South Walton Residents Protest Clay Road Beds
A group of 16 South Walton County residents blocked a road near Draper Lake to protest using red clay for road repair within 400 feet of Gulf beaches. Deputies warned arrests for traffic interference. protesters eventually allowed trucks to pass, citing state tarp laws and beach-safety concerns.
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Mary Sullivan
South Walton
South Walton County
Gulf Beaches
Draper Lake
A. Pickett Walker
Santaosa Beach
Walton County
Conley Martin
Sera
Gune Taberts
Fentesters
Santa Rosa
Okaloosa
House Debates Fund For Pentagon Budget
Washington lawmakers argued over a 32 billion weapons procurement bill amid calls to trim the Pentagon. The debate followed references to the Mayaguez rescue and included proposals to reduce U.S. forces and curb specific programs such as the B1 bomber and overall defense spending.
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Washington
UPI
Pentagon
Mayaguez
House
House Armed Services Committee
America
William Ketchum
Calif
Ford
U.S
Floyd Spence
R-S.c
Brown
Samuel Stratton
D-N.y
Oregon Senator Fights Tax on 1979 Rebates
Senator Bob Packwood of Oregon introduced a resolution to prevent state taxation of up to 200 federal tax rebates. He warned Oregon’s stance could set a precedent for other states and said rebates should not be treated as a reduction of 1979 tax liability.
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Washington
UPD
Bob Packwood
R-Ore
Oregon
Packwood
Congress
Senate Finance Committee
House
Senate
Senate approves consumer protection agency bill
The Senate passed a bill to create the Agency for Consumer Advocacy with a 53.5 million dollar three year budget. It would empower the new body to challenge airline ticket prices, demand full accounting from firms, and review regulations while exempting certain actions such as broadcast license renewals. Backers say it could curb consumer costs and improve policy input for citizens. Critics warn of added bureaucracy and regulatory chaos.
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Washington
UPI
Ralph Nader
Senate
Consumer Protection Agency
House
Fordish
Congress
Agency For Consumer Advocacy
Nader
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
National Association of Manufacturers
Ofhedea
Civil Aeronautics Board
Court T
Capitol Hill
Train Crash Kills 8 in Swedish Station Collision
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, eight people died in a Thursday crash at Norrköping station when a southbound express struck by a northbound train. Seven schoolchildren on a spring excursion were among the victims. three more were seriously injured but survived after surgery.
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Stockholm
UPL
Aline
Oesiga Data
Malmoe
Norrknpping
City to Run TV Cable City to Run TV Cable
The report states no charge for initial year TV cable connection or extra sets in single-family units. It outlines funding options of roughly 700000 to 920000 dollars to build a city system or to buy part of an existing system and complete the build. It notes billing could use current systems with minimal overhead and outlines potential channel assignment to a county station.
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Page NE
Cable
Okaleesa County
Setioo
Bandits steal 38 paintings from Milan Modern Art Gallery
Gunmen overpowered guards and dragged off 38 works valued at about 6 million dollars from Milan's Modern Art Gallery. Among the stolen artists were Van Gogh, Cezanne, Renoir, and Gauguin. Police said 33 paintings were removed from frames and five taken with frames intact.
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Milan
Italy
UPD
Modern Art Gallery
Polleu
van Gogh
Corot
Millet
Sisley
Gauguin
Renoir
Cezanne
Modigliani
Vuillard
Compulsory School Age Down to Fourteen in Florida Senate
Florida Senate Education Committee unanimously approved SB 340 to lower compulsory school age from 16 to 14. The bill allows 14 year olds in regular programs to take a high school equivalency exam and earn an equivalency diploma upon passing.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Florida
Senate
Sheriff Dogs Set For Wildman Hunt In Central Florida Swamp
Sheriff Don Page plans to use bear dogs this weekend to track a documented wild man in Sumter County Florida. Investigators have found clues including a sock, shoes, a spiked copper-wrapped club, remains of armadillos and turtles, and a mossy sleep area in a vast swamp. The wild man may be a plane crash survivor. deafness is suspected due to warnings ignored on a road encounter.
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Page
Laotians Free 3 Officials Amid Savannakhet Outcry
In Savannakhet Laos demonstrators freed three American officials they had held as hostages while keeping control of U S government buildings. Sanford J Stone the senior U S official in central Laos was said to be in good health and spirits. Coalition government officials planned to negotiate alongside the rescued Americans amid apologies from a Lao government spokesman.
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Vientiane
UPI
Savanhakhel
U.S
Tihe
Sanford J. Stone
Laos
Savannakhet
Mekong River
Luang Prabang
Armed Forces Day Observed at Okaloosa County Installations
Air Force bases in Okaloosa County celebrate the 25th Armed Forces Day with an Open House at Hurlburt Field from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Eglin Base Commander will unveil the Horizons 76 rail tour a 35 mile Bicentennial attraction through the Eglin Reservation. Ceremonies begin at 10 a.m. at Jackson Guard Station north of Niceville. The nine stop trail lasts about four hours with picnic stops at Kepner Pond or the Anderson Pond Nature Area. Public invited.
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Air Force
Okaloosa County
Armed Forces
Hurlburt Field
Eglin
Cal. Kenneth Gunnarson
Horizons
Eglin Reservation
Jackson Guard Station
Niceville
Highway 85
Kepner Pond
Anderson Pond
Grape Island Gave Fire To Help British In 1778
In Hingham Harbor residents reenact the 200th anniversary of the Grape Island Incident. Minutemen and militia gathered from Weymouth and nearby towns after bells rang and muskets fired. They prevented the British from taking more hay, while a Hingham sloop fired a shot and sailors set fire to the hay on Button Island. The Sunday reenactment will begin with bells at The Old Ship Church established in 1691.
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Hingham
Mass
UPI
Grape Island
Button Island
Hingham Harbor
Abigail Adams
Great Hill
Weymouth
John Quincy Adams
Fountain Square
Minutemen
Broad Cove Lane
Hewitt's Cove
Holiday Isle easement dispute raises legal questions
Okaloosa Island Authority officials and U S Corps of Engineers figures discuss a 1973 easement recorded after an unrecorded 1967 agreement. Questions focus on signatures by Doris Jordan Joseph Anderson Bob Echols and the defunct Okaloosa County Navigation Agency amid references to a 1979 easement and possible legal defects.
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Okaloosa Island
Gerald Hollingsworth
CIA
Hollingsworth
Gialoosa Island
Jordan
Barrow v
Jhune
Destin
Iia
Creatview
Wig
Barrow
Cecil Anders
Joe Anderson
Corps of Engineers
Crestview
Daily News
Anderson
OTA
CBS Partners
White Sands Development Corp
Andors
CBS
U.S
People of Tin
Holiday Beach Investments
Holiday Beach
First National Bank of Miami
Florida
Tom O'Malley
Holiday Isle
Public Records
Anchors
Okaloosa
John Dowd
Dowd
Thoice
OVA
Echols
Land Swindle Probe Ordered
Florida officials convene a strike force with about 50 prosecutors to combat a billion dollar land fraud racket dubbed the four percent scheme. They urge criminal prosecutions and jail time alongside civil actions, warning sophisticated white collar criminals avoid prison.
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Tallahassee
Fla
UPS
Robert L. Shevin
Gerald A. Lewis
Oride
Lewis
Shevin
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the Indies
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Howard Dellums
Dcallf
Dellums
Lee Johnson
Okays Consumer Protection Agency
Norrkoeping Station
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Reston
Elisha Teavitt
Leavitt
Navigation Agency
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