Head Start Program Helps Children Adjust To Going To School
Harold, five, once uncaring of basic needs, shows marked gains after a year in the Head Start program sponsored by Thomas County and Thomasville. The 1965 group of 254 students received dental care, immunizations, and education support. 1966 plans include more teachers, aides, and vaccines with May 15 enrollment deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Thomas County Board of Education
Thomasville
Wendell Tidwell
Harold
Federal Activities Office
W. Jefferson St
Thomas County
Mrs Bessie Cates Dies in Orlando
Mrs. Bessie Cates widow of Clarence Cleveland Cates died Thursday in Orlando Florida. Services are set for 4 p.m. Saturday at Primitive Baptist Church with Elder J Harley Chapman officiating and burial at Baurel Hill Cemetery in Thomasville Georgia by Whiddon Funeral Home. Survivors include three daughters Mrs Margaret Murray and Mrs Doris Moye of Orlando. four sons J Frank and David Allen Cates of Houston Roy Cates of Pasadena and Paul Cates of Bellaire. a sister Mrs Irene Kelly of Lanette. a brother A R Everritt of Navosta. a step mother Mrs J B Everritt of Tallassee. 23 grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Primitie” Baptist Church
J. Harley Chapman
Baurel Hill
Whiddon Funeral Home
Thomasville
Margaret Murray
Doris Moye
Orlando
Fla
J. Frank
David Allen Cates
Houston Tex
Roy Cates
Pasadena
Tex
Paul Cates
Bellaire
Irene Kelly
Lanette
Ala
A. R. Everritt
Navosta
J. 8. Everritt
Tallassee
Fight over housing rights stirs divided congressional reaction
Eastland voices concern about fair housing terms and insists on civil rights with limits. Critics like Sam Ervin call the housing section unconstitutional and worry about its southern impact, while Adam Clayton Powell defends it as central and denounces opposition as hypocrisy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-N.c
South
Adam Clayton Power
D-N.y
Air power presses Viet Cong targets across Vietnam border
In the latest raids, Air Force jets claim destruction of 30 trucks and two antiaircraft sites near Dong Hat, while Navy airmen report 58 units demolished north of the border. South of Da Nang, 301 sorties hit sampans and stores. B52s scourge Quang Ngai as a Marine patrol kills 12 Viet Cong south of Da Nang. U S ground finds large caches along the Cambodian frontier totaling 1,100 tons.
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Air Force
Dong Hat
Navy
Vinh
Haiphong
Marine
Strategic Air Command
Guam
Quang Ngai Province
da Nang
7Th Fleet
Cone Expects No Trouble With School Desegregation Guidelines
Thomas County Schools Superintendent E R Cone says HEW interpretations of Civil Rights Act desegregation guidelines should be less stringent than feared. He notes Krueger's reading could require double minority transfers and dilute Freedom of Choice plans, but sees no expected trouble locally unless minorities feel genuine effort is lacking.
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Department of Health Education and Welfare
Thomas County
E. R. Cone
Cone
Krueger
War fever grips Americans say Fulbright in speech
Sen. J W Fulbright warns a rising war fever could broaden conflict and derail Johnson's Great Society. He cites US military involvement in Vietnam as diverting energy from social programs and sketches a progression from Haiphong blockade to bombing Hanoi and potentially a wider war.
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New York
J. W Fulbright
D-Ark
America
Johnson
Viet Nam
Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Bureau of Advertising
Haiphong
Hanoi
China
Southeast Asia
Georgia Members Cast Votes on Landmark Budget and EEOC Act
AP dispatch details how Georgia representatives voted on key roll calls. Passage of a rural development grants program bill failed 43 to 21, while a supplemental allocation bill on rents saw a 72 to 12 passage. The Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1966 advanced 299 to 84 with Georgia votes for Mackay Weltner and several not voting, including Callaway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Georgia
Congress
Russell
Talmadge
Melmadge
HOUSE
Mackay and Weltner
Dacis
Flyng
Hagan
Landrum
O'Neal
Stephens
Tuten
Callaway
Four Thousand Homes Lost In Tashkent Quake
Moscow based Tass reports about 4 000 families left homeless after the Tashkent earthquake with at least 10 900 people displaced. Four killed and 15 hospitalized per the agency.
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Moscow
Iap
Tashkent
Tass
Civ
Local births announced from Perry to Thomasville
Mr and Mrs William Jerry Dickert Perry announce a daughter born April 28 at Archbold Memorial Hospital. Mrs Dickert is the former Judy Graves. Mr and Mrs Randel C Vonier Rt 1 Boston announce a son born April 29 at Archbold Memorial Hospital. Mrs Vonier is the former Barbara Underwood. Mr and Mrs Bobby Parrish Albany announce a daughter Susan Robin born April 26 at Phoebe Putney Hospital. Mrs Ene is the former Suzanne Knowles of Dawson. Mr and Mrs Gordon? e0n Atlanta announce arrival of John Felton April 15. Mrs Peterson is the former Ednidane Estridge. Mr and Mrs Fred Skeen Thomasville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Jerry Dickert
Perry, Fla
Archbold Memorial Hospital
Dickert
Judy Graves
Rande
L C. Vonier
Rt. 1
Boston
Vonier
Barbara Underwood
Bobby Parrish
Albany
Susan Robin
Phoeby Putney Hospital
Ene
Susanne Knowles
Dawson
Myre
Atlanta
Ao Tn
John Felton
Peterson
Ednidane Estridge
Fred Skeen
Thomasville
Lawmakers Discuss Highway Beautification and Junkyard Rules
Burgess advocates a future law to tear down old uninhabited buildings inside city limits along highways. The 1965 Highway Beautification Act governs advertising within 660 feet of right of way and junkyards within 1000 feet, with funds for scenic protection and development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Burgess
Youth accused of shoplifting smashes store door in escape
A young Negro teen-ager allegedly stole a bottle of shaving lotion at Tommy's IGA Food Liner and broke a glass door while fleeing manager A. G. Peeples Jr. He grabbed the youth after he attempted to flee, claiming the youth caused the window to shatter during the struggle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. G. Peeples Jr
Tommy
IGA Food Liner
Peeples
Clues Sought In Peru Air Crash
Workers combed wreckage strewn across the Andean slope after a Lineas Aeras Nacionales Constellation crashed 60 miles south of Lima. All 43 passengers and six crew died. Peru's Aeronautics Agency opened an investigation into the Lima to Cuzco flight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lima
Peru
Andes
Lineas Areas Nacionales
Peruvian Aeronautics Agency
Cuzco
Rescuers Save Widow In Tub In Billings
An elderly Billings widow, 85 year old Bess Rasmussen, spent three days in a locked bathtub before sunrise when neighbor Gina Kerly alerted police. Officer Steve Jordan forced entry and freed her. Hospital staff said she was none the worse for wear.
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Billings
Mont
Gina Kerly
Bess Rassmussen
Steve Jordan
Rassmussen
Carico to Speak at Legion Meeting in Archbold
Dr. James M. Carico of the Thomas County Cancer Society will be the featured speaker at a Tuesday American Legion Post 31 meeting. The program was arranged by Warren’s Auxiliary of Archbold Memorial Hospital.
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Gordon McGowan
Robert Strukoff
Moultrie
Capt McGowan
George Washington
Alexander Hamilton
Carico
Legion Meeting
James M. Carico
Thomas County Cancer Society
American Legion
Warren's Auxiliary
Archbold Memorial Hospital
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Thomasville Times-Enterprise
Bessie Cates
Clarence Cleveland Cates
Eastland
Jack Justice
Miami Beach
National Association of Real Estate Boards
Powell
U. 8. 1St Infantry Divison
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Stanley Krueger
Southeastern
HEW
South Carolina
Florida
Moutrie
Colquitt County
Hoew
Brooks County School System
Quang Ngai
Marine Corps
Solon
Senate
Findley
Agriculture Department
North Viet Nam
Davis
Flynt
Mackay
Weltner
Rotary
Yester
Day
United States Coast Guard
Tub
Snaxes
Chandler
E. Jackson
Pearle Getcat
North Broad
Valdosta
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