Kenneth Fulghum
Pensacola
Fulghum
Joe Etheredge
Bryan Smith
Charles Ferdon
Erwin Fleet
Roy Ricks
Ricks and Kendrick
Pledger Sullivan
Fort Walton Beach
Rocky Bayou
Fulghum Company
Christmas Spirits Airlift Sets Second U.S. Return Flight
Reliable sources report another group of American nationals and dependents will depart Havana for the United States Wednesday via Mexico. The flight, the second of the year and month, is supervised by Mexico and is not connected with the Cuba to Miami airlift. Seventy-one Americans and dependents left Matamoros December 5.
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Two MIGs Downed as Raids Intensify Over North Vietnam
The sixth day of raids reported two or possibly three North Vietnamese Mig fighters shot down by U S pilots. Hanoi bridges, including the Paul Doumer, sustained damage with several spans collapsed into the Red River. In South Vietnam, 7th Infantry Brigade units landed at Qui Nhon to bolster coastal defense as heavy clashes with Communist forces intensified near the Cambodian border.
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Andy A. Lipscomb
Qui Nhon
McEwen vows allies aid will continue in Vietnam stance
New Australian Prime Minister John McEwen promised ongoing support with the United States and allies in Vietnam to prevent communism from overrunning a free people. He spoke after Harold Holt's disappearance and outlined adherence to Holt’s foreign policy while noting informal talks among world leaders at Friday’s Melbourne memorial service.
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GI Payroll Boost for Air Force Personnel This Week
EGLIN AFB bases distribute about 128 million dollars in back pay to active duty airmen worldwide after a new military pay law. At Eglin a special December 15 payroll will advance two months basic pay and two months quarters for eligible grades, with 25 percent tax withholdings.
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Fort Walton Beach Hospital Sees No Asian Flu
The Fort Walton Beach hospital reports no Asian flu cases in the area despite news of an outbreak in Florida. Several children are treated for colds and sore throats on an outpatient basis, but there have been no confirmed Asian flu reports.
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Fort Walton Beach
Man Charged With Forgery At Club Continental
A Hurlburt Field airman ALC Barney J. D Amato, 22, was arrested by Okaioosa County Deputies Mar vin Canova and Cecil Donald son on three charges forgery petty larceny and unlawful use of a credit card. Investigators allege he entered a car at Club Continental on November 3 and stole $50 in cash and an oil company credit card and forged the owner’s name on bills to buy gas for his vehicle. He remains in county jail in Crestview awaiting arraignment before County Judge Joe Livingston.
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Okaioosa County
Crestview
Joe Livingston
Johnson backs informal talks Saigon Viet Cong for peace
President Johnson in a television interview amid his Australia trip endorsed informal talks between the Saigon government and the Viet Cong's political arm the NLF as a path to peace. He praised Thieu for agreeing to talks while rejecting formal negotiations with Hanoi and urged that if an understanding could be reached the war might end.
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Diet Pill Probe Planned By Senate
Washington AP Senate investigation announced into the diet pill industry by Sen. Phillip A. Hart chairing the antitrust subcommittee. A six month staff inquiry finds drug suppliers recruiting doctors into weight loss practice, with physicians allegedly promised yearly incomes between 100000 and 300000.
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Michigan
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Cabinet Refuses Kirk War Funds
In Tallahassee the Cabinet voted against allocating funds for Gov. Claude Kirk’s so called war on crime. Atty. Gen. Earl Faircloth accused the move of masking a $96,250 transfer to pay off Wackenhut and called for legislative steps since no portion of the governor’s $125,000 annual war on crime appropriation may be used without new law. Senate probe into drug pricing also noted large taxpayer costs and wide price disparities across states. Page 2.
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Chappie James Named Vice Commander of 33rd TFW
Col. Daniel James Jr, known as Chappie, returns from Southeast Asia to become Vice Commander of the 33rd Tactical Fighter Wing at Eglin AFB. A veteran of 60 plus missions over North Vietnam, he previously led the 8th TFW at Ubon RT AFB Thailand and helped score seven MiGs in the 1967 air battle. He is 6'4" and 234 pounds, famed for patriotism and combat skill.
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Parade Funds Aid Tornado Victims
Ben Totten NT of the Disaster Fund Committee says city employees would forgo a Christmas party freeing funds for tornado relief. City Manager Winston G. Walker refutes the claim, noting no Christmas party and that the stated 1000 to 1500 dollars were from the city’s Christmas Parade fund provided to the Greater Fort Walton Beach Chamber of Commerce.
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Disaster Fund Committee
Winston G. Walker
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Greater
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Merry Christmas At City Hall in Valparaiso
City Clerk Doyt Richardson hosts an annual Egg-Nog Christmas party at City Hall this Saturday from 2 to 4 p.m. All Valparaiso residents are invited to attend with guests for a casual Home Folks Come as You Are celebration.
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Doyt Richardson
Richardson
Niceville Halls Closed for Christmas and New Year
Niceville city hall offices will be closed next Monday for Christmas Day and the following Monday for New Year’s Day. Regular weekend closures remain in effect with no Saturday or Sunday operations.
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