Senate Reverses No Busing Vote
The Senate adopted a milder anti busing compromise after three presidential contenders returned to back the move. The plan blocks federal funds for racial balance busing unless districts request funds and bans spending on long distance or inferior school busing, delaying multi district plans until appeals end.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Mike Mansfield
GOP
Hugh Scott
Hubert H. Humphrey
George S. McGovern
Edmund S. Muskie
Robert P. Griffin
R-Mich
Mansfield
Henry M. Jackson
Vance Hartke
Public debate over Walter Martin Road widening plan
A Tuesday public hearing at the city on Walter Martin Road examined a proposed four lane widening with a 80 to 100 foot right of way. Merchants urged parking lanes and sidewalks while some representatives argued the wider right of way would hurt business.
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Walter Martin
Fred Hedrick
Beal Street
State Department of Transportation
Beal
Eglin Parkway
Buck Smith
County Boosts Public Defender Budget and Appoints Ron Shelley
Okaloosa County Commissioners increased the public defender budget by 1700 and named Ron Shelley from Pensacola as a new local assistant public defender for the circuit covering Escambia Walton Santa Rosa and Okaloosa. Shelley urged release of funds held up due to missing state match funds. The article notes prior turnover in the county office with Crestview attorney Don Dewrell and Tom Remington both serving briefly before leaving for other posts.
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Okaloosa County
Ron Shelley
Pensacola
Escambia
Walton
Santa Rosa
Okaloosa
Crestview
Don Dewrell
Tom Remington
Ufies
Remington
Curtis Golden
Destin Meeting On 98 Relocation draws quiet crowd
County commissioners held a tranquil session at the Destin Community Center with about 156 residents listening to Roger Clary on the highway 98 relocation debate. The discussion followed a proposal to move the road 400 feet north, a plan met with mixed reactions from locals.
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George May
Eft
Charlie Hughes
Destin Community Center
Uhe
Dolores Weiss
Destin
Roger Clary
Okaloosa County
Clary
Okaloosa Digest notices from local groups headline
Local organizations submit typed notices for inclusion in the Okaloosa Digest. Items cover Twin City Hospital Auxiliary Niceville Valparaiso meeting at 10 30 a m at Valparaiso Community Center. Fort Walton Beach Hospital Auxiliary meets 9 30 a m Thursday in USO Building. Hurlburt NCO Wives March business meeting at 9 30 a m Thursday in NCO Club TV Room. WBHS Science Fair invites public with judging 3 6 p m Wednesday. Knights of Columbus executive meeting 7 p m at K of C Hall. FWB Rotary noon meeting at Sheraton Miramar with Dan Merrill program on County Government. Playground Corvette Club meets 6 30 p m today at Preston Hood Chevrolet. Court of Honor Boy Scout troop 510 at Wright telementry school 7 p m Wednesday. Kevin Campbell and Kim Williams to receive Eagle. FHP warns of traffic fatality south of Ponce de Leon. Deer rites planned Sunday at barbecue.
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Twin City Hospital Auxiliary
Valparaiso
Niceville- Valparaiso Hospital
Valparaiso Community Center
Glenview Avenue
FWB Hospital Auxiliary
Fort Walton Beach Hospital Auxilary
USO
Miracle Strip Parkway
Hurlburt Nco Wives
Hurlburt
NCO Wives Club
NCO Club
FWB Rotary Club
Fort Walton Beach
Sheraton
Valparaiso Approves Sewer Upgrade Bid From Parker’s
Valparaiso City Commission accepted Parker's Mechanical Contractors Inc bid of 22492 for a sewer line along South Bayshore Drive from Vine Street to Rose Court and a new main bypassing the Andrew Drive lift station. Kerneth Crowder and Son’s incomplete bid was rejected.
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Valparaiso
Tom's Bayou
Valparaiso City Commission
Parker's Mechanical Contractors, Inc
Crestview
Parker
Kerneth Crowder and Son
Fort Walton Beach
South Bayshore Drive
Vine Street
Rose Court
Andrew Drive
Doctor’s Heroics Save Two Boys in Bay Rescue
Dr John J Canfield an orthopedic surgeon at Eglin AFB Regional Hospital and his wife rescued two brothers Phillip and Dennis Merceau from exposure after their overturned boat drifted in rough Choctawhatchee Bay. The boys were treated at Eglin AFB Hospital and released.
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John J. Canfield
Eglin Afb Regional Hospital
Choctawhatchee Bay
Canfield
John
Danny
Michael
Sam
Santa Rosa Island
Destin Bridge
Ben’s Lake Marina
Eglin Afb Hospital
Phillip and
Dennis Merceau
Charles R. Merceau
Usaf Ret
California Drive
Fort Walton Beach
School Board Denies Plans for Administrative Complex
Okaloosa County School Board Chairman Ann Mitchell denied reports of plans for a $1 million plus administrative complex. She said the board only discussed potential needs and that growing classrooms would rule out any consideration of such a facility in the foreseeable future.
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Okaloosa County
Ann Mitchell
Max Bruner
Mitchell
Miracle Strip Presses for Tourists in Tallahassee
Northwest Florida officials led by Jim Sumpter with the Mule Wagon sought increased state funding for tourism. The group staged Tourists Recognition Day from Panama City Beach to impress the legislature, highlighting poverty areas and promotion efforts from Pensacola to Walton County. Senator Ralph Poston commented on Florida lagging in tourism promotion as the Senate trimmed Gov Askew’s proposed Division of Commercial Development funding from 2.47 million to 1.33 million.
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Florida
Panama
Pensacola
Fort Wallon Beach
Walton County
Appalachee Parkway
Sumpter
Northwest
Glenda Tyson
Panama City
Patricia Potter
Miracle Strip Association
Fort Walton Beach
Ralph Poston
Miami
Senate Government Organization and Efficiency Committee
Department of Tourism
Poston
Senate
Reubin Askew
Division of Commercial Development
House
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Abraham Ribicoff
D-Conn
John Vesey
Police
Jim Matz
Shelley
Galiloosa County
Public Defender
Protony Dolores Weiss
Okaloosa Digest
Playground Daily News
PGDN
WBHS
Fort Walton Beach High School
Knights of Columbus
K of C
FHP
Ponce de Leon
DOA
Comics
Abby
Von
Bdltoriats
Eeeeeeer Seve
Teeeeeerenee
Eenetgepecearaa
Cas En Bienna Centers
Eo Sports
Eeetiwenes
Vab
Jerry Melvin
Northwest Florida
PGON
Panhandle Group
Department of Commerce
Miracle Strip
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