Bomb Threats Spur Call for Capitol Security Center
Chester Blakemore cites 50 to 60 threats to the Florida Capitol and state buildings as he pushes a bill for a Capitol center security division. The plan, supported by Cabinet committees, would fund an FBI trained chief and a 7 to 8 member crew with 24 hour patrols and new surveillance gear, but lacks the $415 203 appropriation.
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Tallahassee
UPI
Chester Blakemore
Capitol
Blakemore
Capitol Center
Okaloosa Digest Notices Required in Person
Local groups must submit their items in writing to the Playground Daily News office. Notices cannot be taken by phone and must be delivered by a representative of the organization seeking publication.
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Okaloosa Digest
Playground Daily News
PGDN
CSCC to Hold Quarterly Meeting in Fort Walton Beach
The Community Services Coordinating Council of Okaloosa County and Northwest Florida will meet at noon June 3 in the Holiday Inn Fort Walton Beach. Guest speakers include Robert Cook of the Division of Youth Services and Rev. John Ware of the Okaloosa County Alcoholism Program. Reservations to 434214. Fort Walton Beach Lions Club also meets at noon today at the Sheraton Miramar. Visiting Lions are invited.
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Community Services Coordinating Council
Okaloosa County
Northwest Florida
Holiday Inn
Fort Walton Beach
Robert Cook
Division of Youth Services
John Ware
CSCC
Fort Walton Beach Lions Club
Sheraton
Viking Student Art Exhibit Opens at Fort Walton Beach High
The Fort Walton Beach High School hosts the second annual student art exhibit in the main library from June 1 to June 4 with awards in junior and senior divisions. Judges include Van Porter Connie Gilbert and Clyde Jackson. Mobile home owners are urged to attend a county commission meeting at 10 am Tuesday at the Municipal Auditorium to discuss water and sewer fees and availability.
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Fort Wallon Beach High School
van Porter
Connie Gilbert
Clyde Jackson
County Commission
Fort Walton Beach Municipal Auditorium
ARRTC Officers Wives Club Holds Morning Meeting
The ARRTC Officer s Wives coffer is set for 10 a m Thursday on the patio of the new Officers Club. All recently arrived wives are invited to attend to get acquainted. Reservations: Mrs Warner Britton 885-95 Mrs Robert Bunker 885-6704 Mrs Frank Watkins 243-1198.
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ARRTC
Warner Britton
Robert Bunker
Frank Watkins
Playground Daily News subscription rates and offices
The Playground Daily News lists its main office in Fort Walton Beach and bureau locations in Crestview Niceville and Valparaiso. It details subscription pricing for daily and Sunday editions by month and year and notes compliance with the Audit Bureau of Circulation.
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Your Freedom
The
Playground Daily News
Aviion
Blorick
Freedom
Eglin Parkway
Ft. Walton Beach
Florida
Set
Claus
Fort Walton Beach
Herida
Associated Press
United Press International
Crestview
Downtown restaurant fire prompts five alarm response
The basement blaze trapped downtown diners as smoke rose into the restaurant. Fire Chief P O Williams said five alarms and 11 engines plus seven ladder trucks battled the three hour blaze. Mayor Sam Massell noted the peril and the difficulty in crowded streets. Firemen reported flames still visible an hour later amid ongoing efforts to contain the fire.
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P. O. Williams
Willams
Atlanta
Sam Massell
Arthur Kaplan
Police Department
Reds Tighten Defenses On Ho Chi Minh Trail In Laos
Communist forces raise antiaircraft defenses along the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Laos by over 25 percent since February. The new setups at key trail junctions include 37 and 85 mm guns. Route 23 becomes a major supply link, while rains threaten to hinder trucking. Vietnamese and U.S. forces report heavy shelling and a company sized assault near Artillery Base Five, with at least 27 Communists killed and 23 Vietnamese casualties.
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Saigon
Aps
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laos
Military Hero Audie Murphy Plane Missing
Warner Robins Ga AP reports Audie Murphy the most decorated US soldier of WW2 is aboard a missing plane with four other men. The craft left Peachtree-DeKalb airport in Atlanta Friday bound for Martinsville Virginia and has not been heard from. Perry Sullivan of the rescue center gave details but the pilot’s identity and flight plan status remain unclear.
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Warner Robins
Audie Murphy
Eastern Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Center
Perry Sullivan
Center
Antorcraft
Murphy
Peachtree-DeKalb
Atlanta
Martinsville
Sullivan
Claude Crosby
Jack Littleton
Raymond Prater
Ky Plans Run for Presidency in Viet Nam Election
Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky, former prime minister in 1965, announced plans to seek the presidency this fall. U.S. officials will stay hands off the Oct. 3 election, though Ky cautioned plans could change before the filing deadline and events before summer. Ambassador Bunker has known Ky sought support and funds, while U.S. policy remains noninterventionist.
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U.S
Ellsworth Bunker
Nguyen van Thieu
Funeral services for James Clifton Holler Jr.
Funeral services for James Clifton Holler Jr., 45, of 621 Powell Drive N E, are set for 10 a m Tuesday at Shalimar Methodist Church with Rev D H Rucker officiating. Burial will follow at Barrancas National Cemetery Pensacola. Holler a former U S Air Force member born in Philadelphia is survived by his wife June and children Susan Jimmy Jeff of Fort Walton Beach plus his mother Erma Holler of Pennsylvania and one grandchild. McLaughlin Mortuary is handling arrangements.
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James Clifton Holler Jr
Powell Drive
N.E
Shalimar Methodist Church
H. Rucker
Barrancas National Cemetery
Pensacola
Holler
U.S. Air Force
Philadelphia
June
Israelis See Possibility Of Opening Suez Canal
Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban said diplomatic efforts to reopen the Suez Canal may still succeed despite gaps with Egypt. He called it the best chance to save the waterway closed since the 1967 war. He added Egypt must respond to renewal proposals submitted to Secretary Rogers during his Middle East peace mission.
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United Press International
Abba Eban
Suez Canal
Israel
Egypt
Middle East
Cairo Radio
Anwar Sadat
Cairo
Sumya
Eban
Israeli Defense Forces Radio
Tel Aviv
William P. Rogers
Tot Swim Classes Create Controversy
UPI reports that pediatricians warn against teaching children under age three to swim as pools reopen nationwide. The American Academy of Pediatrics with AMA committee on sports medicine and the Red Cross support the policy amid criticism from many swim teachers who call it unrealistic.
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Washington
UPI
American Academy of Pediatrics
American Medical Association
Committee On
American Red Cross
Scott McCoy
Bartlesville
Oklo
Hospital Visiting Hours and Admissions Report
Fort Walton Beach Hospital records admissions on May 29 and 30 listing Faye Roberts Harold Saltsman Lillian Maltero Richard Cook Judith Vilardi Ronald Moore Harvey Key John Barbaree Elizabeth Mutual James Meeks Cristell Milstead Grover Stokes Annie Kimbril Connie Garrett Addie Crabtree for Okaloosa Memorial and Niceville Valparaiso facilities.
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Faye Roberts
Harold Saltsman
Lillian Maltero
Richard Cook
Judith Vilardi
Ronald Moore
Harvey Key
John Barbaree
Elizabeth Mutual
James Meeks
Okaloosy Memorial Hospital
Cristell Milstead
Grover Stokes
Annie Kimbril
Connie Garrett
Niceville-Valparaiso Hospital
Advertising Campaign Boosts Incal Chamber and Tourism
The Oka Joosa Island Authority funded a 12 city blitz from New Orleans to Indianapolis, flooding the Incal Chamber of Commerce with over 3 000 inquiries. Iris Baughman notes heavy spring interest, calls for volunteers, and Chamber efforts drawing visitors and residents to Okaloosa County for better roads schools and services. The Host Committee underwrites event costs, and the chamber seeks to grow from 418 to 1 000 members to boost the local economy.
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Oka- Joosa Island
Incal Chamber of Commerce
New Orleans
Indianapolis
Ind
Moterman Holton Hudson
Iris Baughman
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