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Newspaper

Playground Daily News

Location

Fort Walton Beach, Florida, United States of America

Date

Jun 12, 1968

Page

2

Violence flares as French worker is killed in Paris

A 24 year old Communist union militant Pierre Beylot was shot dead at the Peugeot plant in Souchaux near Paris as thousands of students clashed with police in a mass protest against President Charles de Gaulle. Over 50 injured. Police arrested demonstrators while police vans filled with detainees. Gilles Tautin, a 17 year old high school student, drowned in the Seine while fleeing police yesterday. Police units massed around Paris to maintain order.

Louis Nevin Associated Press PARIS Seine River Charles de Gaulle Pierre Beylot Peugeot Auto Souchaux Peugeot Beyliot Gilles Tautin Seine Meulan Latin Quarter Tautin Sorbonne Renault Auto Flins Jacques Sauvageot National Students Union France Sauvaguet

Seminole Community Center meeting this Thursday in Seminole

The Seminole Community Center will hold its regular meeting Thursday at 7 PM in the community building. Secretary Fred Bennett urged all members to attend as youths face police questioning in Paris unrest.

Seminole Seminole Community Center Fred Bennett

Gun Control Jamup Stalls House Vote as Logjam Breaks

A 16 16 tie in the House Judiciary Committee blocked Johnsons gun control bill on Tuesday but signs point to a forthcoming vote. Chairman Emanuel Celler predicts a break in the deadlock by June 20. President Johnson decried the setback as a shocking blow to public safety.

John Beckler Associated Press Washington APP House Judiciary Committee Congress Emanuel Cellier D.N.Y Johnson Celler New York Michael A. Feighan Ohio Arch A. Moore Jr West Virginia Charles McC. Mathias Jr Maryland William M. Tuck Virginia Robert T. Ashmore South Carolina John Dowdy Texas Basil L. Whitener North Carolina William M. McCulloch Richard H. Poff William T.cahil New Jersey Clark MacGregor Minnesota Edward Hutchinson Michigan Robert McClory Illinois Henry P. Smith 3d William V. Roth Jr Delaware Thom

ARME Association Meeting Thursday Agenda Set

The Association of Military Enlisted will hold its annual nominating meeting of the Elks Club Thursday at 7 30 p m Also on the agenda is a petition for recomputation of retired pay a plan signed by a large number of retired personnel

Association of Military Enlisted ARME Elks Club

Barrage Presses Saigon Amid Civilian Toll

Saigon remains under heavy rocket fire with 23 shellings since the May 5 offensive, killing about 130 civilians and wounding 1,000. Maj. Gen. John H. Hay is named full time adviser to Saigon’s military district to direct countermeasures as U.S. and Vietnamese forces intensify sweeps, radar and air surveillance, though leaders acknowledge halting the shellings is virtually impossible.

Saigon U.S John H. Hay

Florida Senate-House clash shapes final tax reform plan

A Florida tax reform measure hangs between senate and house versions with talks to finalise a draft that preserves homestead exemptions and bans an income tax while trimming some sacred cows. Gov. Kirk drops the appointive cabinet fight to clear the calendar and provisions for gubernatorial succession and a lieutenant governor are floated alongside.

Senate House Florida Claude Kirk

London transfers Ray to fortress like Wandsworth Prison

James Earl Ray was moved to a maximum security cell at Wandsworth Prison as Scotland Yard hunted for contacts in Britain. Extradition to the United States was pursued for the Martin Luther King Jr. assassination, with Ray facing British passport and gun charges while U.S. officials avoided direct questioning.

London James Earl Ray Wandsworth Scotland Yard Britain Ray United States Martin Luther King Jr Atlantic Canada Portugal Belgium King Memphis Tenn Buford Ellington Tennessee State Department Washington Missouri Ramon George Sneyd Lisbon FBI Scotland Fred M. Vinson Jr U.S Vinson High Court House of Lords

Property fears rise as paving plan faces review

Property owners along Rose Court and Granvein Ave contend paving will raise speed and traffic. Charles T. Williams suggests installing sewer lines first and favors closing the street, noting a gentleman's agreement for owners to provide their own access road. R. F. Johnson at 243 Bayshore Drive supports street closure.

Charles T. Williams Rose Court Granvein Ave Commission Bayshore Drive

Sirhan Spurns Papers in Jail Cell Observation

Sirhan Bishara Sirhan indicted for Kennedy murder reads occult books but spurns newspapers in a small jail cell. A. L. Wirin of the ACLU monitors rights, helping arrange defense while Sirhan remains in infirmary housing with constant deputy supervision and limited exercise.

Los Angeles Sirhan Bishara Sirhan Robert F. Kennedy Sirhan A. L. Wirin Southern California American Civil Liberties Union Virin Wirin

Rio's Christ The Redeemer Statue and Height

The statue of Christ the Redeemer overlooks Rio de Janeiro Brazil from Corcovado Mountain. It rises 2,372 feet above the city.

Rio Christ the Redeemer Rio de Janiero Brazil Corcovado Mountain

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