Florida man set on fire after debt dispute ends in burns
In Suwannee County Archie Johnson, 45, was hospitalized with second and third degree burns after James Damiel McCrae, 21, doused him with kerosene and lighter fluid and ignited a flame during a quarrel over a $3 debt. Johnson ran screaming. bystanders extinguished the flames. McCrae charged with aggravated assault as Johnson recovers.
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Live Oak
Archie Johnson
Suwannee County Hospital
Sheriff’s Office
Sheriff's
James Damiel McCrae
Johnson
McCrae
Miss Northwest Florida Beauty Pageant Rules Published
Fort Walton Beach Kiwanis Club opens entries for the 18th annual Miss Northwest Florida pageant to be held July 4. Entrants must be unmarried, over 17, under 26, with two 8x10 bathing suit photos. deadline June 27. First place wins a large loving cup, $150 cash, vacation for self and chaperone, plus publicity. last year’s winner Shelly Knowles of Pensacola.
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Fort Walton Beach Kiwanis Club
Bill Tennis
Flayground Daily News
Miracle Strip
Shelly Knowles
Pensacola
Knowles
Guns Take 198 Lives In 7 Days
AP survey shows 198 people died in the week ending Sunday from gunfire including handguns rifles and shotguns with Texas reporting 20 deaths. Homicides accounted for most deaths and 65 were personal crisis reports plus 19 accidental fatal shootings.
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Associated Press
United States
Vietnam
Texas
Dead Man Found Near Trailer Park
An 87-year-old man from the Wright area, missing since Friday, was found dead Monday afternoon in swampy woods behind Paradise Trailer Park. Alexander Marier is believed to have died of natural causes. no foul play is suspected. His son in law, Major Black, found the body by air search. An autopsy at Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola was authorized by the state's attorney. The investigation praised military and civilian help, with searching intensified over the weekend.
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Paradise Trailer Park
Alexander Marier
Okaloosa County
Sheriffs Department
Don Simpson
Marier
Major Black
Charles McConnell
Sacred Heart Hospital
Pensacola
Simpson
Maner
Black
Arrest of Abernathy Sparks Washington Unrest at 14th and U
Police seized Resurrection City and arrested Rev Ralph Abernathy leader of the Poor People Campaign. National Guardsmen patrolled the 14th and U area as hundreds gathered near a shuttered shanty town amid rioting and broken store windows. Temperatures cooled as dawn neared with no widescale looting reported and authorities keeping the lid on the district.
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Resurrection City
National
Ralph David Abernathy
14Th
White House
Capitol
U Streets
Abernathy
Congress moves to make four holidays fall on Mondays
The House passed a bill to shift Washingtons Birthday Memorial Day Veterans Day and a new Columbus Day to Monday observances. Senate approval came with little vote count and no debate. The change would apply to federal and DC workers and start January 1 1971.
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Congress
Senate
Johnson
House
District of Columbia
Steps Taken To Annex Northgate
Fort Walton Beach officials moved to annex the Northgate subdivision northwest of the city near Wright. At a committee of the whole meeting Tuesday, councilors approved preliminaries but delayed final action until all members can vote. Five councilmen attended, with objections citing needed development and clearing work. The council also planned to consider nominations for the Board of Equalization at Wednesday night’s session.
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Ann Bardsley
Fort Walton Beach
Northgate
Wright
Red” Sconiers
Board of Equalization
Allies Deploy 15,000 To Safeguard Saigon
Nearly 15,000 allied troops patrolled around Saigon as U S bombers pounded infiltration routes in a bid to prevent a siege. Viet Cong plans for a drive on the capital were signaled with target dates from Tuesday into July, while air and ground actions continued around the city and in the panhandle.
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U.S
Liberation Radio
Hannda Radio
May County Sales Up 31 Percent in May
Retail sales in Okaloosa County rose 31 percent in May over 1967, reaching $13 million and placing the county 20th in the state. Nearby counties also posted gains with Bay up 15 percent to $14.6 million, Escambia up 10.2 percent to $40.5 million, Santa Rosa up 29 percent to $7.5 million, and Walton up 15.1 percent to $2.6 million.
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Okaloosa County
Florida
Bay County
Escambia County
Santa Rosa County
Walton County
No Progress On Beach Restrooms In Okaloosa Island
Okaloosa Island and Garnier's Beach restrooms remain unresolved as city council members reopen the costly vandal-proof plan. Debates over concrete versus metal prefab facilities, high labor costs, and whether to fund now or study again loom. Mayor pro tem Guidry defends the original concrete design, while Rigdon pushes for further study until next spring.
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Ann Bardsley
Okaloosa Island
Garnier
C. H. Rigdon
Public Works Committee
Joe Guidry
H. French Brown
Guidry
Rigdon
Red Sconners
Cty
James Ready
Sconers
Pill Hard To Swallow Pill Hard To Swallow FORT COLLENS, Colo.
Kenneth Eugene Potter a 26 year old Loveland man held on traffic charges swallowed a four inch pocketknife while being frisked after an accident X rays at Poudre Valley Memorial Hospital showed no immediate danger and he was returned to jail by Deputy Sheriff Melvin Viet
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Fort Collens
Colo
Kenneth Eugene Potter
Loveland
Melvin Viet
Poudre Valley Memorial Hospital
Potter
Calm Restored After Ohio Prisoners Riot
Ohio Penitentiary riot ends after five hours of clashes with police and state troopers. Eight fires, heavy property damage, and injuries to fifty people including guards. Prisoners used bats knives and kitchen tools. several hostages held then released unharmed. Corrections chief Koblenz notes simmering discontent but no mass breakout risk.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio Penitentiary
Maury C. Koblentz
Koblentz
Ernest L. Maxwell
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