High Court Upholds Hit and Run Laws in Split Ruling
The U S Supreme Court split 4 4 on hit and run law protections with Justice Tarlan casting the decisive vote. The majority held Fifth Amendment safeguards do not apply. the dissent argued otherwise. The ruling affects California cases involving Byers and a similar New Jersey review awaits next term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Tarlan
Warren F. Burger
Byron R. White
Harry A. Blackmun
Potter Stewart
Hugo L. Black
William ©. Douglas
William J. Brennan Jr
Thurgood Marshall
Harlan
Los Angeles
California
Black
Okaloosa Digest Notices Require Written Submissions
Organizations must deliver written items for publication to the Wayground Daily News office via their representatives. PGDN staff cannot accept these notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayground Daily News
PGDN
Miracle Strip Saddle Club Meeting At Pryor Junior High
The Miracle Strip Saddle Club meets tonight at Pryor Junior High School at seven. Tom Brock a first aid instructor will speak. Horse enthusiasts are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miracle Strip Saddle Club
Pryor Junior High School
Tom Brock
Fort Walton Beach Kiwanis Meet to Hear Probation Officer
The Fort Walton Beach Kiwanis Club will meet at noon today in the Sheraton Mira mar Motor Inn meeting room. Ray D. Fortner, Federal probation officer, will speak on the probation system. Visiting Kiwanians are welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Walton Beach
Kiwanis Club
Sheraton Miramar Motor Inn
Ray D. Fortner
Smog warning prompts indoor stay for Tokyo city residents
Tokyo officials urged 11.6 million residents to stay indoors and avoid cars as a first smog alert of the year cited high temperatures and factory and vehicle emissions. The alert echoed a February incident where 30 schoolgirls were overcome by choking smog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
UPI
School Board Sets Special Meeting on Meigs Junior High Renovation
Okalansa County School Board will meet today at Crestview courthouse for a brief special session. The single agenda item is board action on renovations at Meigs Junior High, with officials noting a second procedure beyond change orders is required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Okalansa County
Playground Daily News Subscription Rates Paper
Subscriptions offered for daily and Sunday editions with varying terms. Rates include single copies, advance by mail, and monthly options. Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Your Freedom
The
Playground Daily News Divison
Helldo Freedom Newspapers
Eglin Parkway
Walton Beach
Florida
Rhorida
Tipden Kates
Toner Beily
Mail Posible
Myer
House Panel Approves 5 Percent Social Security Increase
The House Ways and Means Committee backed a 5 percent boost for 26 million Social Security recipients as part of a broad welfare reform bill. Effective June 1 1972 the raise adds to prior increases and aims to fund through payroll tax changes reaching a 6.2 percent rate by 1975. Mills predicted strong House approval, arguing the plan is not inflationary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Ways and Means
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Senate
Nixon
Mills
Newsman
Ambassador Discusses Possible Mutual Troop Reductions
U S ambassador Jacob Beam met with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko to explore potential mutual reductions of forces in Europe. The talks followed Brezhnev's March 30 proposal at the 24th Soviet Communist party congress to begin negotiations on disarming central Europe. The embassy said the meeting focused on negotiating possibilities and will be reported to the State Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
U.S
Jacob 2. Beam
Andrei A. Gromyko
Europe
Beam
Gromyko
Soviet Communist Party
Ceneral
Leonid I. Brehnev
Brezhnev
State Department
Washington
William P. Rogers
Brehnzer
Tbilisi
Soviet
Georgia
NATO
Barrow Opposes CATV Education Requirements Bill
In Tallahassee a Senate committee adopted 6 3 a plan to require CATV firms to reserve channels for educational programming. Barrow moved to leave the bill pending halting full Senate debate. The measure would require smaller systems to devote two channels and larger ones to 30 percent educational content.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tallahassee
Fla
Senate
House
Senate Commerce Committee
Wiliam Barrow
Dcrestview
Barrow
Terrell Sessums
D-Tampa
Talbot
Sandy
D'Alemberte
D-Miami
CATV
Destin airport survey near completion amid funding talks
Connel and Associates engineers finish survey for Destin Airport improvements including extending the runway from 3500 to 5000 feet and evaluating a proposed new commercial terminal site near the old Strategic Air Force area. Okaloosa County must raise 35080 dollars by June 1 to match state funds, with bids on county land to cover the amount opened June 1 at 10 a.m. Fort Walton Beach Civic Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Destin
Connel and Associates
Miami
Destin Airport
Connel
U. S. Air Force
Strategic Air Force
Joe Mosier
Cecil Ancors
Okaloosa County
Ers
Mosier
Holiday Isles
Fort Walton Beach Civic Center
City Council Faces Ditch Closure Decision At Housing Project
Fort Walton Beach City Council set for 7 30 p m session to decide on enclosing a drainage ditch at the Robinwood Drive low rent housing site. Also to hear Lee Courter zoning dispute with Mary Esther Cutoff neighbors over nursery land and a proposed buffer zone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Walton Beach
City Hall
Robinwood Drive
Hollywood Boulevard
Don David
Walker
Lee Couter
Mary Esther Cutoff
Bear Parkway
Courter
Government Launches Campaign To Conserve Electrical Power
Washington AP report says federal government warns of an upcoming electric power crisis this summer. The Presidents Office of Emergency Preparedness projects brownouts and blackouts in parts of the United States due to low generating capacity and aging equipment, prompting a nationwide conservation drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
President's Office of Emergency Preparedness
United
West Coast
Agnew Links Withdrawal Timing to POW Negotiations
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew tells the American Red Cross convention that setting a firm Vietnam withdrawal date would trigger further concessions rather than POW releases. He cites Nixon offers, Hanoi acceptance of repatriation for 70 sick and wounded prisoners, and a plan for neutral internment under the Geneva Conventions as part of ongoing efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Spiro T. Agnew
Vietnam
North Vietnam
Agnew
Red Cross National Convention
Republic of Vietnam
Nixon
Hanoi
United States
South Vietnam
Indochina
Hospital Visiting Hours Report Summary
Fort Walton Beach and Niceville Valparaiso hospital admissions list patients by date. May 16 and May 17 include numerous names such as Alice Whitelaw John Benson Frances Johnson Paula Sewall Vernon Bruner Linda Wessel Virginia Barr Liz Osborne Morell Baggel Charles Stewart Baby Girl Baggett Tidy Young Marvin Conath Walter Harris and others. Okaloosa-Walton Hospital also lists admissions on May 16 and 17 with multiple names including Nel Tal King Casalener Thomas Stulie Cox and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Walton Beach Hospital
Alice Whitelaw
John Benson
Frances Johnson
Paula Sewall
Vernon Bruner
Linda Wessel
Virginia Barr
Liz Osborne
Morell Baggel
Charles Stewart
Okaloosa-Walton Hospital
Nel Tal- King
Casalener Thomas
Stulie Cox
Loise Gordon
Lena Chessher
III
Herretl Jr
Jin Wrackney
Sarah Senterfilt
Annie Adams
Rawley B. Newton
Gwendolyn Godwin
Bessie Battles
Naval Academy expels three seniors over drug use
At Annapolis two of the expelled seniors were in the top 15 of the 900 member class. Eight midshipmen were dismissed in total amid a drug probe. A nameless midshipman claimed about one quarter of the brigade uses marijuana regularly and one-third of the graduating class does as well. LSD and mescaline capsules were found during the investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
U.S. Naval Academy
Academy
Marijana
Annapolis Evening Capital
Moonday
Trident
Also Mentioned on This Page
H. D. Elmore
Crestview
Uled
House of Representatives
Elmore
UPI Telephoto
High Court
Okaloosa Digest
FWB
Choctaw
Cheetawhatchee High School
Digest and
Pcio General Meeting
Improvement Onzantzation
Chester Pruitt
Waukesha
Wis
Rodney VandeNoven
Detroit
NEW York
South Kearny
N.J
Hudson River
Lincoln Tunnels
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus
Port Authority
Stanley R. Resor
Resor
Saigon
Playground Daily News
Associated Press
United Press International
Niceville
Aude Biteed
Cirevistion
Hinton
Charles Blackburn
Mary Esther
Ocean City-Wright Volunteer Fire Department
Hurlburt Field
U.S. Air Force
Paul Parle
U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Winston Walker
David
Circ Tvuew
Okaloosa
Nenactment of Transportation
Ray Wilson
George M. Hotlinhead
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!