23 Mar 1973
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Newspaper
Playground Daily News
Location
Fort Walton Beach, Florida, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1973
Page
1
A UPI report notes households face higher meat prices shaping menus and budgets. Drugstore staples give way to beans and chili while butchers struggle to keep up with demand. Amid price rises, families consider reductions or protests as anti meat sentiment grows nationwide.
Former POW Sgt. David N. Harker recalls captivity after the Son Tay raid, describing North Vietnamese propaganda that claimed the mission aimed to kill inmates. He says prisoners watched films about antiwar figures and learned Nixon won, while enduring protein shortages and illness. Meat shortages spurred nationwide boycotts led by local groups such as FIT and LAMP.
The Nixon administration asks Congress for a full revision of federal law, tightening insanity as a defense, redefining obscenity, increasing penalties, and banning the transmission of classified documents to unauthorized persons. Attorney General Kleindienst submits the two year effort as a rational, integrated code.
The National Commission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse urged Congress and President Nixon to emphasize family church and community roles over federal controls. The 481 page report warns marijuana and hallucinogens will remain a youth issue and heroin dependency will persist with no quick cure. It notes ongoing circumstantial use among students drivers military personnel and athletes and calls for a long term policy rather than urgent medical fixes.
The United States calls Monday attack by two Libyan fighters on a U S reconnaissance C130 a clear violation of international law. Libyan authorities promise to relay protests to appropriate quarters as U S Libyan tensions rise.
Government scientists forecast a moderate 4.5 magnitude quake in a rural California area about 100 miles southeast of San Francisco within months. No major damage expected and residents need take no precautions.
President Nixon declared the United States will abandon liberal trade policies that favored Japan and Western Europe for 25 years. He asked Congress for broad powers to adjust tariffs to counter unfair competitors after a 6.8 billion dollar world trade deficit last year. The annual economic report cites enduring barriers abroad and a surplus syndrome driven by special interests.
The U S Federal Communications Commission aimed to curb drug related rock lyrics but a commission study shows outlets sometimes refused unrelated records and others opposed to discourage drug culture. The report notes FCC actions caused chilling effects despite denial of censorship and cites risk of targeting visible decisive actions.
The theft of radio equipment valued at about $225 was reported to the Okaloosa Sheriff’s Dept. A Johnson CB radio and an antenna were taken from the back yard of Jim Emerson at 8 Carl Brant Ave in Shalimar. Deputy John T. Blackburn investigated.
Main office advertises want ads for Walpole Niceville Crestview area with several circulation numbers 243 3127 249 1211 678 1927 682 5407 243 6292 for reader access and classifieds placement.
Local digest lists school lunch menus at Okaloosa and St. Marys, tax help sessions, a Holiday Isle Association meeting, Disabled American Veterans supper and Ladies Auxiliary, American Legion game night, Knights of Columbus game night, Sea Explorer car wash, River Rats Commodore Ball, AOA AOC technical dinner, Cub Scout Pinewood Derby, Holy Name Game Night, with times, locations and public invitation details.
Florida Attorney General Robert Shevin announced he will urge the state Supreme Court to uphold the new death penalty law at a hearing April 24 after the court consolidated four cases. He says the law is constitutional and likely to be sustained by the U S Supreme Court.
Appalachian State University reports a major ecological discovery in western North Carolina. The news conference is set for March 30 at Grandfather Mountain, a private attraction owned by Hugh Morton, with the discovery expected to rewrite Ice Age geology texts.
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