Community notices and club meetings in Okaloosa area
Local organizations urged to submit notices to Playground Daily News. Items include school menus and boards, booster and auxiliary club meetings, art show details, PTA sessions, Mother’s Day phone draw, legal secretaries gathering, Kiwanis election, environmental group, Cherokee PTA meeting and summer Youth Center program briefing.
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Okaloosa Digest
Playground Daily News
PGDN
St. Mary's
St. Mary's Catholic
Okaloosa County
School Board of
Pouiter
Crestview
Ncoa Wives Auxiliary
Club Continental
Choctawhatchee Booster Club
Choctaw Booster Club
Choctawhatchee High School
Meigs and Pryor
Niceville
Unlimited Creations
Niceville Senior High
Choctawhatchee
Fort Walton
Shalimar Pta
PTA
Shalimar Elementary
USO
Continental
U.S
Kiwanis
Fort Walton Beach
Kiwanis Club
Holiday Inn
Okaloosa
Rivie Club
Lean
Choctaw League For Environmental Awareness
Moose Lodge Hireh First Peoples Bank
Gordon Butcher
VTN Corporation
Orlando
Cherokee Pta
Youth Center
Askew Urges Free Legal Services by Retired Attorneys
Askew calls on aging lawyers to donate free legal counsel to public causes during Law Week at Florida State University. He notes a global thirds tradition and urges top attorneys to serve in public law as Justice Byron R. White speaks, with other dignitaries present at the dedication of the new law college building.
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Askew
Florida State University College of Law
Law College
U.S. Supreme Court
Byron R
Whizzer
Bar
Justice White
John F. Kennedy
Colorado
Pittsburgh Steelers
Detroit Lions
Oxford
Yale Law School
Chesterfield Smith
Lakeland
American Bar
FSU
Stanley Marshall
J.5. Daniels
Jacksonville
State Board of Regents
Sostua Morse
Robert Shevin
Nebraska and West Virginia Voters Contest Ahead in Primaries
The Big Three Humphrey McGovern and Wallace seek momentum as Nebraska holds a neck and neck delegate fight while West Virginia sees no major campaigning. Wallace focuses on Michigan amid a broader delegate struggle with Muskie and others.
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United Press International
Hubert H. Humphrey
George
McGovern
George C. Wallace
Nebraska
West Virginia
Humphrey
Corn Belt
Wallace
Minnesota
Alabama
Sen
Edmund Muskie
Michigan
Tennessee Primaries Irrelevant
Tennessee Governor Winfield Dunn, a Republican, questioned whether Democratic delegates should follow state law and back George Wallace at the Democratic National Convention. He noted a conflict but said delegates should represent the state’s nomination, while national leadership said convention rules override state law.
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Nashville, Tenn
Wallace
Legislature Criticized For Avoiding Bargaining
In Tallahassee Florida the attorney for the Dade County Classroom Teachers Association argues before the Florida Supreme Court that public employees are wronged by three consecutive legislative rejections of collective bargaining. He seeks an explanation or a commission to create a bargaining system for public workers.
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Tallahassee
Fla
UPD
Florida Supreme Court
Florida
Tobias Simon
Simon
Dade County Classroom Teachers Association
Prison riot on Phu Quoc Island injures guards and prisoners
South Vietnamese military spokesman reports 13 Communist prisoners killed and 56 wounded in a five hour riot at Phu Quoc Island prison. Two military policemen were wounded, one officer and one enlisted guard, during the disturbance as guards quelled the uprising.
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Saigon
UPI
Phu Quoc
Gulf of Siam
Miami Furniture Exhibitors sue to block GOP convention move
Florida Furniture Exhibitors seeks 500000 in punitive damages from Miami Beach mayor and three councilmen who invited the Republican National Convention to move to the Miami Beach Convention Hall. The suit, filed by William Shockett, claims the hall will be unusable for the Aug 9 15 furniture mart due to media setup before the Aug 21 23 GOP event.
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Miami
UPS
Miami Beach
Chuck Hall
GOP
San Diego
William Shockett
Florida Furniture Exhibitors, Inc
Florida Furniture Mart
Miami Beach Con
Vention Hall
Jules Karel
Playground Y Seeks Members Rec for 1972 Campaign
The Playground Area YMCA announces a May 1972 membership drive aiming for 35,000 dollars. Bob Henderson notes YMCA embraces all ages and offers family 100 dollars, adult 40 dollars, college 20 dollars, and youth 20.80 dollars with tax. Dr. Alex Trum chairs the campaign with Jim Hassou and Fred Pryor as sub officers.
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Rec
YMCA
Bob Henderson
Young Men's Christian Association
Henderson
Association
Alex Trum
Jim Hasssou
Fred Pryor
Blockade Ordered Of North Vietnam
President Nixon announces a North Vietnam blockade with mining of ports and interdiction of supplies. He states air and naval strikes on military targets will continue and foreign ships have three daylight periods to depart safely. The move aims at denying weapons and ends with an internationally supervised Indochina ceasefire and POW releases.
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Indochina
John F. Kennedy
Cuba
Nixon
Hanoi
Republic of Vietnam
United States
North Vietnam
Reds Pledge To Continue Viet Attack
Paris reports from UPI indicate Hanoi and the Viet Cong will press the offensive in South Vietnam despite Nixon’s harbor mining order. Communist sources warn of grave international complications if noncombatant ships ignore three day clearance. The talks at Paris remain suspended as statements from North Vietnamese and Viet Cong delegates are anticipated.
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Paris
UPI
Hanoi
South Vietnam
Nixon
U.S
People’s Liberation
Truman 88 Years Old HST Celebrates Birthday
Independence Missouri reports former President Harry S. Truman turning 88 with a quiet day at home with wife Bess while about 300 well wishers gathered in Kansas City for a luncheon and film tribute. Lt Gen Louis Truman visited at the Independence mansion as Dr. Wallace Graham praised his health and spirit despite arthritis.
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Independence
Harry S. Truman
Bess
Kansas City
Truman
United States
Louis Truman
Atlanta
Wallace Graham
Hijacker Disappears In Honduras Jungles
Honduran soldiers scour central Honduras jungles for a third day seeking an Eastern Airlines hijacker who parachuted Saturday with 303000 dollars in ransom. U S observers accompany the search near Yoro as authorities warn against amateur interference and the U S Embassy offers a 500 dollar reward.
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Tegucigalpa
Honduras
UPT
Eastern Airlines
Washington, D.C
U.S
Yoro
Local Man Sentenced For Bombing Report At Fort Walton Beach
A 15 year old man who pleaded no contest to filing a false bombing report at Bacons by the Sea in Fort Walton Beach on November 27 1971 received two years probation in circuit court Monday. Stuart Edward Ochs was ordered to pay $200 in court costs after a pre sentence investigation. He was represented by Assistant Public Defender Dan Campbell.
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Nolo Contendre
Bacon's By the Sea
Fort Walton Beach
Stuart Edward Ochs
Charles A. Wade
Dan Campbell
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Isle of Wight
England
Boston
Tennessee
Patrick J. Lucey
Wisconsin
Frank B. Morrison
Omaha
Los Angeles
Furniture Exhibitor
Karel
Playground Y
Beret
Othe
Playgroun
Mayflower
AVI
Fort Waltos
Ca Develoement
Oreniai
Hama of School
College
Univerity
Yeap Ctsnens— Nee
HST
Playgrou
Your Freedom
Playground Dai Division
Tierdom Ne
Eglin P Fl. Walton
Offica
Usitad Press
WALP
Adws
Falton Beach
Carrion
Sureeu of
San Pedro Sula
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