Five Year Plan Outlines 14.4 Million Okaloosa County Roads Budget
The Hate Road Board unveiled a five year, 14.4 million dollar program to widen and improve major routes in Okaloosa County. Key projects include Interstate 10 across the county, four laning Beal Parkway, Racetrack Road, US 98, and SR 285, with contracts planned through 1973 and beyond. Some work hinges on available funds.
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Bill Tennis
Destin
Walton County
Niceville
Beal Parkway
Main St
Yacht Club Dr
Cinco Bayou
Mary Esther
Racetrack Road
Egjin Parkway
Des|ast Pass
Rocky Bayou
Henson Named County Water and Sewer Manager
R. Henson of 721 Bradford Drive was appointed manager of Ocean Citys water and sewer facility. A retired geologist and petroleum engineer, he has resided in the Fort Walton Beach area twelve years and will start June 1. The post was vacant since Col. L.O. Roemerman retired in mid April. Henson is a University of Kansas graduate with extensive oil field experience in wells pumps and piping.
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R. Henson
Bradford Dr
Ocean City
Henson
Fort Walton Beach
Col
L.O. Roemerman
University of Kansas
Florida House Pushes Further Cuts to General Appropriations Bill
The Florida House resumes cutting the general appropriations package with at least 15 million more reductions planned. A primary spending bill of about 1445 billion was approved, with further amendments trimming funds from Medicaid and vehicle inspections while a capital outlay bill adds 16 million, totaling 1497 billion. Twenty one Democrats joined in forming a coalition to seek 143 million for teacher raises, as the Florida Education Association criticizes both plans as inadequate.
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Turlington
Brias
Forida Education Asseration
FEA
Senate
Beach buggy injures youth at Fort Walton Beach
Robert Fundaburk, 14, of 262 Ale conese Street, was admitted to Fort Walton Beach Hospital Sunday night after falling from a beach buggy. He sustained a compound leg fracture and remained under treatment as officials investigate the incident led by Officer Alpin.
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Robert Fundaburk
Lights On for Safety Plea Renewed by FHP
The Florida Highway Patrol urged motorists during the Memorial Day period to keep headlights on low beam daytime to boost alertness. Col. ILN Kirkman said the campaign runs through Tuesday midnight as troopers statewide assign extra patrol resources and issue dashboard stickers reading Lights On for Safety.
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Florida Highway Patrol
Col. Iln. Kirkman
Department of Public Safety
Two Die Four Hurt In Ebro Highway Crash
Two people died and four were injured in a head on collision on state highway 79 in Washington County about a mile south of the Ebro greyhound track. The victims included James Richard Sorrells 17 of Hart.
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Washington County
Ebro
James Richard Sorrells
Hart
National Memorial Day Observances Amid Rising Highway Toll
Across the United States memorial services honored war dead with flags on graves at National Cemetery Memphis and ceremonies in Milwaukee and Chicago. Yet the four day weekend saw traffic deaths climb past 290, with California leading at 28 fatalities and a high rate of highway crashes. Police report a collision on Route 79 near Graceville involved Sorrells and the Cauley car, causing injuries but no critical harm.
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Tenn
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United Press International
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Graceville
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Lake Harbin Road
Morrow
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Jimmy Cauley
Doraville
Willie Cauley
Ralph
Hazel Cauley
Washinton County
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Jimmie
Willie Canley
Lisenby
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Memorial Day Closures in Niceville and Valparaiso
Niceville City Hall will be closed Tuesday for Memorial Day while the sanitation department runs normally and police and fire departments answer emergencies. Valparaiso City Hall closes Tuesday for Memorial Day with police and fire departments remaining on duty. other services pause.
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Triceville
Niceville
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Sanitation Department
Valparaiso
Waving Pistol Brings Charges Against Airman Harris
Airman Malcolm D. Harris of the 3201 Air Base Group faced charges after police said he disturbed patrons at a Fort Walton Beach motel dining room by running and waving a pistol. He was charged with disorderly conduct and reckless display of firearms, and with assault and battery on his wife’s girlfriend Jo Ann Ring.
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Malcolm D. Harris
Lyens
Sahnday
Jo Ann Ring
Fort Walton Beach
Jeu
Hen Hendrix
Harris
Swimming Ban Placed Near Wayside Pier
The State Road Board banned swimming within 350 feet of the Wayside Fishing Pier on Santa Rosa Island for safety, during its first 1946 meeting at the Civic Auditorium. The measure aims to separate swimmers from fishermen along the shore.
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Saimmurg Witlun
Santa Rosa Island
State Road Board
Civic Auditorim
Mer
Aken
Kort Walten Bearh
Destin Man Recaptured After Escape in Holmes
Ray Wade a 32 year old Destin man was recaptured by Holmes County deputies about 35 miles from Bonifay after escaping from Constable Reuben Hendrix Thursday afternoon Wade was being transported to Justice of the Peace Howard Gill for disorderly conduct and three counts of petit larceny when the escape occurred A new escape charge was filed Sunday Wade held in Okaloosa County jail on a 31050 bond.
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Okaloosa County
Reuben Hendrix
Ray Wade
Holmes County
Hendrix
Wade
Justice of the Peace
Howard Cill
Eglin Parkway
Taylor
Destin
Gill
World Leaders Call for Peace at Pacem in Terris Conference
Thant and Pope Paul VI urged global peace at an international conference opening in Geneva. The event, themed Pacem in Terris, gathered dozens of leaders across arts, education and religion, though many canceled amid Middle East tensions.
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Pacem In Terris
Center For the Study of Democratic Institutions
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Calif
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Middle East
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U.S
Soviet Union
Youth Nabbed Inside Store In Wright Shopping Center
A sixteen year old youth was arrested early Saturday inside the Piegly Wiegly store at the Wright Shopping Center and charged with breaking and entering. Tannee Cobb, 901 Pineview Bld., was apprehended by Chief Investigator Driscoll Oglesby and Deputy Sheriff Honard Williams. The youth posted a 1500 bond and was released. Sheriff Ray Wiles reports the store had been under surveillance for a week following other breakins as investigators continue the case.
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Wright
Tannee Cobb
Pineview Bid
Nasser vows Gulf of Aqaba blockade by force if needed
Egypt’s president Gamal Abdel Nasser warned Sunday that Cairo will maintain the Gulf of Aqaba blockade by force if necessary and said there would be no Suez Canal if the United States or Western powers intervene on Israel’s side. Israel pledged resistance but offered no immediate challenge. Eshkol’s cabinet met all day, stressing aggression will be deterred by Israel’s forces. Thant warned the world risks a world war if nations fail to meet U.N. Charter obligations amid the Mideast crisis and Vietnam.
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Gulf of Aqaba
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Nasser
Egypt
Suez Canal
United States
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Eshkol
Yilal
Elath
New York
U.N
Thant
Mideast
Israel Tense Shelters Day as War Looms
Israel reports capturing a five man Egyptian reconnaissance group near the Gaza Strip while the nation braces for a possible decision on war or peace. Prime minister Eshkol convenes cabinet as air-raid shelters are dug and foreigners evacuate.
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Israel
UPI
Gaza Strip
Levi Eshkol
Abba Eban
United States
Eban
Johnson
Gulf of Aqaba
Lone Sailor Completes 28500 Mile Global Voyage
Plymouth crowds greet Sir Francis Chichester as he finishes the 28500 mile round-the-world trip aboard Gipsy Moth IV. The lone sailor is welcomed ashore after a historic voyage with a steady two-knot pace and a hero’s reception in Plymouth.
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Drake
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Walter
City Hall Closed For Memorial Day Observance
Fort Walton Beach City Hall will be closed Tuesday for Memorial Day. County offices close except schools which stay in session. Garbage trash service and emergency services such as fire and police remain in operation.
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Fort Walton Beach
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