25 Dec 1967
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Newspaper
Playground Daily News
Location
Fort Walton Beach, Florida, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1967
Page
1
A portrait of everyday workers who keep steady, unglamorous pace in the city, moving one foot ahead, clock by clock, in quiet diligence and reliable labor. The note honors ordinary people who form the backbone beneath celebrity parades and honors.
A speaker honors the unseen backbone of the nation the United States Post Office workers. He praises their quiet dedication stability and honesty while noting they receive little public fanfare. The message likens them to diligent basement dwellers who sustain Christmas cheer and everyday life.
School Superintendent Max Bruner Jr urges careful driving as many children will ride brand new bicycles on streets and sidewalks this week. He warns riders new to cycling may be less skilled and motorists should share the road, riding with traffic and exercising extra caution near schools.
Mrs Jennie E Dodson a 73 year old winter visitor from Ottertial Minnesota died of a gunshot wound to the temple after an argument with her husband in their Flamingo Motel room Destin Florida She was taken to Escambia General Hospital for an autopsy while a coroner s jury investigated the death and the husband provided a statement to officers.
Crestview authorities report an early morning blaze at 202 S Spring St destroying Ruby F Atwell residence. The Crestview Fire Department received the alarm at 1 01 a m Sunday with cause unknown no one was injured and Mrs Atwell was not in the wood frame house when the fire started.
Secretary of State Tom Adams announced the commission of Robert G. Fountain of Crestview to the District One Okaloosa County Welfare Board. The appointment places Fountain on the advisory body serving welfare programs in the county.
The text lists Christmas sayings in multiple languages with phrases from Belgium Russia Poland Denmark Italy Portugal Spain Germany France and English. It notes World Book Encyclopedia as the source and includes various local and regional spellings of the holiday greeting.
Jerry W. Goff of Texas and Michael Schnelly of New York were sentenced to six years for parole violation after their conviction on two counts of grand larceny and one of breaking and entering.
A Christmas narrative recounts the origins of December 25 as Christmas Day, tracing church adoption around 320 AD and European Christian devotion through the Middle Ages. It notes the Greek churches following a 13 day later calendar and mentions evolving customs and carols across eras.
Christmas came to a troubled world as Christians in the Holy Land and Vietnam celebrated the Prince of Peace. Yet fighting continued with Communist breaches of a ceasefire in South Vietnam. Police rounded up demonstrators in St Peter's Square as the Pope offered a Merry Christmas to all men. Observers reported few pilgrims reached Bethlehem amid danger and rain.
President Johnson arrived at Andrews Air Force Base early Sunday after a 27000 mile round the world journey highlighted by a Vatican talk with Pope Paul VI. He attended mass with daughter Luci and her husband, and plans to spend Christmas at the White House with family before possible New Year visits to Texas.
Gov. George Romney reaches Saigon to study the war, saying he will get a rounded view of the situation. He insists he is here to look ahead, not revisit past brainwashing claims, and will meet officials and locals to assess progress and support.
Valparaiso City Hall will close today and all afternoons this week for the Christmas holiday season. The half day schedule runs 9 a.m. to 12 noon on Tuesday Wednesday Friday and Saturday. Thursday remains a full closure day.
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