Open House At Hurlburt Field Showcases Warbird Displays
Maj. Gen. Thomas G. Corbin and Col. R. E. Friedrich led as Runyan hosted a public open house at Hurlburt Field. Attendees viewed flight-line aircraft and a new M16 rifle demo, with guests including chamber president H. French Brown Jr. and Mayor Ed Brown. About 3,000 visitors attended.
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Merce
H. French Brown Jr
Fort Walton Beach
Ed Brown
Col. Bethea
H. French Brown
Col. Runyan
18 Die In Florida Road Deaths Over Weekend
The Miami AP report lists at least 18 fatalities from traffic accidents across Florida over the weekend. Names include Jennie Ramsey 80 in north Miami and several others in Dade, Pasco, Sarasota, Tampa, Pensacola, and Ocala, with multiple vehicle collisions and a pedestrian death noted.
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Miami
Florida
Dade County
Jennie Ramsey
Dave Stabley
Christine Kohn
Punta Gorda
Willie Emannuel
Ocala
Alfred Davis
Jacob Amaker
Sammie Mae Crenshaw
Pensacola
Barbara Frances Gold
University of Florida
Yeehaw Junction
Peggy Rabinovitz
Governor Amerson
Jacksonville
Bernard Calvin Bale
Longboat Key
Sarasota County
Daniel Rose
Liberty
N.Y
Elenton
Manatee County
Dewey Boothe
Dover
Tampa
Ybor City
Theodore McDaniel
Veronica Douglas
Carlos Hevia
James Hudson
Deland
Three Injured In Crash At NCO Beach Club Turnoff
A wreck on U S Highway 98 at the Eglin NCO Beach Club turnoff Sunday night left three people with minor injuries and two cars with fatal damage. Drivers Kathryn Nadickshernd and Hubert Whitworth, plus Whitworths Lucille, were involved. all were treated and released.
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U.S. Highway 98
Eglin Nco Beach Club
Kathryn King Nadicksbernd
Drew Willow Road
Fort Walton Beach
Hubert Eugene Whitworth
Ola Correy Road
Pensacola
Whitworth
Lucille
Fort Wallon Beach
Nadickshernd
N. F. Pippin
Florida Highway Patrol
NCO Club
Pippin
J. R. Bruner
Florida lawmakers push major tax overhaul in session
The Florida Legislature weighs a 4 percent sales tax proposal to fund ad valorem relief, facing Gov. Kirk’s stance against new taxes. HB 181 would split revenue with counties and schools, while Kennelly’s rival bill would curb county millage and empower school boards to vote on a one per cent sales tax.
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Tallahassee
Florida
House of Valorem Taxation Committee
Claude Kirk
Gordon Wells
Pensacola
Fred Schultz
Jacksonville
Joseph Kennelly
Kennelly
Duval County
Ad Valorem Committee
Okaloosa-Walton Junior College Graduates 12 Students
Okaloosa Walton Junior College held commencement in Perrine Park as 12 graduates received diplomas. Dr Henry Ashmore delivered the address on Freedom Right or Right To urging that freedom is earned rather than granted and citing land ownership sustenance and security.
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Daily News
Valparaiso
Okaloosa-Walton Junior College
Perrine Park
Henry Ashmore
Richard Duncan Jr
J. E. McCracken
Okaloosa Walton Junior College
Sarah F. Paulk
Hampton Paulk
Minger Subdivision
Niceville
Terrie L. Wrights
Airman Held Without Bond In Rape Case
Eglin Airman James William Bailey age 19 is held without bond on charges of rape by force against a 23 year old woman in Shalimar Friday night. Deputy Driscoll Oglesby led the arrest with Eglin officials assisting. A preliminary hearing before Circuit Judge William Frye Jr. denied bond.
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Eglin
James Wil- Nar. Bailey
Shalimar
Onvia
Driscoll Oglesby
Crestview Woman Wins 800 in Quik-Chek Promotion Lawsuit
A Crestview resident, Mrs. Alvin McLain, won an $800 verdict against Winn-Dixie Corp. in circuit court over unhonored promotion tickets. The case centered on a Two for the Money game where she claimed she matched right and left tickets and was induced to shop at Crestview Quik-Chek. Judge William Frye Jr. presided, with Brooks Taylor representing the plaintiff.
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Crestview
Circuit Court
Winn-Dixie Corp
Montgomery
Alabama
Alvin McLain
Daylight Time Begins Sunday Across Most States
The article notes daylight saving time began Sunday and will run through October. Florida follows the federal change as state action was not taken, with Northwest Florida on Central Daylight Time and the rest of the state on Eastern Daylight Time, creating a one hour difference for appointments in Tallahassee and eastern regions.
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Florida
Michigan
Kentucky
Hawaii
Indiana
Alaska
Stromboli Volcano Erupts With Large Smoke Plumes
The 3,040-foot Stromboli volcano in Messina Sicily belched massive smoke columns and lava on the first day of intensified activity.
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Messina
Sicily
Minnesota Tornado Toll Rises as Five Communities Hit
At least 11 killed and numerous injured as tornadoes cut paths through Blue Earth County Waseca Owatonna Albert Lea Clarks Grove Myre and surrounding areas. Victims include residents of Garden Villa housing and a farm couple near Albert Lea with guardsmen and civil defense called to help.
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Mim
Minnesota
Emil Meyer
Blue Earth County
Waseca
Meyer
Clear Lake
Naeve Hospital
Albert Lea
Owatorma
Minn
Merton Bickford
Clarks Grove
Myr- 2
Garden Villa
National
Large Audience At Symphony Marks Arts Festival Finale
A near capacity crowd heard the Mobile Symphony Orchestra under James Yestadt at the Loosa Walton Junior College American Arts Festival 1967 with an encore. Earlier, poetry contest winners were announced and autographs sought from visiting artists.
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Mobile Symphony Orchestra
James Yestadt
Mobile Symphony
Four-Year-Old Sets Off Tragic Fire In Manila
In Manila a 4-year-old girl accidentally started a blaze that destroyed a residential area in Play City, leaving 1,500 families homeless. Police said Ester Rubio and her daughter Maribeth were involved. Maribeth admitted playing with matches in a shed and setting fire to bed sheets and mosquito net.
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Manila
API
Play City
Jose Baltazar
Ester Rubio
Maribeth
Baltazar
Mrs. Rubio
Marybeth
Snow and Rain Sweep Across Large Areas of Nation
A winter storm delivered heavy snow in the north central states with six inches reported in Sheridan Wyoming and four inches in Billings Montana within hours. Wider showers and thunderstorms drenched the Gulf to Great Lakes regions as fronts moved northeast with potential freezing weather ahead.
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North Central States
Gulf
Great Lakes
Montana
Wyoming
Sheridan
Wyo
Billings
Mont
Dakotas
Weather Bureau
Texas Panhandle
Plains
Pacific
Atlantic Seaboard
Butte, Mort
del Rio
Tex
North Vietnamese Hold Two Hills Near Laos Border in Intense Siege
North Vietnamese forces fought from caves on twin hilltops about 500 yards apart near the Laos border, repelling Marine assaults and inflicting heavy casualties. U S. jets claimed a MiG 17 kill and targeted rail yards north of Hanoi as missiles were reported near the DMZ.
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Saigon
U.S
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Panhandle
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
North
South Vietnnam
U.S. Air Force and Marine
U.S. Strategic Air Command
Two Planes Collide Near Versailles Killing Six
Two single engine aircraft collided after takeoff from Meudon airfield near Versailles. Six people reported dead as wreckage spanned along the Seine River and planes burst into flames at about 400 to 1000 feet altitude.
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Versailles
France
Mieveaux
Seine River
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