Community notices and events in Okaloosa Digest
Local announcements list school lunch menus for Okaloosa County and St Marys with Friday meals. Community groups host game nights raffles and socials at American Legion Post 296 Destin and local clubs meet in Fort Walton Beach Niceville Valparaiso and Eglin area venues. Activities include rummage sale, St Patrick dances, Mardi Gras social, garden club meeting, Amaranth court, Shrine Club supper, and VFW events.
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Okaloosa County
St. Mary's
American Legion
American Legion Post 296
Destin
Fla
Okaloosa
Ballet Academy
Chicago Ave
Fort Walton Beach
Lewis Jr. High
Pigely-Wiggly
Niceville
Knights of Columbus
K of C Hall
Carol Avenue
Organic Garden and Nutrition Club
Northwest
Florida
Mitchell
Valparaiso
Order of the Amaranth
Eglin Court
St. Patrick's
Ladies Auxiliary
St. Mary’s
Charlie Alden
Ft. Walton Beach
Shrine Club
Maids of
Mecca
Belles
Beaux
Foley Wood
Paris talks loom on dollar fate amid global finance row
In Paris, U S and other leading non communist nations opened crucial talks on the dollar and the international monetary system. George P Shultz led the American reply to pleas for help in speculation control as talks continued with West German leaders and French officials.
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Paris
UPI
United States
U.S
U.S. Treasury
George P. Shultz
Shultz
Diring
Bonn
Willy Brandt
Helmut Schmidt
Hans Friderighs
Brand
Nixon
Dolar
White House enters Pine Ridge talks as Wounded Knee siege continues
Tensions flare over presidential involvement in negotiations with AIM over Wounded Knee. Russell Means cites a canceled meeting to review a government proposal, while officials deny White House direct participation. Meanwhile, Dick Wilson threatens sweep operations against perceived “undesirables,” including National Council of Churches reps aiding the militants. The dollar eases modestly in global markets as finance chiefs prepare a Paris meeting under OECD guidance.
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Wounded Knee
White House
Russell Means
American Indian Movement
AIM
Justice Department
Washington
Gerald L. Warren
Pine Ridge
Justice and Interior Departments
Dick Wilson
Oglala Sioux
Partment Public Information
Harlington Wood
Brandt
Frankfurt
London
Paris
Rnch
Brussels
Group of 10
Britain
Ireland
Haiy
United States
Valery Giscard d’Estaing
Organization of European Cooperation and Development
OECD
Miami students create world’s largest ice cream sundae
Coral Gables reports huge sundae built for Recreation for Life week in the Student Union breezeway. 135 gallons of ice cream, 40 gallons of chocolate sauce, 150 ounces of nuts, and 100 cherries topped the mountain of dessert as students shared the treat. The event drew crowds as volunteers handed out portions to all.
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Coral Gables
UPI
University of Miami
Student Union
Playground Daily News publication details from 1940s
Fort Walton Beach Florida based newspaper enters second class matter on February 7 1946 under the act of March 2 1879. United Press International main office and various local telephone numbers listed. Subscription rates shown for daily weekly Sunday and mail delivery with multiple term options. Member of the Audio Bureau of Circulation.
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Your Freedom
Playground Daily News
Florida
Freedom Newspapers Inc
Eglin Parkway
Ft. Walton Beach
Fort Walton Beach
Audio Bureau of Circulation
Torrijos Attacks U.S. Control of Panama Canal
Panama's Gen Omar Torrijos denounces U.S. colonial control of the Canal Zone and the Cuba blockade as a hemispheric shame. He defends Chile and Peru's right to nationalize resources while Panama backs Third World aims. U.S. envoy John Scali notes Torrijos targets a straw man.
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Panama City
UPI
Panama
Omar Torrijos
U.S
Canal Zone
Cuba
United Nations Security Council
Chile
Peru
Latin America
Congress Building
Hemisphere
U. S
Raul Raa
United States
Torrijos
National Guard
The
Counci
Iself
John Scali
United Nations
Shriver Plan Shelved To Fight Vietnam War
Former OEO head Sargent Shriver revealed a 1966 master plan to eradicate poverty by 1976, proposing welfare phaseouts by 1972 and expanded programs in education health nutrition and housing with a negative income tax. He said Johnson neglected the proposal, prioritizing the war effort. The plan dubbed the Pentagon Papers of the poverty war was never funded or adopted.
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Washington
UPI
Sargent Shriver
Office of Economic Opportunity
OEO
Lyndon B. Johnson
Shriver
Senate
Nixon
Une
Democratic View
Pentagon
Moa
Johnson
LBS
Gins
Butler
Halse
Attorney General Reaffirms Sunshine Law Open Meetings
Florida Attorney General Robert Shevin cautioned that public boards may not meet privately with their lawyers to discuss lawsuits. He said such discussions do not qualify as exceptions to the Sunshine Law and must be held openly, in line with Supreme Court rulings and the legislature’s intent.
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Tallahasssee
UPI
Robert Shevin
Shevin
Florida Supreme Court
State Bar Assi Favors ERA Bill
The Florida Bar board of governors urged ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment ahead of a Senate Judiciary Civil Committee vote. The 35 member body endorsed it with six dissenters as the nation nears 27 states approving and 10 rejecting. Senator Dan Scarborough urged moving the measure to the Senate floor for a full vote, warning against killing the issue in committee.
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Tallahassee
UPD
Florida Bar Board of Governors
Senate
Judiciary- Civil Committee
Board of Governors
Nebraska
Dan Scarborough
Crackdonville
Seta
Nixon Moves to Lift Beef Import Tariff
President Nixon announced plans to remove the three cent per pound tariff on imported beef to push meat prices down by boosting supply. He ruled out price controls on agricultural products and said he would impose controls if needed. The president noted the US still collects a beef tariff and said he has asked for a legal opinion on how to remove it.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
United States
Commission Favors County Port and Highway 98 Plan
Okaloosa County commissioners weigh a four lane inland Highway 98 with the existing route as an alternate and discuss a Destin to north Choctawhatchee Bay bridge. They move toward a Port Authority, bridge study updates, and enforcement on red clay dumping south of U.S. 98. Deputies brief on drug arrests and public defender fees.
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Destin
Ross Marler
Marler
Choctawhatchee Bay
Gillis Powell
Okaloosa County
Nichols
Mallon
Yeas
Greene
Shalimar
Stanley O. Smith
Paquito Bayou
Longwood
Woodland Shores
Paradise Point
County Zania
Comity, Planning and Zoning Commission
Mao Pam
Valparatga
Comell Chamberg
John Dowd
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Western Finance
Rhodes
Marilyn O'Neill
St. Petersburg
Blarney Castle
Sollarday
Brunswick
Maine
Atlantic
Here
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Patrol Squadron 10
Coast Guard
Navy
Naval Air Station
Soviet Union
Henry M. Jackson
D Wash
Kremlin
Israel
Jackson
Royal Automobile Club
Udek
Aan
Param
Louisiana
Arkansas
Middle Atlantic Coast
Pacific Northwest
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
Mississippi Valley
Southern Plains
Rockies
Great Plains
United Press International
Walp-Niceville
Crestview
Canal
Vietnam
State Bar Assi
Scarborough
Commission
Brooks
Holiday Isle
Parkton
Molion
Jack Nichols
White Point
Shily
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