Chamber Declines To Vote On Land Spoil Controversy
The Greater FWB Chamber of Commerce refused to vote on a motion about sandy spoil lands leased by three county residents at Destin East Pass. County officials disclosed a 5 acre lease involving Tax Assessor Rhett Cadenhead and two former school board members. Some directors urged action to support a public park or a proposed marina or ice house, while others preferred the chamber stay out. The matter raises potential scrutiny by Federal officials.
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Greater Fwb Chamber of Commerce
Destin
East Pass
Rhett Cadenhead
M.F. Cox
W-F. Davis
W.D. Landreth
Cadenhead
Playground Daily News
Destin Community Center
Chamber
H. French Brown, Jr
Erwin Fleet
FWB
Destin Chamber
Destin Chambers
Johnny Fortune
George Powell
Powell
Oster Manufacturing closes locally amid overstocked market
Greater FWB Chamber reports Oster Manufacturing Co. leaves the Industrial Park after acknowledging overstocked inventory. Mayor Ed Brown says the shutdown stems from excess supply, not local conditions. Officials note near-perfect local efficiency and seek a new tenant for the building, with one prospect already interviewed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greater
FWB Chamber of Commerce
Oster Manufacturing Co
Ed Brown
Oster
Chamber
H. French Brown, Jr
Cmpany
FWE
Brown
Charges Bring Additional Time In Circuit Court at Crestview
Elmo Wilkinson and Leroy Huggins were sentenced to one year additional time each while prisoners at a state road camp. Wilkinson faced deravated assault charges and Huggins was charged with attempted escape in Crestview circuit court proceedings held Thursday.
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Crestview
Elmo Wilkinson
Leroy Huggins
State Road
Wilkinson
Huggins
Miracle Strip Council Studies Fishing Tourism At Island Workshop
Miracle Strip Council members from Pensacola to Panama City met at the Elks Club on Santa Rosa Island for an annual workshop. Sessions covered marlin tournament attractions highways air transport publicity legislative matters archaeology water safety and more with president Jack Cowley presiding and Larry Brown slated as principal banquet speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miracle Strip Council
Pensacola
Panama City
Elks Club
Santa Rosa Island
Jack Cowley
John Cox
J. G. Melvin
Larry Brown
Florida Development Commission
County Doctors Deny Hoffeld Membership
Dr. George D. Hoffeld, who opened a Niceville Valparaiso practice last November, was not elected to the Okaloosa Medical Association. President Dr. Malcolm C. Crotzer cited undisclosed reasons. The Okaloosa County Hospital Trustees reportedly denied Hoffeld use of county facilities in a private special session. Hoffeld, a former Navy medical officer with 35 years’ practice, said he resigned from Escambia to apply locally, with prior Century work and New York hospital credentials.
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George D. Hoffeld
Niceville- Valparaiso
Okaloosa
Crotzer
Medical Association
Okaloosa County
Hoffeld
Playground iDaily
Escambia Medical Association
Escambia
A. G. Wiliams
Navy
Florida
Century
New York
Mount Sinai Hospital
Sisters of Charity Hospital
Troy
N.Y
Court Ruling Sought On Wackenhut Issue
In Tallahassee Gov. Claude Kirk said he will seek a State Supreme Court ruling on suspending Dixie County Commissioners for refusing to answer questions from state investigators and the Wackenhut private police force. Attorney Gordon Oldham pressed for suspension while noting no charges against five officials. the grand jury has investigated since January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tallahassee
Fla
UPI
Claude Kirk
Kirk
State Supreme Court
Dixie County Commission
Wackenhut Corp
Little Gulf Coast
Florida
Atty
Gordon Oldham
High Court
Oldham
Earl Faircloth
Down
Miami
George Wackenhut
Dell Currie
Ed Osteen
George Peacock
Rudolph Parrott
Niven Keen
Gene van Aernam
Aernam
Leesburg
Man Bites Dog Charged With Animal Cruelty
Cincinnati police arrested Thomas Hayalian, a 27 year old UC psychology graduate student, for biting his 7 month old beagle. He allegedly bit the puppy's left ear during an act of discipline and then carried her back to the house by tail and hind legs, prompting SPCA involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Ghic
Thomas Hayalian
University of Cincinnati Psychology
Hayalian
Bernard Tigges
SPCA
Probe Of JFK Assassination Is Continued
In New Orleans, attorney Dean Andrews Jr. testified briefly before a secret grand jury probing the Kennedy assassination. Andrews and Josephine Hug were the only witnesses subpoenaed for Thursday’s session as the district attorney’s office pressed the investigation. Andrews, a Jefferson Parish assistant district attorney, had previously testified to the Warren Commission.
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New Orleans
Dean Andrews Jr
Warren Commission
Lee Harvey Oswald
Andrews
Josephine Hug
John F. Kennedy
Garrison
Jefferson Parish
Clay Bertrand
Not Rangers Five Men Wrongly Labeled in City Court
Five men described as Rangers in FWB City Court Wednesday were identified by Ranger Camp officials as infantrymen from Fort Benning Georgia. They belong to a support unit for Ranger activities and wore civilian clothes at court. Graduation for a Ranger class was planned for Monday.
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FWB
Eglin
Ranger Bn
29Th Infantry
Fort Benning
Rangers
Anl
President Reveals War Parley Plans
President Johnson outlined a March Pacific conference with Vietnam commanders while clashing with Sen. Robert Kennedy over Vietnam policy. He proposed restoring a seven percent credit for business investments and accelerated depreciation for new buildings to boost the economy, and kept his stance on a six percent surcharge on top personal and corporate taxes beginning July 1. News conference aired in color with Vietnam questions dominating.
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Washington
Johnson
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N.y
Vietnam
Pacific
Congress
Che Sou
Uwiours
Wal de
Full Potential Florida Eyes Overseas Markets Growth
Florida officials urged expanding overseas tourism and industry to sustain growth as Europe and South America rise as key markets. Larry Brown forecast 1970s jet travel to Miami for 150 dollars round trip and highlighted tax incentives and industrial revenue bonds as tools to attract business, while stressing Florida must leverage its 12 deep sea ports and boost training for new operations. The talk at Miracle Strip Council in Fort Walton Beach framed Gov. Kirk’s "Full Potential" theme and called for renewed industrial promotion alongside tourism.
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Nancy Kenaston
Florida
Florida Development Commission
Fort Walton Beach
Larry Brown
Florida Development Commision
Miracle Strip
South America
Claude Kirk
Brown
FCC
Northwestern
Panhandle
Pensacola Naval Air Station
Gosport
Daytona Beach Resort
New Craft Cleans East Pass Dredge Stroke
A new vessel trims the East Pass channel by a 100 foot long arm. Its main advantage is operation in rough weather that stalls older dredges, allowing continued maintenance of the channel.
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East Pass
Scores Report Sees UFOs Over Midwest and Plains
United Press International reports multiple sightings of unidentified flying objects over the Midwest and northwest Kansas. Deputies and police officers describe two objects near Galesburg Illinois as blush white with pulsating red lights, one hissing and another emitting a ground-reaching beam. A Goodland Kansas officer saw a brilliantly white object with red and amber sidelights that hummed like a vacuum cleaner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Middle West
Illinois
Kansas
Plains
Knox County
Frank Courson
Henry County
Bob Powell
Bill Breen
Galesburg
Ill
Courson
Goodland, Kan
Cambodian Leader Sihanouk Returns From Europe
Prince Norodom Sihanouk, the Cambodian chief of state, arrived back in Phnom Penh on Thursday after a two month stay in Europe, ending an extended international visit.
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Phnom Penh Upd
Norodom Sihanouk
Europe
Service station owner boasts of voting clout
Wayne B. Bell reports Don Norviel, a service station owner, says as one of the 20 percent who voted in the last election his vote is worth five. He feels like an important person and says politicians should give him extra special treatment.
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Sylvester Riggins
Newport
N. H
Don Norviel
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Cross City
Reinhardt Holm
Pensacola Chamber of Commerce
US Army Corps of Engineers
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