B52s Strike Near DMZ Amid Southeast Asia Firefights
U S B52 bombers hit targets below the DMZ in a new push to blunt North Vietnamese attacks. South Vietnamese rangers pressed a Mekong Delta operation west of Cambodia as clashes left several wounded and prisoners taken. In Hue and Da Nang, rocket attacks wounded civilians and caused light U S casualties. Fire calls in Fort Walton Beach followed by two investigations tied to a barbecue incident near Garnier's Beach.
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Saigon
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Cambdia
South Vietnam
Mekong
Cambodia
Kompong Trabek
da Nang
U.S
5Th Infantry Division
Fort Walton Beach
Arthur Jordan
William Ford
Jordan
Bill Lee
Senate Speed Urged To Salvage Lockheed
Treasury Secretary Connally warned that without congressional aid within 40 days Lockheed Aircraft Corp would risk mass jet losses and economic harm. Senator Proxmire pressed for careful review of the Nixon plan for up to 250 million in new loans, while noting concerns about moral hazard and corporate dependency. The debate centers on preventing a Lockheed collapse, which could undermine confidence amid improving economy and rising unemployment.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
John B. Connally
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
William Proxmire
D-Wise
Senate
House
Nixon
Lockheed
Senate Banking Committee
Connally
Conress
Proxmire
Congress
Union Hall
Treasury
HUD Permission Sought For City Drainage Work
Fort Walton Beach plans a HUD drainage project pre application to cut costs for city and federal governments. City Clerk Charles H Evans will lead a delegation to HUD in Atlanta to seek approval to perform construction in house rather than contracting out. A supporting letter from city consulting engineer Oliver J Semmes Jr provides statistical evidence.
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Fort Walton Beach
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Charles H. Evans
Federal
Evans
Atlanta
Oliver J. Semmes Jr
Pensacola
Hospital Report Visiting Hours Fort Walton Beach
Hospital admissions listed by date and patient names for Fort Walton Beach and Okaloosa Memorial Hospital. Includes June 6 and 7 admissions with multiple individuals, and comment quoted to City Manager Winston G. Walker about contract cost comparisons. Also notes the death of Mrs. Martha 5. McBrayer of Destin with funeral details and memorial request to American Cancer Society.
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Fort Walton Beach Hospital
Leonard M. Johnson
Mary J. Cox
Sarah vi Hambleton
James B. Sumin
Robert M. Benner
Lorraine Foster
Winefred Ritchie
Victor Nudo
Andria L. Dykema
Hassel Weisner
Burton Weiss
Helen Mayberry
Marjorie Fairchild
Olin Smith
Jean G. Arnold
Brenda Jackson
Sue Barker
Okaloosa Memorial Hospital
Sanford Carver
Frances Newton
Ted Locke
Ella Mason
Sharon Branum
Viza Ball
Plessie Monroe
Martha 5. McBrayer
Destin
Fort Walton Beach
Bomifay
First Methodist Church
First United Methodist Church
Robert Daffin
Doug Newton
Edward H. Harrison
Bonifay Cemetery
McLaughlin Morturry
American Cancer Society
McBrayer
William S. Ingram
Baltimore
City Council Skeptical Of Land For New Park
Fort Walton Beach City Council discussed a proposed second park on Santa Rosa Sound. Realtor Fred Cooke offered to sell the Fisher property for 78000 plus taxes, about 3166 per front foot for 470 feet. Council questioned cost of development and delayed action, while approving land trade near Holmes Boulevard and Wright Parkway and funding for drainage and sewer projects.
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Santa Rosa Sound
Fort Walton Beach
Recreation Board
Fred Cooke
Cooke
Fisher
US. 5
Waterrong
Joe Guidry
Howard Johnson
Motor Lodge
U.S. 58
Sound
Holmes Boulevard
Wright Parkway
Miramar
Rhett Cadenhead
Cadenhead
Miramar Homes
C. H. Rigdon
Ciee Long
Long
Dutch van Burkirk
Max Bruner
Rogers Street
Jonquil Avenue
High Youth Unemployment Seen Summer Job Lines Long
Young people face stiff competition for scarce summer jobs as five to one or more applicants chase each opening. Officials warn of widespread hiring cuts, with 6.2 percent national unemployment and federal funds to fund 674000 jobs for youths. Florida programs and city cutbacks add to the bleak outlook, while local efforts aim to aid disadvantaged teens. County Clerk Cecil Anchors will speak at 8 a.m. on County Happenings at Ol Hickory, Niceville.
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Malcolm Carter
Associated Press
Regents Ease Policy On Dormitory Visits
Florida's eight university regents voted 5-1 to ease the dorm intervisitation ban with an open-door plan limited by age and parental permission. The measure, drawn by the Facilities Committee, keeps freshmen and younger students out and requires adequate facilities for a secret ballot on unit participation. President Stanley Marshall criticized the plan as unenforceable and unworkable, signaling continued dispute among campus leaders.
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MIAMI
Florida
Eliza
Miss Kovachevich
Louis Murray
Burke Kibler
Florida State University
Stanley Marshall
Fort Walton Beach Man Pleads Guilty To Bank Robbery
Charles H. Bishop Jr., 44, of Fort Walton Beach, pleaded guilty in Montgomery Circuit Court to the Sept 27 1966 Peoples Bank and Trust Co robbery netting about 5101000. Judge Emmet will rule later this month on probation request after he earlier had a federal conviction overturned by the 5th Circuit for sanity issues. Dist Atty Crosland sought re arrest and state prosecution after federal reversal.
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Montgomery
Ala
Fort Walton Beach
Charles H. Bishop Jr
Richard P. Emmet
Bishop
Peoples Bank and Trust Co
FBI
Publication notices required in person to Okaloosa Digest
Organizations must deliver written items to the Playground Daily News office for publication. Representatives of the groups should submit notices in person as PGDN staff cannot take items over the telephone.
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Playground Daily News
PGDN
Atta
Free Chest X Ray Schedule and Local Locations
Free chest X ray clinics operate today across Okaloosa: Blackman at Holland's Grocery 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Escambia Farms at Bulger's Grocery 3 to 6 p.m., Fort Walton Head at Brooks Plaza 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 3 to 6 p.m. Also notes on Kiwanis, NCOA Wives Auxiliary, Okaloosa County School Board, National Secretaries Association and Summer Band Program registrations with times and venues.
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Blackman
Holland's
Escambia Farms
Bulger's
Fort Walton Head
Brooks Plaza
Kiwanis
Ncoa Wives
NCO Association Wives Auxiliary of the
USA
American Legion
Hollywood Blvd
Fort Walton Beach
National Secretaries Association, Int
Bull of the Beach
Okaloosi Island
Helen Spencer
Max Bruner
Fort Walton Beach High School
Bruner Junior High
Flea Market Bake Sale Supports Okaloosa Clinic
Beta Sigma Phi hosts a bake sale at Billy Bowlegs Flea Market community center daily this week to raise funds for renovating the children’s therapy play room at Okaloosa Guidance Clinic. Crestview class reunion for 1961 Crestline High graduates. reservations due Thursday. call Andy Keith 682-5270. Niceville-Valparaiso Hospital Auxiliary meets Thursday at 10 a.m. in the chamber of commerce board room. president Mrs. Harry Costanza Sr. urges full attendance for the season finale.
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Beta Sigma Phi
Okaloosa
Crestview
Crestine High School
Andy Keith
Valparaiso
Niceville-Valparaiso ‘Hospital
Niceville-Valparaiso Chamber of Commerce
Harry Costanza Sr
Space station task list and Soyuz 11 flight plan
Page One describes about 3500 cubic feet of space in the Sa inte laboratory and two Soyuz cabins where cosmonauts will rest. Tass outlines the program to test station design and onboard systems, test orientation and navigation, study Earth geology and atmospheric phenomena, examine space radiation, and conduct medi biol tests to assess cosmonaut performance and spaceflight effects. The Soyuz 11 mission length is not disclosed, but a day or more in the Salute lab is likely before undocking and return to Earth.
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Sainte Laboratory
Tass
Atmos
Earth
Soyuz
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Sonny
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Okaloosa County
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Hendrix
Townsil CC. Johnson
Harry G. Jackson
Carlsbad
N.M
Leo Norred
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Ments
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ille-Valparaisa
Winston G. Walker
Semmes
City Planning Board
Chamber of Commerce
Fred Hedrick
William H. Sconiers
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ERS
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