Indians Boo Down Latest Peace Offer
Militant AIM protesters at Wounded Knee booed a federal proposal to lay down arms and permit arrest. Dennis Banks and about 200 supporters heard the plan for a Sioux Falls meeting and arrests, with many militants vowing to stay and die rather than surrender. A looming standoff shapes the response as negotiations continue.
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Woundernee
S.D
UPI
American Indian Movement
AIM
Wounded Knee
Interior Department
Sioux Falls
Dennis Banks
Banks
Harrington Wood
Justice Department
Wood
Washington
Wayne Colburn
U.S. Marshals
Legislature Opens With Committee Tests On Adams and Topics
Florida lawmakers begin a pre-session round of committee meetings led by Lt. Gov. Tom Adams farming operations and women s rights. The session timeline runs two weeks to the 60 day session. Officials preview electronic voting, campaign finance reforms, and coral protection measures.
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Tallahassee
UPY
Tom Adams
Terrell Sessoms
Tampa
Joint
Jim Redman
Plant City
Adams
Gadsden County
Hillsborough County
Community notices from Okaloosa County and nearby towns
Local digest lists schedules for school menus, church groups, civic leagues, scouting events, and civic association meetings. Items include Okaloosa County lunch menus, Alanon meeting details, Eagle Court of Honor in Valparaiso, FWB Civic League, Cerebral Palsy Parents Group, Niceville Valparaiso AAUW program, Valparaiso Extension Homemakers tour, and Arthritis League gathering with Dr. Flynn as speaker.
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St. Mary's
St. Mary’s
Alanon Family Group
Alanon
Westminister Presbyterial Church
Ocean City
Eagle Court of Honor
Valparaiso
Boy Scout Troop
FWB Civic League
Fort Walton Beach
Civic League
Chester Pruitt
McGriff Street
Okaloosa County
First Methodist Church of
Fort Walter Beach
Barbara Green
United Cerebral Palsy of Northwest
University Women Association
Niceville-Valparaiso
American Association of University Women
Twin Cities
Glen Phillips
Longwood
Arthritis League
Arthritis Foundation
Knights of Columbus
Carol Dr
Leo M. Flynn, Jr
Pensacola
CIA men flew for thrill before 1952 China crash
Newsweek reports CIA agents John Downey and Richard Fecteau were on a flight over Communist China not as assigned operators but for thrill, their 1952 capture following the shot down flight. the claim cites a retired intelligence officer. Also France’s air traffic strike enters 26th day with a vote set for Monday night on ending the walkout. Palestinian guerrilla leaders send a message to Sudanese President Numeiry about the Black September embassy attack. Joan Baez headlines in Essen receiving strong ovations for antiwar songs including The Day They Drove Old Dixie Down.
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New York
UPI
Central Intelligence Agency
John Downey
Richard Fecteau
China
Newsweek
Paris
France
Cairo Zapi
Khartoum
Yasser Arafat
Jaafar Numeiry
Sudan
Numeiry
Essen
West Germany
Joan Baez
Gruga Hall
Miss Baez
Swallows Return to Mission San Juan Capistrano
San Juan Capistrano awaits the annual return of the swallows on Monday with the bells ringing between 7 and 8 a.m. Local vendors gear up with souvenirs as crowds expected to be smaller due to a weekday schedule. Scout birds were spotted Friday signaling the inbound flock.
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San Juan Capistrano, Calif
UPI
Mission San Juan Capistrano
California
California Highway Patrol
Playground Daily News Classified Roundup
Local classified section lists contact numbers for circulation and ad placements at the Main Office in Niceville Crestview area. Readers see phone lines 243-3127 243-1205 and 243-6232 for inquiries.
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Your Freedom
Playground Daily News
Florida
Freedom Newspapers Inc
Eguin Parkway S& F1
Walton Beach
Fort Walton Beach
WALP
Niceville
Crestview
Poll shows impounding unpopular in Gallup survey
A Gallup poll of 1,517 adults across 300 localities from Feb 16 to Feb 19 finds 45 percent call Nixon’s impounding of Congress funded funds wrong, 38 percent say right, 17 percent no opinion. Voters also largely deem federal taxes too high at 65 percent, 28 percent say about right, 1 percent too low, with 6 percent no opinion.
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Princeton
Nixon
Congress
Gallup
NOW NOW Threatens Banking Industry
Senate Banking subcommittee opens debate over allowing NOW accounts across all institutions. McIntyre backs a universal checking with interest while Sparkman Tower push to outlaw such accounts. ABA and US S&L League support prohibition as states debate impact on the banking system. Massachusetts NOW deposits total $71.5 million from 37,200 savers in 56 mutual banks.
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Washington
UPI
Savings and Loan
Senate Banking Subcommittee
Thomas J. McIntyre
Dn.h
Sens
John J. Sparkman
D-Ala
Banking Committee
John G. Tower
Texas
American Bankers Association
ABA
Us, Savings and Loan League
Sparkman- Tower
Massachusetts
House
James R. Sloane
Massachusetts Bankers Association
US Seeks Panama Canal Compromise
US hopes to craft a possible formula for a Security Council resolution on the Panama Canal issue. Ambassador Scali met informally with delegates on Contadora Island to blend resolutions into an amalgamated declaration acceptable to both the United States and Panama.
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Panama City
UPI
John Scali
U.N. Security Council
Panama Canal
Scali
Contadora Island
Panama
Security Council
Seali
United States
U.S
Council
Canal
Seah
U.N
Peter Jannkowitsch
Jannkowitsch
Seall
Robert M. Sayre
Omar Torrijos
Amtrak Special Derailed In Ohio Snowstorm
An Amtrak Broadway Limited derailed near East Palestine Ohio during a heavy snowstorm killing one man and injuring 19. George Wintoniak of Havertown Pa died. nine passengers flew to connections after the crash.
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East Palestine
About & A.m
Dollar On Own Merits
Brussels reports the dollar will float freely as 14 finance ministers set a dirty float system. Markets reopen Monday with the dollar guided by supply and demand and governments to intervene if it sinks too far. The move ends fixed rates after 29 years and includes Japan's yen as it reopens floating.
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Brussels
UPI
Tokyo
Kiichi Aichi
Hunger Panel Urges $860 Million Food Budget Increase
McGovern led Senate committee staff call for an $860 million rise in fiscal 1974 for federal food programs to end hunger. They criticized the administration plan to cut food stamps, basic nutrition and the milk program, calling the standstill budget an obstacle to ending hunger and poverty.
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Washington
UPD
America
Senate
George S. McGovern
McGovern
Select Committee On Nutrition and Human Needs
Charles H. Percy
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Righ
Janes Sebesta
House Elections Committee
Elvin
Mactinez
D-Tampa
John French
Elections Division
Richard Stonewall
Uoder
Independent State Elections Commission
Senate Natural Resources
W.D. Childers
Ken Plante
Ovando
University of Florida
Childers
Hmit
Waldinger
Mao
Cape Kennedy
Cape Canaveral
Henry Sayler
St. Petersburg
Lori Wilson
Merritt Island
John Vogt
Cocoa
Department of Natural Resources
Pollution Control Department
Game and Freshwater Wish Commission
Internal Improvement Fund
Okaloosa Digest
PGDN
United Press International
Audly Bureaucé
Amtrak
Ohio
Harrisburg
Youngstown
Minds
Hoge
Star Sai
Tumparat
Pacific
Minstaslop Villey
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