Raiford Riots Prompt Superintendent Shift
Raiford State Prison replaced Supt Don Hassfurder after disorders and alleged brutal treatment at the facility. Louie Wainwright named Lawrence E. Dugger acting superintendent amid calls for broader changes and racism accusations from NAACP Florida officials.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Raiford State Prison
Don Hassfurder
Division of
Louie Wainwright
Wainwright
Hassfurder
Lawrence E. Dugger
Lake Buller Reception and Medical Center
Ralford
Marvin Davies
Naacp Florida
Laure Wainwright
Davies
American Correctional Association
Balford
Robert Turner
James Tompkins
Curtis McKenzie
Okaloosa Digest Firms to Submit Notices in Writing
The Okaloosa Digest requires organizations to send notices in written form to the Daily News office. Representatives must deliver the notices. staff cannot take reminders over the phone.
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Layground Daily News
PODN
Community group schedules and club meetings across Okaloosa
Okaloosa County notices list today lunch menu at schools, plus multiple meetings. Island Garden Club meets at 7 30 pm at 520 Dorado Ave with Lt Doug Ingram of the Choctaw League for Environmental Awareness Now. Fort Walton Rotary meets at noon at the Sheraton Miramar with Dr David T Williams presenting. League of Women Voters holds annual meeting at Fort Walton Beach Yacht Club Thursday with 10 am start and noon luncheon. reservations with Mrs Sam Friedman. Home Builders of Okaloosa meets at Staffs Restaurant today 7 pm with 6 15 board. Engel Mortgage Company sponsors and discusses pending legislation. Community Services Coordinating Council quarterly at Holliday Inn at noon with Thomas Cahill Jr on Dimensions of Drug Abuse. Southwest Okaloosa Civic Association special meeting Thursday 7 pm at Florosa Elementary School Highway 98 near Hurlburt Main Gate, topics include residents and property owners. Post meeting Volunteer Fire Department short meeting. Officers Wives Coffee Thursday 10 am at Mrs Benson 20 Birch Ave. call 651 0378. Seminole Community Center meets Thursday 7 pm at community members building. all members urged to attend. Edgewater Garden Club March meeting today 1 pm at 103 Vincent Circle Niceville. Mrs Emory Carr host, Mrs George Skipper co host, program on Birds by Mrs Louise Freiwald. Choctawhatchee Band Pops concert Thursday 7 30 pm at the Choctawhatchee auditorium with popular and classical pieces. tickets 1 for adults, 50 cents for students.
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Okaloosa County
Southwest
Edgewater Garden Club
Emory Carr
Vincent Circle
Niceville
George Skipper
Louise Freiwald
Lost Weekend Tagged To Brigadier General
Senate investigators heard that Brig. Gen. Earl F. Cole vanished in Germany and offered $50,000 to plead the Fifth and stay silent. Harley Moore testified roadblocks hampered the probe, while Ribicoff questioned possible whitewash at Army HQ before Cole’s retirement on a 1100 dollar monthly pension. Witnesses allege Cole intervened to shield sales ops in Vietnam and liquor and beer sales to clubs and PXs.
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Washington
Senate
Germany
Earl Franklin Cole
Cole
Harley Moore
Europe
Abraham Ribdtcoff
D-Conn
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Vietnam
Px’s
Jury My Lai Visit Is Turned Down
At Fort Benning the judge ruled against a six man jury visit to the My Lai site during Lt. William Calley Jr. court martial. Col. Reid Kennedy said a viewing would add nothing to the record despite maps photos and a sand-table mockup of the village.
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My Lai
FT. Benning
Calley
Kennedy
Runnels Clarifies Procedures For Candidates
Okaloosa County advisory committee chair Runnels explained to Democrats the governor will receive recommendations directly from his county committee. He apologized for a misunderstanding over the John W. Bowen III appointment and noted the executive committee cannot meet on every application. The group reviewed about 40 judgeship applications across 12 meetings and discussed a future districtwide Democratic Groups meeting in Fort Walton Beach with Rep. Bob Sikes possibly attending. Local officials urged tighter cooperation between officeholders and the county committee.
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Niceville
Buddy Runnels
Huben Askew
Okaloosa County
Runnels
Democratic Party Executive Committee
Americana Pancake House
John W. Bowen III
Wilson Minger
Jerry Melvin
Safe crack at Gulf Power Office on Eglin Parkway
Fort Walton Beach police report a weekend safecracking at the Gulf Power Co. office on Eglin Parkway with an undetermined cash amount taken. Tools tied to the crime were found at the scene and had been stolen earlier from Lee Pontiac Olds Inc. The incident marks the sixth safecracking in the city since June, with investigations led by Sgt. Irish and other officers.
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Gulf Power Co
Eglin Parkway
Fort Walton Beach
Lee-Pontiac- Olds Inc
Phil Irish
Irish
Gulf Power
John Seay
Clyde Coffey
Bill Grigsby
Fire damages Fort Walton Beach home on Briarwood Circle
Firefighters estimated damage to Mrs. Glenda Acosta's home at 150. The blaze in the kitchen burned curtains wall and a window frame after a pan of grease on the stove burst into flame with Mrs. Acosta in the kitchen nearby.
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Glenda Acosta
Briarwood Circle
Fort Walton Beach
Exchange program discussed by Max Bruner
County School Superintendent Max Bruner spoke at a county board meeting about foreign exchange. A letter from Mrs. D F Casey requested permission to invite foreign students and form a local American Field Service chapter. Bruner favored low cost European tours for county students with concerns over legal liability for sending local students abroad.
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Max Bruner
County School Board
Europe
Bruner
D.F. Casey
Shallmar
Okaloosa County
Casey
American Field Service
Barrow Announces Bid for Re election to State Senate
State Sen William D Barrow from Crestview said at a Fort Walton Beach hearing he will seek another term. He cited his record and the public vote against him as reasons to run while noting salary hikes and time away from his law practice.
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Sen
Barrow
Willliam D. Barrow
D-Crest
Fort Walton Beach
Senate
Okaloosa County
Funeral Services Set for Mrs Margaret Reeves
Pearl Margert Reeves 62 of 9 Seventh St Shalimar died 5 30 am Tuesday at home Born in Pennsylvania she was a housewife Funeral services 2 pm Thursday at McLaughlin Mortuary Chapel Rev C F Neal officiating Interment Beal Memorial Cemetery McLaughlin Mortuary in charge Survived by husband Luther L Reeves of Shalimar two sons Jimmy Moore Philadelphia Penn Gene Macstone Levitown Penn two sisters Mrs Violet Buncasel Shalimar Mrs Henretta Vitagliano New Jersey eight grandchildren and one great grandchild
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Pearl Margert Reeves
Seventh St
Shalimar
Pennsylvania
McLaughlin Mortuary
C.F. Neal
Beal Memorial Cemetery
Longwood Elementary School Officially Named by Okaloosa Board
Okaloosa County School Board named the new Longwood elementary school at a Tuesday meeting. They approved naming it Longwood Elementary School and discussed returning a $400 purchase money to a buyer who claimed misrepresentation. Board chair Anne Mitchell requested a four drawer file cabinet for her papers, joking it would be eight drawers when she leaves office.
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Longwood
Okaloosa County
Charles Ferdon
Anne Mitchell
Prices Raised for Okaloosa County School Lunches
Okaloosa County school lunches will rise from 35 to 40 cents starting Monday to reduce a projected 75 000 deficit in the food service program this year. Superintendent Max Bruner says another 144 000 deficit is possible next year without action.
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Okaloosa County
Food Service
Max Bruner
Jack Foster
Fort Walton Beach
Tennis Courts Sought For Schools In Okaloosa County
Okaloosa County school board discusses using a $6,000 windfall from a property sale to create asphalt covered multi use play areas at schools. Plans consider two to three courts at larger schools and one at smaller ones with materials and labor help from the district.
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Okaloosa County
Jack Foster
Max Bruner
Choctawhatchee
Niceville
Foster
Harrison
Wilson's Daughter Succumbs Tuesday
The last surviving daughter of the late Samuel Wilson family Mrs Loxie ew 86 Baker died Tuesday morning in an Andalusia Alabama hospital. She was born in Pike County Alabama and lived in the area for 45 years. Funeral 2 p m today at McLaughlin chapel with Bishop Gordon M Tew and the Rev Albert Locke. Interment Live Oak Memorial Park Cemetery. Survivors include five daughters Eiler McIntosh Bessie Williams Marie Barrow two sons Rex Tew Gordon Tew 21 grandchildren 27 great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren.
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Samuel Wilson
Loxie ‘Ew
Baker
Andalusia
Ala
Few
Pike County
McLaughlin Chapel
Gordon M. Tew
Albert Locke
Live Oak Memorial Park Cemetery
Eiler McIntosh
Bessie Williams
Samson, Ala
Marie Barrow
Rex Tew
Crestview
Gordon Tew
Tough Guy May Be Ousted From School
Officials may oust Little Caesar from an elementary school after the principal asked for a permanent expulsion. Max Bruner, county school superintendent, read a letter noting a student ran a protection racket, extorting 25 cents or a beating, a recurring bully problem Bruner cited at the board meeting.
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Max Bruner
Bruner
Okaloosa County School Property Transferred to County
The Okaloosa County School Board agreed to convey the Escambia Farms School and 25 acres to the Board of County Commissioners at a Tuesday meeting. A county commissioner had urged the transfer to use the site as a juvenile detention center, with return to the school board if unused within three years. Bruner noted the building had been vandalised and unused for eight years near the state line in the county’s northwest corner.
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Okaloosa County
Bruner
State Line
Center Is Discussed Center Is Discussed
Crestview county commissioners weighed installing a larger pump for the new sewer plant as Food Fair Corporation pressed to connect Cinco Bayou shopping center into the county system. A trunk line could serve Cinco Bayou, but adding other areas could create a problem. A larger pump now might cut future expansion costs. no final decision was made.
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Crestview
Food Fair Corporation
County, Commission
Cinco Bayou Shopping
Cinco Bayou
Lavette Rogers
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