Red Cross Aids FWB Tornado Victims amid Auto Crash Toll Records
Mrs. Mary A. Holmes reports 25 aid applications out of 40 inquiries after December tornadoes, with $7,466 spent on rent clothing and medical aid. Overseas inquiries numbered over 1500, and aid to families remains undetermined for rebuilt homes. Separate report notes Edgar Day killed in Okaloosa traffic crash on U S 98 near Fort Walton Beach.
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Mary A. Holmes
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Mary Ann O'Connell
Edgar Richard Day
Mary Esther
Okaloosa
Day
Terrill M. Harvey
Mobile
U.S. 98
Fort Walton Beach
FHP Urges Safe Driving For Holiday
Florida Highway Patrol urges motorists to focus on the next minute as New Year traffic rises. The report notes a fatal crash in Okaloosa County involving a pickup driven by Day and a trailer, with Day’s body identified and medical responders detailing the damage and losses.
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Day
Florida Highway Patrol
N. F. Pippin
Fort Walton Beach
Tallahassee
Col. V. N. Kirkman
Department of Public Safety
D. R. Vinson
Pippin
Sgt
R. P. Farrior
Highway Patrol
Okaloosa County
Father Kills Four Daughters in Jonesboro Tragedy
In Jonesboro Louisiana Earl Clinton Watson 31, a former mental patient, drove to a funeral home with his four daughters bodies and confessed I ve had an accident He killed Tina Charmaine 59 Karen Hope 8 by shooting and Faith Erline 3 and Margaret Wendy 5 by strangulation Neighbors say he was recently discharged from a state hospital and showed mood drops Police say he remained calm at the funeral home then became unsettled at headquarters
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Jonesboro, la
UPI
Jonesboro
Pye
Earl Clinton Watson
Watson
Tina Charmaine
Karen Hope
Faith Erline
Margaret Wendy
Louisiana State Hospital
Deputies Destroy Crestview Moonshine Still
Sheriff deputies destroyed an eight barrel 400 gallon moonshine still south of Crestview off McClellan Street near the city limits. The still was full of mash at the time of the raid. Deputies Marvin Canova and Martell McCallum led the raid. No arrests were made.
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Crestview
Marvin Canova
Martell McCallum
McClellan Street
Vietnam Warfront Briefs and Political Signals
Allied and Communist clashes in South Vietnam mark the fourth since Christmas truce as Marines fight in a rice paddy. Hundreds of officers and vehicles prepare to accompany 38 U.S. congressmen touring Vietnam. McNamara’s Wall near complete as engineers battle monsoon rain and enemy fire. Reports from Laos show renewed Communist pressure with Pathet Lao actions. State Department seeks international aid including the Soviet Union to curb Cambodia sanctuaries. A Swedish antiwar group seeks asylum for four U.S. sailors who deserted to Moscow. Capitol Hill hints Johnson tax plan may await a budget pledge of ongoing economy. Asian flu and storms hit DC and Midwest. a major snow storm disrupts the East. Bourke B. Hickenlooper retires after 34 years. Frank Carlson also exits. Minnesota Democrats face internal strain over Humphrey and McCarthy. Chicago suburbs see a failed housing discrimination drive. Greece’s military regime blocks the release of Miki Theodorakis from jail.
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Vietnam
South Vietnam
U.S
U.S. Marine Engineers
McNamara
Laos
State Department
Soviet Union
Cambodia
Moscow
Sweden
District of Columbia
Midwest
Senate
Iowa
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Kansas
Frank Carlson
Minnesota
Hubert Humphrey
Eugene McCarthy
Chicago
FEA Threatens Mass Walkout Over Education Funding
Florida Education Association delegates vote to submit more than 32 000 teacher resignations on March 1 1968 if adequate funds and programs are not in place by then. They oppose referendum on tax increases unless constitutional limits change and demand legislation acceptable to teachers be funded prior to March 1. The assembly also calls to remove tax prohibitions from the constitution and hand tax decisions to the legislature.
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Tampa
Fla
Florida Education Association
FEA
Governor’s Commission On Quality Education
Claude Kirk
FEA Board of Directors
Florida
Constans
Georgia arsenic poisoning autopsy data secret
Cordele Georgia AP report says autopsy results for three Gibbs family members may not be released until Janie Gibbs, 35, is tried for the murder of her son Roger by arsenic poisoned coffee. Grand jury to indict Jan 22. bodies of Charles Melvin Marvin exhumed. tests seek foul play.
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Cordele
APD
Janie Lou Gibbs
Cordele Circuit Sol
Turk
Crisp County Grand Jury
Gibbs
Roger
Area Hunters Delay Eglin Test Mission
EGLIN AFB officials report that high priority munition tests were delayed due to unauthorized personnel in closed areas on Dec 23 and Dec 26. Range signs mark these zones and hunting is not allowed. Unexploded munitions make the area dangerous and potential injury or death could occur if gates are breached.
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Eglin Afb
Eglin
Post Office Prepares For Postal Hike
Postmaster Carl Garrett said the nearly 10 000 vending machines in post office lobbies will be converted over three months to new rates effective January 7. First class is 8 ½ cents per ounce, air mail 10 cents, and postal cards 5 cents.
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Fort Walton Beach
Carl Garrett
Post Office Department
Garrett
SBA Approves 10 FWB Loans After Tornado Damage
William F. Martin at Fort Walton Beach City Hall reports 10 emergency loans approved totaling 41800 for a four-county northwestern Florida tornado aftermath. 74 loan inquiries were received. 36 applications issued, 12 returned, 10 processed, 2 pending. Office to close. contact Jacksonville SBA for future aid.
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William F. Martin
Small Business Administration
Fort Walton Beach
Martin
SBA
Florida
Jacksonville
Manners Named New Manager At Sears Ft Walton Beach
Lou T. Manners was named manager of the Ft. Walton Beach Sears store effective month end, succeeding Albert E. Rummans who will head Fayetteville NC store. Manners, former Laurel Mississippi manager, is a Vanderbilt graduate with an MBA, begun Sears in 1947, and has held roles in Nashville Paducah Tuscaloosa. He is married to Nelle M. Julian with two sons.
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Lou T. Manners
Ft. Walton Beach
Sears, Roebuck and Co
Frank E. Cook
Memphis
Sears
Manners
Albert E. Rummans
Fayetteville, N.C
Rummans
Laurel, Miss
Cumberland City
Tenn
Vanderbilt University
Nashville
Paducah
Kentucky
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Nelle M. Julian
McMinnville
David
Robert
First Methodist Church
Laurel
Chamber of Commerce
Salvation Army
Retail Merchants
Lions Club
Prospect
Industrial 100 Club
Missing 9 Year Old Girl Found Dead In Ravine
In Charleston West Virginia the battered body of 9 year old Ielen L Miller was found face down in a 30 foot ravine after her mother reported her missing from bed. Police say she was sexually molested and multiple wounds were found. Two brothers found the body near a large oak tree at about 9 am after sledding into the ravine. The mother’s 8 am call triggered a media appeal. Footprints traced from a living room window to a front porch and then to the ground.
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Charleston
W.va
UPI
Ielen L. Miller
Sylvia Miller
Pedroom
Labor Leader Tries To Head Off Bus Strike
New York transit union head Matthew Guinan said a 35 hour week could replace the current 40 hour schedule if negotiations yield a city proposal this week. He keeps pensions as a nonnegotiable demand while other items remain on the table.
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New York
UPID
Matthew Guinan
Transport Workers Union
Guiana
TWU
Guinan
City Transit Authority
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Harvey
Pensacola
Seashore
Janice Carroll Day
Amuck
News Digest
Capitol Hill
Congressional
Texas White House
Johnson
Greece
Miki Theodorakis
Zorba
Drihive
Georgia
A. E. Rummans
Lou Manners
Frank Cook
Fayettevill
N.C
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