State education budget debate cited over tax dollars
Florida's State Department of Education argues that education receives 43 percent of total state revenues when all taxes and fees are counted, not 75 percent. The department notes 27.25 percent to K 12, 11 percent to universities, 2.75 percent to community colleges, and 2 percent for other educational purposes.
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Tallahassee
Fila
Department of Education
School of the Deaf and
Bund
Florida Court Allows Kirk to Name Judges before Leaving Office
The Florida Supreme Court ruled 4 3 that defeated Gov. Kirk may appoint nine circuit judges before Jan 5 but blocked 150 to 200 liquor licenses until next summer. The decision shifts licensing power to incoming Gov Elect Robin Askew while linking licenses to census based population changes. Senate President Jerry Thomas and House Speaker Richard Pettigrew led the suit seeking a pause until the 1971 Legislature could study.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Florida Supreme Court
Claude Kirk
Robin Askew
Senate
Jerry Thomas
Jupiter
House
Richard Pettigrew
D-Miami
Sen. Thomas
Pettigrew
Kirk
Board of Business Regulation
Nquor
Rodger Doyle
Pensacola
Thomas
Joe Boyd
David McCain
Fort Pierce
Aquor
Board of Business Reglation
McCain
Raymond E. Beary
Business Regulation Board
Beary
Richard Ervin
Hal Dekle
Ervin
Dekle
Askew
Okaloosa Digest Notices Brought in Written Form
Local organizations must submit Okaloosa Digest items in writing to the Playground Daily News office. PGDN staff will not accept notices by phone and requests must be delivered in person by representative(s).
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Okaloosa Digest
Playground Daily News
PGDN
Okaloosa County Lunch Menu And Cub Scout Meeting Tonight
The Okaloosa County School lunch menu lists hamburgers potato chips sliced tomato on lettuce leaf orange half buns butter and milk. Cub Scout Pack 543 meets at Kenwood Elementary School at 7 p.m. A Christmas program features cubmaster Louis W Keeley presenting a special mystery guest.
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Okaloosa County
Cub Scout Pack
Kenwood
Louis W. Keeley
Cub Scout Pack 528 Plans Christmas Caroling
Cub Scout Pack 528 will carol tonight in the Mary Esther area from 6 30 to 8 00 p m to raise donations for a needy family Christmas meal.
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Cub
Mary Esther
Area Banks to Close Early for Christmas Eve
Okaloosa County Bankers Association says all banks including drive-ins in Fort Walton Beach Niceville and Valparaiso will close at 1 p m Thursday to give employees more time with families. Banks reopen at normal hours Monday Dec 28. Cub Scout Pack 521 meets tonight at 7 p m at First Methodist Church on First Street.
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Fort Walton Beach
Niceville
Valparaiso
Okaloosa Couny Bankers Association
First Methodist Church
First Street
Fort Walton Kiwanis Meet Features Child Care Homes Talk
The Fort Walton Beach Kiwanis Club meets today at noon in the Sheraton Miramar Motor Inn meeting room. Galyn Taylor of the Fort Walton Beach Church of Christ will speak on Child Care Homes.
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Fort Walton Beach
Public Hearing Likely Over Rayonier Waste Plan
Protests against ITT Rayonier Corp plans to dump 30 million gallons of paper mill waste into the Atlantic near Fernandina Beach prompt a public hearing early next year. The Air and Water Board approved the plan, a step before Army permits, while Rayonier’s manager denies environmental damage.
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Jacksonville
Fla
U.S. Army Engineers
ITT Bayonier Corp
Atlantic Ocean
Rayonier
Fernandina Beach
Florida Air and Water Pollution Control Board
B. L. Rauscherl
Jackson Says Soviets Drive Middle East Crisis
Senator Henry M. Jackson argues Soviet power shapes the Middle East crisis and the Nixon administration misses this, urging U.S. support for Israel’s defensible borders and increased military aid. Kosygin accuses Israel of creating danger and demands undelayed U.N. compliance.
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Henry M. Jackson
Middle East
Nixon
U.S
Moscow
Alexei N. Kosygin
Israel Monday
Egypt
Ali Sabry
Kosygin
Israel
U.N. Security Council
Vacationing Students Aid Toy Drive for Sunland Center
College students home for Christmas helped State Rep. Jerry Melvin and aide Nancy Kenaston sort wrap and deliver gifts at First Methodist Church Fort Walton Beach. Donations arrived Monday from individuals, students, and volunteers to aid Sunland Center for the Retarded in Marianna, with clothing kits and stationery named as most needed.
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Jerry Melvin
First Methodist Church of
Fort Walton Beach
Sunland Center
Marianna
Nancy Kenaston
First Methodist Church
Mariannna
Melvin
Pist
Sunland
Schools End For Holidays In Okaloosa County
Final school day for 1970 with county districts closing for Christmas and New Year from Dec 23 to Jan 4. Crestview and St Marys Parochial School in Fort Walton Beach follow the same schedule, with classes ending at 2 p.m. and resuming Jan 4.
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Okaloosa County
Crestview
St. Mary's
Fort Walton Beach
POW Edition Goes On Sale At Choctaw High
The Christmas Issue of Smoke Signals prints a Vietnamese message to North Vietnam leaders and editorial pleas for humane prisoner treatment. The paper, dedicated to missing in action and POWs in Southeast Asia, ships to the President, Congress, governors, and 150 free nations, with 5,000 extra copies funded by ads and donations.
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Smoke Signals
Choctawhatchee
Choctawhatchee High School
Playground Daily News
Southeast Asia
North Vietnam
Congress
Fire at Pioneer International Hotel prompts call for fire marshal
Tucson lawmakers argue a state fire marshal with strong powers could have prevented the hotel fire that killed 28 guests. Rep. James Dewberry cites sprinkler and auto fire sensing systems as examples. city codes do not require sprinklers. A 16 year old youth was held on arson and homicide petitions not docketed. investigators lacked sufficient evidence. Damages to the Pioneer International Hotel estimated at 2.6 to 3.5 million.
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Tucson
Ariz
Pioneer International
James Dewberry
Fhoenix
Paul Charters
Pima County Juvenile Court Center
Clarence Dupnik
Pioneer International Hotel
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