Niceville Mayor Named to League of Cities Post
Niceville mayor Randall Wise is named to the Florida League of Cities 1972 Committee on Community Affairs by league president Dick A. Greco Jr. The seven standing committees include more than 150 elected officials. 25 members will serve under Chair Vivien Rogers. The panel studies local legislation affecting cities, municipal services, annexation, consolidation, incorporation, and double taxation.
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Niceville
Randall Wise
Florida League of Cities
League
Dick A. Greco
Tampa
Florida
Vivien &. Rogers
Dunedin
Local clubs and councils issue notices in Okaloosa Digest
Community groups across Okaloosa and nearby areas announce meetings bake sales and programs for the week. The Okaloosa United Fund Lions Club Kiwanis and various PTA groups schedule gatherings in Fort Walton Beach Niceville Valparaiso Destin and Shalimar with events from 7 p.m. to noon and activities ranging from lunch menus to karate demonstrations.
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Sonic City Lions Club
Fort Walton Beach
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
Valparaiso
Fwsb Kiwanis
Kiwanis Club
Holiday Inn
Okaloosa Island
Weldon Ward
Texas Instrument Company
Eaglettes Wives
NCO Association
Eglin Nco Club
Okatoosa Legal Secretaries
Okaloosa County Legal Secretaries Association
Valparaiso Bank and Trust Company
Destin Homemakers
Destin Homemakers Club
Destin Community Center
Ann Lindale
Destin
FWB Woman's Club
Booster Club
Shalimar Pta
Shalimar Elementary School
PTA
Blackburn Karate School
US troop pullback in Vietnam tops six weeks
The US command said troop strength in South Vietnam dropped by 5100 last week the largest decline in six weeks bringing total US forces to 114500 the lowest since 1965 100300 in August. Nixon orders further reductions to 69000 by May 1.
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UPID
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South Vietnam
U.S
Nixon
Rochester
N.Y
Eastman Kodak Co
Kodak
Washington
Pat Nixon
St. Patrick's Day
Connie Stuart
Camp David
Auckland
New Zealand
UPI
Germaine Greer
Supreme Court
Miss Greer
Auckland University
U S Air Aids Allied Battle across Vietnam and Cambodia
U S air support aided actions in South Vietnam and eastern Cambodia as allied and Vietnamese forces fought guerrilla units. In northern Saigon Sanh area heavy clashes left many casualties on both sides while Saigon reported 68 guerrillas killed in one engagement and American aircraft and helicopters supported operations against a 100-strong guerrilla force near the border regions.
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Canna
Sanh Vietnam
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Mantis
Cambodia
Kampong Track
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Aogomee
South Vietnam
Ean
Tue
1St Division
Central Highlands
T-Border
Vietnam
Laos
Hughes Hoax Couple Plea Guilty to Conspiracy and Larceny
Novelist Clifford Irving his wife Edith Irving and researcher Richard Suskiner pleaded guilty in U S District Court to federal conspiracy charges for selling a bogus autobiography of recluse Howard Hughes for over 750000 dollars. They then pled guilty in State Supreme Court to conspiracy and grand larceny, with fraud and perjury charges dropped in exchange for cooperation.
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New York
Clifford Irving
Hughes
Irving
Edith
U.S
State Supreme Crt
Richard Suskiner
York County Grand Jury
Cortes
All Wiree
Levinge Cond Suskind
Wallace Favored to Win From Page One
The report notes Wallace leads polls as he maintains the old format. McGovern and Lindsay clash over campaign tactics while Muskie campaigns in multiple cities seeking to reverse a weak New Hampshire showing. The busing issue dominates as Askew appeals to Floridians with a New South stance and Chisholm campaigns for Black and Cuban voters.
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George
McGovern
New York
John V. Lindsay
Lindsay
Senate
Muskie
New Hampshire
Alse
Wallace
Jackson
Tampa
Humphrey
Jacksonville
Ren
Reubin Askew
New South
Shirley Chisholm
Brooklyn
Seoman
Lisciis
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Pane
Armed Forces Enlistments Lag Behind Targets
Pentagon spokesmen said enlistments are lagging despite pay incentives. Assistant defense secretary Roger T. Kelley testified that beating the all volunteer army goal by July 1, 1973 seems unlikely. Draft-motivated enlistments have fallen faster than volunteer supply, suggesting short term targets may be missed across services.
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Washington
API
Pentagon
Roger T. Kelley
Defense
Senate Armed Services
Kelley
Brando Son Found by Interpol in Mexican Cove
Interpol agent found Marlon Brando's missing son Jay Armes in a cave near a Mexican fishing village. The teen appeared in court with Brando for a custody hearing amid a long dispute with Ann Kashti dating to 1959.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Interpol
Marlon Brando
Jay Armes
el Paso
International Police
Brando
Ann Kashti
Armes
Christi Dewi
Hivorce
Pitts Lee Defense Immunity Denied
In the Freddie Lee Pitts and Wilbert Lee retrial in Marianna Florida the state blocked evidence of a taped confession by Curtis Adams Jr. Adams refused to testify and invoked the fifth amendment while defense attempts to grant immunity and question him about Port St Joe and related killings.
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Curtis” Lee Adams Jr
Port St. Joe
PL R. Smith
Adams
Terry Miurnell
Clearwater
Trewin Block
Miami
Port Stone
Jesse Burkett
Grover Floyd Jr
Black
Fort Lauderdale
St. Joe
Oppose Adulthood at 18 Bill Faces Senate Battle
Florida Senate President Jerry Thomas seeks a constitutional referendum to set the legal adulthood age at 18 sparking quick rebuttal from Sen. Cliff Reuter who vows to block the measure. Thomas offers a substitute to a House bill on youth rights with 21-related restrictions.
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Tallahassee
Thomas
Anderson ITT Evidence Attacked as Hearsay
Rep. Gerald Ford of Michigan accused columnist Jack Anderson of presenting hearsay and unverifiable evidence in the ITT antitrust controversy hearings. Ford argued Anderson used discredited technique to claim conspiracy and wrongdoing, challenging the credibility of Anderson and the sources cited.
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Wasitington
Atformey
Viobn N. Mitchell
Gop
Flonse
Jack Anderson
Usta Anly
Oddiple Fea
Sseronotlaiup
ITT
Gerald Ro Farel
Michigan
Hiss
Repulcenin
Congress Aid
GOC
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Telephone & ‘Telegraph
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Mindaw W. Conk
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Suneiy
Thae Andersen
Sen Lédyard
M Keuredy
Mass
Isa Torbert
Hiscredit Povertment Olieiads
Wisatdae
PUP
Yemeni Forces Mass on Border Amid Conflicting Claims
Reporters describe heavy mobilization along the Yemen border as Northern and Southern factions accuse each other of preparing incursions and threatening travel routes. Witnesses cite large troop concentrations near border towns and warnings of potential clashes.
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Yemen
Lronps
Minotuelin
Arabian Peninsula
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