Fort Walton Beach 1967 Headlines Tornado Go Go Dancers
A look back at 1967 in Fort Walton Beach highlights major events that drew national attention in the Playground area. December tornado damage to 325 homes and 32 businesses. July loss of nearly 6 000 mini mines by the Air Force. June arrest of two go go dancers at the Kat Klub amid bikini attire. December jury finding Lana Kay Coleman not guilty.
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Mary Ann O'Connell
Fort Walton Beach
Fort Wallon
Ocean City
Air Force
Choctawhatchee Bay
Itty Kat Klub
Lana Kay Coleman
Okaloosa County
Playground Daily News
Frank TW. Haugh Jr
Bill Tennis
James D Williams Jr
W. W Thompson
FWB Chamber of Commerce
Crestview
Tsgt
Johnny B. Brady
Eglin
Gulf of Mexico
New Year Holiday Traffic Toll Seen Well Below Last Year
As a weekend of mixed weather dampened travel Americans faced a slower death pace on highways during the first half of the holiday period. The count stood at least 145 killed since the holiday began, with California leading at 18 deaths and Michigan Texas Ohio New York Pennsylvania and Nebraska also reporting multiple fatalities.
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United Press International
National Safety Council
California
Michigan
Texas
Ohio
New York
Pennsylvania
Nebraska
National Safety Counci
OWSC Begins Registration for 1968 Winter Semester
Valparaiso registration for 1968 winter semester college credit courses at Okaloosa Walton Junior College runs January 2 to 4 with a three day schedule. Sophomores register January 2, freshmen January 3, new students January 4. Classes start January 5. Registration hours are 8:30 to 12, 2 to 4, and 6 to 8. Late registration runs January 8 to 10 for day classes and January 11 for evening students. Contact the OWIC Registrar at 678. S111 Extension 8 or 9.
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Valparaiso
Okaloosa-Walton Junior College
OWTC
Owic Remisirar
Truce Violations Spark Saigon Fighting Across Vi etnam
U S. and allied forces see renewed combat as 36 hour truce to pray for peace is violated by Viet Cong and North Vietnamese units. In events near Saigon 11 Americans die in ambushes as two platoons of the Six U S Division are attacked. Helicopter units sustaining South Vietnamese troops experience losses including a mercy flight crash. Aerial battles over the DMZ see an Air Force F100F shot down with both aircrew rescued. The clash marks the most intense fighting since Christmas truce and precedes the New Year cease fire.
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Saigon
UPN
U.S
United States
Mekong Delta
Demilitarized Zone
Hanoi
Quang Bingh
Panhandle
Miller Qualifies for City Commissioner Election
Rupert M. Miller president of Rupert Miller Realty Inc and a contractor announces his candidacy for City Commissioner in the January 9 municipal election. Miller a retired Navy chief petty officer has lived in Valparaiso SIN years and leads the Okaloosa County Homebuilders Association. He and his wife Janet reside at 137 Edward Circle Marion Heights with son Thomas in the U S Army at Fort Monmouth NJ and daughter Carol a junior at Niceville High School.
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U.S. Army
Fort Monmouth
Carol
Junor
Niceville Senior
Sanctions Gain In Power In Florida Education Fight
The Florida Education Association gains leverage as its March 1 deadline nears, threatening a mass walkout possible if sanctions persist. Recruitment for the 1968-69 school year requires 11 000 teachers, with 8 000 from outside the state, prompting concerns about staffing and funding.
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Tallahassee
FAPD
Florida Education Association
Esert
Colinion Education
FRA
Sanchons
Al-Stair
Florida
Claude Kok
Governor's Study Commission
FEA
Phil Constans
Coenstans
Constans
OWJC Training Center Opens At Combs School
Okaloosa-Wallon Junior College announces a new off-campus industrial training center at Combs High School in Fort Walton Beach starting Monday January 8. Programs include Carpentry Bride and block laying Welding Aircraft maintenance and High School GED prep with enrollment fees and monthly lab costs listed for each course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OWJC
Combs School
Daily News
Butigal
Valparaiso
Okaloosa- Wallan Junior College
Combs Fhed
Fort Walton Beach
George Duplan
Mary Promatico
Ralph Yoder
T.c. Campbell
John Loper
M.V. Sutter
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Okaloosa Coun
Decemty
FWB
Fort Wallon Beach
N. French Brown Jr
Albert Davis
State Road Board
Destin East Pass
Department of Defense
Hospital Board of Trustees
FWB City Council
Harvis
Star Theater
Community Council
Marcell
Sam Campbell
DeFuniak Springs
House of Representatives
William Dean Barrow
Okaloosa
Fort Wallan
John Oster Manufacturing Company
Destin
Miracle Strip
Okaloosa Island
Brooks Taylor
Wiliam D Barrow
Ronald Gibson
Cinco Bayou
Lown
Lou T. Manners
Sears Koch & Company
Mbert Rummans
Fayetteville
N.C
Oliday
OWSC
Cong
Teach Moe
Pienne
Brady
RM. Miller
R. M. Miller
Republican Party
Kirh
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