Deep South snow and cold wave disrupts holiday period
A heavy snowfall spread through the Deep South from Texas through Louisiana, Arkansas and Mississippi, closing schools. Four storm related deaths were reported, three in Louisiana and one in Mississippi, as a cold wave hit the Southwest and Hawaii recorded snow on an island.
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Associated Press
Deep South
Hawaii
Texas
Louisiana
Arkansas
Mississippi
Southwest
Okaloosa Digest Items Brought In Written Form
Local note states that Okaloosa Digest items must be submitted in written form at the Playground Daily News office by organization representatives. PGDN staff will not take these items over the phone.
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Okaloosa
Playground Daily News
PGDN
Okaloosa County Lunch Menu Highlights
Today's menu features fish fillets with tomato sauce, parsley potatoes, a green salad combination, strawberry shortcake, cornbread, butter, and milk for students.
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Okaloosa County
Rap House Steering Committee Sees Public Meeting in Valparaiso
The Rap House Steering Committee and staff will meet Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. The meeting is open to the public and urged to attend. The spokesman notes the two story building at Eastview and Southview streets next to City Hall, lacks utilities yet.
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Eastview
Southview Streets
Valparaiso
City Hall
Driving Tests Updated Under New State Law
Drivers seeking the operator's license must visit the Driver's License Office at 1043 West Hollywood Blvd from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays. The Fort Walton Beach Community Center office was replaced. for more details call 244-5515.
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West Hollywood Blvd
Fort Walton Beach
Sons of VFW Post 417 to Convene Saturday Meeting
The Sons of the VFW Post 417 will hold a noon Saturday meeting at the VFW post home on Carol Avenue. Members are asked to attend.
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VFW Post
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VFW
Carol Avenue
Destin Legion Post 296 Hosts Weekly Game Night
Destin American Legion Post 296 invites the public to its weekly game night at 8 p.m. today at the post home.
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American Legion
Destin American Legion Post
Destin American Legion
Cadette Troop 167 Fashion Show at Shalimar School
Troop 167 will present a fashion show tonight at 7 30 in the Shalimar Elementary School auditorium. Public is invited and admission is free. SEMINOLE The January meeting of the Seminole Senior Citizens meets Friday at Park Way Baptist Church with a 6 p.m. covered dish supper and a short business meeting followed by entertainment. All interested in senior activities are invited.
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Shalimar Elementary School
Parkway Baptist Church
Northwest Florida Rally Set For January Sunday
The Northwest Florida Motorsports Club will host a time speed distance rally on Sunday January 10 starting from the Gary Smith Ford lot at 12 30 p m. Registration and safety inspections run 11 00 a m to 12 30 p m. The public is invited to participate for about three hours in an unusual activity.
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Northwest Florida
Rainbow Girls Clean Up Okaloosa Island Beaches
Rainbow Girls of Niceville Melody Assembly No 1 plan a beach clean up on Saturday along Okaloosa Island. The event starts 10 30 a m and ends at noon. Former and active Boy Scouts in Fort Walton Beach seeking to form an Explorer Service Post should call 244 5624 after 4 30 p m. Applicants must be 14 in ninth grade or 15 19 years old.
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Niceville
Rainbow Girls of
Melody Assembly
Okaloosa Island
Fort Walton Beach
Sid Caesar Age and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Cast
Caesar, born 1922, is 9 years older than 50. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) stars Jane Powell Howard Keel Jeff Richards Russ Tamblyn Julie Newmar Ruth Lee Matt Mattox and others. released in 1954 and aired on TV via local stations. Abels from Jersey City, raised in Bergenfield, married to Janet Kapral. he is an actor on the CBS soap Where Hearts.
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Sid Caesar
F. Grange
Caesar
Julie Newmar
Ruth Lee
Matt Mattox
Gregory Abels
F. Gay
A—Abels
Michael Hathaway
Bor
Jersey City
Bergenfield
N.J
Janet Kapral
New York City
Eight Cents Postage Seen For Letters by Mid April
The U S Postal Service expects eight cent letters by mid April as board of governors pursues rate hikes to cover a 2.4 billion dollar revenue gap. The nine member board appointed by Nixon will vote after sworn in, with a 2 cent jump raising about 1.5 billion annually.
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U.S. Postal Service
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Congress
Winton M. Blount
Blount
Tne
O'Malley Promotes No-Fault Insurance to Ease Costs
Florida Insurance Commissioner Tom O Malley urged a Senate panel to adopt a no fault auto plan to cut soaring rates and reduce legal fees in accident awards. He also backed temporary repeal of California style premium rules and tax exemptions, while Barron urged practical rate reductions and questioned the plan's fixes.
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Fla
Tom O Malley
Senate
Omabhliley
Senate Select Committee On Insurance
California
Florida
Miami
O'Malley
Barron
Exile group calls Cuban liberation plan a farce
Miami based Alpha 66 denounces a publicized scheme to topple Fidel Castro as a colossal farce. Second in command cites deception by leaders including Jose Elias de la Formente. Diego Medina says Torriente has dragged out promises and offered vague details, extending deadlines into 1971.
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Alpha 66
Fidel Castro
Diego Medina
Alpha
Andres Nazario Sargon
Jose Elias de la Formente
Torriente
Cuba
Castro
Caribbean
Holland hailed at Bartow homecoming after long public service
Retired U.S. Senator Spessard Holland, 78, was honored by 1,700 well wishers in Bartow, Florida, for 46 years in public life. Lawton Chiles introduced the Bartow native at an appreciation dinner as the band played Dixie.
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Fla
U.S
Spessard Holland
Holland
Senate
Florida
Lawton Chiles
Lakeland
Air Academy
Dixie
Bomb Scare Shuts Meigs Junior High In Shalimar
A phone warning of a bomb at Meigs Junior High School in Shalimar forced evacuation Thursday afternoon. Deputies searched the building while classes resumed later, as Superintendent Max Burner announced the district will extend hours to recover lost time.
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Meigs Junior High
Shalimar
Max Burner
Burner
Playground Daily News office ad listing
Classified notice from Crestview to Valparaiso region listing main office contact numbers and circulation details. No clear event or person named. appears as a suboffice advertisement or internal routing snippet from the Playground Daily News.
Antarctic Team To Visit Bases On Inspection Mission
A six month US inspection group will travel to Soviet and other Antarctic stations starting January 16 to verify treaty compliance. State Department officials say there is no evidence of noncompliance and the inspections uphold the 1961 Antarctic Treaty ban on military activity. Members aim to publicly reassure adherence while acknowledging Moscow opposes on-site checks.
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Washington
U.S
Antarctica
Subcontinent
South Polar
State Department
Frank C. Mahncke
Soviet Union
Moscow
Recriminations Rule the Day at Paris Peace Talks
In the 98th weekly session of the Vietnam peace talks, both sides endorsed new year hopes for progress in 1971 but offered little beyond continued stalemate. North Vietnam and the Viet Cong accused Nixon of hypocritical peace talks and escalated war under Vietnamization while pressing for unconditional U.S. withdrawal.
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Paris
Nixon
North Vietnam
Kuan Thuy
Viet Cong
Nguyen Thi Binh
Melvin R. Laird
National study urges sweeping overhaul of federal criminal laws
A 366 page final report from the National Commission on Reform of Federal Criminal Laws urges Congress to abolish the death penalty and reduce marijuana possession to a minor infraction while proposing a handgun ban, firearm registration, stiffer penalties for dangerous offenders, and trying 15 year olds as adults. The panel, after 31 years of work, split on capital punishment with a minority supporting execution for murder and treason. The report's authors foresee hearings but do not expect quick enactment.
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National
Congress
National Commission On
Richard H. Poff
R-Va
Louis B. Schwartz
University of Pennsylvania
Poff
Ence
Department of Justice
Sens
Sam J. Ervin Jr
Dn.c
John L. McClelan
D-Ark
Commission
Edmund G. Brown
California
Administration Readies Renewed SST Funding Fight
The Nixon administration plans a renewed push for SST development funds after a setback. With $52 million approved to sustain work through March, leaders expect $210 million may suffice, while Magruder schedules a January meeting with Boeing and GE officials to press the program.
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Washington
Senate House
Sen
Ate
Congress
William M. Magruder
Boeing Co
General Electric Co
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Four Arrested in Local Shoplifting and Assault Cases
Constable Ruben Hendrix reports four arrests on Thursday. William Davis of 415 Miramar Circle and John Kelly of 12 Miramar Circle charged with attempting to steal tools from Gibson Discount Center on Racetrack Road and held on 200 bond. John Forst of Gibson Drive charged with assault and free on 500 bond. Abraham Donaldson of 195 Washington Street Crestview also arrested on assault and held pending posting of bond.
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Ruben Hendrix
William Henry Davis
Miramar Circle
John J. Kelly
Gibson Discout
Racetrack Road
Hendrix
John T. Forst
Gibson
Frost
Abraham Donaldson
Washington St
Crestview
Local adult theater faces permit hurdle in Fort Walton Beach
Pensacola based Colan Enterprises Corp seeks to open an adult theater on EpLin Parkway Fort Walton Beach but city officials say it lacks required 25 off street parking spaces. City manager Winston Walker cites shared use of space with three other businesses and calls for an engineering study. Levett claims obstruction and says box office will reveal community response with admission set at 3 dollars for civilians and 2 dollars for military personnel.
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Mike Levett
Pensacola
Fort Walton Beach
Levett
Colan Enterprises Corp
Levitt
Winston Walker
Eplin Parkway
First Street
Federal Rulings Undermine 1886 Florida Abortion Law
Federal decisions have found Florida 1886 abortion statutes unconstitutional under modern standards. Senator Kenneth Myers argues current language lacks specifics to cover legitimate police powers, calling for reform bills in the January 20 Judiciary Committee meeting in Orlando. The statute’s broad wording raises questions about criminal liability for women who self abort and limits on punishment.
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Fla
Florida
Kenneth Myers
Dmiami
Judiciary Committee
William D. Barrow
Dcrestview
Orlando
Jesus
Myers
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