Setback Line Progress Reaches Okaloosa Coast
Natural Resources Director Randollph Hodges discusses the statewide dune setback law affecting five more counties. Public hearings will occur in St. Lucie and Volusia. field work in Flagler St Johns Brevard. Martin County is first to complete requirements. Governor Askew urges quicker completion and zoning moratoriums on dune line building.
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Natural Resources
Randollph Hodges
Dee W. Parkton
Okaloosa
Martin County
Seayard
Thes
Reubin Askew
Agnes Cold
Hodges
Field
Flagler
St. Johns
Brevard
St. Lucie
Volusia
St. Lucie County
Setaward
Community notices for July meetings in Okaloosa area
The Okaloosa Digest lists notices from local groups. Choctawhatchee Chapter Order of the Arrow meets Thursday July 6 at Camp Robbins 7:00 pm and 9:00 pm. Niceville Methodist Men gather July 6 at First Methodist Church Fellowship Hall with a 6:30 pm covered dish. Destin American Legion Post 296 installs 72 73 Ladies Aux Officers at 7 pm. Eglin Catholic Ladies Guild Mass at 9 am Friday Chapel No. 3 with social hour and nursery. Fort Walton Beach Jaycees meet July 6 at 7:30 pm at the Elks Club.
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Order of the Arrow
Choctawhatchee
The
Robbins
Niceville
First Ated Methodist Church of
E Fellowship
American Legion
Destin
Eglin Catholic Ladies’ Guild
Eglin Catholic Ladies' Guild
WAF
Fort Walton Beach
Jaycees
Elks Club
Florida Senate urged aid to speed hurricane dock reconstruction
Senate President designate Mallory Horne urged swift federal assistance for rebuilding 300 docks and wharfs destroyed by Hurricane Agnes in Northwest Florida. Ed Jaffrey said officials should expedite applications as the St Marks Apalachicola Port St Joe area faces economic trouble amid disaster designation. The move was relayed to the governor and cabinet. ST AUGUSTINE Florida Bicentennial Trail dedicated at Castillo de San Marcos with Lt Gov Adams saying it honors Florida and American history as part of upcoming national bicentennial celebrations.
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Tallahassee
UPI
Senate
Mallory Horne
Agnes
ST. Augustine
Florida
America
Adams
Fire devastates Ward at English mental hospital
A flash fire swept a renovated ward at Coldharbor Hospital in Sherborne, England, killing 30 of 36 male patients unable to flee. Night nurse alarms and an unlocked door failed to save those with severe mental handicaps as the blaze burst through the single-story ward.
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Sherborne
England
UPS
Harry Kempshaw
Coldharbor Hospital
Kempshaw
Winfrith
Villawing
Face to Face Bargaining Talked on Food Prices
Washington officials open direct talks aimed at easing food price pressures amid mounting consumer costs. UPI reports negotiators seek concrete steps to stabilize markets and curb inflation through bilateral discussions.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon Briefed On War and Food Price Talks
President Nixon received a first hand briefing on Indochina and U.S. strategy as Vietnam peace talks resume next week in Paris. Maj. Gen. Haig reported on a four day information gathering trip to Saigon and Phnom Penh. The White House pressed ahead with price control talks with grocers and other food industry leaders.
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San Clemente
Calif
UPI
Nixon
Indochina
U.S
Vietnam
Paris
Alexander M. Haig
Henry A. Kissinger
Saigon
Phnom Penh
Kissinger
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Clark MacGregor
MacGregor
William Timmons
NAACP Considers Campaign to Defeat Nixon in November
NAACP delegates in Detroit discuss a plan to defeat President Nixon this November. Nathaniel Jones accuses Nixon of misleading busing rhetoric and warns of possible agents sent to blunt criticism at the convention. The group condemns Nixon for challenging the 4th Amendment equal protection clause amid desegregation efforts in Detroit schools.
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Detroit
UPI
Nixon
Nathaniel Jones
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Stephen G. Spottswood
Jones
U.s.district Court
Stephen J. Roth
Michigan
Roth
College student held after hijacking attempt at Buffalo airport
A 23 year old college student hurt his estranged wife and her companion with a sharp object then took his infant daughter hostage at knifepoint aboard an American Airlines jet. He surrendered at Buffalo International after nearly three hours. the child was unharmed.
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Buffalo
N.Y
UPH
Charles Smith
American Airlines
Buffalo International Airport
Smith
Lilly Belle Smith
Jetuan
State University College At Buffalo
Ethel
Dennis Keeys
Japanese leader Tanaka pledges strong US ties as premier
New Liberal Democratic Party president Kakuei Tanaka vows foreign policy based on close Japan United States relations. He says air and water analogy and plans to open talks with China. Tanaka won leadership over Takeo Fukuda after Eisaku Sato's resignation.
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Tokyo
UPI
Kakuei Tanaka
United States
Tanaka
Eisaki Sato
Liberal Democratic Party
U.S
Japan
China
Takeo Fukuda
Sato
Assassins Execute 2 Brothers Near Belfast
Two young Protestant brothers Malcol and Peter Orr, ages 19 and 21, visiting Catholic friends, were shot in a ditch near Aldergrove airport seven miles west of Belfast. Police identified them. their deaths raise civilian toll to 16 since Protestant protest barricades began.
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Belfast
UPI
Aldergrove
Malcol
Peter Orr
Alliance Road
Ardoyne
Peter
Mothers Connect Marijuana Hard Drugs Hearings in Miami
Three Miami area mothers testified before a House crime and drug abuse subcommittee on how marijuana begun at school led their children to hard drugs and death. They linked crime syndicate activity, failed police action, and lack of support to the rising drug problem in Dade County.
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Miami
UPI
House
Shirley Fletcher
Michael
Mt. Sinai Hospital
Bay
Fletcher
Herial
Subcommittee On
Claude Pepper
D-Fla
Charles Rangel
D-N.y
Morgan’ F
Murphy
D-I
Frank"j."brasco
Dn.y
James R. Mann
D-S
Florida
Marvin Burt
Dade Miami
Dade County
Burl
Secretary of State Stone to Visit Okaloosa County
Richard Stone will visit Crestview Monday arriving at 2 p.m. He will tour the courthouse and voter registration sites set for the day. Registration drives run 3 to 6 p.m. in the library and at Fort Walton Beach Square. Eligible residents must be in Florida 64 days and in Okaloosa County 60 days.
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Elsie B Garrett
Richard “Dick” Stone
Okaloosa County
Stone
Crestview
Garrett
Fort Walton Beach
Sears
Florida
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Beat Nixon
Byron Rogers
New York City
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Lillie Smith
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