New House Offices Nearing Completion
In Tallahassee the new five story House Office Building nears completion with an expected March 19 move in. Speaker Sessums notes shipshape vinyl walls and carpeted floors but no drapes while members dispute private space and access for committees.
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Tallahassee
UPI
Claude Kirk
Terrell Scessums
Carl Ogden
Jacksonville
Ogden
Capitol
Sessums
Murray Dubbin
Miami
Dubbin
Rules
Gwen Cherry
TD Miami
Mary Grizac
R-Clearwater
Community notices from Okaloosa Digest and local groups
Okaloosa Digest items include school lunch menus for Okaloosa and St Mary's, Hadji Temple activities, a nurses aide course at FWB Hospital starting Jan 8, Maids of Mecca gathering and buffet, Playground Corvette Club meet at Preston Hood Chevrolet, Fort Walton Beach Junior Service League and Rotary Club meetings, Ferry Park winter programs and Red Cross volunteer orientation with interview details and office contacts.
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Okaloosa
St. Mary’s
St. Mary's School
Hadji Temple
FWB Shrine Club
Hadi Temple
Pensacola
FWB
FWB Hospital
Maids of
Mecca
Junior Service League
Fort Walton Beach
First United Methodist Church
First Street
FWB Rotary Club
Holiday Inn
Okaloosa Island
EH Baker
Sid Neighbors
Choctawhatchee High School
Ferry Park Ferry Park Recreation Center
Escambia High Conflict After Walkout With Klan Hoods
A fight at Escambia High triggered arrests of a black teacher and a black student while several juveniles faced authorities over incidents with minor stab wounds. White students wore Ku Klux Klan hoods during clashes as the football season ended and Dixie played. Confederate flags waved as tensions rose.
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Gooden
Hall
Dixie
Stralehts
Truman Leaves Bulk Of Estate To Family
Former President Harry S Truman left most of his estate to his widow Bess and daughter Margaret Truman Daniel. The will valued personal property at about 600000 dollars and real property at 10000 dollars. A trust for Mrs. Truman’s life income was set up and autos and personal items at the Delaware Street home went to Mrs. Truman. The will also directed a Brave marker with dates from birth to office and a life estate for Bess Truman.
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Independence
M 9
UPI
Harry
Truman
Bess
Margaret Truman Daniel
Margaret
Final Victim Recovered in Florida Everglades Crash
The last victim of the Florida Everglades jumbo jet crash was recovered, bringing the toll to 99 dead and 77 survivors. Investigators identified all bodies, audited the process, and expect no more remains. The crash of the Lockheed L-1011 remains under investigation with a March public hearing planned.
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Miami
VPI
Florida Everglades
Eastern Air Line
Miami International Airport
Joe Davis
Dade County
Qonartio
Calif
National Transportation Safety Board
NTSB
Holmesian Plot Trial Opens at Old Bailey
Six men stand trial in London on a $3.6 million bank robbery mimicking a Holmes story. Prosecutors say the robbers used walkie talkies to coordinate and drew parallels to Conan Doyle’s The Red Headed League, a plan unfolding near Baker Street.
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London
UPI
Sherlock Holmes
Baker Street
Holmes
Old Bailey Criminal Court
Arthur Conan Doyle
Dr. Watson
Robert Harman
Playground Daily News Classified Office Lines
Local paper page lists main office andWant ads numbers for readers. WaLP Niceville and Crestview circulation lines are shown with contact numbers for reader services and circulation inquiries.
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Crestview
Israeli and Syrian jets clash over Lebanon air space
UPI reports Israeli and Syrian fighter planes tangled over Syria and Lebanon for minutes. Lebanon said two Syrian jets were shot down while Israel claimed one. Syria claimed one Israeli and one Syrian plane were hit. A MiG21 was shot down near Damascus as Israeli planes patrolled. One Syrian pilot died after a crash near Fa Raya.
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Lebanon
United Press International
Syria
Israel
Tel Aviv
Mand
Faraya
Beirut
Nabil
Barkhash
Yusuf Suleiman
Endangered Whoopers Show Up Eight Short
Interior Department reports eight fewer whooping cranes, a disturbing but not catastrophic setback to the Aransas flock on the Texas coast. Count stands at 51 birds, down from 59, with losses likely among adolescent birds aged one to three years.
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Washington
UPI
Interior Department
Joseph P. Linduska
Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife
Linduska
Canada
Aransas
Gulf Coast
Wallace Surgery Favored for Governor Wallace
Dr. Hamilton Hutchinson, Wallace's personal physician, recommends elective additional surgery to treat prostate enlargement affecting bladder function. Governor George C. Wallace, paralyzed from the waist down after a May assassination attempt, has not decided whether to proceed while vacationing in Key Biscayne, Florida.
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Montgomery
Ala
UPI
Hamilton Hutchinson
George C. Wallace
Wallace
Billy Joe Camp
Camp
Key Biscayne, Via
Humphrey, Lombardi sworn in amid 1973 Minnesota session
UPI reports Hubert H. Humphrey III and Vince Lombardi Jr. sworn in as new legislators. Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey attended his son’s oath in the Senate. Lombardi Jr. took the oath in the House as Robert Stassen joined Senate conservatives.
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ST. Paul, Minn
UPI
Minnesota
Hubert Humphrey
Vince Lombardi
Hubert H
Skip” Humphrey III
Vince Lombardi, Jr
Green Bay
Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minn
Minnesota Senate
House
Lombardi Jr
Robert Stassen
Harold Stassen
Senate
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