Thomasville Times Enterprise (Newspaper) - April 24, 1971, Thomasville, Georgia No. 98 10 226 2400 P.O. Box 650 Georgia 31792, Saturday April 24, 1971 i Per The ROY Bombers Duel With For Gateway she thought the Gateway Shopping Center should fly an American Mrs. Phyllis who works at Frank's Coiffures in the has a new savings account at the new Suburban opening today at Clifford S. Campbell and hoisted the flag on a new flag RAISING AT GATEWAY CENTER Campbell installed in connection with the new branch They thanked Mrs. Cone for her idea and to show their appreciation opened a new savings account for Gun Gooden 47, of 404 Fern was dead on arrival at Archbold Memorial Hospital at 3 p.m. Friday with a gunshot Detective L. Richard Barkley and Deputy Ray who said the wound was self-inflicted at Coroner Lynn Kirkland conducted an services are being arranged by Funeral St. YMCA was burglarized police reported Detective Lt. Richard Barkley said thieves tampered with a soft drink broke a candy and cookie vending machine and entered an office through a small They ransacked the stole a small starter 25 cents in pennies and a man's Celebrates 91st Pilgrim Missionary Baptist which is located on Mitchell St. in the Urban Renewal area which is to be cleared for the new comprehensive high is celebrating its 91st anniversary at 2 p.m. Sunday with special new the 14th since the church was founded in 1880 under the Rev. Jack will take over at Sunday He is the Rev. Arthur Special services will be under the direction of pastors and members of the St. James Primitive Baptist Day For Oglesby was a hectic day yesterday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jamie 119 their daughter Cathie was the new Miss Thomas County and Rose which created quite a stir in their home Next it was the last day for the high school students from and one of the Sue was a guest of Cathie's during the top of Jamie's Mr. and Mrs. Cecil were guests for the Rose household was in an but nobody was prouder of his big than little Jimmy 13. top of this Howard the Republican and his Joe were in and out during their visit Grafton girl was so excited about Cathie being the new she cried all over the place and had to telephone the news to her parents in this morning the same scene happened all over as the whole family took off with 34 other families who entertained the Grafton Students to go to Airport to see the Grafton group off for Grafton kids had fallen in love with the festivities here and the Thomasville students and families had fallen in love with the Grafton there was lots of wailing and carrying on at the airport by had left the Oglesby home and things wore beginning to quiet all in it was a hectic few Hurt In Pickup men were injured at 12:4 p.m. yesterday a pickup truck struck a bridge over Possum I on V - The Department said Friday farmers have turned out in numbers to sign upin new government feed grains and wheat programs that go into effect for the first time this enrolled at a lesser rate under the Agricultural Act of 1970 than they did last year under the lormer other the new law includes a per crop limit on government subsidies can collect each Secretary Hardin noted in a statement that feed grain and wheat participation new all-time records for by the nation's He a separate the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service said the reduction in cotton farm enrollment was due because of a in the law affecting small all farms need to cotton in order to qualify for officials the previous small farms could participate and draw a payment without growing reports issued Friday were tentative final figures for crop program enrollment which ended April 9. final figures for feed grains showed 1,7.55,662 farms including more than 93.2 million acres of corn and sorghum grain That was per cent of the total national base acreage for the two crops in the the report corn and sorghum base acreage enrolled covered 72 per cent and involved 1,464,- wheat signup was a record 1,035,825 compared with 940,151 last the department included 95 per cent of the national domestic wheat allotment of about 19.2 million cotton growers signed 295,619 farms into the 1971 covering 9,931,397 acres of 92 per cent of the national Last year 476,887 farms were enrolled which covered 96 per cent of the national the department comparisons between this year's program and previous signups cannot be made because of basic differences in how they were the new law farmers agree to set aside a portion of their and then are free to grow as much as they choose on the Pre participants were held to strict annual allotments or the cotton signup officials explained that when small fann benefits were available last year 140,8)13 of those producers signed up and col without growing MEDALS Antiwar veterans littered the front of the Capitol with their combat medals in an angry but peaceful climax to five days of protesting the war in New protest started today see page 10. 10 Heads To Rendezvous With The Soyuz 10 carrying three moved into position today to link up with the unmanned scientific station Salute and form the world's first orbiting space Soviet news agency Tass announced that the two craft were making final preparations to rendezvous and dock in earth said as of noon Moscow a.m. 10 had made 22 orbits of the earth and Salute 86 the joint Tass and technical experiments were conducted and the work was done for linkup and undocking of the manned spaceship and the orbit station added that rendezvous and docking equipment on the were and the technical equipment were brief also said that the three cosmonauts alward 10 and that all the systems craft and the dummy Salute cosmonauts have docked two Soyuz craft in a previous space but the Salute launched last is a new item in the catalogue of space 10 streaked into orbit early Friday morning and be gan Salute around the The crew made two slight adjustments in the craft's Oil Friday and zeroed the last Soyuz and Salute were in but the manned craft was slightly higher and would have to throttle down a bit to drop into the lower maneuver apparently was carried out linkup of the two craft would be a major step toward the declared goal of building the world's first orbiting space progress from Tass said the crew will rest from p.m. to ii p.m. Moscow This would put the lime of docking sometime this evening after the cosmonauts wake the rest Tass Soyuz 10 be away from the range of ity from the territory of Soviet Soviets lack worldwide tracking facilities that the United States can rely on for its space Result American dueled Friday a MKi and came heavy antiaircraft fire over North Vietnam in the sixth day ol intensified air activity over the Command disclosed command said one American aircraft minor The planes were attacking North Vietnamese antiaircraft but results of the raids were not the command activity was the heaviest in a six-day period since the halt in the combing of North Vietnam on Nov. 1, 1968. planes have made four limes as many as the U.S. Command announced all of 1970. latest air action was triggered as the U.S. planes were flying bombing missions over Ho Chi Minh trail in Laos or photo reconnaissance over the least 10 U.S. Navy planes and one were and North Vietnamese gunners fired seven the U.S. action focused on the U.S. heavy bombers and smaller fighter bombers kept up heavy attacks on North Vietnamese supply and routes along the 300-mile Ho Chi Minh trail along the demilitarized zone dividing North and South Vietnam and just to the east of the A Shau one of the exit points of Ho Chi Minh than 30 nearly 1,000 tons of bombs on the North Vietnamese U.S. Command reported two American helicopters were shot down inside South Vietnam Friday while supporting South forces in the Mekong Delta and far to the north in operation Lam Son 720, centered at the A Shau Valley near the Laotian There were no U.S. casualties in the two Cong forces stepped up attacks in lowland province of Quang south of Da killing Americans and wounding 22. All seven U.S. troops were killed by a 105mm artillery round captured by the Viet Cong and rigged as a The booby-trap wounded 12 U.S. The 10 others were wounded in three mortar OF QUEENS 1971 Rose Queen Cathie Oglesby holds of the during the opening ceremonies of the 50th Anniversary Rose Show here yesterday at Southwestern State Hospital The was Mr. and Mrs. Thomas until 6 p.m. Admission is free to the See story page 3. Photo George Show Excuses This Set Ahead springs ahead an hour at 2 a.m. which means you must set your clock an hour ahead going to bed otherwise you will be late for shows of readers forget that savings lime goes into effect the fourth Sunday each Some of them do it on purpose so they'll have an excuse for being late which means most of them won't you have trouble whether to set clock ahead or set it it works like remember that in the time springs In the time falls that and you'll no me church on AIN Rose Parade and beauty pageant are over and featured of 50th Annual Rose Festival will draw to a close this hut the 50(h Rose a highlight of the week's continued today at the Southwestern State Hospital Gymnasium with hundreds of displays and thousands of story page 3.) will include the continuation of the Dolphin Shows at Gateway Shopping a country music a college baseball game and an Aircraft Dolphin Shows got underway at 1 Friday and will continue through 9 p.m. with three shows scheduled each bit country music featuring stars from the Ole will be held at (i p.m. and 9 p.m. today in Municipal will be Roy Melba Hank and Dianne and Darrell 10 a.m. today an Aircraft Show began at the Thomasville Municipal Airport featuring new aircraft antique aircraft displays and experimental aircraft show will continue Sunday at 1 p.m. with parachute jumping scheduled for 3 p.m. The South Georgia Parachute Association from Fitzgerald will perform the thrilling college baseball game is slated 8 p.m. in Heeth The Albany State College Golden Rams will meet Florida A M has tapered off a affer Friday's Rose Parade which was viewed by an 75,000 people in more watched the event from their easy chair on which covers most of South Georgia and north carried the the in It will also be broadcast on a delayed basis by the Georgia Educational Television highlight of the parade was the Rose Queen Float on which Miss Cathie the 1971 Miss Thomas County which drew politicians from all over the lasted approximately 90 Some 125 units participated with 50 high school bands providing the parade applause along the route was loud but grew louder as the Miss Thomas County drew city and county dignitaries watched the parade from reviewing the dignitaries were Governor Jimmy Senator David Howard Rep. Mathis and Sen. in the parade were many and The winners I Cities Cairo and Tallahassee 11 Cities Brooks County ami second the float spelled it Floats Flowers Baking South Georgia Natural Gas Co. and Packing Organizations Continued on Page 7 Col. 3) FACTIONS Controversy HOY the cheerful demeanor of the Festival crowds here the Junior controversy with battle lines between the two factions being Station started editorials against the four County Commissioners who voted against letting the people ballot in a referendum on whether or not they desired to tax the properly owners to pay off the million bond issue needed to gel the college editorial listed the names of the commissioners who voted against the and their home phone The four are 0. Davis of John of Mack Parrish of and V. Hancock of Boston last night he had received dozens of calls with most of them his stand in denying the people the chance to vote on the also said he had received many favoring his but some unsigned against Members of the College of the Chamber of met briefly last night to lalk over strategy of the best method to now that County blocked Task Force is headed hv John 1). Singletary a builder and member of Planning said today he believed the denial of the referendum was an affront have worked hard bring between county and Singletary 1 fear the action of these four men on County Commission may cause a wide split between county and city Hiram Stanley of chairman of State Board of said yesterday he was surprised at the action of the County went along with County because we felt it was a good area and that a College is needed Stanley am al action The people should be permitted to decide such ll is uplo the of Thomas to furnish the initial said has been no limit set on when allocation of the college Thomas County might be shifted to another versed in laws County Commissions said would be possible for the to reconsider the 4-to-4 tie vote which killed chances of the said such reconsideration could be any the commissioners * Dolphin Shows continue until 9 p.m. a.m. Rose Show continues until a.m. Aircraft Show and Display at Thomasville Municipal The show will continue until 7 p.m. - Country Music Show from will be held in Municipal A second show will be D p.m. College Baseball The Florida Rattlers and the Albany State College Golden The game will beheld at Heeth Varnedoe Adults and students 50 p.m. - Aircraft Show will continue until 5 and will feature a parachute jump exhibition Dolphin Shows continue until (i
