Thomasville Times Enterprise (Newspaper) - July 25, 1960, Thomasville, Georgia hot and humid seen today and day with a high of 94 Low tonight 74. ' Complete Tides On Page 5). oi/fiomasblle 131 CA 6-240a-P. 0. BOX 111 monday july 25, 1960 except PER DAYS disc jockey Billy Hicks is shown climbing up to his lofty this morning where he hopes to it for a world's record of 120 after pulling his 235 pounds up the ladder Hicks waves at the The rodio said this is his first such but added he'll it or Up In The At Ascends SAM radio announcer today climbed atop a 250-pound platform to he hopes will be a world's record flagpole sitdown of four hope the winds don't much because this platform declared disc jockey Billy Hicks as he ascended his 29year-old flagpole was assured that the platform would withstand all types of weather as the pole is buried six feet in the has all the comforts of home in his lofty residence on which he expects to for 120 Still Return of Gov. Ernest Vandiver instructed the attorney general's office today to fight for the return of Jacob Williams from North Carolina to Georgia on charges of cheating farmers out of more than hi the of governor told Henry i attorney general to seek extradition of at a hearing in the governor's office at No date has been was Indicted suerai days ago by the Coffee County grand jury on a charge that he bought worth of hogs from the Coffee County Livestock Company and then refused to have never done this before but I always wanted to break the record of 117 the disc Jockey home In the air will include telephone radio and television and hot and cold running would-be song writer and announcer of a local radio station said he the might help him in his musical has recorded a he play at intervals during hia perch in the climbed into his new home by a fire truck and carried his ever-faithful He swne 18 instruments but chose his guitar to keep him recent recording Two has received favorable reaction In this but he lacks the funds to properly publicize the disc Jockey will spend the nights in a type sleeping and as he ascended to his 40-foot perch Hicks received all kinds of advice from the huge cheering crowd gathered at the base of the of the included hope you don't walk In your have any late that first step is a folks think I'm announcer Hicks you see I believe this will get me the needed number of local merchants and individuals have offered many prizes if the youthful radio man can stay aloft the necessary 120 flagpole to erected on the lot of the Goodyear Service Store on North Broad and various facilities were donated by local of established the record nearly two decades ago and most of It was under a scorching he picked up a soda pop from his perch in the disc jockey Hicks waved at the and commented make it xm Of Floor Looms GOP Drafters Battle Thru Republican Platform Committee after a sometimes bitter all-night finally adopted today a civil rights plank containing a mixture of moderate liberal Whether it bypassed a floor fight remained a Group Delays The Georgia delegation to the Republican National Convention Is withholding Its opinion of the 1680 civil rights plank we get a copy of the builders were still working on the civil rights pronouncement amid Indications 11 will be one of the last to be B. OOP staU said the Georgia group has been in touch with leaders from other Southern said the delegates wanted to sec the platform before they made any comment on 24~vot Georgia delegation has been counted as pretty much In the bag of Richard M. but Schartzer said the Plank Okayed By R. 1. Eisenhower national defense plank recommended by the Republican platform committee is the Hummer White House said thu Leave Decision to Ernest Vandiver said today he will leave it to the people in the September Democratic primary whether 12 electors shall be pledged to the Democratic presidential nominees or be called the State Executive Committee into session opportunity the state Aug. 13 effectuate a ior the Sept. 14 primary told his news conference he has discussed the plan with U.S. Richard B. Is against New York Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller has called the inadequate and says It not face up realistically to the dangers that threaten the plank the platform committee recommended In on the eve of the opening of the GOP national praised Eisenhower's conduct of national defense and said it would be continued on a has called for a increase In defense this fiscal He and Vice President Richard M. sure bet for the Republican presidential agreed over the weekend that there Is need for an Increase In military But on that occasion they mentioned no specific Eisenhower for has the that defense fs both thought it an excellent course of Executive Committee a proposed resolution to Tt has 120 members from all Congressional a great majority of them political backers of the the event there Is a close election President In HOUSE again today declined comment on the defense views of who has Indicated his big New York delegation may lead a convention floor fight when the platform for a vote also refused again tc comment on published reports that Henry Cabot U. B. ambassador to the United is choice for Oie arranged to watch today's opening session of the convention on television at his Ft. Adams vacation wUl ny to Chicago Tuesday to the convention In the the President's agenda today was an Inspection tour of a Polaris He also arranged to preside at a meeting ol the Security which as routine without any aspects Municipal Meeting Attended Bv Local for the state under the the people a chance to the governor cate whether they favor the event the Electoral Color unpledged electors to be voted lege votes equally divided upon at the Nov. 6 general dec between the Democratic and 19 1 WT are unpledged we would to best possible Georgia todav With will be bound by the vote of the governor preference for either of the voters In Georgia Vandiver said he plans no in connection with tbe lis added that is 'the time in the cf the election ol a one a such as this developed we would be in toi talk to the candidates about civil rights and get ASSn. aid for the major item on the Charles A. mayor of said the group will make plans to a proposed constitutional Georgia electors the election into meni bmhc bju w thA aA rai it in by the last It now must be in the general William B. Hartsfield of Atlanta and Gov. Ernest Vandiver man Talmadge and Lt. Garland Byrd are Usted ail featured speakers is officially at the meeting of iht Municipal of Georgia by Commissioners Ed Frank Roy LlUy and Heeth Manager and Supt Roland Clayton of the Water t meeting was the Atlanta this Sessions will continue into The local delegation is of the plank were not The Republican National Convention opening today will not receive it formally until when Uie full platform comes up for composite was worked oui at a closed door session thai ground on until 6:40 a.m. At one point the committee rejected 52-33 a motion that it ad joum for the politically touchy rights problem was tossed to the full committee after a drafting subcommittee voted 8 7 for plank more moderate than thai urged by New York's Gov. Nel son A. Rockefeller and by Vict President Richard M the night the battled over a strong vs. 1 liberal and backers of boUi sides threatened a floor fight il they TABLED stronger plank but went on to accept some amendments to tbi more moderate No details of either original proposal were Laird 01 said the final based on the Included about half of the Charles H. Percy said all votes were by and no tally was of the offering followed claims by Its that many of their members had left the meeting while moderate forces remained In full himself had opposed earlier not only the civil plank chosen by tee but also the national defense pronouncement adopted by will fight right here In If he to put across his platform group charted a policy course thai missed by a wide margin the terms set out In a worked out late last week Liberal Chicago roaring fight over the party stand on civil rights tested a shower of fireworks into the opening today of can It had once looked like a placid for nomination of Richard M. Nixon the party faithful GOP CHOICE Richard Pleas Entered Here As Thomas Court got off to a spirited today when a number of pleaded to charges and were escapees listed as Roy W Paul Tyrone Pow ellwand Gene Tillman entered of guilty of walking away iron work details and received addl pleaded to 1057 and wiU IM this forgery suspects entei guilty pleas and received from two to three Included William and Richard two to threi and Arthur a two vear youth pleaded guilty to a charge of child molestation and will be sent to a Juvenile training a man listed as entered a guilty plea on a charge of robbing a person and received a two to five year other suspects were given Jail terms on charges of They were identified as Jimmy 2-6, and Charlie 2-3 George R. Lilly is presiding with Humphreys Mu this big close by it was hard to spo any of the 103 members of of them had scrapped dawn in a battle that saw mod erates tone at least slight the liberal GOP glow emanat Ing from the weekend Nixon Rockefeller 0: WORDING of the civi rights plank that came out of thli battle was kept secret for the mo But the word to was that It contained a of moderate and liberal sides talked of a noor battle Wednesday when committee's work will be submit ted to the told an airport news cob ference in the that cer support a floor for a strong civil rights plank 1: A. Rockefeller oi New York also was prepared tc battle on the convention floor foi his forenoon session strictly a routine devoted to addresses and preliminary It was an occasion also foi off Jome Initial shots al the enemy the B. Morton of national at the promises he said had made to everybody in the Demo To carry then he would add II to 30 billion dollars a year to gov emment said the Republican would adopt hones platform that we can and will ful Kentucky senator Is those figuring high In about a possible * BETTING favorite for thi 2 spot at the moment Henry Cabot to the United will choose the vice-presidential as Is his diolos for thv - spot cept to say It will t naa shares his and 000 be qualified for tte denoy if it should ba for him to take over that Rockefeller aol let his go Mora as a But ' But Rockefeller with bii to delegate moving in world cf tooting shouting cohorts that usually dull his subterranean as a for pUm on the ened to shoot off about that might the saio he wouldn't mgr ft la as many the New York governor's complaint directed at the heart of the * * platform adopted language saying the and WiU continue to provide defenses we need to protect oar The plank efforts to Improve and said Is no Set To CAD AC nelson vr ow Anilla 7 Klaw 1 Cli - Maw big under 4ba firm control of Nelson A. was to head a floor fight lor the platform he worked oat wm Vice President Richard U. developed Is platform committee to soma of the siding with platform Rockefeller stUl was unwilling to release the New York delegates to endorse vice president as the presidential governor postponed until meeting of the delegation afternoon any decision on a convention will select nominee Wednesday assured Of the has continued to hold himself open to a even while conceding that his of getting one are almost meet today with Wyoming and and with helped keep the New York nor sUU has hopes of winning Rockefeller said meetings with Ihe Would Involve only ithe said had invited to r The a I
