School funds Bruner seeks state aid after bond ruling
Supt. Max Bruner Jr. said the State Supreme Court ruling invalidating the nearly $3 million Fort Walton Beach high school bonds disappointed officials yet they will press ahead with the expansion plan. He met with Okaloosa County leaders seeking enabling legislation to cover the loss and keep construction on track for the county’s schools.
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State Supreme Court
Tallahassee
Max Bruner, Jr
Oka-toosa County
Fort Walton Beach
Okaloosa School Board considers local legislation
Legal notices signed by the Chairman of the Okaloosa County School Board announce intent to introduce local or special legislation affecting the Board of Public Instruction. One proposal seeks authority to issue revenue bonds for construction repairs and equipment, to be repaid from funds available to the Board through other revenue sources.
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Playground Daily News
Okaloosa County
Board of Public Instruction
Board of Public Destruction
Delegation Keeps Legal Sources in Close Contact
The speaker says they have remained in constant contact with the delegation and that every legal source is being examined, signaling ongoing coordination and review of lawful avenues.
Pope appeals for Holy Land safety amid Middle East tension
Pope Paul VI asked for prayers and international action to protect the Holy Land and its sanctuaries from armed conflict. He spoke from St. Peter's Square, voicing grave concern over the Middle East situation and urging safeguards for Jerusalem and Christian shrines.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
Holy Land
Holy
St. Peter's Square
Middle East
Jerusalem
Plane crashes near Manchester kill 72 in holiday tragedy
A British Midlands Airways DC4 crash near Ringway Airport in Stockport kills 72 of 84 on board as it clips rooftops and sparks a furious rescue. Earlier, an Air Ferry Co. DC4 plummets on Mount Canigou killing 88 near Perpignan in the Pyrenees. Queen Elizabeth expresses shock and sympathy.
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Manchester
England
APD
Mediterranean
Perpignan
France
Stockport
British Midlands Airways
Midlands Airways
Palma
Majorca
Ringway
Harry Marlow
Marlow
Admi
Flight error blamed in Pyrenees air crash
A chartered DC4 with five crew and 83 passengers crashed into Mt Canigou in the Pyrenees near Perpignan killing all aboard. Investigators cited navigational radio interference from Madrid signals and a late request for a bearing, leaving the plane too low to avoid the mountain. Wreckage and bodies scattered along a 200 yard area.
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Perpignan
France
UPI
Mt. Canigou
Ronald Pullinger
Here
Madrid
Toulouse
Pullinger
Florida Gang Style Murders Prompt Anti Crime Drive
Florida police linked a wave of gang style killings to a crackdown on crime across Broward and Miami areas. Bodies were found in Biscayne Bay and Virginia Key with dismembered remains, heads several yards away, and a shift in violence tied to gambling networks and a Memorial Day murder. Authorities cited bombs in Miami Beach and bodies abandoned in lakes and canals as part of a broader violent campaign.
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Miami Beach
South Florida
Nate Ehrenberg
Ahandanad Wanche
Virginia Key
Miami
Harbor
Forsa Paris
Everglades Canal
Fort Lauderdale
Niceville Elections Split Into Two Contests
Niceville city elections will be held in two separate contests with five groups per race. Lawmakers passed the plan, creating group-based qualification, with the first election set for the third Tuesday in July and a possible second on the fourth Tuesday. Incumbents Edge Blackwell Peters led the groups.
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Tallahassee
AFN
Niceville City
Henton Timore
Bill Edge
Cecil Blackwell
Carlton Peters
Israel Faces French Neutral Stance as Dayan Takes Key Role
In Jerusalem a new national unity cabinet met amid concern over Charles de Gaulle’s neutralist Middle East stance. Gen Moshe Dayan, 52, appeared as defense minister while the government reported a border shooting incident near Jerusalem with no casualties. France’s call for a four power conference dominated cabinet discussions.
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Jerusalem
UPI
Israel
National Unity
Charles de Gaulle
Mideast
Moshe Dayan
Sinai
Egypt
Ther
United Nations Armistice Commission
de Gaulle
France
783 KILLED Reds Heavy Losers In Key DMZ Battles
North Vietnamese toll rises to 783 killed in two big battles as U S Marines push through Hiep Duc Valley near Da Nang. Marine losses total 73 killed and 139 wounded. South Vietnamese actions near Quang Tri City report 243 casualties. Air war claims include 74 MIGs downed and two American planes missing.
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U.S
Hiep Duc
da Nang
North Vietnam
Hoi An
Tam Ky
Chu Lai
Quang Tri City
Kising 243
Hanoi
North Vietnnam
Panhandle
U.S. Command
South Vietnam
Shortage Of Teachers In Full Predicted By Education Leaders
Miami AP officials in two large Florida districts warn of a serious teacher shortage this fall due to sanctions by the Florida Education Association. Dade County and Pinellas County report hundreds of positions offered or filled, with many new hires from out of state at risk if sanctions curb recruitment. Brevard, high paying district, notes ongoing salary negotiations.
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Miami
Florida Education Association
E. L. Whigham
Dade County
Florida
Ronald Theobald
Dade
Theobald
Carlos Taylor
Pinellas County
Brevard
Fire drill ends with house burning in Fort Walton Beach
Fort Walton Beach Fire Department conducts a Saturday drill at a Magnolia Drive home near Hollywood Boulevard. Volunteers and regular firefighters test equipment and firefighting techniques as several staged fires are lit and extinguished, then the house is allowed to burn.
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Fort Walton Beach
Three Injured When Car Hits Pole In Mary Esther
Three people were injured in a two car crash on US 98 in Mary Esther just before midnight Saturday. Carol Lee Cook, 20, was charged with speed too great for conditions after her car spun out, struck a telephone pole, and collided with Marlise Mills’s car. Cook and her passenger, Airman Thomas B. Land, were taken to Eglin AFB Hospital. Mills was treated and released at Foy Hospital.
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US 98
Mary Esther
Highway Patrol
Carol Lee Cook
Berger Place
W.C. Griffith
Griffith
Marlise Mills
Route 1
Box 15
Gulfbreeze
Mills
View Exchange Talks Sparked By U S Message
Cairo reports U A R vice president Zakaria Mohieddin will fly to Washington to discuss the Mideast crisis with President Johnson. Al Ahram notes Johnson urged restraint while Nasser welcomed a top level exchange of views and readiness to send Mohieddin to Washington.
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UPIC
United Arab Republic
Zakaria Mohieddin
Washington
Johnson
al Ahram v
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Nasser
Hubert H. Humphrey
al Ahram
Mohieddin
al Ahrem
U.A.R
Mahmoud Fawzi
Kuwait
Baghdad
Damascus
Algiers
Mohieddub-Humphrey
U.S
Charles Yost
State Department
Washington-Cairo
Yost
Mahmoud Riad
United States
Egypt
Richard Nolte
Nine Okaloosa County Bills Introduced In Legislature
Nine Okaloosa County bills were introduced in the Florida House by Representatives Henton Elmore and others. One bill seeks a $214,000 relief for a man injured in a 1964 drainage pit accident on U S 9, claiming no guard rails at the site. A Destin Fire Control District creation bill would allow a freeholder board, property assessments up to two mills, with caps on commercial and residential rates, and a maximum tax per period. A Destin bridge\" Leonard P. Katheinson Memorial Bridge\" would honor a local figure connected to Destin fishing grounds.
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Dal
Destin Fire Control
Okaloosa County
East Pass
Choctawhatchee Bay
Walton County
Gulf of Mev
Ico
St Pass
Destin
U.S. 98
Leonard P. Katehinson
Matehinson
Mittle Strip
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Hong Kong
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Mickey) Zion
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