Firebomb Slaying Defendant Denies Vernon Dahmer Killing
FBI agents testified Cecil Sessum confessed to the January 10 1966 Dahmer firebombing but Sessum denied the accusation on the stand claiming assault by agents. The case involves 12 white knights of the Ku Klux Klan facing murder or arson charges with Billy Pitts already pleading guilty.
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Hattiesburg, Miss
Ufi
FBI
Cecil Victor Sessum
Vernon Dahmer
Sessum
Ku Klux Klan
Martin
Dahmer
Azar
Howard Travis Giles
Marin
Daily Jets FWB NYC Anticipated Soon
Southern Airways may launch 23 hour nonstop jets between Eglin and New York with three round trips daily if the Civil Aeronautics Board approves the Tul y application. Jack White told Destin Chamber of Commerce members that approved service would add early morning, afternoon, and evening departures from Eglin and New York, reducing current Atlanta transfers.
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Hugh Yarber
Destin
Okaloosa County
New York
Southern Airways
Jack White
Destin Chamber of Commerce
Southern
Tuly
Washington
Civil Aeronautes Board
White
Chamber
Eglin
Atlanta
New Orleans
Florida
Tallahas
Political Reassessment Echoes JFK Era Primary Signals
Sen Robert Kennedy reconsiders challenging Johnson after New Hampshire results as voters mood fuels doubts about Johnson. California Democrat Speaker Jesse Unruh urges Kennedy to enter to offer a stronger Democratic choice. Nixon proclaims vow to end Vietnam war. Nationwide and international notes cover Saigon’s guerrilla push report, Red Cross talks with Viet Cong, hijacking mystery, Cary Grant’s hospital stay, London gold curbs and Poland campus clashes.
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Robert Kennedy
Johnson
New Hampshire
Richard Nixon
Vietnam
Pacific
California
Assembly
Jesse M. Unruh
Sen
Kennedy
UNESCO meeting on safeguarding monuments worldwide
Delegates from 42 nations gathered under UNESCO to discuss protecting historic monuments amid highways, highrise developments and urban construction. The session focused on preserving cultural heritage against modern infrastructure.
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Paris
UPI
The
United Nations Educational, Social and Cultural Organization
Unesco
McCarthy New Hampshire Showing Shifts 1968 Presidential Race
McCarthy captured 42 percent in New Hampshire, signaling potential runs and prompting Kennedy to reassess a bid against Johnson. Nixon led Republicans 8 to 1 over Rockefeller, influencing draft decisions and Oregon/Nebraska ballot considerations. Wisconsin results loom as the next key test.
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Washington
New Hampshire
Kennedy
Nebraska
Secretary of State
Oregon
Richard M. Nixon
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
GOP
Rockefeller
Nixon
No Opposition Made To New Zoning Area
Niceville and Okaloosa County held a public hearing on a joint zoning and planning venture. A seven member commission will cover a five mile radius from Niceville City Hall with three appointees from the county, three from Niceville, and one agreed jointly. First action zones University campus area near OWJC.
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William Dean Barrow
Board of Okaloosa County Commissioners
Niceville
Florida
City of
Board of County Commissioners
City Council of
Okaloosa County
Okaloosa- Walton Junior College
OWJC
J. E. McCracken
South Vietnams Liberation Army Plans Surprise Rise
Vietnamese volunteers form a guerilla force called the North Vietnam Liberation Army under several respected retired generals to invade the north. U S officials express surprise as Saigon debates escalation and crossborder bombing while TVien Tuyen urges a March North invasion and a draining of the war’s toll. The plan, involving prominent figures and a march to the North Army, faces questions of feasibility and training.
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U.S
Saigon
Liberation Army
North Vietnam
American
Red Cross
Czechoslovakia
U. S
Nguyen Ngoc Linh
South Vietnam
Linh
Nguyen van Thieu
Nguyen Cao Ky
Tien Tuyen
Voice
Red River
Hanoi
Haiphong
Thieu
North Army
North Vietnam Liberation Army
Polish police use force to disperse student demonstrations
In WARSAW AP reports police clashed with several thousand students in Poznan as they marched past the Adam Mickiewicz statue chanting against state media and the theater ban. Police reportedly clubbed demonstrators and halted a rally after protests spread from War saw to Cracow.
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Warsaw
Poland
Poznan
Adam Mickiewicz
National Theater
Poznan University
Cracow
Atlanta Man To Open First Drive-In Mortuary
Atlanta mortician Hirschel Thornton says the nation’s first drive-in mortuary will let mourners view caskets through six plate glass windows from their cars. The service will be available by release signers and drop boxes for cards, with later hours geared to convenience for the elderly and night visitors.
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Atlanta
UPI
Hirschel Thornton
Thornton
Times
Niceville Valparaiso Back Dam Site Costs
Niceville and Valparaiso share soil boring and testing costs for a Juniper Creek water reservoir project. Each city will cover up to 500 dollars. Attorney James Moore said a tentative site near Niceville north to Juniper Creek Bridge is planned with the reservoir waterway inside Niceville and a mile of shoreline in Valparaiso.
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Emaia Goggin
Niceville
Valparaiso
Juniper Creek
James Moore
Twin Cities
Moore
McDonald Enters Third District Senate Race
DeFuniak Springs resident John Angus McDonald former state senator announces his candidacy for the Third District seat covering Okaloosa Walton Holmes Washington Bay Calhoun Jackson Gadsden and Leon Counties. He previously served two years of a four-year term after reapportionment and held multiple committee roles in 1965.
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DeFuniak
State Senate
John Angus McDonald
DeFuniak Springs
Okaloosa
Walton
Holmes
Washington
Bay
Calhoun
Jackson
Gadsden
Leon
Senate
United States Supreme Court
Florida State University
McDonald
Northwest Florida Hospital Council
Pensacola
Perry
Deat
Kiwanis
Old Spanish Trail
Boy Scouts of America
Florida Hospital Association
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