Pensacola News Journal Sunday, September 8. 1991 J5222E 1992 sheriffs race could be crowded 4B I 1 i rrrnnr-srnn noninnnn I Political Discussions of budget cuts and new taxes aren't usually a laughing matter, but Escambia County commissioners injected some humor Tuesday. Former Florida Highway Patrol Trooper C.C. "Dusty" Rhodes, 53, of Gulf Breeze has filed the paperwork necessary to begin collecting money for a campaign against AC OH FRAI3 OIL Your Choice In a freewheel Each 1 0ILF11JEB: Dttpi ing debate with Sheriff Charlie Johnson over budget cuts that would leave him without money for new cars, Commissioner Wilson Robertson iokinelv Ques LOltman. Another south Santa Rosa resident, Gulf Breeze Police Chief Jerry Brown, also is mentioned frequently as a possible candidate.
In the northern and central Darts of the LIMIT 2 MUST PRESENT COUPON PRICES GOOD THRU SATURDAY I i Willie Junior owner of Junior Funeral Home argued that commissioners should not consider tax increases in tough economic times. Junior said like a business, the county should cut expenses and live within its means. can't go out and hire an assassin to help my business," Junior joked. SANTA ROSA'S 1992 county Brown In 1988, Coffman's department arrested Wilson on charges he tried to hire a Pace logger to murder longtime county political figure Ben Henry Pooley. A jury found Wilson not guilty.
And Tom Barrow of Jay, a sheriffs corporal whose March 12 firing by Coffman was overturned by the county's Civil Service Board last month, is rumored to be thinking about trying to take his boss' job in next year's election. PENSACOLA WASNT the only city divided over plans to convert the USS Lexington into a waterfront museum. Corpus Christi, Texas, also has many residents who are disgruntled with the plan. The city council authorized the sale of up to $3 million in bonds to finance Corpus Christi's attempt to get the historic aircraft carrier after it is decommissioned by the Navy. A taxpayers' watchdog group there has been attending recent council meetings bearing protest signs and speaking out against spending any public dollars on the ship.
Staff writers Craig Myers, Roger T. Robinson and Dave Casey contributed to this report. tioned another Lee commissioner's motives. Commissioner W.A. "Buick" Lee a.k.a.
"Buck" Lee, co- BIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN COLLEGE owner of Jack Lee Buick objected to the sheriffs budget cuts because he said deputies needed new cars. Robertson countered: "Some may like to see them county, at least three names pop up when courthouse talk turns to the sheriffs race. Donnie Sowell, a Milton funeral director, has talked about running for the county's top law enforcement job in the past but hasn't done so. While Sowell isn't saying for certain he'll run, he doesn't deny he's thinking seriously about following through on those plans in 1992. Clifford Wilson, a former county commissioner and Harold sawmill owner, also is rumored to be testing the waters for a sheriffs elections are still a year away, but if half the courthouse rumors are true, the ballot could be a long one.
The list of potential candidates for sheriff is lengthy. Sheriff Man. A L3L C-'Mih driving brand Junior new Buicks." At another point, Commissioner riece Coffman Coffman plans to seek a third term. Smart missile part of new generation Test went flawlessly, Air Force says PREVIEW DAYS For High School Seniors and Juniors Saturday, October 12 Saturday, November 16 One of 'America's 50 Top Liberal Arts Colleges" '-Vie Natioml Review College Guide, 1991 75 low altitudes without exposing the aircraft to enemy air defenses," said Chip Wolfe, the program office manager of the Hercules contract. "This greatly increases aircraft survivability." "It also provides a true launch-and-forget capability and can be employed in almost all lyable weather from any aircraft that can carry Maverick, missiles," he said.
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The project was the first test launch of an air-to-ground missile guided solely by millimeter wave radar without help from the aircraft after launch. The AGM-65 Maverick missile was fired against a simulated surface-to-air missile site amid a clutter of tanks and other armored vehicles at an Eglin Air Force Base range. Programmed to look for an air defense unit, the missile was released from an F-16 fighter jet 7 kilometers from the target. The missile identified the surface-to-air radar unit within the array of armored vehicles and struck near the center of the target, Air Force officials said. "It performed flawlessly.
This is a significant step in the evolution of smart weapons as this was the first launch of a weapon capable of autonomously locating and attacking mobile, armored targets," program manager Lt. Col. Jack Brooks said. "This weapon can be launched from standoff ranges and at very I 1 ft On serve Blackie'News Jouma Alan Oakly goes up for a serve during a beach volleyball tournament Saturday at Pensacola Naval Air Station. Results, 2C Po.
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