24 Jun 1971
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Newspaper
Playground Daily News
Location
Fort Walton Beach, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1971
Page
1
Local notices appear in the Okaloosa Digest alongside community items. Officials caution staff cannot guarantee every submission will run and readers should submit timely details to Playground Daily News offices.
The Refrigeration Engineers duo The GulfiGHapter and Retriggatup Service announce a welcome gathering tonight at the Bull of the Beach Resort. Members will meet at 7:30 PM to discuss society matters and upcoming events.
Fort Walton Beach residents can enroll in a Beginner Bridge class at the Community Center for a three week session meeting Mondays and Fridays 9 to 11 am. Registration at the center. call 243-3119 for details. Also about child classes, Tae Kwon Do and Soo Do instruction by Charles Blackburn with Tuesday Thursday 5 to 7 pm sessions. $10 monthly for eight two hour classes. For information call 243-3119. The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7674 hosts a luau at 7:30 pm with roast pig and sides at $1.50 per person. Dixie Blue Boys Band rocks at 9:30. Call 243-9912. Post located at 213 Carroll Ave. Fort Walton Beach. CBS Chapter 202 meets at 7:30 pm tonight at Masonic Temple East Brooks Street with officers and representatives honored. Eagle Yacht Club clubhouse opens at 4:30 pm Friday at 773 for Alona party with punch and hors d oeuvres. Silver Sandy Fendal Summer Recreation Program registration from 7:30 am Friday at the school. fee $6 to $10 per family. assistance available. Also USO swap meet details. items must be small to carry to club. call USO for space.
Rep Tommy Stevens says the House bill aims to bring Florida under Volpe highway beautification standards via court action. He insists the measure does not require removals and would only allow state rules aligned with court guidelines. Stevens says Florida is losing funds and calls federal policy pork chopism.
In Washington County Pennsylvania the convict Vealey pleaded guilty to three counts of murder in the Yablonski killings. He testified the plot involved Paul Gilly Aubran Martin and a man named Tony who paid $5200. The UMW said union president Tony Boyle had no connection to the crimes.
A preliminary Luxembourg agreement paves Britain's entry into the six nation Common Market. The move brings good news for American factory workers and some farmers, but hurts grain exporters. Tariffs drop to 7.6 percent on average, boosting some exports while reducing others, with overall U.S. export loss estimated under 10 million dollars. The enlarged market could lower costs for European firms and shift profits internationally, making outcomes uncertain amid parliamentary approval. In Florida, a Destin resident was found guilty in municipal court for loitering and resisting arrest with a $102 fine, receiving a suspended sentence on profanity charges.
Pennsylvan ia Governor Milton J Shapp criticised President Nixons revenue sharing proposal calling it a potential national trap He proposed a four point program including federalization of welfare and a national education trust funded by lifetime taxes on beneficiaries He urged drawing against undisbursed federal funds to ease state budget crises and questioned guaranteeing loans to public private entities while stressing accountability.
Cambodian forces say they killed 120 North Vietnamese troops as they overran a regimental HQ in Vihear Suor marshes east of Phnom Penh. About 5,000 Cambodian troops faced heavy fire and air strikes while evacuation helicopters were repelled. The objective was to clear marshes of enemy forces near the capital.
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