Supreme Court Tosses Two Murder Convictions
The Florida Supreme Court ordered new trials for Billy Ray Oliver and James Colbert, youths jailed for life in the 1968 Tallahassee grocery store firebombing. It faulted coerced statements and delayed magistrate review, ruling rights were violated during interrogation after a period of racial unrest following Dr. King’s assassination.
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Fla
Florida Supreme Court
Leon County
Billy Ray Oliver
James Colbert
Travis Marl Crowes
Martin Luther King
Oliver
Colbert
High Court
Supreme Court
Okaloosa Digest Notice for Written Submissions
The Okaloosa Digest invites written submissions from organization representatives to be published in the Playground Daily News. Telephone submissions are not accepted.
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Okalgosa di
Playground Daily
PODS
Playground Daily News
Seminar on Christian Family kicks off at Eelin ARB Chapel
Christian Family Seminars sponsored by Zoyal officers of the Christian Union begin a three day run at Eelin ARB Chapel 4 Annex starting today with Dr. Duane Edward of Grace Bible Church San Antonio delivering talks on the Christian Family. Sessions include youth and adult programs across Friday and Saturday with topics focused on family life. FWB Shrine Club meets in new building tonight at 7 40 with all members invited. NCO Wives Card Day set for today at 9 15 in the NCO Chai batt room with all NCO Wives urged to attend. Greater Fort Walton Beach Chamber of Commerce board luncheon at noon today in the chamber board room.
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FWB Shrine Club
Fort Walton Bones Shrine Club
Mary Esther Cutoff
Greater Fwb C of
Board of Directory
Greater Mort Wilton Beach
Southwest Okaloosa County Civic Association Meeting
The Southwest Okaloosa County Civic Association will meet at 7230 in the Community Center near Sea Shore Village. Water system and plant plans will be discussed. attendees urged to attend. The Seminole Community Center plans a July meeting tonight. all members encouraged to attend. The American Cancer Society Service Committee seeks clean sheets for cancer dressings and pads. Deliver to AGS office at 208 Helin Parkway behind Port Walton Insurance.
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Southwest
Okaloosa County
Seminole Community Center
Seminole
Te Seminole Commindty Center
American Cancer Society
AGS
Helin Parkway
Port Walton Insurance
Florida to finish centralizing driver licenses system
A federal grant announced by Governor Reuben Askew funds Florida efforts to computerize about 600000 traffic conviction records as part of a statewide move to issue a million licenses. The project aims for completion by September from the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles.
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Wallahassee
Flin
Florida
Con
Reuben Askew
Flovida
Department of Mighiway Safety and Motor Vehicles
Tatatus
Americans freed after poaching arrest in Cuban waters
Coast Guard released two Cubans and an American duo in the Florida Straits near Key West following arrest on poaching charges. A State Department spokesman said the government will not reimburse costs and expects later release in Cuba. Arraignment echoed quiet courthouse as Pitts and Lee await retrial in Port St. Joe with possible change of venue.
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Florida Straits
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Ah U.S
Ilavana Radio
Cuba
State Department
Washington, D.C
Saturna
White Cloud
Movida
Battler
Sprandel
Pitts-Lee
Pitts
Lee
Miami
Dart Semet
Maurice Josen
Simet
Wiosen
McCrary
Ratford
Teal
Jdge McCrary
Gulf County
George Core
Pmus
Leo
Port St. Joe
U.S. Allows Limited Arms Shipments to Pakistan
The United States will not block four to five shiploads of ammunition and military spare parts to Pakistan under existing licenses. Washington aims to ease East Pakistan tensions as Kissinger visits, amid Indian calls to halt aid and amid anti American protests over shipments. The policy shift narrows future licenses while continuing current purchases viewed at about $20 million yearly.
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Rawalpindi
Pakistan
U.S
United States
Foreign Office
New Delhi
East Pakistan
India
Henry A. Kissinger
Nixon
Kissinger
Kinsey Boy Recovering After Pascagoula Crash
Gary Kinsey a 14 year old Valparaiso resident remains in Singing River Hospital Pascagoula after a July 3 crash that injured him and left his parents Henry C. Kinsey and Dixie Kinsey. Hospital officials report he is improving and expected to stay about two months. Henry Kinsey known locally as Sarge ran Kinsey's TV and Radio Service.
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Gary Kinsey
Valparaiso
Pascagoula, Miss
Singing River Hospital
Pascagula
Kinsey
Shevin seeks rehearing on anti Mafia law ruling
Florida Attorney General Robert Shevin asked the state Supreme Court for a rehearing after the court struck down a 1969 anti Mafia law. He argued the decision left the term organized gambling undefined and unclear while other crimes are clearly described. He urged a modern reading of organized gambling to warn stockholders about dangerous control of corporations.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Ady
Robert Shevin
Peti
Florida Supreme Court
High Court
Shevin
Steel negotiators pursue private contract talks in Washington
Top steel negotiators met privately at the Shoreham Hotel to craft a settlement under White House pressure. Union and management spokesmen said they seek a deal without government interference, with talks spanning 10 rooms and no public statement until a settlement or stalemate. The strike risk and inflation pressures drive wage and cost of living demand for about 350,000 steel workers at nine major companies, with 190,000 more at smaller firms tied to Aug 1 contract expirations.
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Washington
Nixon
White House
Labor Department
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Shoreham
Afl-Cio
United Steelworkers
LW. Abel
Heath Larry
U.S. Steel
Abel
Aluminum
Can
Air power alone won't halt Viet Cong, says Gen Brown
Gen George S S Brown tells Air Force ROTC cadets that airpower cannot stop VC infiltration. He urges South Vietnam to end internal graft, unite governance, and rely on Cambodia’s role to prevent a communist takeover. He argues South Vietnam’s abundance and will to survive, with capable pilots, are key.
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Dolores Weiss
South Vietnam
United States
George S&s. Brown
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Air Force Reserve Training Corps
ROTC
Brown
Cambolia
Cambodia
Lockheed Sees Way To Show Jet Profit
Lockheed says it can sell at least 400 TriStar jets, 60 percent above break even, with world demand seen at about 775 wide-bodied planes by 1980. The firm awaits a $250 million loan and notes Rolls Royce engine collapse risk.
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Burbank
Cali
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
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Rolls-Royce Ltd
William Proxmire
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Penn Central Commuter Train Derails at Grand Central
A Penn Central commuter train carrying about 600 passengers derailed at Grand Central Terminal after two cars left the tracks. One person was killed and at least 17 injured as a derailed car hit a concrete abutment and top was sheared off. Investigators blamed a broken switch point that caused the derailment during movement.
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New York
Penn Central
Grand Central Terminal
Judge Frees COs From Draft Evasion Case
U S District Judge Harold Cox in Biloxi Mississippi dismissed charges against two conscientious objectors William Edwin Chandler and Marty Jay Martinolich after deeming the Muhammed Ali Supreme Court decision and related draft evasion conviction a waste of time. He freed them and told them to go back to preaching, saying he would not sentence them even if they pleaded guilty.
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Biloxi
Miss
U.S. District Court
Supreme Court
Muhammed AN
Harold Cox
U.S. Supreme Court
Cox
William Edwin Chandler
Marty Jay Martinolich
Commissioners Hire Firm To Raise Improvement Funds
Okaloosa County commissioners in a special session signed with William R. Hough Co to secure 375000 for the local share of the new sewer enlargement. The funds must be available to gain federal approval and may be sought locally with repayment within the current fiscal year.
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Crestview
Okaloosa
Sesson
William R. Hough Co
St. Petersburg
Merrill
Charles Smith
The
Hough Company
Cecil Andors
Cable TV Service Outage Affects Fort Walton Beach Areas
TV Cable Company officials announced a service cut this morning from Beal Parkway and Holmes Boulevard South between 8 30 and 9 30. Affected areas include downtown Fort Walton Beach U S 98 West to the Community Center Elliott s Point and all of Santa Rosa Island saying the outage is needed to replace equipment.
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TV Cable Company
Beal Parkway
Holmes Boulevard
Fort Walton Beach
U.S. 98
Elliott's Point
Santa Rosa Island
Clay Thompson
The
Teamsters approve salary hike and dues rise at Miami convention
Frank E. Fitzsimmons dominates a Teamsters convention in Miami Beach as he raises his annual pay from 106000 to 125000 and increases union dues. The move follows Hoffa’s resignation and faces opposition from Yonkers local 445 leader Theodore Daley while secretary treasurer Flynn also gains pay. Daley objects to the increases, calling the salary too rich.
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Frank E. Fitzsimmons
Teamsters
Fizsimmons
James R. Hoffa
Yonkers
N.Y
Fitzsimmons
Hoffa
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