Pruitt Center Drainage Piping Sparks Open Hearing
Annex notes tax rolls and equalization board to handle property complaints. City engineering urges piping a ditch near Pruitt Community Center at about 21000. Council supports an open hearing to gauge resident support and the associated assessment. Rev. Bob Enman nominated to the Teen council.
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Holiday Calendar Reform Gains Backing From Commerce Groups
The bill proposes moving key holidays to fixed Mondays: Washingtons Birthday on the third Monday in February Memorial Day to the last Monday in May Veterans Day to the tenth Monday in October and Columbus Day to the second Monday in October. backed by the U S Chamber of Commerce. Airlines and travel groups supported the change while opponents argued it tramples history and patriotism. Only Christmas New Year s Day Thanksgiving and Independence Day stay on the old dates.
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Firearm crime trends amid new anti crime act
The AP survey notes gun killings and shooting incidents near the weekly FBI average and discusses the 1966 figures as the nation enacts a broad anti crime bill. The law bans interstate handgun mail orders, restricts sales to nonresidents, and bars under 21 purchases, with further penalties for felons and certain other groups.
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Riots Erupt at Columbus Prison as Guards Short
The downtown riot at the state capital area followed a fire at the prison print shop. Inmate workers seized control and spread flammable fluid. supervisor Harry Whitaker had a heart attack. Guards were 53 short of normal strength. External agitators were cited as possible influences amid broader city violence.
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Poor Peoples Embassy Ends Washington Sit-In
Police evacuated Resurrect ion City after campaigners camp permit expired. Abernathy, 42, Baptist minister, was arrested with about 200 others near Capitol Hill as demonstrations were halted. SCLC said demonstrators would stay with private homes and churches, and the Poor People’s Embassy would open in a major Negro neighborhood. Abernathy urged followers to walk with dignity.
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Rusk to NATO You Also Have Stake in Vietnam
Secretary of State Dean Rusk told NATO foreign ministers that European interests are closely tied to a favorable Vietnam outcome. He challenged allies to consider how Southeast Asia would be affected if Red China and North Vietnam dominated the region, signaling a pushback against the view that Vietnam is not Europe’s concern.
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Britain
Thomas Skippers Boat to Victory at Bayou Sailing Club Race
Leonard Thomas from Fort Walton Beach skippered Bahama Islander to first place in the Bayou Sailing Club's sixth and final Spring Series race off Lincoln Park Valparaiso. Fifteen boats entered with Percy Davis second and Sandy Zevin third. Wind was light and the club plans a Summer Series kickoff on June 29 with a two day Regatta at Eglin Yacht Club.
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Two Murder Cases Go to Trial in Hollywood Slayings
California secretaries were slain last December with bodies found in Whiskey Creek. Jack Murphy and Jack Griffith pleaded innocent to first degree murder charges. They face trial September 3 for Terry Rae Kent Frank and Annetie Marie Mohin. Murphy faces a separate sanity hearing for robbery and assault with intent to murder.
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Miami Beach
Chicago minister testifies church paid for bail bonds for gang
Rev John R Fry of First Presbyterian Church Chicago testified that his church paid about 25 000 in bail bonds and 50 000 in legal fees over two years for arrested Rangers members The pastor denied directing criminal activity and said he would continue to support the group amid Senate probes into education grants linked to gang activity
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Unoccupied House Damaged by Fire in Niceville
Fire damaged an unoccupied home on Florida Street in Niceville’s northwest sector late Sunday night. Three fire companies from Niceville, Eglin AFB, and Valparaiso responded. Officials could not determine the fire’s origin.
Johnson Proposes National Gun Licensing and Registration
President Johnson urged Congress to enact nationwide gun registration and licensing of all gun owners. The plan would create a central gun records system and impose federal standards, with penalties for states not meeting them within a decade. The proposal follows calls for tighter interstate gun sales controls amid post Kennedy era sentiment.
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Fire destroys Gaines home on Tanager Drive Forest Heights
Early Friday a fire at Cecil Gaines residence in Forest Heights Wright County destroyed most of the house after embers reignited Saturday morning. Ocean City-Wright Fire Department fought flames for hours with help from Fort Walton Beach and Eglin Air Base. Neighbor Frank Butler notified authorities. Gaines escaped with his son and son-in-law. Damages not yet totaled.
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