Allies Near to Completing Control Over Road to Sea
Cambodian and South Vietnamese forces pushed toward Highway 4 with U.S. helicopter and naval support claiming control of all but a 32 mile stretch. Reports from Phnom Penh but reliable details say the enemy still held the Pich Nil Pass, a key gateway to the Lifeline to Kompong Som.
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Saigon
U.S
Cambodia
Ines
Phnom Penh
Pich Nil Pass
Elephant Mountain Range
Kompong Som
Gulf of Siam
Am Rong
Highway 4
Stung Chhay Pass
Pich Nil
Vietnam
Mekong River
Associated Press
Holger Jensen
Jensen
Pass
Okaloosa Digest Notices Must Be Hand-Delivered
Organizations must bring their Okaloosa Digest notices to the Playground Daily News office in writing. PGDN staff will not take notices over the telephone.
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Okaloosa Digest
Playground Daily News
PGDN
Okaloosa lunch menu and community meeting notes
The Okaloosa County school lunch menu lists hot turkey sandwich mashed potatoes wild cherry and cranberry salad oatmeal cookies loaf bread butter and milk. The Progressive Community Improvement Organization meets tonight at 7 30 at the Chester Pruitt Community Center McGriff Street to discuss vital community business and invites the public. The Fort Walton Beach Jaycees host a coffee for the Past Presidents at the Coronado Motel at 10 am today as part of Jaycee Week activities inviting all Jaycees and supporters to attend and reconnect.
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Okaloosa County
Progressive Community Improvement Organization
Chester Pruitt Community Center
McGriff Street
Fort Walton Beach
Jaycees
Coronado
Fort Walton Kiwanis to Meet at noon with Choctawhatchee band
The Fort Walton Beach Kiwanis Club gathers at noon today in the Sheraton Mirmar Motor Inn meeting room. J R Jones, Choctawhatchee High School music director, will lead the school stage band in a set of popular arrangements. Crestview PTA meets at 7 30 pm with Clem Payton as speaker. Brownie troop 35 will present the flag ceremony followed by a reception for Fay Shaw, teacher of the year.
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Fort Walton Beach
Crestview
Bob Sikes
PTA
Clem Payton
Brownie Troop 35
Fay Shaw
Florida Nurses Association Meeting Tonight Fort Walton Beach
The Florida Nurses Association plans its monthly gathering at 7 30 this evening at Fort Walton Beach Hospital. New officers will be elected for the coming year. All registered nurses are invited. membership is not required to attend.
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Florida Nurses Association
Fort Walton Beach Hospital
Crestview Blood Bank Drive At First Baptist Church
A blood bank drive occurs today at the First Baptist Church from noon to 6 p.m. The quota is 160 pints and donors are urged to participate as blood is badly needed. Also, the Egiin Hospital Group of the Alcoholics Anonymous will meet tonight at 8 p.m.
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Crestview
First Baptist Church
Egiin Hospital Group
The
Alcoholics Anonymous
A.A
Weak-Enders Camping Meeting And Campout Details
The Weak-Enders Camping Club meets at Eley Lodge Eglin AFB at 7 30 p m with two color films Under Florida Stars and Frontier Florida. A Gulf Winds Campground Jan 22 24 campout is discussed and information via Gert A Gehlhaar 678 5973. Baker High seeks subscriptions to The Gator Tale 1970 71 through Feb 5 with deposits and imprinted name options.
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Eley Lodge
Eglin Afb
Florida Stars
Baker — Baker High School
BHS
Air Commando Association meeting set for Wednesday
The Air Commando Association schedules a meeting in the 319th briefing room at 5 p.m. All members and interested individuals are urged to attend. For more information call Mrs. Roberson at 884-7172 or 242-2693.
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Air Commando Association
Roberson
Eglin NCO Association Meeting Tonight at VFW Post
The Eglin Chapter of the NCO Association of the USA will meet at 7 30 p m today at the VFW Post 205 Carat Ave N W. All members are urged to attend and all interested persons are welcome.
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Eglin
NCO Association of the USA
VFW
Carat Ave
N.W
Last Word s Dan Blocker weighs In at over 300 pounds
The reader asks for the weight of Dan Blocker known as Hoss on the TV show Bonanza. They debate whether Blocker weighs over 300 pounds, asking for confirmation of his actual weight.
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A. Blocker
Bonanza
Bethlehem Steel Appears To Roll Back Price Hike
Bethlehem Steel trims its steel price boost for construction to 6.8 percent after White House pressure amid a broader push to curb wage and price spirals. Nixon calls for industry leaders to propose remedies within 30 days while banks cut prime rates and the Fed trims the discount rate. The Commerce Department reports GNP fell 3.3 percent in late 1970, blamed partly on a General Motors strike, though markets drift higher with the Dow up 2.12 points and NYSE volume strong.
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White House
Bethlehem Steel
Commerce Department
Department
General Motors Corp
British Phlegmatic Over Postal Strike
London AP report says the British government will risk a full postal strike starting Wednesday rather than bow to Post Office workers demands for a 15 percent wage increase. Christopher Chataway cites an 8 percent offer as final, warning postage could rise from 5 to at least 9 cents. Union leader Tom Jackson questions arbitration feasibility.
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London
Christopher Chataway
Posts and
Telecommunicaons
House of Commons
Chataway
Tom Jackson
Union of
Post Office Workers
Askew Appeals to Retain Space Work in Southeast
Florida Governor Reubin Askew urged Alabama Mississippi and Louisiana governors to unite in a campaign to keep and expand manned space programs in the region. He pressed for Cape Kennedy as the shuttle site, noting Huntsville Louisiana and Mississippi facilities could be affected. Telegrams went to governors Wallace Williams and McKeithen as he coordinates with Florida lawmakers and Rep Don Fuqua on Space Committee efforts.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Reubin Askew
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Florida
United
National Aeronautical and Space Administration
Askew
Marshall Space Fight Center
Huntsville
Ala
Michaud Facility
George Wallace
John Bell Willams
John J. McKeithen
Southeast
Don G. Fuqua
House Space and Aeronautical Committee
Fort Walton City Committee Considers Stop Signs Over Truck Traffic
A Fort Walton Beach committee met with six residents to plan stop signs on Jefferson Place and address through truck use on Memorial Parkway Robinwood Drive and Jet Drive. Officials will revisit in 90 days to review truck routes and enforce ordinances. A&A Transfer plans a weigh scale to aid detection.
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Industrial Avenue
Jefferson Place
Fort Walton Beach
Robinwood Drive
Jet Drive
Memorial Parkway
City Hall
William Sconters
George Palmer
C.H. Rigdon
Sconters
Memorial and
Robinwood
Leomers
Coral Drive
Memorial
Nixon Sets 30 Day Plan on Construction Costs
President Nixon urged the Construction Industry Collective Bargaining Commission to craft a plan within 30 days to curb the wage price spiral in construction. He ruled out immediate ceilings on federal projects or suspending the Davis Bacon Act but pressed unions and contractors to act to ease demand and rising costs. Hodgson described the session with Labor and Defense officials noting the need to address accelerating wage trends amid a surge in housing and government construction.
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Washington
Nixon
White House
Construction Industry Collective Bargaining Commission
Jamies Hodgson
Melvin R. Laird
Hodgson
Senators push vote on senate committee chair tenure
Two senators Harris and Mathias propose a rule amendment to require recorded votes every two years for Senate committee chairs. They cite accountability amid hearings with Common Cause leader John Gardner and Urban League official Whitney Young. They plan to seek a vote before committee assignments and expect a fight over cloture rules.
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Washington
Senate
Fred Harris
D-Oxla
Charles McC. Mathias, Jr
R-Md
Congress
John W. Gardner
Citizens Lobby
Gardner
Health, Education and Welfare Department
Young
Harris
Mathias
Meigs Band Seeks Funds for 100 New Uniforms
Meigs Junior High Band aims to raise 8100 to buy 100 new uniforms, said director Don Warner. A December family bake sale raised 132, boosting Booster efforts. A February 12 Valentine Dance will crown a Band Valentine Sweetheart based on penny votes from store containers in Fort Walton Beach area.
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Meigs
Don Warner
Meigs Band Boosters
Sald Warner
Warner
Fort Walton Beach
Varner
Poles Again Protest at Lenin Shipyard in Gdansk
Thousands of shipyard workers in Gdansk walk off for six hours demanding political and economic changes from the new leadership. They threaten another strike and call for removal of a Communist official accused of ordering the shooting of demonstrators.
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Gdansk
Poland
Communist Party
Lenin Shipyards
Warsaw
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Nancy Scrivner
Elvin Martin
Holiday Inn
Okaloosa Island
Martin
Scrivner
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FWB
Kiwanis Club
Fla, Nurses Association
Crestview Blood Bank Drive
Baker Annual
Air Commando Assn
Eglin Nco Association
Bethlehem
Washington (Ap
Labor
James Hodgson
Federal Reserve Board
Boston
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Atlanta
Minneapolis
Dallas
Federal Reserve
New York Stock Exchange
Scomers
Eulice E. Shelley
A&a Transfer & Storage Inc
Sconiers
Your Freedom
Freedom Newspapers
Eglin Parkway
Ft, Walton Beach
Post Ofice
Fort Wglton Beach
United Press International
Niceville
Cerrier
Singhe
Mail Payabhe Bn Advance
Audiourees of Cirtulation
Common Cause
Whitney M. Young Jr
National Urban League
Ronald Gail
Meigs Band
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