Okaloosa parents backing school dress code says board members
Dr. Charles Ferdon and another board member claim 100 percent of parents approve the dress code while chairwoman Anne Mitchell cites a majority. Joe Etheredge estimates 90 percent of county parents back the policy, which led to suspensions at Meigs Junior High School. The board agrees on need for discipline though views on constitutionality vary.
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Charles Ferdon
Anne Mitchell
Okaloosa County
Joe Etheredge
Fort Walton Beach
Meigs
Etheredge
Mitchell
Ferdon
South Korean hijacker foiled by air force planes
South Korean air force intercepts a hijacked airliner forcing a crash landing near the North Korean border. The hijacker, Kim Sang tae, 22, detonates a grenade. a passenger dies later. Twenty two others are wounded among about 60 aboard the Kokker F27. In Libya, Ethiopian Airlines DC3 hijack ends with arrests after the plane lands in Benghazi. The crew and most passengers are reported safe. Garland J Grant, 20, of Milwaukee, is named in a federal warrant for hijacking a Northwest Airlines jet to Havana using an ax and bomb in a briefcase.
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Associated Press
North Korea
Libya
Kim Sang-tae
Kim
Ethiopian Airlines
Americals
Khartoum
Sudan
Cairo
Ethiopian
Milwaukee
U.S
John C. McBride
Garland J. Grant
Northwest Airlines
Detroit
Havana
Grant
Miami
Fla
Cuba
Florence Miller
Washington
Holiday Inn
Air Force
Shrimp Invasion Puzzles Bayou Fishermen
Millions of first quality white shrimp have appeared in Cin co Bayou off Destin defying seasonal patterns. Traders report strong demand as 24 hour harvesting continues and experts like John Lalander express confusion over winter shrimp in Choctawhatchee Bay. Local dealers anticipate the run may end soon despite heavy catches.
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Cinco Bayou
Jewel Melvin
John 4. Lalander
The
Conservation Department
Choctawhatchee Bay
Lalander
Melvin
Walker Spence
Niceville
Spence
Pensacola
Lawmakers Hint At Redistricting To Aid Revenue Sharing
Washington report notes state legislative leaders hint they may redraw congressional districts to undermine revenue sharing opponents ahead of the 1972 elections. Speaker Duryea and Speaker Pettigrew say shifts could target Rep. Sam Gibbons of Florida while urging more clarity on distribution formulas and Nixon’s $6 billion plan.
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Washington
Perry B. Duryea
Florida House
Sam Gibbons
Tampa
Gibbons
Duryea
Pettigrew
Congress
Nixon
Destin Airport Faces Growing Parking Strain Ahead of Raceway
Destin leaders warn airport capacity will tighten as thousands of raceway spectators arrive by air. Glass Brand cites California 500 traffic patterns, urging 2,500-foot runway extension and more hangars. Executives note rising executive jets and a Pennsylvanian DC-9 seeking space.
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Destin
Glass Brand
Okaloosa-Walton County
Brand
California
Miami
Okaloosa County
Phil Brand
Pensylvania Corporation
Flying Service
Eglin Afb
Askew Sees Plan Delayed in Revenue Sharing Push
Gov. Reubin Askew of Florida said President Nixon’s $16 billion revenue sharing plan is urgently needed and more realistic than earlier ideas but doubted federal enactment this year due to the government’s fiscal strain. Nixon proposed $6 billion in new revenue and $10 billion from existing earmarks.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Nixon
Reubin Askew
Askew
State of the Union
Enquiry Opened Into Jan Explo sion and Fire Fatality
An inquiry by U S Naval authorities into the January 18 explosion and fire at the Ordinance Research Plant near Fort Walton Beach is underway. Victim Frank Gilash is dead and two others injured. a board will report to Naval authorities in Mechanicsburg next week.
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U.S. Naval
Ordinance Research
Pinchot Road
Fort Walton Head
Frank Gilash
Webster Ave
Fort Walton Beach
Brook's Medical Burn Center
San Antonio
Tex
David Fisher
Sid Ridgewood
Mary [Sther
Nel Ih
Milton
Navy St
Gilash
Eglin Afb
Texas
Medivac Air Transport
Fisher
Nellie Milton
Naval
Mechanicsburg
Floyd Griffin
Navy
Griffin
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Sea School Board
Joseph H. Etheredge
Benghazi
Dolly Gull
Sloss Brand
Phil
Destin-Fort Walton Beach
Five Mile Bayou
New York Assembly
Richard A. Pettigrew
Panama City
Eglin
Intercept
Index Amuiscitienes
Cereerte Reese Jehicg
Denor Abby
Hornscape Dees Hospital
Pea Oh
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