Indictment For Murder Rendered In Jackson County Case
Jackson County grand jury returned murder indictments against Freddie Ptlda and Wilbert Lee for the fatal shooting of two station attendants. The panel faced questions over alleged racial bias and juror eligibility after a prior conviction blocked one member. Lea James said new jurors were drawn from a list with claims of limited Black representation. Joe Townsend and attorneys Rosen and Klein appeared before the grand jury as part of the proceedings.
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Mahianna
UPL
County Grand Jury
Freddie Pldta
Wilbert Lee
Sidue
Lea Junes
Assistnt Statettorney
Paamina City
Tot
Jones
Jackson County
Grand Jury
Joe Townsend
Provida Bureau of Law Enforcement
Maurice Rosen
Theordere Klein
Hospital Chief Gets New Car
County commissioners, in a brief meeting Tuesday, agreed to buy a new 1972 Impala for the head of the county hospital system. Preston Hood Chevrolet of Fort Walton Beach bid $8,267, the only other bid was Buck Lee Auto Mart Crestview at $3,822.25 plus a $124.64 monthly lease option for two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston Hood Chevrolet
Fort Walton Beach
Buck Lee Auto Mart
Crestview
Dan Merrill
Commission
Merrill
Federal Aviation Agency
Federal Agency
FAA
Parkton Chosen Okaloosa County Commission Chairman in 1972
Dee Parkton was selected as the 1972 chairman of the Okaloosa County Commission at a Tuesday meeting. He announced appointments to head airports public building maintenance water and sewer parks recreation Civil Defense and more, naming Merrill Echols Williams Buck Greene and others to key posts and signaling plans to pursue state funds for parks and recreation facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bunny Middleton
County Commission
Dee Parkton
Dan Merrill
Bob Echols
Okalooga County Commission
Parkton
Dan Merri
Willie Williams
Parks and Recreation and
Civil Defense
Leon Buck" Greene
Mervill
Parkin
Merrill
Guidance Clinic
Williams
Historical Commission
Niceville- Valparaiso
Greene
Okaloosa Memorial Hospital
Crestview
Cabinet grants oil lease and drill permits in Florida
Tallahassee officials awarded J Milton Newton Inc of Jackson Mississippi a lease on 363 acres near Crestview for 7713 dollars with no protest at the public hearing. The Cabinet also approved oil wells in the Jay field Santa Rosa County and in Lee County near Fort Myers and Osceola County near Kissimmee Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tallahassee
Cabinet
J. Milton Newton Inc
Jackson, Miss
Crestview
Jay Field
Santa Rosa County
Lee County
Fort Myers
Osceola County
Kissimmee Park
Doctors In Air On Weekend Duty At Crestview Hospital
Eglin Air Force Base physicians Dr Gerald Smolensky and Dr Ronald Sayalowsky will work weekends in Crestview's Okaloosa Memorial Hospital emergency room but payment terms are unsettled. Trustees proposed 15 per hour, but ethic and legal questions arose. County will not bill for medical services. doctors may be paid for presence while meals and lodging are provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eglin Air Force Base
Crestview
Okaloosa Memorial Hospital
Gerald Leon Smolensky
Ronald Lee Sayalowsky
Crestview Hospital
Physicans
County Commission
Bill Thompson
Fort Walton Beach
Sky Marshal Cuts Being Considered in Budget Talks
Washington sources say the office is weighing a cut of up to 41 million dollars from the sky marshal program for the new fiscal year starting July 1. About 1,500 marshals could be reassigned to airport security or absorbed by Customs if the cuts proceed, with airlines urging reduced in-flight personnel.
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Washington
UPI
Customs Bureau
Air Lines
Miller Hearing Slated Thursday in Niceville Manslaughter Case
A preliminary hearing is set for 10 a.m. Thursday before Walton County Judge Joe Dan Trotman to consider a manslaughter charge against former Niceville Police Chief Hollis Miller. A March 7 trial date before Circuit Court Judge Thomas D. Beasley is tentatively planned in Walton County. The case stems from a two vehicle collision on Oct. 16 that killed 46 year old DeFuniak Springs resident Mary Therine Gumillian at the State Road 85 and Live Oak Avenue intersection.
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Niceville
Walton County
Joe Dan Trotman
Hollis Miller
Trotman
DeFuniak Springs
Miller
Thomas D. Beasley
Arick Hearing Resumes In License Penalty Case
An administrative hearing to determine civil penalties or loss of private patrol and investigative licenses for Carl L. Arick Sr. resumes at 9 a m today at the Okaloosa Island Authority Building. The court recessed Wednesday after the Florida Department of State completed testimony with Paul Thompson defending Arick. Judge Edwin L. Mason has set aside all but seven of the original 17 listed reasons for the hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl L. Arick Sr
Okaloosa Island
Edwin L. Mason
Tallahassee
Six Masked Men Kidnap Inmate At Niceville Prison Camp
Crestview Florida authorities pursue six masked gunmen who raided the Niceville Prison Camp last month. They overpowered guards, cut lines, seized five shotguns eight revolvers and about 250 from the canteen while abducting inmate Peter Bryan Walker. Investigators from OPS, Florida Department of Law Enforcement, and the FBI join the case as Sheriff Ray Wilson says leads exist but no concrete arrest yet.
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Cresty Haw Cupd
Okalaosa County
Ray Wilson
Uie
Niceville
Tieel
Wilson
Plorica Department of Law Enforcement
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Peter Bryan Walker
Tallahassee
Bill Reed
Department of Law Enforcement
Is Fime
Walker
Arrest Report Names Floyd Havis Jr in Cattle Killings
Sheriff Ray Wilson said Floyd Havis Jr aged 18 of Holt was arrested on two counts of millilicious killing of animals of another person. The suspect allegedly killed two cows in Woodrow Wilkerson's pasture on New Year's Day. Havis is jailed in Okatoosa County on a $3,000 bond. Deputy Marvin Canova led the investigation.
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Ray Wilson
Floyd Havis Jr
Rt 1
Holt
Woodrow Wilkerson
Baker
Wilkerson
Davis
Okatoosa County
Marvin Canova
Easing of Price Controls Subject of Federal Study
Washington reports that the Price Commission will study lifting price controls with spring expected exemptions. Chairman C Jackson Grayson says enforcement will rely on IRS spot checks, not shoppers, as April 30, 1973, expiration nears. He notes remaining restraint may continue.
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Washington
UPS
C. Jackson Grayson
The
Price Commission
UPI
Grayson
Nixon
Cost of Living Council
Internal Revenue Service
Commission
IRS
NIU lifts ban on singing Star Spangled Banner at home games
NIU President Richard J. Nelson says discussions with faculty and student leaders reduced the chance of incidents, effectively removing the ban on singing the Star Spangled Banner at NIU home basketball games after student protests. In St Petersburg a 17 year old father was charged with first degree murder in his 30 day old daughter's death, with an autopsy citing a fractured skull and ruptured spleen from a beating. In Montgomery Alabama officials weigh appealing a federal reapportionment order that could produce chaos in the 1974 election, with 105 House and 35 Senate districts drawn to cross county lines, potentially aiding additional black legislative gains.
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DE Kalb, I
UPD
Northern Halingis University
NIU
Richard J. Nelson
ST. Petersburg
UPI
Steve Wayne Thomas
Justice of the Peace Court
Louis Kubler
Carol Ann Thomas
Pinellas Park
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Florida
Alabama House
Senate
Nixon Announces Lift To US Merchant Fleet
President Nixon announced a $54.6 million shipbuilding contract at National Steel and Shipbuilding Co in San Diego to build three 38,300-ton tankers as part of a 7 billion dollar, 10 year program. The government will cover 43 percent of costs, aiming to revive U S shipbuilding amid higher costs and overseas competition. Nixon spoke to about 2,000 shipyard workers and highlighted his 1968 pledge to modernize the Merchant Marine.
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San Diego
Calif
UPD
Nixon
United States
National Steel and Shipbuilding Co
California
U.S
Japan
Europe
Oceanside
San Clemente
National Steel
Merchant Marine
Bath Iron Works
Maine
Fisaku Snio
Rising Education Welfare Costs Drive State Tax Increases
Albany reports rising education and welfare costs forcing rapid tax hikes across states. New York considers a $407.5 million tax boost as part of a $14 million deficit plan amid calls for more federal aid. Governors urge federal revenue sharing while Texas and Ohio also face sizable budget gaps and tax hikes.
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Albany
Noy
Duttanus
New York State
Empire State
A. Rockefeller
New York
Rockefeller
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Playground Daily News
Your Freedom New
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Eglin Parks
Ft. Walton Beach
Carard Das Vari
Font Wallen Beach
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Tartar
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Florida Highway Patrol
Jekoniak Springs
Miler
Arick
Holt Alan
Marilyn Massel
Onm
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