25 000 U S Troops to Leave Viet Nam Summit
Florida tolls surge as weekend traffic deaths rise to at least 15 with youths from Wahneta among the victims. A series of fatal crashes across the state is linked to State Roads 60 27 710 95 and 520. In Miami Hollywood and Midway reports a deadly weekend unfolds as Nixon and Thieu announce a 25 000 troop withdrawal from Viet Nam to begin within 30 days and finish by August.
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Lake Wales
Florida
Lewis Dwaine Lindsey
Randell David Walker
Roger Cleon Lindsey
Lewis
Florida Highway Patrol
U.S
Wahneta
Daytona Beach
Campbell High School
Gerald Weaver
John D. Johnston
Edgewater
New Smyrna Beach
Bessie McCorkell
Wayne Lawrence Chamberlain
West Bradenton
Marine Air Station
Beaufort
S.C
Warners Bayou
Cocoa Beach
Mary Rainbolt Nave
Cocoa
James Addison
Mary Rose Brown
Tampa
Pinellas County
Indian Rocks Beach
Miami
Caribbean
Cuba
Paul Hebert
National Hurricane Center
Radio
Havana
Fidel Castro
South Vietnam
Nixon
Vietnam
Paris
Nixon orders 25,000 troop withdrawal from Vietnam
Pentagon officials could not name specific units among the 25,000 troops Nixon announced to withdraw, noting the figure is about one division. The move, the first force reduction since 1965, leaves questions on future pullbacks and timelines while some strategists warn South Vietnam may still require outside support against North Vietnamese forces.
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Lewis Gulick
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Pentagon
Nixon
Vietnam
Washington
U.S
Eugene McCarthy
D-Minn
North Vietnam
South
Ened
South Vietnam
Edward W. Brooke
Gorer
Saigon
U.S. Army
Chu Lai
da Nang
Quang Neat
Tay Ninh
Vinh Long
Treasure clue No 6 leads to a fort and media way
A riddle guides seekers to dig under a hill near a fort and a media way, with three miles east and a breezy spot where cars pass by. It hints at a money feast for the smart navigator who studies the map and follows mileage clues from yesterday.
Valparaiso City Commission Meets Tonight Agenda Set
The Valparaiso City Commission will convene in regular session at city hall at 7 30 p m. Items include Fowler litigation status of Iowa Street improvement plans sewer service for a Coca Cola facility planning board recommendations and lease agreements with Dr Grady Williams and Dr A A Sanguinetti A petition for paving Jackson and Muskegon streets will be considered.
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Daily News
Valparaiso
Okaloosa to allow county garbage franchise districts
Florida lawmakers cleared a bill authorizing Okaloosa County to grant garbage collection franchises and form franchise districts with rules and rates. The measure also creates an Okaloosa local governmental study commission to propose efficiency revisions, due by December 31, 1971, and dissolving April 1, 1972. The county must fund 10 000 for expenses and organize by September 1, 1969, with specified appointees listed.
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Rex Newman
Tallahassee Bureau Tallahassee
AFN
Okaloosa County
Cond
Okaloosa
Local Governmental Study Commission
JD. Wingard
C.H. Long
John Oerting
Douglas L. Rogers
Mattie Kelly
W.C. Jones
C.H. Dalehite
Everett McCrary
Brentwood Bryan
Clemm Phelps
Erwin Fleet
R.H. Merts
R.A. Baker
Hillary Stewart
James Hill
American Legion
Post 233
Desden
Mallory Hor
Dtallahassee
Page
Gulf Breeze Scientist Supports Bay Pollution Monitoring Plan
Dr Duke of the Federal Biological Laboratory in Gulf Breeze offers to help form a Choctawhatchee Bay monitoring program. He notes a four year pesticide surveillance and stresses no current human health danger, but emphasizes preventing future hazards. Oyster tests by Al Wilson show regional pollution variation, with high levels in San Francisco and Texas coasts, low in Washington state and Maine. Ed note confirms a Choctawhatchee Bay pollution control committee with Game Fish and Southeast Fisheries associations, and Eglin AFB remarks show active community interest and Air Force support.
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Duke
Sabine Island
United States
al Wilson
Critiers
Wilson
Bay
San Francisco Bay
Texas
Washington State
Maine
Choctawhatchee Bay
Game Fish Protective Association
Southeast Fisheries Association
Eglin Afb
Florida
Arthur Caldwell
Caldwell
Eglin
Air Force
Millie Tatham
Tom Duke
Federal
Gulf Breeze
Escambia Bay
Cape Kennedy rename effort seeks Cape Canaveral return
Florida legislative action proposes restoring the land mass name Cape Canaveral for the former Cape Kennedy while preserving the John F. Kennedy Space Center name. The amendment requires Sen Kennedy's permission, and the measure moves to federal officials and lawmakers for approval.
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Jack Harper
Tallahassee
Old Cape Canaveral
Sen. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
Cape Canaveral
Florida
Lyndon Johnson
Kennedy
Brevard County
McCarthy and McGovern critiquing Nixon Vietnam pullback
Senate and House leaders react to President Nixon plans to withdraw 25,000 US troops from South Vietnam. McCarthy calls the move insufficient while McGovern says it is a token withdrawal. Stennis and Ford support gradual pullout, Kennedy and Fulbright seek more details.
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Washington
Eugene J. McCarthy
D-Minn
Nixon
South Vietnam
McCarthy
Vietnam
George S. McGovern
Dsia
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
House
U.S
Hanoi
Edward M. Kennedy
Dmass
Senate
Sen
J. William Fulbright
Foreign Relations Committee
Robbery at Towncrest Piggy Wiggly Yields $500
Sheriff reports no new clues after Saturday afternoon robbery of the Piggy Wiggly in Towncrest. A gunman, age 28 to 30, five feet eight, black hair, Panama hat, robbed manager George Williams at gunpoint and fled in a light green Ford with an accomplice waiting in the car.
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Sheriff's Department
Towncrest
Ray Wilson
George Williams
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