21 Jun 1971
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Newspaper
Playground Daily News
Location
Fort Walton Beach, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1971
Page
1
Washington AP reports Selective Service and the Pentagon face a dilemma as draft calls for July and August hinge on whether Congress extends draft authority beyond June 30. Officials rely on safety valves. a July call is not yet issued, pending political sensitivity amid a tight 10 000 monthly ceiling through year end.
Mrs. Connie E. Garrett 84 of Baker died Friday at Fort Walton Beach Hospital. Born in Baldwin County Alabama she lived in the area most of her life. Funeral services are at 11 a.m. at Yellow River Baptist Church with Rev. T. J. Grandstaff. Burial in Yellow River Cemetery. McLaughlin Funeral Home Crestview in charge. Remains lie in state at McLaughlin chapel until service time. She is survived by one son William Collinsworth two brothers Jessie and El Barrow four grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
Representatives of organizations must submit written notices to the Pliyground Daily News office for publication. This passage outlines the process and pass requirement for staff to receive lines for printing.
The Okaloosa County Hairdressers Association schedules a 7 30 p m meeting on Tuesday at the Bayview Supper Club with all local hairdressers invited. The notice mentions an orchestra program and a summer program for county students starting today with classes from 9 a m to 1 p m at Fort Walton Beach High School. Vacation Church School runs today at First United Methodist Fort Walton Beach, 9 a m to noon for children from kindergarten to sixth grade. The Okaloosa Association for Retarded Children holds a 7 30 p m meeting today at Silver Sands School Wright Parkway Holmes Boulevard, urging members and interested persons to attend. Kelly Yacht Club and Power Squadron plan a Panama City Independence Day cruise and hold a pre planning meeting at The EYC clubhouse at 7 p m Wednesday.
Members will meet at Port Wallon Beach Hospital Tuesday at 7 15 with speaker Charles M Shoff RPh addressing Foods to Avoid during taking drugs The Community Library Summer Story Hour serves 5 year olds to kindergarten and 1st to 3rd graders with ongoing Bath Story Hours for five consecutive weeks Register at Community Library in Valparaiso
Firefighters from Ash Hillle Proctorville and Chesapeake Ohio battled a blaze just east of Huntington after several explosions at the Chemetron Corp paint pigments plant. In other news a Northwest Orient 747 suffered a landing gear collapse at Hahela airport injuring 219 aboard.
U Thant reports a 1970 world economic slowdown led by a 7 percent fall in U S industrial production from Sep 1969 to Nov 1970. He notes inflation, currency shifts, and expansionary policies in Britain, Canada and France, urging currency value mechanism reforms.
Four Avon Park teenagers died in a 4 a.m. crash when their car sped east on State Road 60 four miles east of Bartow. It left the highway at 90 mph, struck two fences, and snapped a utility pole in half before wrecking into a second fence. All four were ejected and killed instantly.
In Jacksonville Florida police ease guard on the East Side after four days of unrest that left 274 arrests and 560000 in property damage. Authorities reported no injuries as National Guardsmen remained on alert and leaders sought to cool tensions following the fatal shooting of a 15 year old black youth and the indictment of officer Frank Fouraker for manslaughter.
The Fort Walton Beach City Council committee will review an eight inch sewer main on Jonquil Avenue from Hollywood Boulevard to Mary Esther Cutoff at 4 15 p.m. Actions await official approval at the 7 30 p.m. regular session. Also on the agenda is closing a drainage ditch near Lake Drive in Vesta Heights with costs listed. Four bids for a mower crawler crane sewage pump and soil cement will be opened at 3 30 p.m. today.
Several thousand youths gathered around the proposed Celebration of Life rock festival site in McRea Louisiana as promoters pressed to revive the event after a local ordinance blocked it. A federal appeals court in New Orleans ordered a hearing by noon Monday, despite the event being scheduled to start its eight day run. Promoter Kenny Lind urged dispersal as police blockades and crowds lingered along the entrance road and riverfront.
Funeral services for Ellsworth D Ail, 77, of 7 Poquito Road, are set for 11 a.m. today at McLaughlin Mortuary Chapel with Rev. Thomas P Tidwell officiating. Burial will follow at Beal Memorial Cemetery. Mr Ail, president of Eghin Motors, Fort Walton Beach, was a New York native. Survivors include his wife Florence Hill of Shalimar, two daughters Barbara Downing of Fort Walton Beach and Nancy Holguin of Springfield Virginia, plus two granddaughters Ellen and Manny Mullins of Freeport New York. McLaughlin Mortuary in charge.
Belfast notes commemorate the 50th anniversary of Northern Ireland Parliament. Lord Grey opens the new session as governor representative of Queen Elizabeth II. Historical friction over home rule and Protestant fears shaped a two parliament system in Belfast and Dublin with a Council of Ireland hoped to unite Ireland.
Lawyers for Ernest Medina plan to call witnesses on Monday as pretrial hearings resume at Ft McPherson Ga. Bailey alleges command influence by higher officers aimed at biasing a jury against Medina in the Calley case. Witnesses include Aubrey Daniel a former prosecutor and Lt Gen William W. Reed who referred Medina's case for trial.
Tallahassee Florida AP lawmakers edge toward resolution as a 1.347 billion appropriations bill clears the House with 12 million in education funds. A tax package totaling about 88 million is needed to fund the plan and satisfy Senate expectations before the Wednesday deadline. Governor Askew signals no tax move, while Speaker Pettigrew weighs cigarette tax implications and capital stock tax revenue projections.
Kenneth Aller Kennedy of Shallmar reports his car caught fire while traveling south of State Road 85 near Shallmar Elementary School Sunday afternoon. Ocean City WrightVolunteer Fire Department extinguished the blaze and Trooper F. L. Mills investigated as passing motorists assisted.
Okaloosa County sees residential electricity demand surge from 5 520 to 8 898 kilowatt hours per household amid nationwide shortages. Federal figures warn of a looming crisis as President Nixon convenes cabinet to find steps to ease a rising power demand for homes and businesses.
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