Indians Surrender at Wounded Knee After 71 Days
UPI reports militant AIM members and supporters surrendered peacefully at Wounded Knee South Dakota as federal forces moved in. About 120 capitulated, finds show extensive vandalism, but no Banks or major automatic weapons. two people were killed during the besiegement.
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Wounded Knee. S.D
UPI
Dennis Banks
Wounded Knee
The
American Indian Movement
AIM
U.S
FBI
Oglala Sioux
ATM
Dean Faces Senate Subpoena On Watergate Testimony
Senate investigators issued a subpoena to John W. Dean to testify under oath about the Watergate scandal with possible limited immunity. The Ervin committee plans public hearings next week and May 22 to June 14, with Dean’s cooperation crucial for accessing evidence.
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Senate Committee
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-N.c
Dean
White House
Ervin
Senate
Nixon
Valparaiso Jaycees honor Sikes Outstanding Choice
The Valparaiso Niceville Jaycees named Congressman Bob Sikes as their nominee for the Florida Jaycee's Outstanding American Award for long service to his district state and country. Also honored were Okaloosa County residents at the Awards and Installation Banquet with multiple awards including Good Government to City Manager Eahnie L. Corbin and Spectrum Award to Child's Drugstore Niceville.
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Valparaiso
Valparaiso-Niceville
Jaycees
Bob Sikes
FloridaJaycee
Florida
Okaloosa County
Andias Iceville
Eahnie L. Corbin
Éapter
Ann Folsom
Ruckel Junior
Niceville
Okaloosa
Eglin Afb
Lee Swain
Cooper-Taylor
Swain
Eglin
David L. White
Eglin Federal Credit Union
Child's Drugstore of
Barron Chaired Florida Senate to 1975 76 Presidency
Veteran Sen. Dempsey Barron of Panama City will be designated president of the 1975 76 Florida Senate with Alan Trask named president pro tempore. Barron, a fiscal conservative and dean of the Senate, is credited with pushing the death penalty bill and vows to protect taxpayers from government waste.
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Tallahassee
UPI
Dempsey Barron
Panama City
Senate
Alan Trask
D-Fort Beade
Barron
Florida Panhandle
E Hough
George Hallahan
Miami
Hotlahan
House
Florida State University
University of Florida
Flovida Daycees Good Government
Allen Barris
Playground Daily News Classifieds Notice
Local newspaper segment lists want ads from the Playground Daily News main office covering Niceville Crestview circulation.
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Playground Daily News
WALP
Niceville
Crestview
Adams Impeachment Bill Filed by House Committee
An investigating committee formally filed articles of impeachment against Lt. Gov. Tom Adams in Tallahassee. House decisive action may favor censuring Adams over impeachment, with discussions of witnesses and timing for a possible House vote next week.
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Adams
House
Tallahassee
UPI
Tom Adams
House Rutes
Murray Dubbin
Gadsden
Dubbin
Pasco County
Richard Kelly
Senate
Rules Committee
Ralph Turlington
Dainesville
Terrell Sessums
Lebanese cease fire ends air attacks as army takes charge
A new cease-fire urged by President Suleiman Franjieh went into effect after Lebanese jets pummeled Palestinian guerrilla pockets around Beirut. The army assumed broad powers as calm returned and officials cited talks with Arab ambassadors. Hassan Sabry Khaly prepared to depart for Damascus after meeting Franjieh.
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Beirut
UPI
Suleiman Franjieh
Khalil Abu Hamad
Franjich
Hassan Sabry Khaly
Anwar Sadat
Damascus
Franjieh
Former Top NCO links Westmoreland to Vietnam fraud
In testimony released Tuesday Sgt Maj William Wooldridge says Gen William Westmoreland likely knew of service club fraud in Vietnam and looked away to shield associates. Wooldridge, once the Army’s senior enlisted man, claims a coverup era began after he drew Senate scrutiny in 1968 and Westmoreland ordered his own inquiry.
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Wooldridge
U.S. District Court
Los Angeles
Senate
Vietnam
Westmoreland
Army
U.S
March
DOT Plans Completion Of SR20s Missing Link
Nichols outlines DOT plans to complete SR 20 missing link from Ebro to U S 231 and extend the College Blvd by pass to Rocky Bayou Road. The bond package includes SR 85 cut off routes Green Acres Crestview bridge overpass and four laning to Casey's Quik Pik with hope for full Rocky Bayou extension. An annex courthouse site in Shalimar is under consideration amid interpretive concerns about a ballot amendment.
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Nichols
Green Acres
Wright
Crestview
College Blvd
Rocky Bayou Road
Niceville
DOT
Niceville-Valparaiso
Casey's
Rocky Bayou Bridge
Chamber
Ebro
U.S. 231
Shalimar
Hijack Booty Recovered In $303000 Extortion Case
The FBI announced the recovery of the full $303000 paid to the hijacker of an Eastern Air Lines plane who bailed out over Honduras in May last year. The money, in $500 and $1000 bills, was in a metal attache case. The hijacker Frederick William Flahneman, 49, of Easton Pennsylvania, is serving a life term in Atlanta for the May 5 1972 hijacking.
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Jacksonville
Fla
FBI
Eastern Air Lines
Honduras
William Alexander
William R. Howard
Eastern
Alexander
Red
Florida Department of Law Enforcement
Frederick William Flahneman
Easton
Federal
Atlanta
Allentown
Miami
Benson and Hedges
Pollution Board Opens Crestview Permanent Office
The Florida Department of Pollution Control opens a permanent Crestview office in the old Welfare Building opposite the Okaloosa County Court House. Managed by Daniel C. Walker and T. J. Norris, the office offers 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for issuing septic tank permits and handling pollution concerns.
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Florida Department of Pollution Control
Welfare
Okaloosa County Court House
Crestview
Daniel C. Walker
T. J. Norris
Walker
Norris
North Okaloosa
North Wallon
Northwest
Gulf Breeze
Community notices from Okaloosa County events
Local digest items include lunch menus for Okaloosa County schools and St Marys School, Knights of Columbus meeting, Gulf Area Garden Club officers installation, hospital auxiliary gathering with gift shop sale items, Fort Walton Beach Woman's Club tea, auditions for The Fantasticks at OWJC, candidate coffee for Fort Walton Beach City Council, Bonsai and Rotary Club meetings, OWJC musical auditions, Okaloosa Island Garden Club installation of officers and pest control talk, Tallahassee briefing.
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Okaloosa County
St. Mary's
Knights of Columbus
K of C. Hall
Gulf Area Garden Club
Fort Walton Beach
Yacht Club
Niceyville-Valparaiso Hospital
Niceville-Valparaiso Hospital
Valparaiso Community Center
FWB
Woman's Club
League of Women Voters
St. Simons On the Sound Episcopal Church
FWB Rotary Club
Holiday Inn
Okaloosa Island
Charles G
Chuck) Bixel
OWJC
Okaloosa-Walton Junior College
Department of Music
Capitol News Items Tallahassee House backs collective bargaining bill
The House Commerce Committee approved a measure allowing public employees including teachers to bargain for pay and conditions. Regents warn against unionism among professors and urge traditional benefit methods. The move signals debate ahead but mirrors broader statewide tensions over unions and wages.
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Tallahassee
UPI
House Commerce Committee
Board of Regents
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Richard Hellstein
Charlie Red Cloud
Frank Foulscrow
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R-Tenn
Ervin Committee
Lowell P. Weicker Jr
R-Conn
Sikes
Your Freedom
Freedom Newspapers Inc
Eglin Parkway
Ft. Walton Beach
United Press International
Audio Bureau of Circulation
Joint Legislative Auditing Committee
James Redman
D-Plant City
Jack Nichols
Sidney Cruttenden
Ed Slown
Niceville Valparaiso Chamber of Commerce
Emma Goggin
Okaloosa Digest
Bonsai Society
Max Bruner
Holes Avenue
Ed Smith
Capitol
Kenneth M. Myers
Myers
UPS
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Robert Shevin
Doyle Conner
Agriculture and Consumer Affairs
Shevin
Department of Legal Affairs
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