Askew Suspends Jefferson County Sheriff in Moonshine Probe
Jefferson County Sheriff Don Watson was suspended by Gov. Reubin Askew hours after state auditors searched his Monticello office. Acting sheriff Ike Grant, 26, was named to serve. Watson called the charges a frame up as an indictment on six misdemeanors and a felony looms.
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Tallahassee
Jefferson County
Don Watson
Reubin
Watson
Florida
Askew
Don Pride
Ike Grant
Monticello
George Warner
Warner
Ike Anderson
Okaloosa Digest Items for Playground Daily News Notices
Local organizations must submit written notices to the Playground Daily News office for publication in the Okaloosa Digest. Telephoned submissions cannot be accepted, and officials should bring their notices in person or have a representative deliver them.
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Okaloosa
Playground Daily News
Representate
GDN
Knights of Columbus Game Night At K of C Hall
The Knights of Columbus host game night at the K of C Hall 205 Carol Ave Hamburgers snacks and refreshments available. The public is invited. Memorial Day holiday for Fort Walton Beach city employees City Hall closed but essential departmental staff keep regular hours and emergency personnel will be on call. Call 243-7661 for city assistance.
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Knights OF Columbus
K of C Hall
Carol Ave
Carol Aye
Beal Street
Mary Esther
Fort Wallon Beach
Police Department
Destin Legion
Destin American Legion Past 296
Niceville-Valparaiso
Greater
Fort Walton Beach
Rhode Island Ratifies 18-Year-Old Voting Amendment
Governor Licht signs the ratification after the House approves 73 to 2 and the Senate earlier passed the measure. The move makes Rhode Island the 30th state to back a constitutional amendment granting 18-year-olds the right to vote in all elections. The amendment requires 38 states to ratify.
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Providence
Rhode Island
U.S
Frank Licht
House
Senate
VFW Leader Proposes Link Pullout to POW Releases
H R Rainwater commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars testifies before the Senate urging troop withdrawals be tied to prisoner releases. He argues progress in Vietnam is ignored while urging no unilateral withdrawal until North Vietnam frees prisoners. He suggests a fixed end date for withdrawals and cites his 1.6 million member group.
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Wasitington
U.S
Vietnam
H. R. Rainwater
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Rainwater
House
Senate
Nixon
Hoe
North Vietnam
Paul N. McCloskey Jr
R-Calif
South Vietnam
Laos
United States
Rimnwater
My Lai
Indochina
House Vote Expands Liquor Tobacco Tax Measures
Florida House approved 63 to 46 a $14 million tobacco and alcohol tax package but struck an $8 million advertising tax from the sales tax bill. A 2 percent services tax, including attorney fees, survived with $7.5 million earmarked for cities. The three-bill package aims to balance the state budget, with Friday expected completion.
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Tallasassee
Fla
Florida
Reward Set for Bomb Hoaxer Ties Down Australia
Australian officials offered rewards totaling 56 200 for information leading to the conviction of a bomb hoaxer who extorted Qantas of 560 000. An international manhunt is underway for the mastermind and courier who collected the ransom from Qantas general manager Capt. Robert J. Ritchie. Scotland Yard and Internal Police were notified and a description of the courier was released.
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Sydney
UPI
Qantas
Criminal Investigation Branch
Ray Lendrum
Robert J. Ritchie
Mr. Brown
Ritchie
William MacMahon
Playground Daily News subscription rates and staff
Publication details for Playground Daily News include offices in Crestview and Niceville with addresses for subscriptions and advertising. Rates list daily and Sunday options by mail, with monthly and yearly terms and contact numbers.
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Associated Press
United Press Internationa
Crestview
Vaup-Niceville
Cartier Daly
Sunder
Sing
Sepy
Audit Bureau of Circukotion
Aerosol Bomb Used Against Mines in Indochina War
The United States introduces a limited use aerosol bomb that disperses vaporized fuel to form a fuel air mix ignited to create a blast and concussion. Officials say it clears landing zones of mines and booby traps and can uncover bunkers while avoiding shrapnel.
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Saigon
United States
U.S
Cal
Robert W. Leonard
Leonard
71 Merit Scholarship Test Being Rescored
The 1971 National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test answer sheets for about 50 000 juniors will be rescored by Science Research Associates due to a technical foulup. New scores mailed by Sept 1 will affect roughly 16 percent of test takers with mostly one or two point changes from a 165 maximum. The cutoff for semifinalists starts around 130 and varies by state.
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Chicago
Science Research Associates
SRA
Romanian jet hijacked over Vienna by six Romanians
Six Romanian hijackers armed with pistols rifles and a dagger seized an Ilyushin 14 of Tarom in Oradea and forced it to Vienna. The plane landed after a tire was damaged by gunfire. police surrounded the aircraft and the hijackers surrendered two hours later. The six said they preferred jail in Romania to life there, while authorities considered extradition in line with prior regional cases.
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Vienna
Romania
Munich
West Germany
Oradea
Bucharest
Schwechat
Agerpres
Austria
Agerpress
Europe
Tennessee Mayor Seeks Guard Stay Amid Chattanooga Turmoil
Chattanooga mayor Robert Kirk Walker asks remaining National Guardsmen to stay after curfew and emergency order lifts. Brig. Gen. Van Nunally says forces will be released in part, with a reduced guard on duty in Chattanooga. Police report limited violence after weekend rioting and beer ban, despite prior unrest and firebombings.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Chattanooa
Robert Kirk Walker
van Nunally
Nashville
Walker
Tennessee National Guard
Inner City
Lithuanian Seaman Kudirka Sentenced to 10 Years for Treason
Kudirka, the Lithuanian seaman who leaped from a Soviet ship to a U S Coast Guard cutter seeking asylum, was sentenced to ten years in prison on treason charges by a Vilnius court. The case, criticized by President Nixon, followed his forcible return to the Soviet vessel after the dramatic 1961 rescue attempt.
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Moscow
Simas A. Kudirka
U.S
Coast Guard
America
Kudirka
Martha's Vineyard
Mass
Nixon
Sovietskaya Litva
Boston
Vicilant
Willian B. Ellis
Fletcher W. Brown Jr
Congressional
Heroin Casualties Warned By Congressmen In Vietnam Study
Washington UPI Rep Robert Stetle and Rep Morgan Murphy warned at a news conference that up to 40 000 GIs or about 15 percent of troops in Vietnam are heroin addicts. They suggested removing heroin availability and possibly bringing troops home within two months. The study tour spanned eight nations and was funded by the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
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Washington
UPI
Vietnam
Robert Stetle
R-Conn
Morgan Murphy
D-St
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Fort Welton Hospital Admissions May 96
Okiloosa Memorial Hospital admissions list includes Dorothy Grice, Robert Brown, Aunt Sunday, and Joseph Oswald on May 27. Earlier May entries include Sharon Wright, Caral Nezat, Iniam Henderson, Fohwtim-Beaho, Carlton Johnson. Baby Girl names Jackson Breckenridge Simsons Johnson and Sherry So Well appear in the May notes.
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Fort Welton Reach
Baby Girl Jackson
Mary Jackson
Baby Girl Breckenridge
Elizabeth Breckenridge
Jane Simmons
Alma Johnson
Sherry So- Well
Sharon Wright
Caral Nezat
iNiam Henderson
Fohwtim — Beaho
Carlton Johnson
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