Mrs King Leads Mother's Day March in Washington
In the capital, Mrs. King headed a 2000 to 2500 strong Mother's Day march for welfare benefits as the Poor People's Campaign opened. The rally began in a NE Washington neighborhood, moved along 7th Street past burned stores, and paused after rain forced a stop before the Congressional Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. King
March
Capital
Washington
Martin Luther King Jr
National Capital
King
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
SCLC
Nationwide Welfare Rights Organization
NWRO
John F. Kennedy
7Th Street
Dr. King
Memphis
Congressional Club
Congress
Island Lifeguard Contract Approved
The Okaloosa Island Authority approved a contract with Life Guards Inc. for lifeguards on three beaches. Garner was the low bidder and must hire guards meeting Red Cross standards and provide equipment, with guards wearing pith helmets and beaches cleaned from dune line to water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Okaloosa Island Authority
Frank Garner
Life Guards, Inc
Garner
John C. Beasley
Island Authority
American Red Cross
Jerry Melvin
Flag Pageant For Bowlegs During Billy Bowlegs Week
A Naval Air Basic Training Command pageant from Pensacola highlights allegiance day during Billy Bowlegs Week. On Sunday June 9 at Memorial Stadium 27 Naval and Marine Aviation Students will perform with a 50 piece Naval Band.
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the Nations
Naval Air Basic Training Command
Pensacola
Billy Bowlegs
Memorial Stadium
Ralph Buck
The
Order of Demolay
Naval
Marine Aviation
Arthur L. Symington
Disqualification Bid in Florida Primary Also Moves Trial
Sam Foor sues to disqualify Leroy Collins and Earl Faircloth as Democratic primary victors claiming false affidavits. In West Palm Beach a judge orders the Outlaws trial moved to Brevard County after Gov. Claude Kirk called the defendants a bunch of bums and hoodlums prompting concerns of prejudiced proceedings.
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Tallahassee
Sam Foor
Leroy Collins
Earl Faircloth
Foor
Faircloth
Dade County
Collins
Hillsborough County
Leon County
Leon Circuit Court
West Palm Beach
Claude Kirk
Palm Beach County
Outlaws Motorcycle Club
Christine Deese
Russelli McIntosh
Brevard County
Kirk
William Heiditman
James E
Spider” Owings
Frank
Fat Frank’ Link
John
Crazy John” Wables
Joseph
Super Squirrel" Sorsby Jr
Donald
Mangy” Graves Jr
McIntosh
Heidtman
Saigon Battle Heats Up In Second Week Of Fighting
Viet Cong renew attacks in Saigon area targeting Newport Bridge and other northern links while a holdout fights in a ruined neighborhood near a Y shaped bridge to the Mekong Delta. U S airstrikes shake downtown as allied casualties reach 210 killed 979 wounded with 67 Americans among the dead. Additional Viet Cong casualties near 1 000 outside the capital and 2 982 enemy killed inside the city with 261 prisoners taken.
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Saigon
Mekong
U.S
Newport Bridge
Hanoi
Pans
Sth
Fort Walton Beach Man Arrested On Five Charges
Robert Davis, 22, of 40 Haberson Ave., was arrested after reckless driving and improper license plates at 12 30 a.m. He fought officers during a search, defaced a jail cell door, and faced charges of destroying public property and resisting arrest, released on $600 bond.
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Fort Walton Beach
Robert Davis
Haberson Ave
Julius McKinnon
Davis
Man Shoots Self Dies In Street Fort Walton Beach
Fort Walton Beach police reported at 3 06 p m Sunday that 58 year old Phillip Moore of 208 Ajax Drive N W shot himself in the street in front of his home after telling his wife and children he was leaving for good Witnesses said Moore fired a .32 caliber pistol twice with the first shot misfiring A coroner's jury was to reconvene at 5 30 p m Tuesday in Judge Howard Gill's office to determine the cause of death The jurors list includes J T King Joe King Rudolph Parker George Jackson Charles Page Jr and Robert Williams all residents of Ajax Drive
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Fort Walton Beach
Phillip Moore
Ajax Drive
N. W
Fred Gibson
Moore
Gibson
Youths Injured In Rolling Car In Destin
Four local youths were hospitalized after a one car crash on Benning Drive in Destin Sunday at 4 30 p m. William T Burnett 19 of Destin drove at high speed into a ditch rolling the car onto its top traveling about 220 feet. Burnett was treated and released at Fort Walton Beach Hospital. Kathy Collins 16 and Mike Martin 17 of Fort Walton Beach and Pam Borque 16 of Mary Esther Trailer Court were taken to Eglin AFB Hospital. Burnett faces a charge of exceeding safe speed.
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Destin
Benning Drive
Wiliam T. Burnett
D. R Vinson
The
Highway Patrol
Burnett
Fort Walton Beach Hospital
Kathy Collins
Mike Martin
Fort Walton Beach
Pam Borque
Mary Esther Trailer Court
Eglin Afb Hospital
Vinson
Vietnam corruption tied to U S aid amid Vietnam war graft charges
A Senate report by Abraham Ribicoff alleges kickbacks and waste in U S funded Vietnam construction projects. It details overpriced Grand Hotel renovations in Nha Trang, Singapore based supplier payments, and suspected misconduct by Pacific Architects and RMK BRJ contract firms. The probe urges a broad inquiry and possible refunds to the federal government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaylord Shaw
Associated Press
Washington
Senate
U.S
South Vietnam
Abraham Ribicoff
D-Conn
Southeast Asia
Ribicoff
Senate Permanent Investigations Subcommittee
Agency For International Development Mission
Saigon
Vietnam
General Accounting Office
Pacific Architects & Engineers Inc
Los Angeles
Rmk-Brj
Ray Mond International
Delaware Inc
Morris-Knudsen of
Asia Inc
Brown & Root Inc
J.A. Jones Construction Co
Pacific Architects & Engi
Neers
PAE
Nha Trang
Hong Kong
Singapore
Justice Depart
United States
Corruption Lurks in Saigon Yet Report Warns
States shows Saigon headquarters outnumbers AID personnel in the field nearly two to one. The Vietnamese system is said to be riddled with corruption across clan government military and society. Ribicoff recounts a high official who lost his post for honesty and cites a captain who runs a Long Bien bar with soldiers as workers. Verifying corruption is fraught with personal danger.
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Saigon
Ribicoff
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Ways and Means
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