Nixon seeks permission to overhaul draft system
President Nixon asked Congress to adopt a random lottery draft aimed at 19 year olds to reduce disruption from conscription. The plan preserves undergraduate deferments and extends potential postponement, while applying a national sequence to about 40 local boards with exemptions still possible for hardship and other factors. A national review of deferment guidelines is ordered with results due next December.
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Fred S. Hoffman
Washington
Nixon
Congress
National Security Council
Selective Service System
Florida Cabinet backs 60 acre shrimp lease near Panama City
The Florida Cabinet approved a two year lease for Altima International Inc to farm shrimp on an additional 60 acres of submerged state land near Panama City with a $1 per acre rate and a renewal option for three one year terms. The action follows existing lease near Panama City Airport.
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Tallahassee
Panama City
Florida Cabinet
Altima International Inc
Fort Walton Beach 10 Mill Levy Favored by Council
Fort Walton Beach officials favor reducing the mill levy from 11 to 10 mills after budget review. A Thursday committee meeting was set to discuss the budget ahead of a public hearing. Urban Renewal planner Milo Smith and Tampa associates outlined HUD funding steps for the Neighborhood Development Program.
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Fort Walton Beach
Willam Sconier
Sconiers
Milo Smith and
Tampa
Atlanta
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Washington
Okaloosa School Board Holds Open Meeting Amid Privacy Dispute
The Okaloosa County School Board failed to keep the session fully open as Mrs. L C Stables demanded private talks with the board. A cheerleader selection dispute at Baker High prompted a countywide uniform election system. a press access trial to executive sessions was rejected.
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League of Women Voters
L.C. Stables
Marilyn Passell
Okaloosa County
Baker High School
Alexandria Place
Fort Walton Beach City Election Poll Questions
The Fort Walton Beach Daily News invites candidates and readers to answer urban renewal and housing code questions. Readers may submit brief replies to the editor at Playground Daily News P O Drawer 1307. Poll continues on page 2.
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Bill Poinous
Fort Walton Beach
The
Daily News
Playground Daily News
P. O
Civil Service
Governor Claude Kirk to keynote Destin council meeting
Gov. Claude Kirk will be the special guest at the Miracle Strip Council spring meeting in Destin next Wednesday. The noon event at the Jack Tar Beach House will include reports on the Cincinnati Blitz and Birmingham Promotion plus plans for 1970 and the 1969 Marlin Tournament. Attendees are asked to notify local chambers. the price is five dollars per person.
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Miracle Strip Council
Claude Kirk
Jack Tar Beach House
Destin
Cincinnati
Birmingham
Santa Rosa County
County Board Discusses Group Deliberations and Time Saving
During a county commissioners meeting on Tuesday the board split into groups to discuss different subjects. Attorney Jere Tosken noted the approach preserves time and efficiency for the proceedings.
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County Commissioners Meeting
Jere Tosken
Valparaiso residents reject Bayshore Drive paving plan
Valparaiso City Commission failed to gain support for a 22 550 street improvement project on South Bayshore Drive after about 22 property owners opposed paving due to cost and potential through traffic. Residents demanded sewer bids first and questioned cost allocations while warning of possible legal action if water drainage is not addressed.
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Emma Goggin
Valparaiso
South Bayshore Drive
John C. Sims
John C. Sims Parkway To Rose Court
Florida Avenue
George G. Mitchell
Leo Tisa
Parkway
Rose Court
Lewis Cartwright
Joe M. Thompson
Mitchell
Bayshore Drive
Okaloosa County
R. F. Johnson
John Harris
Ed Szarawicz
County to form Juvenile Survey Committee
Okaloosa County Commissioners plan a Juvenile Survey Committee with one member from each district to study youth issues and prevent repeat incidents. The board also moves a jetport bill in line with Escambia County and discusses joint travel to Tallahassee for authority legislation. County roads were criticized as subpar, with action promised to inspect a troubled section. Subdivision development for Holly Mills was approved.
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Charles Bra Oy
Okaloosa
Olen Williams
Williams
Escambia County
Ecambia County
Grady Albrition
Harry Blanchard
Escambia-Santa Rosa-Okaloosa
Tallahassee
County Commission seeks grand jury probe of courthouse clocks
Okaloosa County commissioners approve a resolution requesting the next grand jury to investigate the county courthouse and branch office maintenance and adequacy, and to examine communication problems between the board and public officials amid funding shortages and clock issues.
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Charles Brady
Grand Jury
Court House
Board of County Commissioners
Circuit Court
William Frye
Jere Tolton
Tolton
Frye
William JD. Landreth
Florida
Okaloosa County
Wolfson Settles Into Eglin Prison Routine Amid Fortas Storm
Louis E. Wolfson, once a Wall Street powerhouse with a $100 million fortune, begins an 18 month term at a remote Eglin honor camp. He faces routine chores and possible classification to maintenance work as national figures push for Justice Fortas’ resignation amid Congress and White House pressure.
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Supreme Court
Abe Fortas
Washington
Louis E. Wolfson
Wall Street
C.W. Williams
U.S. Supreme Court
Congress
White House
Wolfson
U.S. Atty
John Mitchell
Eglin Air Force Base
Williams
Miami Beach
Reville
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Robert Shevin
Miami
Shevin
de UT
Wake Ware
Uae
Highway Patrol
Fort Myers
Lee County School Board
Dunbar
Isadore Edwards
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Irving Premack
Premack
St. Petersburg
Orange County
Lrade County
Eilisborough
Kirk
South Florida Oil Search
West Palm Beach
Shell Oil Co
Central and Southern Florida
Palm Beach
Broward
Dede
Thomas F. Hart
New Orleans
Shell
Everglades
R. Fl. Lammoen
TV Am
Robert W. Padrick
Fort Price
Coastal Petroleum Co
Hné
David Early
Appli
Valp Property Owners
Nix
Commissioner J. Barenel
Blanchard
Joseph W. Wilson
Hurlpurs Field
Wilson
Holly Mills
H.M Melton
Eglin Prison
Earl Warren
Warren
Justice Fortas
Liams
Fortas
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