Tornado hits Atlanta in dawn outbreak killing and injuring many
An eightfold dawn tornado ripped through Atlanta eight times, killing three and injuring at least 50. Mayor Jackson declared a state of emergency as emergency crews assessed widespread damage from the governor's mansion to farms, housing, and industrial districts. Red Cross shelters opened and federal aid was urged. Weather officials reported the storm struck around 7:30 a.m. and followed a northwest path, causing millions in damage. Governor Busbee and his staff sought safety and coordinated responses.
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Maynard Jackson
George Busbee
Red Cross
Civil Defense
George Bushee
Dickinson Allegedly Pressured Bank Stock Sale Claim
A Winter Park banker testified that former Comptroller Fred Q. Dickinson refused to approve the Palm Beach Mall Bank charter unless he and friends were sold 3,000 shares of bank stock. Elmer G. Banks, president of Combanks Corp., testified Monday.
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Winter Park
Fred Q. Dickinson
Palm Beach Mall
Elmer G. Banks
Combanks Corp
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Dickinson
Bainks
Frederick C. Prior
Livyi C. Sell
Bell
Mamie Mitchell
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Prior
Tallahassee
West Palm Besch
Ford Plans Hike In Mini Cars And Recall Boost
Ford Motor announces increased production of five small car models and recalls roughly 6,300 workers from layoffs over the next two months to boost output at Dearborn Kansas City and Metuchen plants. Company aims to replenish dealer inventories and lift auto sales amid cautious market recovery.
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Ford Motor
Ford
General Motors
Ler Ainegeen
Dearborn
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Mustang
Kansas City
Metuchen
Dunes
Iacocca
Communists Halve Vietnam Seize Hue and Quang Ngai
United Press International reports North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces captured Hue and Quang Ngai provinces, overran Tam Ky, and pushed toward Saigon. About 20,000 South Vietnamese troops abandoned Hue as refugees flood toward Tan My port amid intensified fighting and a widened conflict across Indochina.
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Hue
Tan My
Saigon
Indochina
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Hanoi
Quang Ngai
Tarn Ky
Cambodia
Phnom Penhh
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Thailand
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Mekong
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School Board Unveils New FWB Facility
The Okwonsa County School Board hosts an open house at Fort Walton Beach Elementary School before its regular meeting. The event features choir performances and ROTC, with the learning center and board offices nearby. The pre-meeting open house starts at 7 pm, and the meeting at 7:30 pm addresses routine business and a Destin Chamber of Commerce item.
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Okwonsa County
Fort Walton Beach
School ‘Board
Destin Chamber of Commerce
Spy Liaison Man Defends CIA Domestic Spying Exaggeration
Former CIA PDD liaison Sam Papich told the Rockefeller Commission that Soviet KGB spying on Americans outweighs U S agency activity and that CIA domestic spying charges are grossly exaggerated He warned of broader surveillance and privacy intrusions from the Russian Embassy and noted unidentified KGB operatives remain at large The hearing also featured Willian Cregar and FBI Director Clarence Kelley and discussed possible CIA plots and a submarine recovery effort
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Sam d. Papich
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Rockefeller Commission
Papich
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FBI
Governors Organized Crime Commission
New Mexico
Alaskan Oil Pipeline Construction to Start
VALDI Alaska reports the Alyeska Pipeline Service Co begins the first section of a 794 mile Alaska pipeline across the Tonsina floodplain. The line will cross about 44 major streams and 800 streams total, running half buried at private cost of about 86 billion. Capacity aims for 1.2 to 2 million barrels daily with future pumping additions. Construction started last April with first shipment slated for mid 1877.
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Alaska
API
U.S
North Slope
Gulf of Alaska
Alyeska Pipeline Service Co
Tonsina
Food Basket Cost Rises Moderately in February
The weekly average cost of a theoretical consumer food market basket rose 13 cents to 35.19 in February, slowing the pace of price gains for the third straight month. The index shows a 0.4 percent monthly rise, with farm prices down but middlemen spreads driving overall costs higher for seven consecutive months. The report cites Secretary Karl L. Butz’s forecast of 3 to 4 percent annual food price increases through June, with potential stabilization later.
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Washington
UPS
Agriculture Department
Karl L. Butz
Punish Israel cries rise as Arab nations call for move
Egyptian officials demand mobilization of weapons to punish Israel citing Kissinger peace efforts. Rabin warns against intimidation as Syria conducts drills and Lebanon clashes loom. Fahmi urges expulsion from the UN and a broader Arab boycott. Washington flags higher war risk. Ed Walling, 71, dies of heart attack in Santa Rosa Beach. survived by wife Jane and daughter Adrianne. Funeral plans pending.
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Israel
Henry A. Kissinger
Middle East
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Kissinger
Rabin
Jerusalem
Syria
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Ainister
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Arab League Council
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Washington
Ed Walline
Santa Rosa Beach
Walling
South Walton County
Mosquito Control District Board
South Wallon County
Jane
Adrianne
Santa Rosa Leach
Ziel
Pensacola
City Council Plans Review of Water and Sewer Policy
Fort Walton Beach council members vote to form a committee to draft a policy on charges for landowners with city built water and sewer lines. The move follows debate over a proposed fee for a new plant on Racetrack Road and includes opposition from Councilman George Palmer.
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Playground Daily News
Racetrack Road
Counell
George Palmer
Charles Will
Sam Taylor
Downtown Merchants Association
Taylor
Coral Street
Sullivan Avenue
Aredit Union
Hughes Street
Texas Street
Nixon Aides Cleared Gurney Fundraising Plan
In Tampa, Murray Chotiner and two Washington tax attorneys reportedly reviewed a fundraising plan for Edward Gurney and found it legal. Crittenden testified that James Groot brought information and that Chotiner and others felt the arrangement was lawful though potentially risky. The trial of Gurney and four co-conspirators continued into its fifth week with upcoming witness sessions and possible recalls.
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Earl Duke
Crittenden
Nixon
Murray Choliner
Washington
Yes
Edward Gurney
Egal
GOP
James Groot
Groot
Chotiner
George Webster
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Richard Nixon
Grant
Robert Floyd
Gurney
Youths Urge Funds for Halfway Houses in Florida
A group of eight teens from halfway houses in Teon, Duval, and Palm Beach counties pressed Rep. Thomas Lewis and a House subcommittee to boost appropriations for halfway houses as part of Division of Youth Services budget hearings. They argued these facilities offer stricter, more effective rehabilitation than confinement in juvenile correctional schools, citing improved schooling and plans for college.
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Thomas Lewis
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