Community meetings and notices in Okaloosa Digest
Local groups in Okaloosa County publish upcoming events and meetings. Topics include Okaloosa Island Authority surfing restrictions, Southwest Okaloosa Civic Association at Florosa Elementary, Miracle Strip Bassmasters at Chamber Building, Niceville Rotary at Americana Pancake Inn, and health education films at Theater One and Good Shepherd Lutheran Church.
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Okaloosa County
Mary’s
St. Mary’s
Okaloosa
Southwest Okaloosa Civic Association
Florosa
Miracle Strip
Fort Walton Beach
Bass Anglers Sportsman Society
B.A.S.S
Chamber of Commerce
Twin Cities
Niceville-Valparaiso
Senate Uses Antifilibuster to Clear Voter by Post Bill
Washington lawmakers pass a plan allowing federal voter registration by postcard after a 67 to 32 vote ending a filibuster. The measure would let citizens register by mailing a simple postcard form to the local registrar.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
POWs accuse activists of tortures to meet visiting groups
Five former American prisoners of war told a House committee that visiting peace activists including Jane Fonda and Ramsey Clark pressured captors to bring them to meetings. They described torture and programming to answer questions, saying morale suffered and war was prolonged.
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Washington
UPI
House Committee
U.S
Jane Fonda
Ramsey Clark
North Vietnam
Internal Security Committee
United States
Navy
David Hoffman
San Diego
Hoffman
Cmdr
Edwin Shuman
Shuman
Air Force
Larry Carrigan
Scottsdale
Ariz
Carrigan
Guerrillas Break Truce With Lebanese Military
Beir ut reports say Palestinian guerrillas attacked Lebanese army positions in southeast Lebanon with rocket and artillery fire despite a cease-fire announced by President Suleiman Franjieh. Army communiques tally 13 soldiers killed and 65 wounded since the order took effect. three grenade attacks hit banks in Beirut and clashes continued. Diplomatic efforts persisted as Franjieh met with regional officials through the day and night.
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Beirut
UPT
Lebanon
Suleiman Franjieh
Damascus
Shatilla
Tel el-Zaatar
Metulla
Franjieh
Arab League
Mahmoud Riad
Sabah El-Ahmed el- Jabir
Saeb Salam
Ellsberg charges may be dismissed in Pentagon Papers case
Justice Department officials testified none of the evidence used against Ellsberg came from the supposed burglary of his psychiatrist's office. They stated they learned of the break in only in mid April 1973 and had no knowledge of it beforehand. The judge adjourned the trial as a hearing loomed.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Justice Department
Daniel Ellsberg
Ellsberg
Anthony “J. Russo Jr
David Nissen
Henry E. Petersen
Kevin T. Maroney
John L. Martin
Earl Silbert
Petersen
Nissen
Senate Panel OKs Change In Vote Times
Florida lawmakers back two election bills. One allows electronic vote counting with punch cards fed to a central computer. The other standardizes hours in Eastern and Central zones from 6 or 7 a.m. to 7 or 8 p.m. local time to close polls together.
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Tallahassee
UPI
Senate Judiciary Committee
Florida
Jere Tolton
Fort Walton Beach
West Florida
Tollon
Panhandle
Elvin Martinez
Dtampa
House Elections Committee
Safety Standards Proposed on Bikes
The FDA proposed new bicycle safety rules to cut 800 annual deaths. Rules include slip resistant pedals, performance brakes, limited handlebar rise, mandatory reflects, and 60 days for public comment. The measures come as bicycle use and sales surge nationwide.
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Washington
UPS
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Bureau of Product Safety
Independent Product Safety Commission
Grand Jury Indicts 3 in Wounded Knee case
In Wounded Knee South Dakota a militant Indian leader and the federal negotiator clashed over whether White House officials should keep a May 17 meeting with an Indian delegation to discuss the 71 day occupation. A Sioux Falls grand jury indicted 31 people for alleged crimes tied to the seizure. Richard Hellstein urged cancellation of the White House meeting citing noncompliance with surrender terms.
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Wounded Knee
UPD
White House
Sioux Falls
Richard Hellstein
Playground Daily News Classified Ad Fragments
Readable fragments from the Playground Daily News main office want ads list contact numbers for circulation and location areas Niceville Crestview with listings and incomplete contact details. Local ad brief shows numbers 243 3127 243 1211 678 1927 682 5397 243 6232.
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WALP
Niceville
Crestview
Packard Rejects Offer As Defense Secretary
California electronics millionaire David R. Packard, once Nixon’s leading choice for defense secretary, rejected the post for business reasons after a White House offer. The White House had said Packard was the leading candidate to head the Pentagon.
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Packard
Defense
Washington
UPI
David R. Packard
California
White House
Nixon
Elliot L. Richardson
Pentagon
Tolton Named Honorary Chairman for Mental Health Month
Representative Jere Tolton will serve as honorary chair for May Mental Health Month announced by Mrs. Howard Wohlin of the Mental Health Association of Okaloosa County. Tolton, a Pensacola native and Florida lawyer, works on health issues and has proposed removing questions about prior psychiatric care from employment forms to combat stigma and discrimination.
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Jere Tolton
Howard Wohlin
Mental Health Association of
Okaloosa County
Tolton
Pensacola
Washington and Lee University
Lexington
Valparaiso
Florida Judicial Council
Florida Bar
The
Society of the Bar
First Judicial Circuit
Okaloosa
Rotary Club
House
Health and Rehabilitative Service
Skylab Twins Start Countdown to Launch
Engineers check electrical systems in two Saturn rockets as dual countdowns begin for Skylab launch from Cape Kennedy. Lightning struck the mobile launcher during a thunderstorm but countdown remains on for the 2.5 billion space station mission and crewed flight to orbit.
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Cape Kennedy
Saturn
Skylab Space Base
Space Station
Skylab
NASA
Air Force
Patrick Air Force Base
Marie Island
Seychelle Group
Indian Ocean
Australia
Spain
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