Pentagon acknowledges civilian damage in North Vietnam
New York Times reporter Harrison Salisbury described Nam Dinh and Phu Ly as scenes of utter desolation after raids as Pentagon officials assess casualties. Pentagon said civilian areas are not targeted though military facilities exist nearby and will hit bridges and depots as planned.
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New York Times
Hanoi
Harrison E. Salisbury
the Times
Nam Dinh
Phu Ly
Washington F
Pentagon
Sem
William Ie
D-Wis
Congress
Times
Phu Li
U.S
Phu
Tide Tables for Destin Pass Week
Tide tables list weekly highs and lows at Destin Pass with times for Wednesday through Saturday. Entries show high tides late at night and afternoon lows, noting a missing high tide on Friday and referencing The Bay Store in Fort Walton.
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Destin
Bay Store
Fort Wal
State audit flags deficits in Cecil Andors Circuit Court office
A State Auditing Department report on Cecil L. Andors, Circuit Court Clerk, covering April 1 1964 to May 31 1966, cites a cash deficit of 1196.95 dollars, missing receipts, posting errors, and unbalanced cashbooks. It notes unposted stamp sales, misused federal stamp proceeds, and potential undisclosed collections amid ongoing litigation with a former employee.
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Cecil L. Andors
Circuit Court
Wee
Playground Daily News
Starmp
Ike Leaves Walter Reed After Gall Bladder Surgery
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower waves from a car at Walter Reed Army Hospital as he departs to his Gettysburg home, 15 days after gall bladder removal. The 76 year old general walked to the car then to a helicopter for the flight home in Pennsylvania.
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Dwight D. Fisenhower
Washington
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Gettysburg
UPI
Former JP Adams Jr Records Inaccurate In Audit
State auditor finds former Justice of the Peace for District 3 Parl G Adams Jr kept books poorly. Dockets lack disposition notes and remittances were uneven, with $6,547.60 remitted and $421,179 overpaid cited as liabilities in the period June 18 193 to May 7 1965.
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Justice of the Peace
District 3
Parl G. Adams, Jr
Florida
Adams
Three Armed Convicts Flee Carolina Jail
Three armed convicts escaped Buncombe County jail at night stealing two cars and abducting potential hostages. Jailer Kermit Duckett was found safe in the trunk of the first abandoned vehicle about three miles east near Oteen. Police fear a further car theft and an Army connection remains unclear.
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Asheville
N.C
UPT
Buncombe Cunty
Kermit Duckett
Here
Oteen
Kirk forms Florida Oceanography Council with famed scientists
Gov-Elect Claude Kirk names an Oceanography Council featuring Edwin Link Athelstan Spilhaus John H Jr Jacques Piccard F. G. Walton Smith Fred Learey Billy Burns and others. First meeting set for Jan 8 in Palm Beach with Piccard delivering a lecture at the academy of the four arts.
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Miami
Claude Kirk
Florida
Kirk
Iss
Edwin A. Link
Ocean Systems, Inc
Athelstan Spilhaus
Institute of Sciences and Technology
Universi
Mionesota
John H. Jr
Freeport
Grand Ba Jhama Island
Jacques Piccard
Auste
Trieste
Piccard
F.G. Walton Smith
Institute of Marine Science
University of Miami
Fred D. Learey
Tampa
General Teleshone Co
Florida Council of 10
Billy 33. Burns
Palm Beach
Governor Burns Bids Adieu Plans Private Life Return
Florida Governor Haydon Burns announced at a cabinet session that he will retire from public life Tuesday and open a private consulting firm in Orlando with main office in Jacksonville. He praised colleagues and staff and said he will continue to contribute to Florida’s future as a private citizen after 18 years in public service.
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Tallahassee
Fla
UPI
Haydon Burns
Burns
Florida
Orlando
Haydon Burns & Associates
Jacksonville
Tallahas
Claude Kirk
Kirk
Massive airborne assault launches in Mekong Delta
Saigon reports hundreds of Vietnamese paratroopers with American advisors launched the war’s largest airborne operation deep in the Mekong Delta. The prelude to major U S forces moving in serious numbers, as Viet Cong and allied units clash with air dropped troops and elite Vietnamese rangers. Casualties include 29 Viet Cong killed, four captured, six detained.
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Saigon
UPS
Mekong Delta
Storm snarls roads and air travel across large region
A new southern Rockies storm blankets the Great Plains with heavy snow up to eight inches and winds up to 40 mph. Blizzard warnings stretch from the Dakotas to Texas, disrupting highways and air travel in New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Nebraska, Minnesota, Wisconsin and the Dakotas.
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Rockies
Plasterime
Great Plains
New Mexico
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Missouri
Iowa
Ilinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Nebraska
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Dakotas
Spaceport bus tours set record crowd in Cape Kennedy
CAPE KENNEDY AP A record one day total of 3 530 persons Tuesday took bus tour of this spaceport The mark broke the previous record of 2 615 set Monday NASA officials said all available buses and personnel were pressed into service to handle the crowds Buses left every seven minutes instead of the normal 15 More than 160 000 persons have taken the bus tours since they started last July.
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Cape Kennedy
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Only Two Candidates Filed For Valparaiso Election
The article notes Valparaiso will hold a two-seat city commission election on Tuesday January 10 1967 with incumbents seeking reelection. Candidate qualification must be completed by noon December 31 with forms available at City Hall during restricted hours that week.
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Daily News Bureau
Valparaiso
Frankincense Myrrh After Creatures Noel Stir
A Crestview family woke Christmas morning to a skunk encounter under their house as their Collie attacked the intruder. The family fled to relatives and aired out the home, hoping for comfort on the holiday.
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Noel
Crestview
Disneyland Dream Trip Opens for Leukemia Patient Child
Susan Dewey a six year old leukemia patient arrives with her father George Dewey in Los Angeles from Grand Rapids to claim a Christmas present a trip to Disneyland. Mrs Alfred Bakanson of San Pedro Calif presents roses as the family is greeted at the airport. Susan had hoped for a wig for Christmas to hide illness and facial baldness caused by treatment.
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Susan Dewey
George Dewey
Los Angeles
Calif
Grand Rapids
Mich
Disneyland
Alfred Bakanson
Sam Pedro Calif
Susan
Dewey
Boy Shot By Pellet Gun In Fort Walton Beach
James Amber Baker four from Fort Walton Beach suffered a pellet in the right eye from his brother Calvin on a Mary Esther road. He was taken to a Pensacola hospital for pellet removal after initial treatment at Fort Walton Beach Hospital. No further details were available Tuesday evening.
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Mildred
Burns
Geo
Lasst
Kelly
High
Dents
James Amber Baker
Rt 1
Fort Walton Beach
Calvin
Mary Esther Aboxe
Pensacola
Tax Collector Buck Stokes and Assessor in tax dispute
A confused note from Wesley J. Welman of Arizona addresses Elorida tax law changes and complaints. He states satisfaction with Buck Stokes and Assessor Rhett Cadenhead while noting attempts to recover unpaid taxes.
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Buck” Stokes
Wesley J. Welman
Okaloos
Buck Gund
Rhett Cadenhead
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