Florida lawmakers debate pay reform and crime bills
A Florida House panel advances a 36 member citizen committee to set legislators pay. Other actions include a softened five year to life penalty for selling drugs to youths, a reduced electric rate cut for Florida Power Corp, and updates on the Blaiberg transplant case and school peace officer bill. Continuous black student boycotts in Sarasota push desegregation tensions amid truancy threats.
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Tallahassee
Citizens’ Committee
William James
Delray Beach
James
Claude Kirk
Florida House
Senate
State Public Service Commission
Florida Power Corp
2 000 Arab Guerrillas Beseige Hasbaya Lebanon
About 2 000 Arab guerrillas encircle the Lebanese village of Hasbaya near the Israeli border. The Beirut government accuses a Syrian commando outfit of masterminding the assault. No casualty figures given. Al Fatah claims five of its men were killed en route to sabotage in Israel, a claim Lebanese authorities deny.
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Associated Press
Beirut
Hasba
al Saika
Thunderbolt
Syria
Baath Party
al Fatah
Cairo
Israel
Fatah
Lebanon
Rashi Karami
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Egypt
Middle East
Damascus
Kater Rikha
Hasbaya
County clocks, finances shape Okaloosa meetings
Okaloosa County Commissioners face overdue courthouse clocks writ by Circuit Judge Frye II. clock repairs quoted at 4500 dollars, funds unavailable. Board advances drainage project in Ocean City area with 150000 dollars from secondary road funds and studies a water sewer plan for Point Dixie Shalimar. Public hearing set for a 1 per month sewage rate increase May 27.
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Marilyn Passell
William Frye II
Okaloosa
Frye
Olen Williams
Cecil Anders
State Road Board
Ocean City
Harum Scarum
Davis
U S Troops Clash With North Vietnamese Near Saigon
U S 25th Division troops fought skirmishes northwest of Saigon in the Boi Loi Woods. They reported 38 enemy killed and found a 19 ton cache of rice. Intelligence says Hanoi plans new attacks from May 15 toward the Cambodian border.
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Jay Sharbull
Associated Press
Saigon
U.S
Boi Loi
25Th Division
Burglars Hit Palatka Post Office for $62 000
Brash burglars broke into the Palatka post office early Wednesday burned a walk in safe took stamps and cash about 62 000 while a mail truck driver was kidnaped and tied to a fence post George Sims of Jacksonville reported being scared to death after a sack was placed over his head and he was later found in St Johns County Postmaster W L Townsend said cash made up about five percent of the haul with no money orders missing Postal Inspectors investigated the case
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Palatka
Fla
George Sims
Jacksonville
Sims
St. Johns County
W. L. Townsend
Jamestown Faces Deluge as Floods Sweep Town
Jamestown Colorado endures major flood with eight houses and a restaurant washed away. About 100 residents remain amid debris backed reservoirs behind unstable dams. Authorities plan controlled debris removal and evacuation if jams worsen. one rescuer injured.
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Jamestown
Colo
Colorado Mountain
Boulder County Sheriff’s Office
Jimtown
Randolph Sullivan
Sullivan
Violence at CCNY Gates Spurs College Closure
At City College of New York clashes between Negro and white students, aided by state troopers, led to injuries and the campus shutdown for a second time in three weeks. Dartmouth protests earlier spilled into police action. A fire damaged a Queens College puppet theater with no injuries reported.
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Associated Press
City College of New York
New Hampshire
Vermont
Dartmouth College
CCNY
Knickerbocker Hospital
Buell G. Gallagher
Dartmouth
Reserve Officers Training Corps
Hanover
N.Y
New York City
Cam
Pus
Gallagher
Townsend Harris Hall
Harlem
Queens College
Housewives outraged by rising meat prices prompt nationwide concern
In New York AP report, San Francisco housewife Lucille Barnes and others lament meat costs rising up to 20 percent from a year prior. Dealers cite persistent demand and supply dynamics, warning beef shortages if buying continues. article references page 2 coverage and features Miss Destin contestants Pam Bourque and Ann Ratcliff with sponsors Hospitality Inn and Kelly Boat Service.
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Philip Wechsler
NEW York (Ap
Lucille Barnes
San Francisco
Joan Krantz
Shaker Heights
Ohio
Ralph Warf
Memphis, Tenn
Pam Bourque
Ann Ratcliff
Pam
Mset
R. J. Bourque
Choctawhatchee High School
Hospitality Inn
Ann
Choctawhatchee
Clifford Ratcliff
Kelly Boat Service
College siege ends with property damage and injuries
Armed students took over campus buildings injuring staff and causing fires before authorities regain control. The incident echoes past campus protests labeled peaceniks by some observers, complicating perceptions of the day’s violence and motives.
Weather Outlook With Tides for Blountstown and Altamaha
Partly cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers. High today 76 to 84. Sunrise 5 57, sunset 7 27. High tide 4 15 PM, low tide 4 32 AM. River readings at Jim Woodruff Dam in Blountstown and Altamaha.
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Jim Woodruff
Blountstown
Altamaha
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Miami
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Miami Heart Institute
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Blasberg
Cape Town
South Africa
Institute
Robert S. Summers
SS Corps
George Firestone
Dmiami
Florida Public School Board Association
Firestone
Sarasota
Newtown Citizens Committee
Nvew College
Thomas Guilford
Robbie Lee Horne
Freedom
Newtown
Eleanor Ball
Freedom School
Guilford
Sarasota County
Jewepa
Hickory, Hickery, Dock
Maritya Paseril
Rudolph A. Hawthorn
South Bay Ave
Crestview
Hawthorn
PGDN
N. Main St
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Eglin Pkwy. S.E
Marilyn Passel
Playground Daily News
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R.B. Newton
Rt. 2
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