LBJ Outposts McCarthy In New Hampshire Race GIVES FWB LINK WITH SOUTH FLORIDA
Local council votes to back expanded direct bus service linking Fort Walton Beach with Orlando Daytona Gainesville and Ocala. Council denies water and sewage rate change for trailer parks and sets March 18 committee meeting to study Viet Nam memorial. Financing bids and lease actions tabled with city attorney review planned. No action on garbage pickup outside city limits and old Catholic School sale.
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W. A. Williams
Trailways
Fort Walton Beachs
Florida
Orlando
George Powell
Council
John Smith
Air Conditioning, Inc
Nelson Davis
Southern States Steel
Xatter
Inman
Catholic School Council
Marina
Nixon Easy Winner Over Rockefeller
UPI report from Concord New Hampshire notes Richard Nixon defeated Nelson Rockefeller by a wide margin in the state presidential primary while Eugene McCarthy won strong antiwar support and claimed the 24 member New Hampshire delegation. McCarthy predicted victory in Wisconsin and eyed future delegates. Nixon said the results pressure Rockefeller to decide and attributed McCarthy gains to war and broader issues.
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Concord
UPI
Johnson
Eugene J. McCarthy
New Hampshire
Minnesota
McCarthy
Nixon
New York
Rockefeller
Manchester
Destin Chamber Backs Bridge Over 4 Lanes Priority
Destin Chamber of Commerce President Benarr Kelly reported that state officials favor prioritizing a new bridge at Destin East Pass over four-laning U S Highway 88 to the Walton County line. He led a straw vote of about 40 members, with all but one siding the bridge as the top project.
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Destin
Benarr Kelly
Destin Chamber
Kelly
Chamber
State Road Board
James Lee
Crestview
Walton County
Lee
R. J. Reinke
Crestiven
14 Year Old Arrested For Meigs School Fire
A 14 year old boy was arrested and turned over to juvenile authorities for setting fire to a rocker at Meigs Junior High School on Friday. Musical instruments clothing and text books were burned before school officials extinguished the fire. The youth was released to the custody of his parents pending a hearing before Juvenile Judge Joe Livingston.
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Meigs Junior High School
Joe Livingston
Vietnam War Deference Sought by Fulbright Amid War Lull
Sen J W Fulbright pressed Sec Rusk for a pledge that the Johnson administration will consult Congress before sending more troops to Vietnam. An ominous lull in the ground war spread over South Vietnam on the eve of the Dien Bien Phu anniversary. A separate note reports a hijacking of a National Airlines flight to Cuba, a major March snowstorm disrupting travel, and Gov Lurleen Wallace preparing for another cancer surgery. Burned and naked death story from Toronto is noted, while gold price debates and measures persist in economic coverage.
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Vietnam
Sen
J.W. Fulbright
Dean Rusk
Johnson
Congress
South Vietnam
Dien Bien Phu
National Airlines
Florida
Cuba
Wavana
Miami
Great Plains
Alabama
Lurleen Wallace
Toronto
Blood Drive At Eglin Today For Civil Service Staff
A Red Cross blood drive at Eglin Air Force Base targets Civil Service and other personnel with a goal of 300 pints. The Bloodmobile will park at the Danner Service Club from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on March 20, serving military veterans and civilian hospitals including Vietnam. Civilian donors earn dual credit for their organization and the Okaloosa County American Red Cross chapter.
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Eglin Afb
The
Red Cross
Eglin
Danner Service Club
Robert C. McKelvey
Department of Defense
Civil Service
DOD
Vietnam
Okaloosa County
American Red Cross
Man Charged In Billford Theft
A 28 year old Fort Walton Beach man, Bobby Joe Dailey, was arrested Tuesday morning on theft charges. The wallet, with 3675 in cash and 546 in checks, was taken from a Sullivan Street residence and hidden behind a Wright service station. Bond set at 2000. Investigators Driscoll Oglesby Cecil Donaldson and Joe Townsend led the probe. $597 in cash recovered.
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Fort Walton
County Declines State Offer To Control Auto Safety Inspection
The Board of County Commissioners rejected a state offer to run motor vehicle safety inspection stations due to lack of financial profitability. They cited Eglin AFB plans to operate its own stations drawing about 45,000 cars away. Other actions included courthouse accessibility improvements, phone-line upgrades, and plans for county shop reconstruction after a fire.
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Board of County Commissioners
Jim Barefield
Eglin Afb
Court House
Youth Arrested For Car Theft In Florida
A 15 year old from Fort Walton Beach was arrested on auto theft charges and awaits hearing before County Judge Joe Livingston. Police say the boy stole a 1960 model car owned by JL Stokes from the Playground Daily News lot where Stokes worked. A second 1-year-old participant went to Texas with parents and faces no charges yet. The arrestee had prior auto theft arrests.
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Joe Livingston
Fort Walton Beach
Louisiana State Police
JL. Stokes
New Playground
Newbury Editor to Receive MBE at Buckingham Palace
Doris Page, 42, of Newbury Ireland, arrived by ambulance and iron lung to Buckingham Palace to be awarded the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II for editing a newspaper aiding polo victims and patients of respiratory diseases.
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London
UPD
Doris Page
Newbury
Ireland
Buckingham Palace
Valparaiso to Back Raiders Reunion Funding
The Valparaiso City Commission voted to help Tokyo Raiders Reunion Inc cover up to 500 in costs for the Raiders 26th annual reunion set for April 18 to 20 in the Playground area. Estimated outlays range 12,000 to 13,000, funded by 20 pages of advertising in ATL Florida magazine, plus a 1,000 toward a 1,500 scholarship.
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Emma Goggin
Valparaiso
Tokyo Raiders Reunion, Inc. Corporation
Raiders
Clark Browning
Rupert Miller
George W. Mitchell
Jack L. Jenkins
Tokyo Raiders Reunion, Inc
David Kinlaw
Jeakins
ATL
Florida
Jenkins
al Florida
Playground Daily News
John H. Perry
Commission
Coronado Motor Hotel
Fort Walton Beach
Playground
Okaloosa
Walton
Escambia
Bay Counties
Okaloosa-Walton Junior College
Cdl
Chambers of Commercce
Twin Cities
School Board Accepts Nine Resignations in Crestview
The Okaloosa County School Board, meeting in Crestview, unanimously accepted nine resignations from teachers and principals including Leslie Fierrington, Robert Davis, Linda Dollemte, Burton Poole, Foy Thompson, Mira Chapman, Charles Syfrett, and M Trickey. Dewey Huddleston faced suspension for neglect and misconduct, with formal charges approved 4-1. Wave Boogey retires due to health. Nolan Adams suspended and to be terminated after the year, with open hearing. Also approved 15 new 66 passenger buses bought through the state pool at 5600 each, to be delivered by mid August.
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Okaloosa County
Crestview
Leslie Fierrington
Meigs
Robert Davis
Choctawhatchee
Linda Dollemte
Oak Hill
Burton Poole
Foy Thompson
Wright
Mira Chapman
Jedwins
Charles Syfrett
Ocean City
M. Trickey
Oakland Heights
Dewey Huddleston
Shalimar Elementary
Jack Foster
Wave Boogey
Max Bruner
Nolan Adams
Adams
Bruner
Trans
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South Florida
By Joe West
Daytona
Gainesville
Ocala
Williams
Trailer Parks Council
Blanch Hurst
Luther Jenkins
Anchors Street
Lazarus
Cuze
People of Our Nation
Highway 85
Hall
Abby
News Digest
Billford
Barrow
Brooks Plaza
Fort Walton Square
Ricks and Kendrick
Regular County Commissioners
Calhoun
Matlin - McClellan, Inc
Florida Geological Survey
Daily News
Marilyn Hall
Eglin Parkway
Givens
Valp
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