Farm officials seek 1965 flue-cured cut opposed by Georgia growers
Secretary Freeman proposes 19.5 percent reduction in 1965 flue-cured tobacco acreage, drawing opposition from Thomas County and South Georgia growers. The plan follows a 10 percent cut in 1964, threatening local revenue, barns, and equipment costs amid rising world supplies and overseas competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orville L. Freeman
South Georgia
Southeast
United States
Thomas County
A Nation Without Profit Explains Profit’s Role
The piece argues eliminating profits would raise prices, kill investment and jobs, drain government treasuries, weaken national defense, and risk systemic collapse. It notes profits average about five percent of GNP and claims the profit motive drives risk taking and economic progress.
Today in History highlights from 1866 to 1942
On December 1 historical milestones include habeas corpus restoration by President Johnson in 1866, the first hydrogen balloon ascent in 1783, neutrality pact among Nordic kings in 1917, FDR opening the Inter-American Conference in 1936, the Civil Air Patrol creation in 1941, and nationwide gasoline rationing beginning in 1942.
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Associated Press
Andrew Johnson
Paris
Norway
Denmark
Sweden
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Buenos Aires
Civil Air Patrol
Johnson Faces Challenges in Viet Nam and UN Leadership
President Johnson's foreign policy faces strain from Viet Nam, NATO tensions, and UN financing disputes. The UN stalemate over Soviet dues and NATO unity tests his ability to lead abroad while domestic priorities dominate.
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Washington
Johnson
Viet Nam
Soviet Union
United Nations
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Congress
Dallas
Texas
Peace Corps
Nikita Khrushchev
Vienna
Charles de Gaulle
Paris
Harold Macmillan
Lon
Ngo Dinh Diem
Boyle's Notebook Witty Notes on Credit and Folklore
A Brooklyner column compiles curious facts and old wives tales. It riffs on embezzlement economics tax myths and a slice of Americana from presidents to Christmas dates and garden habits.
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Theodore Reth
Court House gets new lighting and upgrades in Thomas County
The Board of County Commissioners approved a major renovation at the Thomas County Court House, lowering ceilings and installing modern lighting with plans for air conditioning and central heating next year. Allen Electric Company won the contract with sub-contractors handling phases, and improvements aim to improve efficiency and ease of access for the public and staff.
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Thomas County Court House
Board of County Commissioners
Allen Electric Company
Arthur P. Wright
J. L. Finn
H. B. Ainsworth
J. A. Bulloch
M. R. Mallette
W. A. Pringle
Madison St
W. E. Beverly
George L. Duren
J. T. Stewart
Paul Searcy
C. F. Rehberg
W. L. Watkins
J. W. Vonjer
George F. Hicks
Quiet Sabotage Hits Socialism
John Chamberlain reports on the Hearst Task Force findings from Iron Curtain capitals showing local attempts to graft free market incentives onto socialism. The piece argues Moscow and Red China influence shape outcomes and urges Western propaganda to highlight socialist limits to sway nonaligned nations.
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Hearst
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Rumania
Hungary
Moscow
China
New Hungarian Silent Commandments Spread as Subtle Sabotage
The article notes a growing underground response to 1956 upheaval, citing a Hungarian factory decalog that promotes laziness and delay as a means to protest socialism. It highlights how nonviolent restraint, ridicule, and workplace cynicism spread from Budapest to broader Eastern Europe.
Local News Dispatch Policies and Mail Rates
Fragmented OCR text outlines Associated Press dispatch rights, republication restrictions, and a Georgia newspaper’s contact address in Thomasville. It mentions Titan Entapoting Co Inc, homeville Ga, post office details, circulation rates, and tax notes amid garbled figures.
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Specia
Titan, Entapoting Co, Inc
Homneville
Thomasville
Puzzle Solution Clue List Reveals Mixed Word Answers
The garbled page presents a long mixed clue list with numbers and partial words like Plea 26 and Nigerian tribe 42. It hints at solving a crossword style puzzle with several defined entries such as Fable Strides and God of war. The text pairs obscure terms with numbers for a final solution.
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Rouse
Fable
Strides
Friend
Wander
Dove
Communist satire backfires as decalogues spread
The piece notes that Communist journals publish attacks on the decalogues to boost circulation, likening it to prewar IWW tactics. It recalls IWW songs about long hours and low pay and suggests irony as Wobblies once fought capitalism while now their spirit strains socialist economies behind the Iron Curtain.
Weather shifts bring cold snap for hog owners and holidays
The writer notes a distinct cold spell arrives to energize the Christmas season. While not everyone owns hogs to kill, most look forward to the sharper weather as a seasonal change.
Campaign cost weighs on national lunch value
The piece notes the season's campaign cost at 200 million dollars. It claims that average per person lunch would be modest yet indigestible given the vast fortune spent. The Atlanta Journal highlights the suffocating scale of political spending.
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Robert Frost
Rome
New York
St. Nicholas
America
Atlanta
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Don
James Marlow
Saigon
Maxwell D. Taylor
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Kremlin
Boyle
U.S
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Millard Fillmore
Benjamin Harrison
Warren G. Harding
Equator
North Pole
Java
East Indies
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Broad St
Annex
Jefferson Street
John Chamberlain
Iron Curtain
Radio Free Europe
South America
Central Africa
Bela Fabian
Budapest
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Warshaw
Kazakhstan
Central Asia
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Stasa
Enteenrist
State of Georgia
Inor Deliv
International Workers of the World
Wobblies
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