Chest Drive Opens In Fort Walton Beach Tuesday
Okaloosa County Community Chest Drive starts Tuesday in Fort Walton Beach aiming for an $18,000 local goal and $108,368 countywide. Fort Walton Beach chair Wayne Patton says a 8 am breakfast at Staff's Restaurant will feature Rev Wade Hopkin as principal speaker.
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Dedication Set For Stadium in Niceville Night
Niceville Senior High prepares a stadium dedication tonight before the NSHS Eagles meet the Choctawhatchee Indians. The game starts at 6 pm, with seating for 5,000. A public fish fry runs 4 to 7 pm in the NSHS cafetorium, with tickets at 1 dollar per plate and 50 cents for children.
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Brazil Air Ministry bans Beatie haircuts and facial hair
Air ministry orders officers to discard Beatie haircuts and shave beards goatees and sideburns. Mustaches are banned among enlisted men. The directive shapes grooming standards across ranks in the Brazilian Air Force.
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Navy Plans Boost in Combat Plane Output
The Navy will receive a majority of a planned production rise for tactical aircraft, with the current annual output between 800 and 1,000 planes. The move follows Pentagon orders linked to North Viet Nam operations and a related U.N. speech by J. L. Goldberg, amid tactical deployments over North Viet Nam.
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Airman Dukes Fined in Fort Walton Beach Court
Airman Curtis Dukes of the 32 Owil Engineers at Eglin AFB appeared in City Court in Fort Walton Beach for a second time. He faced fines totaling 102 dollars after claims about informing police prior to charges were disputed. An air police sergeant testified Dukes could have appeared, and the judge noted contempt of court bringing the APs as witnesses twice.
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Weather Outlook With River Readings Near Jim Woodruff
Clear to partly cloudy and mild through Saturday. River readings show Blountstown at 61, with Jim Woodruff readings noted as part of the local river status.
Tide Tables for Destin and East Pass
Tide tables for Destin and East Pass show highs and lows for Friday through Sunday. Times and figures include high tides around 4:45 a.m. and 6:5 p.m. with lows near 5:56 p.m. and 7:38 p.m. courtesy of the Bay Store Fort Walton Beach.
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Bomb at Cuban Embassy in Ottawa Shatters Windows
A home made timing device using antitank rockets detonated at the Cuban Embassy in Ottawa injuring no one. Felipe Rivero Diaz of the Cuban Nationalist Movement claimed responsibility, saying Canada is targeted in the anti Castro war. A detective said damage was limited to broken glass and no staff were injured.
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New U S Peace Offensive Met With Varied Reactions
Saigon reports describe minefield incidents near Phuc Vinh harming a soldier and prompting a second detonation that killed six more troops. Air and naval strikes against North Vietnam resumed with no MiGs intercepted. 19 MiGs spotted earlier. In South Vietnam Marines advanced south of the DMZ to disrupt infiltration as plant-killing chemicals were used to create a no man’s land. A separate embassy blast damaged the Spanish inscription on a Cubana-linked bazooka shell.
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Deputy Drowns While Witness Calls For Help At Nokomis Home
Sarasota deputy sheriff Richard Claude Curry drowned near his Nokomis home after an anonymous caller urged the sheriff’s office to act. A dozen skin divers reached the scene within an hour, and Curry’s body was recovered shortly before noon.
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Hurlburt Unit Meets Chest Quota Ahead of Schedule
The Data Automation Branch of the 420th Controller Division reports that their unit achieved 119 percent of its chest quota this week. Captain Vernon C. Holcomb credits the Fair Share effort to the entire section and acknowledges Sergeants and staff for their contribution.
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Surveyor 2 Crash Ends Moon Mission In Fire Of Retro Rockets
In Pasadena, Surveyor 2 slammed into the moon at 6000 miles an hour after its descent motors failed to fire. The impact occurred near Copernicus in the central moon, with signals ending abruptly as retro rockets caused a power loss.
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Six Women Die in Fiery Two-Car Wreck Near Here
Six Peaks area nurses died and three other women were injured in a two-car collision. The crash left five victims from Peoria area and Cabery with two nurses killed on impact as a passing trucker pulled others from the flames. Coroner reports the other car occupants also perished.
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Red Cross
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Peaks Area
Charles Olson
Douglas Proctor
Jean Schmidt
M. Aselt Tuzun
Peoria
Louise Koerner
Cabery
Majorie Ginter
Cullom
Paul Cady
Donald Terry
Margaret Dietz
PEP Club Opens New Canal Group Meeting Attendance Grows
The PEP Club held its second meeting Wednesday night inviting new citizens to join the progressive community project. Retired Enlisted Men's Pressley and other representatives attended, signaling broad local support for the club's aims.
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United States Proposes Viet Nam Talks Amid Cold Communist Reception
In a General Assembly address United States envoy Arthur Goldberg urged negotiations on the Viet Nam war and offered to halt bombings and troop deployments if Hanoi concedes. He sought to reassure Red China on disarmament and hinted at further concessions while critics urged actions over words. The reception from Communist delegates was cool and some officials urged concrete deeds.
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Israel unemployment may hit five thousand this year
The Labor Ministry said unemployment could reach 5 000 in the year, double the 1965 figure. It noted the history high jobless rate of 2 and an average of 4 000 unemployed. There were 277 strikes and lockouts in 1965 involving 1 000 workers.
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Chamber Urges PEP Members to Collaborate with Chamber
The Chamber, led by Mayor James Tras, unanimously invited the PEP group to join chamber committees to coordinate efforts for regional industry and canal project aims. Publisher Wayne Bell said he was invited to PEP and noted its canal focus, which the Chamber previously rejected.
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Library fines still two cents a day says Winnie Pitts
Winnie Pitts notes library fines have not changed since she was a girl. A two cent daily overtime charge remains for overdue books, a price she says has stayed steady over the years.
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