Florida agencies face budget critique and audit findings
The Florida Education Association calls Walton County schools underfunded and mismanaged. An audit of former Citrus County Clerk Francis Williams shows $363,654 in illegal and questionable expenditures with forged signatures suspected. The report cites hub caps, tachometers, and tool rentals as examples.
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Peace Talk Offer Rejected by James Earl Ray’s Brother
Jerry Ray, James Earl Ray’s brother, told the Chicago Sun Times he fears his sibling may be dead and urged him to surrender to the FBI or family handlers. He questions violence in his brother’s past, cites sudden wealth, and warns the FBI would pursue him if alive.
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Martin Luther King Jr
Chicago Sun-Times
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FBI
King
Mexico
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Rival Groups Seek Destin Bank Charter
Two rival banking groups filed applications to form a bank in Destin. One seeks a Bank of Destin with 100000 dollars capital and 5000 shares. the other aims for Destin State Bank with 500000 dollars capital and 25000 shares. Destin directors span Fort Walton Beach Shalimar Destin Niceville Valparaiso Pensacola, with multiple subscribers named. First National Bank of Fort Walton Beach offered a 24 hour depository service in Destin if no bank is established.
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Destin
Harold J. Ferrell
Fort Walton Beach
Ferrell
Shalimar
Bank of Destin
Niceville
Valparaiso
Pensacola
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R. H. Merts
James M. Ready
James J. Tringas
Ernest C. Wimberly
Robert P. Maxon
Ers
Heart Transplant Gives 40 Year Old Rizor Fair After Surgery
Joseph Rizor a Salinas carpenter received a heart Thursday at Stanford University Medical Center where Dr Norman E Shumway and team performed the operation the patient was listed fair after 414 hours of surgery He was the eighth person worldwide to receive a human heart transplant and the second at Stanford The donor was a 43 year old man who died of irreversible brain damage and asked that his name be kept private Rizor required artificial respiration due to a lung condition the donor’s family declined to reveal how the brain damage occurred
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Associated Press
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Salinas
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Month-Old Stalemate Persists Over Vietnam Talks Site
Washington reports that North Vietnam rejected Indonesia’s offer of a shipboard talks site in the Tonkin Gulf, keeping a month-old stalemate with the United States. US officers say three South Vietnamese divisions in the Mekong Delta show improving morale and efficiency, suggesting limited American troop increases. Secretary Rusk defends against Warsaw as a neutral site and notes increased North Vietnamese infiltration since bombing cuts.
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Mekong Delta
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Delta
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Vientiane
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State Department
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Red Poland
Dean Rusk
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Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
J. W. See
Politicos Views Mixed On Constitution Change
County school officials and candidates voiced mixed opinions on a proposed constitutional change, with officials urging caution while supporters emphasized potential educational impacts and fiscal considerations.
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Politicos
Infantrymen Rush to Aid of Battling U S Marines
American infantrymen were rushed to support U S Marines facing heavy North Vietnamese forces in northeast South Vietnam near Dong Ha. The 196th Light Infantry Brigade moved in as air strikes and artillery pounded enemy positions two miles northeast of the Marine base, with fighting ongoing since Tuesday.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S. Command
Dong Ha
Namese
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Hue
Far North
Mekong
OWJC To Graduate 159 Students Sunday In Valparaiso
One hundred fifty nine students will graduate from Okaloosa Walton Junior College in Valparaiso Sunday. The ceremony at Perrine Park begins at 5 30 p m with Dr Melvene Hardee of Florida State University as speaker and Dr J E McCracken and Dr Merrill Symonds among presenters. The exercise includes honors recognition and two service awards with a tea for graduates hosted by Dr and Mrs McCracken.
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Okaloosa- Walton
OWJC
Perrine Park
Melvene Hardee
Florida State University
Kenneth Manuel
J. E. McCracken
Merrill Symonds
Kenneth Curtis
University of West Florida
David Stutzenberger
Bryan Lindsay
Nancy McClung
Owjc Student Christian Association
Walt Wooten
Chaplin
Student Government Association
Liberal Arts
Linda Stutzenberger
McCracken
Bayshore Drive
Primary rivals court voters as Indiana moves toward May 7
The AP reports on campaign moves across parties. RFK argues tax incentives for builders will boost housing and jobs in Indianapolis. Humphrey pledges a national human rights commitment in Philadelphia. Nixon cites incentives and loan guarantees to expand opportunities in Indianapolis. Rockefeller backs a lottery draft and lowering the voting age to 18 at Iowa.
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Robert F. Kennedy
New York
Indianapols
Hubert H. Humphrey
Philadelphia
Nelson A. Rockefeller
University of Iowa
St. Marys Art Show Winners Include Thomas Bowers
Thomas Bowers had not appeared in the paper before but was listed on page 7 with other St. Marys art show winners under a photo. A misprint by a reporter turned his name into Bauer, making the published spelling incorrect.
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St. Mary's
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