Okaloosa County Digest Notices and Community Events
A collage of local notices outlines menus for Okaloosa County schools on Wednesday September 20 featuring chicken and dumplings, greens, sweet potatoes, corn muffins. The notice includes club meetings, classes, and events from FWB Rotary, Senior Citizens Square Dancing, Knights of Columbus, USO Karate, Cerebral Palsy preschool program, Extension Homemakers, Fish fry political rally for Dan Merrill, Corvette Club meeting, Belles and Beaux square dance, Fort Walton Beach Woman’s Club luncheon and fashion show, and public hearings on condominiums and cooperative apartments with dates and contact details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Okaloosa County
FWB
Fort Walton Beach
Holiday Inn
Okaloosa Island
Robert Dickerson
Shalimar Methodist Church
Eden
Senior Citizen
Senior Citizen Club
Tollie Taylor
Senior Citizen Center
Hollywood Blvd
Sandy Sisson
Knights of Columbus
Kofc
Carol Ave
USO
Jim Rodrigues
United Cerebral Palsy Center
Florida
First Methodist Church
Shalimar Extension Homemakers Club
Shalimar Presbyterian Church
Merrill
Dan Merrill
Jaycee Park
FWE Woman's Club
Former Lavelle Officer Quoted on Unauthorized Bombings
Maj. Gen. Alton D. Slay testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee that pressure from higherups prompted Lavelle era bombings in North Vietnam earlier this year. Slay said Washington directives and fears of Communist troop buildups drove aggressive actions and disputed authority limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
UPI
John D. Lavelle
North Vietnam
Alton D. Slay
Lavelle
Vietnam
Senate Armed Services Committee
D-Miss
Slay
Irish Gunrunners Bond Set At One Hundred Thousand Each
Five Irishmen jailed since June for refusing to testify before a federal grand jury face bonds of 100000 dollars apiece. Kenneth Tierney Paschal Morahan Matthias Reilly Daniel Crawford and Thomas Laffey are charged in a gunrunning probe tying Texas to Ireland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abilene
Tex
U. S
Leo Brewster
Brewster
U. S. Supreme Court
William C. Douglas
Kenneth Tierney
Yonkers
N. Y
Paschal Morahan
New York City
Matthias Reilly
Braugelt
Daniel Crawford
Thomas Laffey
Williston Park
Tarrant County
Reds Up Pressure On Central Coast
Communist forces increased attacks along a 30 mile coastal front in central Vietnam overrunning part of Ba To district town and shelling three other government positions. Three U S advisers were wounded by mortar fire as fighting in Dinh Binh province left 200 of an estimated 1000 attackers dead over three days. The U S said a Navy Crusader jet crashed near Iland with two crewmen missing.
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Saigon
UPC
South Vietnam
U.S
Ba To
Populous
Dinh Binh
North Vietnam
U.S. Command
Iland
Hanoi
de Viet
Binh Dinh
Quang Neai
Viet
Quang Tri City
UPS
Barney Seibert
Thach Han
Quang Tri
da Nang
South China Sea
Quang Ngai
Senate Panel Adds Antiwar Rider to Aid Bill
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved an antiwar amendment by Edward Brooke to a 1.55 billion foreign military aid bill. It would halt U S funding for Vietnam within four months after passage unless all forces withdraw from Indochina, with POW and MI A accounting as conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Washington
Sen
Edward W. Brooke
R-Mass
Vietnam
U.S
Indochina
House
Philippines
Thailand
Public Service Commission urged to trim rate hike request
The Florida Public Service Commission was asked to cut Southeastern Telephone Co. rate increase from 5 015 000 by 62 000. Attorney General Robert Shevin argued the larger hike would yield 9.34 percent return on investment, above the requested 8.86 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tallahassee
UPI
Public Service Commission
Southeastern Telephone Co
Robert Shevin
Plants Confiscated By Local Officials In Crestview Area
The sheriff's department seized four well-grown marijuana plants in the Crestview area by Deputies Martel McCallum and Bobby Burke while acting on information from private citizens. The plants were seeding, which could have multiplied. Sheriff Ray Wilson urged informants to contact his office with confidentiality. Also, Deputy John Seay dispatched a sick fox in Longwood and buried it after humane society rabies checks failed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheriff's Department
Martel McCallum
Bobby Burke
Crestview
Ray Wilson
Wilson
Longwood
John Seay
Seay
Humane Society
Ugandan Forces Claim Rout of Tanzanian Invasion
Uganda reports a 1,000-man invasion from Tanzania routed with 300 killed and supplies seized. One U S Peace Corps volunteer Louis Morton killed and Robert Freed wounded. 5 other corpsmen arrested. Mutual border towns recap tured and civilians warned amid ongoing fighting.
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Kampala
UPI
Tanzania
Radio Uganda
Washington
Peace Corps
Louis W. Morton
Houston
Texas
Robert E. Freed
Madison
Wis
Uganda
British High Commission
Mutukula
Pollution Hearings Scheduled
The Florida Pollution Control Board set hearings for a variance request by Regis Paper Co to exceed emission limits for bark burning furnaces and for a dredge and fill permit for the Jackson County Port Authority project on the Apalachicola River. Hearing times were 10 a.m. October 2 at the department’s new headquarters and 9:10 a.m. September 26 in the Larson Building.
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Tallahassee
UPS
Florida Pollution Control Board
West
Florida
Regis Paper Co
Jackson County
Apalachicola River
Larson
U.S. Attache Richard Barret Arrested at Syrian Border
UPI reports Syrian authorities seized Maj. Richard Barret, the new U.S. assistant military attache in Amman, at the Ramtha border crossing on Sept. 9 while en route to Beirut to meet his wife and daughter. Washington sought quiet release with no bargaining, with Italy protesting for American interests after Syria cut relations in 1967. Israel says five Lebanese servicemen were captured in a two day southern Lebanon operation, with three Israeli fatalities and six wounded.
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United Press International
U.S
Jordan
Beirut
Damascus
Richard Barret
Lebanon
An Nahar
Barret
Ramtha
Washington
Barrel
State Department
Charles W. Bray
Amman
Bray
Syria
Cairo
al Akhbar
Israel
Tel Aviv
Senate panel opens study on food additives and risks
The Senate began a Tuesday inquiry into sweeteners dyes preservatives emulsifiers fresheners and flavor enhancers used in foods. Chairman Sen Gaylord Nelson noted Americans reportedly consume about five pounds of additives each year and industry figures estimate over a billion pounds annually with sales above 500 billion dollars.
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Washington
UPS
Senate
Gaylord Nelson
Wis
Nutrition and Health
Snl
Circuit Court Defendants Plead Guilty in Crestview
Two defendants in Crestview circuit court changed from not guilty to guilty pleas. David Payne age 19 of Mary Esther and Charles Vosbury age 46 of Fort Walton Beach faced charges including marijuana possession and burglary. Judge Powell ordered pre sentence investigations and appointed public defenders for both.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crestview
David Robert Payne
Gap Creek Road
Mary Esther
Offereb
Gints Powell
Mayne
Dan Campbell
Charles W. Voshurpi
Roders St
Kort Walton Beach
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Okaloosa Digest
Playground Daily News
PGDN
Corvette Club
Preston Hood Chevrolet
St. Simon's Church
Home Builders Association
Escambia County Health Department
Pensacola
Jerry Melvin
Tupelo Ave
Demilitarized Zone
Lowry Air Force Base
Stennis and Sons
Peter Dominick
Rcorp
Harold Hughes
D-Iowa
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Stennis
7Th Air Force
GOP
Robert Dole
Kansas
Eft
Jean Westwood
National Press Club
Ireland
Fort Worth
West Texas
New House
West Audrey Dr
Grady Henderson
Fort Walton
Bud Gilley
Apache Development Corp
334 -Gin Parkway
Walter Gauspohi
Reds
Central Coast
Cuckoo
Slansted
England
UPI Phota
Mike Mansfield
Hugh Scott
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Bay County
St. Andrews Bay
Atlanta
Internal Revenue Service
Chamblee Irs Center
U.S. Treasury Department
IRS
Emily Butler
Betty Davis
Davis
Butler
Your Freedom
Playgrow
DAI Games Ter de
Plana
United Pre
Talon
Ional Palin
Masaka
Idi Amin
Julius Nyerere
Milton Obate
Jinja
Amin
Nyerere
Obote
Circuit Court
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