Record Labor Day traffic toll tops 600 deaths
United Press International reports 631 people died in traffic accidents over the Labor Day holiday, the seventh straight holiday with a new highway death record. An overall toll including drownings and other accidents reached 799, with Ohio, Texas, Michigan and New York posting high counts and Alaska and New Hampshire reporting none.
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11th Armored Regiment Lands At War Port
The 11th Armored Regiment arrived at a South Viet Nam war port near Saigon to boost U.S. ground forces to about 308,000. The unit from Fort Meade Maryland, known as the Black Horse regiment, is a mobile force with tanks and armored personnel carriers.COMMANDER Col William Warren Cobb of Dallas leads a three-squadron regiment with air cavalry support. The arrival followed 5,500 Korean infantrymen of the White Horse Division landing at Ikha Trang earlier the same week.
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Albert suffers mild heart attack. Congress awaits fate
House Democratic leader Carl Albert of Oklahoma was hospitalized in Bethesda after a mild heart attack. Aides said he would rest and recover. Hale Boggs acted as floor leader. Observers noted potential impact on administration backed bills in the closing weeks of the 89th Congress.
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County Commissioners Choose Site For Shalimar Court House Annex
Okaloosa County selects a five point eight acre site west of Eglin Parkway south of Shalimar Club for the court house annex. James P Tras and wife deed the property to the county free of charge with construction to start within three years.
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Daily News
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Bombers Attack DMZ and Saigon Areas in Viet Nam War
U S B52s from Guam pounded Communist positions in the DMZ near the Geneva line and near Saigon plus targets around Da Nang and Hanoi. A Thunderchief fighter was shot down but the pilot rescued. Terrorist attacks and a curfew followed as elections approached.
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Gilmore Named By Kiwanis As President For 1967
Randy Gilmore was elected president of the Kiwanis Club of Fort Walton Beach at a Tuesday meeting at the Mira mar East motel. He will take office January 1, 1967 and heads the Electromagnetic Test Environment Department of Vitro Services. He has been with Vitro over 10 years and lives in Fort Walton Beach. Carl Bunge is 1st vice president with Dr. Gage Boyd as 2nd vice president and Tet Rothweil as treasurer. Board members include Dr. Uueh Hudson, Jerry L. Louns bheery, Glennon C. Peterson, James Starkey, Douglas Moody, Joe Green and Al Fields. The club plans a Navy tour to the aircraft carrier Lexington on September 1, with about 40 men invited. meet at Pensacola NAS gates at 5 am.
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Glennon C. Peterson
James Starkey
Douglas Moody
Joe Green
al Fields
Kiwanis Club
Navy
Lexington
Pensacola Nas
Oromhers
J. G. Melvin
Okalanisa Island
Tide Tables Weather Notes for Early September
The Bay Store Fort Walton provides tide tables for September 7 to 11 noting high and low times. Entries show daily high tides around early morning with corresponding low tides in afternoon or evening hours, including sept 11 high at 6 51 am and low at 8 20 pm.
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Soldier Seeks Union SDE Holland Private TALC
Private TALC Oosterboek announced plans to organize the Dutch Army union. The early demands include extra pay for weekend duties, fewer night duties, abolition of brass button polishing, and voting rights for all service members.
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Grippe Hits Rusk Enters Medical Center
Secretary of State Dean Rusk was admitted to Walter Reed Army Medical Center for treatment of a cold like flu. State Department spokesman said Rusk would stay a few days for medical care and observation.
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Atlanta Police Use Gas To End Black Rioting
Police used tear gas and warnings to disperse about 1000 rioting Black residents in Atlanta after a clash that left the mayor toppled from a car and the crowd surging through streets. Off duty officers were summoned as the melee flared again over a car theft confrontation.
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Allen
Choctaw High School Maintains Classic Hair Policy
Choctawhatchee High School in Fort Walton Beach enforces a strict dress and grooming code. Principal H A Bruner upholds crew cuts and short styles for boys and warns that violations may bring 3 to 10 day suspensions. Granny dresses and mini skirts are deemed poor taste for girls as well.
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Fancy Kitnaston
Choctawhatchee High School
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Britain
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Fort Walton Beach
Florida
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Choctaw
State says Coppolino wife died from drug not heart attack
Florida authorities allege in a bill of particulars that Carlo Coppolino killed his wife Carmela with the drug succinylcholine, not by coronary occlusion or natural causes. The case, tied to a New Jersey murder indictment, proceeds as a preliminary hearing is set for September 12.
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N.J
Carmela
Frank Schaub
Lynn Silvertooth
Cappolino
New Jersey
William Tf. Farber
Silvertooth
Florida
New York City
Famund Webb
Squibb Laboratory
Gordon Gibson
Coppolina
J. A. Adomat
Willam Farber
Mary Coppolina
Monica Coppolineo
Harriet
Clarice Gibson
Copolino
Arson Detection Meet Scheduled in Fort Walton Beach
Broward Williams the State Fire Marshal announced a one day arson detection seminar in Fort Walton Beach scheduled for Saturday at 9 a.m. The event at the city civic center is open to law enforcement fire personnel insurance reps lawyers and others. Experts will teach arson detection investigation and prosecution.
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Tallahassee
Broward Williams
Fort Watton Beach
Williams
Mystery Buzz Reveals Old Gift Powering Scratcher
Wayne B. Bell reports a整 eerie sound at Cave Animal Clinic. Dr Kinsaul and staff search the premises uncover a forgotten electric back-scratcher in a desk drawer. The device unexpectedly activates from its original box.
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