Diary of a Welsh teen links drugs to death
In Newport Wales coroner Glyn Evans reads from notebooks kept by 17 year old Fileen Sullivan who describes drugs as hell and asks why she started. She died after a 30 foot fall during a power outage linked to a miners strike while at a party where she used LSD cannabis and barbiturates.
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London
UPT
Glyn Evans
Fileen Sullivan
Eileen
Newport
Wales
Evans
Keen
Jay
Teen Age Voting Mania Drives Florida Youth Lobby
Florida students led by Brad Culverhouse plan a statewide communications network to push youth issues. Senate leaders urge caution as House backed lowering the voting age to 18 faces uncertain fate.
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Tallahassee
Fla
UPI
Florida Association of Junior College Students
Brad Culverhouse
Fort Pierce
Community notices and schedule listings in Okaloosa Digest
Local groups publish notices for playground office submissions and upcoming events. Guidance Clinic revises hours to Monday Friday 9 am to 6 pm and Tue Thu 9 am to 9 pm. Corvette Club rally set for Sunday at Brooks Plaza, $2.50 entry, trophies, beach party to follow. Pryor Booster Night election of new officers and athlete awards at 7 pm. Various adult classes including dancing charm bridge cake decorating ceramics with start dates in April and contact numbers for registration.
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Okbloosa County
Guidance Clinic
Playground Corvette Club
Brooks Plaza
Pryor
Pryor Junior High School
Fort Wallon
Ferry Park Recreation Center
Ferry Road
USO
Catholic Conformity of Hulburt
Miracle Strip Parkway
Fort Walton Beach
Fort Walton Community Center
Ashbrook Disqualified From Indiana Primary Over Signatures
UPI reports Rep. John Ashbrook the lone GOP challenger to Nixon was knocked off Indiana's May 2 primary for insufficient petition signatures. Indiana requires 500 signatures from each of 11 districts. Ashbrook fell short in the fifth eighth and ninth districts.
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Indianapolis
Ind
UPI
John Ashbrook
Ohio
Nixon
Spurday
Indiana
Larry Conrad
Ash Brook
Ashbrook
Ballat
Four Sentenced In Circuit Court
In Fort Walton Beach four defendants faced circuit court results. Gerald Dietrich Gordon, 21, got four years at Raiford for breaking and entering, with a Monday probation violation hearing set. Terry Conrad Dixon, 22, received two consecutive two year Raiford terms on two counts of breaking and entering. Michael Knotts, 22, was fined 4100 and jailed for months for possession of less than five grams of marijuana. Douglas William Goodhart, 24, pled nolo contendere to LSD possession. sentencing deferred for a pre sentence investigation.
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Gerald Dietrich Gordon
Carlos Drive
Fort Walton Beach
Charles Wade
Raiford Penitentiary
Gordon
Terry Conrad Dixon
Amiandale
Wade
Raiford
Michael Knotts
Wide
Couinty
Douglas William Goodhart
Nolo Contendre
Nn Gentest
Gillis Powell
Powell
Lawmakers Debate Marijuana Use and Policy Impacts
Lawmakers and officials from New Orleans to New York and California discuss marijuana legalization and regulation. The commission calls for strict controls and possible penalties while opposing private use. experts caution about medical evidence and societal impact, with officials urging a cautious, study-led approach.
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Conmangssiai
Mause
Reachinis
Paiel
Cileahier
Anne Honwl
UGS
Spiro
API
Federal
Apatew
New Orleans
Agnew
New York
Louis J. Lelkewitz
Lefkowitz
Skinner Succeeds Henry in 33rd TAC Wing Change of Command
Col. Wilkiaar Skinner assumes command of the 33rd Tactical Fighter Wing at Mynh ALB during a formal ceremony. Col. Richard C. Heary moves to TAC Inspector General at Langley. Maj. Gen. Roper K. Rhodarmer presided and awarded four wing members for Vietnam era service, including Captains James Ko Horning and Robert Newberry with the Distinguished Flying Cross.
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33Rd Tactical Fiehler
Myhn Alb
Wilkiaar
Ml Skinner
Eptin
TAC
38Rd
Coal
Henry
Col. Skinner
Roper K. Rhodarmer
Ninth Air Force
Shinw Apb
S.C
Rhodarmer
Southeast Asia
James Ko Horning
Robert Oh Newberry
Robert B. Whitfield
Seth
Richard P. Dellinger
Capt. Horning
Five injured in Beal Park two car crash report
Five people were injured in a two car collision on Beal Park Way near Holmes Boulevard with two hospitalized and both vehicles deemed total losses. Patrolman Gordon charged McClellan for failure to yield right of way.
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Beal Parkway
David L Gordon
Fort Walton Beach
Hilliard Gayton
McClellan
Highland Drive
Holmes Boulevard
Joel Arnold Richardson
Paradise Point
Shalimar
Gloria
John
Richardson
Richard Edwards
Eldridge Road
James Edwards
Okaloosa
Gordon
Karl Mauseknecht
TV Cable Company
Okaloosa Island Authority
Robinwood Drive
Cinco Bayou
Houseknecht
Okaloosa County Court Budget Fines and Reform Talks
Okaloosa County Court, with a $78,000 budget, collected $225,000 in fines, fees and licenses last year and sent funds to county commissioners. Judge Joh Wo Bowen described the court as the people’s court and urged reforms including treat alcoholism as illness and expand child abuse actions with Family Services. He cited North Carolina practices and anticipated Florida legislation effective July 1, 1973, to support preventive measures and a possible satellite judge in South Okaloosa County.
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Nickville
Okaloosa
Joh Wo Bowen
Crestview
Juidate
Bowen
League
Americana
North Carolina
Florida
Owen
Tiawen
House Defies Constitution Ratifies Women's Equal Rights Amendment
The Florida House voted 85 to 3 to ratify the US constitutional amendment granting equal rights to women, despite a state constitution ban on federal-amendment actions during reelection. Debate focused on abortion, sodomy, reapportionment, and a $1.65 billion budget as other bills move forward.
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U.S
Dina Tucker
Tallahassee
House
Ellies
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