Snow In East Pushes Heat Out Of Dixie
A vast storm system moved from the East to the Atlantic leaving 10 to 16 inches of snow in the Catskills and New England with three deaths in Connecticut and Massachusetts. Schools closed in Boston Hartford and Providence while Dutchess County residents took a snow day. Frost warnings spread to the Carolinas and Georgia as the West faced wind and a power line break in California and a derailment near Dunesiair.
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Sierra Nevada Mountains
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New York
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Boston
Mass
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Conn
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Dunesiair
Oregon
Great Plains
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Dreading Case Is Postponed in Okaloosa County
The trial of Margie Dreading a former employee of the Okaloosa County Circuit Clerk office for conversion of office funds to her own use has been postponed. The case was moved to Santa Rosa County on change of venue and a new trial date could not be determined by the Playground Daily News.
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Margie Dreading
Okaloosi County
Santa Heke County
Santa Rosa County
Playground Daily News
Weather outlook modest with warm today and cooler weekend
Generally fair through Saturday with a little warmer today and cooler tonight. Highs near 70 to 76. River readings dim at Woodrendt Blountstown.
Jungle Battles Near Saigon Kill Wound Marines
U S forces clash with North Vietnamese troops in two daylong fights north of Saigon and near the Demilitarized Zone. Leatherneck Marines report 12 killed and 52 wounded in the DMZ fight, while a cargo ship Conqueror is hit but reaches port. Helicopters evacuate reinforcements as airstrikes pound enemy positions.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
Highlands
Leatherneck
Long Tau
Hong Kong
Arrest made in Valparaiso Hardware break in
Okaloosa County Sheriff Ray Wilson says Leon Tidwell, 22, of Crestview Route 2, was arrested Thursday over the February 24 break in at Valparaiso Hardware. Many guns and ammunition and other items were taken, most have been recovered, with more arrests expected as investigators pursue related break ins in the area.
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Okaloosa County
Ray Wilson
Leon Tidwell
Rt. 2
Crestview
Valparaiso
Hospital Board Hopes To Upgrade Equipment
Okaloosa County Hospital System trustees moved to upgrade imaging, lab, and radiology gear at three hospitals. They urged a countywide plan, faster procurement, and local tests while detailing needed machines and funding changes.
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Board of Trustees
Okaloosa County Hospital
Joint Conference Committee
Board of County Commissions
Playground News Wins FEA 1966 Bell Award
The Playground Daily News and Managing Editor Nancy Kenaston earned the Florida Education Association School Bell Award for best coverage of a single educational issue. Publisher Wayne B. Bell and the paper were praised for aiding Okaloosa County in passing two bond issues totaling four million dollars for school construction. The award recognizes media contributions to public understanding of education.
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Jacksonville
Playground Daily News
Florida Education Association
Acles Ee
Scenesia
Nancy Kenasion
Okaloosa County
Plyaground Daily News
Wayne B. Bell
School Bell
Florida
FEA
Ed. Henderson
Okaloosa County Administrators Association
Kenaston
School
Max Bruner Jr
Board of Public Instruction
Cox Appeals Starnes Case to State Board of Education
Attorney George C. Cox filed a notice of appeal of Clyde Starnes case to the State Board of Education through the Okaloosa Board of Education. Starnes seeks reinstatement as a teacher in Okaloosa County Schools after the board denied his request and a new hearing was ordered. He is near retirement qualifications and is represented by Cox and James Moore of Crestview.
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George C. Cox
Clyde Starnes
State Board of Education
Okaloosa Board of Education
Okaloosa Board
Starnes
Okaloosa
State Education Department
Cox
James Moore
Crestrew
Choctawhatchee and
Pryor
Fort Wallon Beach
Speck Lawyer Press Clash With Judge in Speck Trial
In Peoria Illinois Judge Paschen clashed with reporters and defense attorney Gerald Getty over courtroom access during the Richard Speck murder trial. Edward Rooney of the Chicago Daily News objected to being barred from Paschen's chambers while others were admitted.
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Peoria, Ill
UPI
Herbert C. Paschen
Richard Speck
Edward Rooney
Chicago Daily News
Paschen
Speck
I Ilinois
Supreme Court
Three Okaloosa youths plead guilty to breaking and entering
In Crestview Circuit Court three 19 year olds, Russell Mathews Eddie Dean Rupright and Robert Lee Burns, pleaded guilty to breaking and entering and were ordered to undergo presentencing investigations with sentencing set after parental attendance. The men had earlier faced grand larceny charges. The court will resume Monday with the State versus Jeremiah Reynolds for second degree murder following a West Chestnut Street joint dispute last December.
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Okaloosa
Crestview
Russell Mathews
Auburn Ave
Fort Walton Beach
Eddie Dean Rupright
Rt 1
Mary Esther
Destin
Robert Lee Burns
E. Oak Hill Road
Thelma Buchanan
Jeremiah Reynolds
Reynolds
West Chestnut Street
Teacher Exams To Be Given
National Teacher Examinations will be administered on Saturday at Niceville High School Cafetorium starting 8:30 a.m. Eligible candidates include college seniors preparing to teach and teachers applying for positions. Examinations are by Educational Testing Service in Princeton.
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Daily News
Niceville
Niceville Senior High School
Addie Lewis
Okaloosa County
Educational Teaching Service
Princeton
New Jersey
Treaty Support Praised Highly By President
The Senate ratified a consular treaty with the Soviet Union by 66 to 28 in a bipartisan vote aimed at easing world tensions. President Johnson praised the action as a strong display of leadership and responsible congressional action.
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Washington
Senate
Soviet Union
Moscow
South
Everett M. Dirksen Ofllinois
Presidium Ist
Duellist in Cemetery Wounds Debtor in $2 Dispute
A young man in his early twenties argued over a $2 debt and violence led to a cemetery duel attempt. The debtor was stabbed in the abdomen after inviting him to the cemetery. He was jailed on aggravated assault charges with a $206 cash bond.
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Dim Woodrendt
Blountstown
Marine Corps Air Station
Southeast Asia
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Board of County Commissioners
Turn
Playground News
Bell Award
St. Patrick’s Day
Wall Murphy
Panama City
Walts
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