13 Sep 1966
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Newspaper
Playground Daily News
Location
Fort Walton Beach, Florida, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1966
Page
1
Fort Walton Beach billed Oster Company for rent on a $90 000 industrial building as a six month pilot operation began in January. City negotiations kept the company name out of local publicity while seeking to establish a garment industry presence in the area.
A fragment from a report shows Wallace G. Gransee stating he is not at liberty to comment further about the matter. The text references an Oster page and Morday, but details are incomplete.
A jar ring earthquake shook the High Sierra area causing a collapsed wall, house damage, and road blockages. A railroad and Interstate were briefly closed while rocks and slides were monitored near Reno and Truckee. no dam threat appeared. Ron Kirby and his family escaped the shaking.
Militant youths in a black power rally stormed streets near Georgia Baptist Hospital in Atlanta, hurling firebombs and rocks. It followed three nights of racial violence sparked by a white man fatally shooting a Black youth, with at least five firebombs and burning bottles aimed at police cars.
The forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies through Wednesday with scattered daytime thundershowers. Highs reach around 82 degrees while tonight remains mild and humid.
Tides for Destin Fast Pass show highs and lows from Sept 13 to Sept 18 with times for high and low tides. Notable entries include Sept 13 9:09 am high and 10:20 pm low, Sept 15 12:15 pm high, Sept 16 7:50 am high, Sept 17 11:39 pm high, and Sept 18 12:26 pm low. Tide data courtesy of the Bay Store Fort Walton Beach.
Fort Walton Beach residents urged the Public Works Committee to investigate August electric bills. The group, mainly from Elliotts Point, complained of high charges, citing estimated bills and low voltage. Gulf Power pledged to study voltage and assist households facing hardships.
Board fixes hearing date for Starnes appeal with Campbell retained as advisor. Campbell frames ground rules and notes the board will judge the hearings, focusing on whether Starnes resignation was voluntary rather than the original charges. He admits potential bias yet asserts impartiality in the process.
Space Center Houston reports Gemini II crew Charles Con rad and Richard Gordon docked with an Agena rocket on their first orbit. They backed off and redocked twice more for practice then overhauled the target satellite in about ninety minutes after liftoff at 10 42 a m EDT.
Report notes Cuban advisers named by officials but questions persist about presence of any Cuban military units in the area. No confirmation of troop deployments is provided.
Senator Smathers urged a two edged federal effort to reduce crime and equip police with training and pay. He warned democracy at home requires law and order to prevent anarchy that could threaten civil liberties and boost crime in cities amid rising fear of lawlessness.
Public opinion surveys show President Johnson at 30 percent approval, the lowest since his entry to the White House. The Harris survey cites domestic price rises, riots, airline strikes, and stock market declines as causes. Gallup warns of deeper trouble unless Vietnam improves. predicts GOP gains in House seats in November elections.
U S Air Force planes pounded a North Viet Nam missile site for the sixth straight day, destroying two missiles and a transporter. Pilots reported two secondary fires and explosions at the site 90 miles north of Dong Hai. Navy Skyhawks from the carrier Franklin D Roosevelt hit aircraft and fuel storage areas north of Thanh Hoa, bringing smoke to 9 000 feet.
Destin Chamber plans a Sept. 2 promotional tour by Alfred T. Gant and members to media outlets in Birmingham Nashville Chicago Indianapolis Milwaukee Minneapolis Des Moines Omaha Kansas City Wichita Oklahoma City New Orleans. They will tour Destin and the Miracle Strip, inviting newsroom staff to visit as guests.
At the AGOS briefing attendees were assigned to small tables by numbered draws. A spectator noted Florida allows lotteries and Sheriff Ray Wilson provided a prompt response with a taunting remark about enrollment, prompting the room to laugh.
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