Florida leaders unite against no fault auto bill
Florida House leaders Don Nichols and Don Reed both oppose no fault auto insurance claiming it will not lower rates. They cite Massachusetts experience to argue any rate cuts are unlikely and warn the bill benefits insurers over drivers. The bill would require insurers to cover personal injury expenses without regard to fault, with a $1500 limit for individual claims.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Don Nichols
Jacksonville
Don Reed
Boca Raton
Nichols
Reed
Florida
Nofault
Florida Association of Insurance Agents
Massachusetts
BIH
Kenneth ‘Buddy’ Mackay
Docala
Supreme Court
Tom O'Malley
Mackey
Master Plan for Riot Justice Drawn Up by State Lawyers
Florida bar ad hoc panel issues a 17 page plan to restore order during riots. It calls for all judges to have criminal authority in crises, use of telecasts for public cues, and rapid prisoner processing with designated staging areas.
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Panama City
Fla
Florida Bar
Supreme Court
James C. Adkins
Bar
Board of Governors
Pirate Radio Ship Bombed Off Dutch Coast
Dutch police say three Dutch divers were arrested after a fire aboard the pirate ship Mebo-2 off the Dutch coast. The vessel owned by Radio Nordsee International was set ablaze, crew members were rescued, and damage is estimated at 72 500 dollars. The ship had been broadcasting since February.
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
T.P. Nelissen
Radio Nordsee International
Nelissen
Th van der I
Jasp
Wam.v.p
Alan West
Tm Zurich
Edwin Bollier
Secheveningen
Radio Caroline
Radio London
Radio 277
Blisters and Showers Highlight Seesaw World Record Try
Florida Technological University students from Kappa Sigma begin a 17 day seesaw push to break a Guinness record while raising funds for Titusville football player Pat Landry who is paralyzed from an injury. The event occurs at an Orlando shipping center as spring rains intensify the stunt.
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Kappa Sigma Fraternity
Florida Technological University
Paul Crawford
London
Pat Landry
Titusville
Landry
Hot Springs
Four Governors to Seek Red Cross Aid For POWs
Four governors from Maine Vermont Wisconsin and South Carolina depart Friday for Geneva Switzerland to press for humane treatment of American prisoners in North Vietnam. They will meet International Red Cross president Mareel A Naville at a 48 nation conference and also confer with a National League of Families committee and a 175 member delegation. The governors are Kenneth M Curtis Deane C Davis Patrick J Lucey and John C West all Democrats except Davis who is Republican.
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New York
Maine
Vermont
Wisconsin
South Carolina
Geneva
Switzerland
North Vietnam
Mareel A. Naville
The
International Red Cross
National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing In
Southeast Asia
Kenneth M. Curtis
Deane C. Davis
Patrick J. Lucey
John C. West
Davis
State School Legislation Dominates Senate Today
In Tallahassee the Senate tabled public school measures on the special order calendar. Sen. John Broxson outlines bills to raise suspension limits to 30 days and empower school boards to levy taxes for operations and capital needs, plus flexible staffing and permissive gifted programs with no new funds.
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Senate
Tallahassee
John Broxson
D-Gulf Breeze
Public Schools Committee
Lability
Broxson
West Florida
Department of Education
Lame Duck City Council Meeting Agenda
Fort Walton Beach City Council schedules a committee of the whole at 4 15 p m and regular session at 7 p m Tuesday after rescheduling due to municipal elections. Incumbents defeated will stay until July 1. Agenda lists bids for a street sweeper broken sewer pipe on Comet Street ditch closure near McGriff Street parade ordinance youth dances program and cost estimates for Temple Mound Museum landscaping paving and walks.
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Fort Walton Beach City
Comet Street
McGriff Street
New Temple Mound Museum
Sabre-Ettes
George Dewrell
Old Ferry Road
Shalimar
Fort Walton Beach
Sabre Jets
Okaloosa County faces high family size in national context
New York report notes a national baby boom and population shifts. In Okaloosa County the 1970 census shows 83,187 people and 24,344 households with an average 3.55 persons per household. National average is 3.20, South Atlantic 3.25, while 2.13 children per couple would stabilize population.
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New York
United States
Okaloosa County
Washington
Nixon
South Atlantic States
Philip M. Hauser
University of Chicago
Census Bureau
Congress set to decide on jobs SST and Europe troop cuts
Congress schedules showdown votes this week on three major issues. The House will consider a Democratic jobs bill to create 150000 public service positions for unemployed workers, while the Senate weighs deleting funds for the SST project. Nixon faces likely reverses on the SST and unemployment measures, but may survive on halting troop reductions in Europe.
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UPI
Congress
U.S
Europe
Nixon
Senate
House
William Proxmire
T Wis
Fort Walton Beach Admissions List May 15 16
May 15 admissions include Herman Marle Marsha Ehrenrich Mary Ann Reeves Albert Tillery. May 16 admissions list Sharon Hudgens Baby Girl Reeves William Thompson Teddy Villar Hugh Curtis John Wear David O'Donnell Baby Girl Hudgens John A. White Betty McElroy. Okaloosa Memorial Hospital May 16 admissions BJ Highsmith Mary Etta Barton Marshall Walters Lola Henderson.
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Fort Walton Beach
Herman Marle
Marsha Ehrenrich
Mary Ann Reeves
Albert Tillery
Sharon Hudgens
Girl Reeves
William Thompson
Teddy Villar
Hugh Curtis
John Wear
David O'Donnell
Hudgens
John A. White
Betty McElroy
Okaloosa Memorial Hospital
Highsmith
Mary Etta Barton
Marshall Walters
Lola Henderson
Publication rules for Okaloosa Digest notices
The Okaloosa Digest items must be submitted to the Playground Daily News office in written form by representatives of the organizations. PGINN staff cannot accept notices by telephone.
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Daily News
PGINN
Air Commando Association to Hold Local Meeting
The Air Commando Association will meet at 4 30 p m Tuesday at 803 Special Operations Squadron Building 9129 Hurlburt Field with refreshments. A board meeting follows at 7 30 p m at First City Bank Board Room to review committee reports and the directors trip to New York.
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Air Commando Association
803 Special Operations Squadron
Hurlburt Field
First City Bank Board Room
New York
CAP
Eglin Civil Air Patrol
Eglin Afb
Leona Pezzate
Revival at Woodlawn Baptist Church May 17 23
Woodlawn Baptist Church Crest view hosts a revival May 17 through 23 led by Rev Maghie Penton pastor of Stave Creek Baptist Jackson AL with Tagert as music director. Evening services begin 7 30 p m nightly. Local notices for civic groups follow.
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Woodlawn Baptist Church
Ferdon Blvd
Crestview
Maghie Penton
Stave Creek Baptist Church
Jackson
Ala
Ad ‘Tagert
Canadians get six-cent letter mail to U S under pact
Ottawa reports a reciprocal postal deal lowers Canadian domestic mail rates to six cents for letters to the United States while U S first class remains eight cents. In Johannesburg South Africa Highlander regiments may keep kilts with a new army dress.
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Ottawa
United States
Johannesburg
South Africa
Transvaal
Scottish Highlander
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