Supreme Court allows Times and Post Vietnam War articles
The Supreme Court ruled 6 to 3 that The New York Times and The Washington Post may resume publishing articles on the Vietnam War origins based on classified Pentagon documents. Justices White and Stewart concluded disclosure would not surely cause direct, irreparable damage, while dissenters urged restraint.
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Washington
Supreme Court
New York Times
The
Washington Post
Pentagon
Potter Stewart
Bryan R. White
Justice Department
Times
White House
Ronald L. Aiegler
Nixon
Acton
Defense Department
Congress
Mike Gravel
Alaska
U.S. Vietnam
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Daniel Ellsberg
Askew Signs New Budget and Taxes in Florida
Governor Reubin Askew signed the $1.359 billion appropriations package and $1.07 million in new taxes to balance the budget. He vetoed language removing a $600,000 cap on a planned DOT funded plane and signed the $1.247 billion main appropriation plus a $12 million education supplemental bill four hours before the budget took effect.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Reubin Askew
Department of Transportation
Askew
Board of Regents
Cosmonauts Die in Soyuz 11 Return Mission
Three cosmonauts died when Soyuz 11 failed to re enter safely after a 24 day flight. Officials blamed a probable oxygen system failure and investigators aim to fix the life support to resume manned spaceflight. Tass ordered an investigation as experts suggested suffocation or rapid heating during re entry may have caused the deaths.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Orbiting Laboratory
Tass
Josip Kotnik
Astronautical Rocket Association of Croatia
Yugoslavia
Heinz Kaminski
Bochum Observatory
Bochum
West Germany
Peter Willmore
Mullard Space Laboratory
London’s
University College
Vladimir Komarov
Cosmonaum
FWB Officials Prone to Losing Transportation
Fort Walton Beach officials face theft woes as City Attorney Walter Smith had his car stolen on June 1 and was quickly recovered before Councilman George Palmer reported his own 1971 grey station wagon missing. The vehicle, license 430 7801, with a telephone and communications system, was last driven by B C Cloquette and parked at 120 London Ave. around 6 30 p.m. Tuesday.
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Fort Walton Beach
Walter Smith
George Palmer
Palmer
B. C. Cloquette
London Ave
Po- Hee
Area Post Offices Celebrate U S Postal Service Change
Area post offices mark July 1 1971 as the transition from the U S Postal Department to the U S Postal Service with displays first day covers souvenir envelopes 8 cent stamps and a ribbon cutting at Fort Walton Beach Post Office. West Florida Stamp Club features Pony Express stamps and historic covers in a lobby display.
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Kathleen Cameron
United States
U.S. Postal Department
U.S. Postal Service
Postal Service
U.S
S.B. Powell
Eglin Afb
Fort Walton Beach
Maurice McLaughlin
Carl Garrett
West Florida Stamp Club
Pony Express
Shalimar Council Passes Electrical Code Compliance Rule
Shalimar Town Council approved an ordinance requiring compliance with Florida Electrical Code for current and future buildings. The move follows a lawsuit against Shalimar and Cinco Bayou by the Okaloosa Electrical and Mechanical Association.
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Shalimar Town
Shalimar
Florida
Jim Tras
Pops” Sullivan
Tras
Nancy
Cinco Bayou
Okaloosa
Ohio ratifies 26th amendment lowering voting age
Ohio lawmakers ratified the 26th amendment to the U.S. Constitution to allow 18-year-olds to vote in state elections. The Ohio House approved 81 to 9 and the Senate 30 to 2, completing the 38-state requirement in record time.
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Columbus
Ohio
U.S
Ohio House
Senate
North Carolina
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Jere Beasley
Congress
Supreme Court
Kinney Steps Down West to Chair Pollution Board
A. J. Kinney resigns as president of the Okaloosa County Pollution Control and Water Resources Advisory Board and Herbert Bud West is named the new board president. West aims to complete Garniers Beach Sewage Plant operations and assigns each member a specific area. He will preside July 21 over his first meeting and plans monthly public notices on environmental actions. West, a charter member, recently returned from studies at the University of Florida and resides with his wife Marie on Paquito Road in Shalimar.
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Okaloosa County
Weal
West
Pollution Control Board
University of Florida, Gainesville
Kinney
Weal Realden
Marie
Paquito Road
Shalimar
VC Radio Broadcasts MIA Names
Pensacola report details a Viet Cong broadcast naming six missing U S prisoners and a Marine sergeant with serial 2468970. The delegation vows to seek Chinese intercession for prisoners and sends messages to families. Four teens and Prof Tolph Chandler join the effort via POW MIA Inc. fundraising.
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Pensacola
Portland
Ore
Vinson
Vincent
Sth Regiment
Cushner
Young
Tolph Chandler
University of West Florida
Mainind China
Hangi
U.S
Deborah Ann Hoge
Clevette M. Malden
Tom Allen Kirchhart
Tom Folkers
WBSR
Marlo Flacella
Pow-Mia, Inc
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FWB
Jose Ponce
Index Ambmetien Beers Terrains
Carlet
Abby
Orr
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Uiere Aneeee Renner
Weapreeerieeeiine
Remem Lea Stacks Teneverecaaten
Uiiterineertreseuetins
Garrett
Powell
Postal Department
U.S. Treasury
Judy Regis
Maurice MecLaughlin
Beach
U. S. Postal Service
Ort Walton
Bud West
Kinney Steps
VC Radio
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