Jetliner limps back after mid-air blast
A 249 aboard chartered Canadian DC8 from London to Toronto diverted to Shannon Ireland after a starboard engine ruptured at 35 000 feet. The craft jettisoned fuel and landed on three engines to a safe three point arrival. All passengers and crew unharmed.
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Shannon
Ireland
Atlantic
London
Toronto
Britain
Coastal Defense Command
Royal Air Force
Iceland
Azores
Toronto Natural Hygiene Society
Canadian Pacific
Vancouver
B.C
Daniel Boyd
DC8
John Buss
Water safety chairman breaks leg during swim class
Okaloosa County Safety Council water safety chairman Bob Young broke his leg while teaching a swimming class last week. The incident occurred as he demonstrated how to jump off a dock, prompting chuckles and concern.
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Okaloosa County
Williams seeks Niceville Council post in Group 4
Lloyd B. Williams of Niceville announces candidacy for the Group 4 council seat vacated by Carl Phillips. Williams is among four candidates in Group 4 for the July 15 municipal election, with two seats available and qualifying closing at 5 p.m. today. Voters must register by Thursday at 5 p.m. Speaker: Williams works at Eglin AFB. Other qualified in Group 2 include Clifford Bean Rupert Simpler and Lonnie Smith in Group 4. Johnson holds Group 2 seat.
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Clifford W. Bean
Rupert R. ‘Rudy’ Simpler
Lonnie C. Smith
Largest airplane, the C-5 Galaxy, lands at Eglin AFB
The C-5 Galaxy, the world’s largest airplane capable of carrying eight Greyhound buses, arrives at Eglin AFB for a 14 week Climatic Laboratory testing run. Major Frank Koval pilots the vast craft as officials and the public observe its size and equipment.
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Arvoto
Marilyn Passel
Holland Tunnel
Greyhound
Eglin
Air Force
The
Galaxy
Marilyn Passell
Eglin Afb
Lockheed Georgia
Marietta
Climatic Laboratory
Panama
Arctic
Alaska
Arizona
Frank Koval
Koval
Florida weekend crash toll rises with speed chase tragedy
Police identified several fatalities from Florida road incidents over the weekend. Flossie Raulerson died when her car, fleeing at high speed, crashed into a Jacksonville repair shop as a cruiser pursued her. Arless Yates, 16, of Chipley, perished in a dirt road crash. Richard Parrish, 37, of Miami, died on State Road 90, and Cortland Wilson, 81, succumbed after a passenger vehicle lost control on a Miami street. Frederic Kech, 47, was struck and killed after stepping from a vehicle in Jacksonville.
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Deate- Sen
Jacksonville
Florida
Flossie R. Raulerson
G. A. Baker
Arless Yates
Hudson installed new C of C head
Fort Walton Beach optometrist Hugh Hudson was installed as the new president of the Greater Fort Walton Beach Chamber of Commerce during ceremonies Thursday. He urged members to work for their area and quoted the arena quote about courage, inviting participation.
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Karen Christensen
Hugh Hudson
Fort Walton Beach
Greater Fort Walton Beach
Maurice Mclaughlin
Hudson
Page
Congo’s Tshombe Dies in Algiers at 49
Moise Tshombe former premier of the Congo and flamboyant African figure died in his sleep Sunday, in Algiers where he was held as a prisoner after hijacking plot. He faced a death sentence in Kinshasa, and had lived in confinement for two years. His rise and fall spanned Katanga independence and U.N. pressure, ending with exile and return to the Congo.
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Algiers
Moise Tshombe
Congo
Africa
Tshombe
Algeria
Palma de Majorca
Kinshasha
Leopoldville
Katanga
Belgium
United Nations
U.N
Estuarine Problems Probed in Choctawhatchee Bay Study
Pensacola researchers led by Charles Brady explore environmental issues in Choctawhatchee Bay. The study aims to uncover water quality and ecological concerns affecting the estuary and adjacent communities. Data collection focuses on currents, sediment, pollution, and habitat health influencing local fisheries.
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Charles Brady
Pensacola
Choctawhatchee Bay
West Florida
Escambia-Santa Rosa
Medical staff fights political intervention at FWB hospital
Fort Walton Beach hospital medical staff condemn political meddling in Okaloosa County Hospital System. A staff resolution endorsed Dr. A S D Amore and urged board action, pre filing legislation, and a long range plan based on a Vitro Survey. The resolution praised accreditation efforts while opposing centralized control erosion.
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FWB Hospital
Karen Christensen
Fort Walton Beach Hospital
Okaloosa County Hospital
A. S. D’amore
D'Amore
James Tras
Earl Dye
Robert Saxer
D’amore
Gkaloosa Memorial Mapsital
Crestview
Board of County Commissioners
Board of Trustees
Okaloosa County
Fake robbery report leads to charges in Florida
A Fort Walton Beach man Louis A Rioux 21 is charged with grand larceny and making a false report after a faked armed robbery at a Hess service station in Ocean City. The incident claimed $2 529 taken and $1 130 recovered from Bronx. One suspect remains at large as deputies search for a second person involved.
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Fort Waiton Beach
Ocean City
Ray Wilson
Louis A. Rioux
Doodle Ave
Hess
Florida
Fort Walton Beach
Joe Johnson
Roy Hendrix
Rioux
Bronx
Nixon backed by God says Rabbi at White House service
Rabbi Louis Finkelstein, chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary, told White House services that future historians may credit God with giving Nixon the vision and wisdom to save civilization during a period of trials. He spoke at the first interdenominational service Nixon started at the White House.
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Washington
Louis Finkelstein
New York
White House
Nixon
Finkelstein
Jewish Theological Seminary of America
United States
Richard Milhous Nixon
No New Leads After Ramada Inn Robbery
Sheriff’s office reports new leads in the Ramada Inn robbery with about 6000 dollars stolen from the office safe. Two victims, assistant auditor Bob Cowan and auditor William Kaiser, were bound and pistol whipped during the 3 15 a m attack before suspects fled.
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Karen Christensen
Ramada Inn
Bob Cowan
Cowan
William J. Kaise
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Niceville
Hhehaye
Okaloosa Memorial Hospital
Bill Tennis
Linda Miles
M.B. Miles
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Linda
OWJC
University of Florida
Destin Chamber of
Claude Kirk
University of West Florida
West Florida Natural Resources Council
Harold B. Crosby
UWF
Jerry Melvin
Randolph Hodges
Florida Conservation Department
Kirk
South Alabama
Col. Thornton Peck
Norman Vick
Federal East Gulf Marine Laboratory
Panama City
George B. Austin
Navy Mine Defense Laboratory
John
Bill Tennis Vick
Driskill
Howard Johnson
Vicki
Playground Daily News
Ramada
al Times
Kaiser
Drth
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