Golf Course Decision Shapes Fire Station Site Talks
The Fort Walton Beach city council formed a site committee for a new fire station with Hardis Brock as chairman and discussed locations near the Golf Course, Potter Club, and Industrial Park. Sikes warned the property may revert to the U S if used for something other than a municipal golf course. The council also approved a $2000 Chamber of Commerce welcome fund, set stadium use terms for local high schools, granted concessions for a new softball field, and considered false arrest insurance and Blue Blazers gear for police. Councillors appointed to boards and planned Mooney Road resurfacing.
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FWB
Joe Guidry
Hardis Brock
Art Schweizer
Dutch van
Mooney Road
Potter Club
Air Force
Walt Smith
Bob Sikes
Smith
Sikes
U.S
George Palmer
Polter Club
Jim Baughman
Yacht Club
Joe’ Guidry
Guidry
FWB Chamber of Commerce
Vietnam
Houston Harrison
FWB High School
Choctaw High School
John Vesey
Lewis Turner
Winston Walker
Tommie Ray
Gene Broxson
Jim Buchanan
Abe Welsh
Gaston Walls
R.H. Merts
Valparaiso to host new museum site for Okaloosa Walton group
Valparaiso city commissioners agreed to provide a site near the B 25 Doolittle Monument on John C Sims Parkway for the Historical Society of Okaloosa and Walton County Inc. The old Liberal Arts Building, leased to the society, will be put up for sale while the museum remains there until November. The new museum will be funded by donations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valparaiso
Society For the Museum
College
John B. Arnold
Cadenhead
Fort Walton Beach
Gillis Powell
Ocean City
Water and Sewer
Mushroom Recall Massive Request
The FDA has issued a nationwide mushroom recall from South Lebanon Ohio after a large number of mushrooms were found unsafe for consumption. No injuries are reported and the agency is investigating the source of contamination.
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Lebanon
Ohio
UPI
Federal Food and Drug Administration
Fred Mushroom Products Co
Fred
William R. Clark
Cincinnati
FDA
Corwin
Clark
Clark Sai
Navarre Chamber votes against oil drilling in East Bay
Navarre Holley Chamber of Commerce members voted 71 to 6 against Getty Oil's East Bay exploration plan after remarks by Fort Walton Beach and University of West Florida officials. The opposition cited potential harm to sport fishing, parks, and coastal tourism, warning rigs could threaten the Air Force Master Test Range and coastal ecology.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navarre- Holley Chamber of Commerce
East Bay
Fort Walton Beach Chamber
Jim Bucannan
G.V. Pardue
Navarre
Jack Truitt
Jim Richards
Getty Oil Company
Buchannan
Florida
United States
Alaska
Air Force Mastern
Eglin Afb
Billy Williams
University of West Florida
Willams
Gulf Coast
Navarre Chamber
Getty
Fort Walton Beach
Chamber
Escambia County
Pensacola
GOP Contribution Attacked as Illegal
Washington reports that a $200,000 donation to President Nixon’s reelection is alleged to violate the Federal Election Campaign Act. Comptroller General Staats charged the Finance Committee with failing to report the Vesco gift and referred the matter to the Justice Department for further investigation.
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Washington
UPD
Nixon
Elmer B. Staats
Staats
Robert L. Vesco
SEC
Vesco
Investors Overseas Services, Ltd
Veseo
Costa Rica
Staals
Phillip 8S
Hughes
Office of Federal Elections
General Accounting Office
OEO to End 10 Regional Offices by April 28
Howard Phillips announced that all 10 regional offices of the Office of Economic Opportunity will close on April 28. The move aligns with President Nixon's decision to halt further funding after June 30, with extended notice to aid grant processing and employment transitions for 937 regional staff across Seattle San Francisco Dallas Denver Chicago New York Boston Atlanta Philadelphia and Kansas City.
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Nixon
OEO
Phillips
OKO
Seattle
Sanrancisco
Dallas
Denver
Chicago
New York
Boston
Alanta
Philadelphia
Kansas City
Commission To Establish DOT Priority
Okaloosa County Commissioners meet the Florida Department of Transportation at 11 a m Tuesday in Pensacola to set primary road priorities for five years. Also attending are Rab Nichols Dee Parkton Leon Re Buck Cheeno and Wayward Hayes with county manager LaVerte Rogers assigned to attend.
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Okaloosa County
Florida Department of ‘Transportation
Pensacola
Jack Nichols
Weather Outlook Through Wednesday With Warm Temperatures
Partly cloudy through Wednesday with widely scattered showers or thundershowers. Highs in the upper 70s to low 80s, lows around 60s. High tide at 6:59 am, sunset at 6:54 pm.
Island Authority Receives Federal Grant Partial Payment
The Okaloosa Island Authority reports a $166 500 partial federal grant payment for the sewage expansion project. Doris Jordan states the grant totals $217 000 with construction starting in October and expected completion May 13.
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Okaloosa Island Authority
Doris Jordan
Authority
Fort Walton Beach Wife Hears POW Husband Listed For Release
Judy Hall of Fort Walton Beach recounts a call from Randolph AFB Texas that her husband Maj Keith Hall was among POWs set for release on the upcoming list. She notes his long absence since being MIA after a January 1968 Phantom incident and describes planned reunion details.
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Happy Bay
Maj
Keith Hall
Judy Hall
Fort Walton Beach
U.S. Air Force
Randolph Afb
Texas
Judy
Maj. Hall
Clark
Clark Air Base
Philippines
Hanoi Lists Last Four Okaloosans
The Fort Walton Beach area learns four locally held POWs are among Hanoi’s latest release list. Capt. Jeffrey T. Ellis Col. John P. Flynn Maj. Keith N. Hall and Capt. Robert B. Hinckley from Fort Walton Beach plus Capt. Howard J. Hill of Alexandria, Virginia are among 108 returnees. Flynn will reunite with four grandchildren he has not met.
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Fort Walton Beach
Robert B. Hinckley
Okaloosa County
Howard J. Hill
Alexandria
Libby
Dave Anderson
Federal forces seal Wounded Knee with new roadblocks
Federal marshals and agents tightened a cordon around Wounded Knee with six armored personnel carriers. The siege followed a grand jury hearing in Sioux Falls into the town seizure. Ralph Erickson said the move aimed to prevent entry as AIM leader Dennis Banks claimed authorities were starving the area.
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Wounded Knee
UPS
VBI
Sioux Falls
Ralph Erickson
Richard Kleradiens
Dennis Banks
American Indian Movement
AIM
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Holley
GOP
Commission
DOT
Island Authority
Keith N. Hall
Keesler
Maxwell
Hall
Bridget
Keith
Greenwood Circle
Wright Parkway
Tommy
Max Bruner
Hanoi
New Indian Nation
Erickson
Pine Ridge
Eeernenas
Chilvarios
Sete
Ord Sports
Scerie
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