Salvation Army Kettles Bring Hope During Christmas Drive
Salvation Army kettles, red and bell ringer staffed by volunteers, symbolize hope as donations fund food and gifts. Lt. John Fallin notes the goal is 40000 for winter aid aiding 250 area families in Thomasville and surrounding counties. Local groups like Kiwanis and American Legion pledge support.
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Salvation Army
Army
John Fallin
Salvation Army Corps
France
Fallin
Thomasville Corps
Tri-County
Thomasville Kiwanis Club
American Legion Post 222
Jean Arthur Show Quits After Dreary Run on TV
The Jean Arthur Show ends after 12 episodes as actor Miss Arthur departs from the network series which lacked strong comedy scripts. The New York AP Television Radio writer notes the show failed to deliver laughs despite its cast and premise.
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New York
Jean Arthur
Miss Arthur
Fire Damage Here $2,075 and Fire Department Actions
The Thomasville Fire Department reported 22 alarms in November and total fire loss of 2075 dollars. Chief I. D. Golden cited five residential calls, one manufacturing, one storage, six grass or brush fires, one outdoor equipment fire, and one miscellaneous incident. Firemen trained in First Aid between calls, pumps were checked by American LaFrance, and hydrants and alarm boxes were painted. Work continued on toys for the Junior Service League Empty Blocking Fund. 100 business district inspections and five school inspections were conducted.
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Thomasville
Golden
American LaFrance Co
Junior Service League
1967 Upland Cotton Referendum Program Rules
The referendum on upland cotton marketing quotas sets 1967 quotas if at least two thirds of voting growers approve. Freeman notes 1967 mirrors 1966 with diversion and price support payments for reducing acreage 12.5 percent and using diverted land for conserving purposes. If more than one third vote no quotas, no penalties, no domestic allotment, and no export reserve. Price support loans at 50 percent of parity apply to compliant farms. 1967 allotments remain for eligibility. Cotton allotment transfers require filing by Jan 3, 1967. voting eligibility covers growers sharing in 1966 upland cotton crop or its proceeds, owner and operator of an allotment farm with no cotton planted in 1966.
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Conservation County Committee
Freeman
Disposal Plant Monthly Activities Reported for November
The City Disposal Plant Department treated and pumped over 465 0.000 gallons of sewage in November. Sampson noted 349,429 gallons of raw sludge were processed, 26 truckloads of screenings were hauled to the sanitary landfill, and weekly plant and creek tests were conducted. The report went to the Georgia Department of Public Health.
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M. T. Sampson
Georgia Department of Public Health
Felt Well But Woke Up Dead
Jefferson City AP report on Missouri records workers photographing old vital statistics showing odd death causes. Fragments include came from death records with phrases like died suddenly nothing serious died without physician aid and a bizarre line about a head blow with an ax attributed to contributory cause involving another man's wife.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
New Records Management Agency
Seri
Police Busy In November in Thomasville City
Thomasville police report November activity with 458 calls and 20 013 miles patrolled within the city. Arrests included 99 public drunkenness and 49 disorderly conduct, plus seven resisting arrest and 8 illegal weapons. Forty eight wrecks were investigated and 47 related cases pursued.
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Thomasville
Noah Stegall
Bond Says Viet Nam Views Unchanged After Court Win
Julian Bond, praised by the Supreme Court for free expression, states his stance on Viet Nam remains the same after a unanimous ruling that Georgia House cannot bar him for SNCC statements. The decision cited the First Amendment as protecting his view on the war and notes legislators may retreat from the ban.
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Bond
Supreme Court
House
SNCC
Earl Warren
Warren
Sewer Department Activity Reported
The City Sewer Department laid 538 feet of main lines and built one new manhole in November, as reported by E. L. Plymer. Other activities include installation of four new sewer taps cleaning of 18 sewer taps and 1 400 feet of main lines and daily checks of seven lift stations.
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City Sewer Department
E. L. Plymer
MIG Jet Menace Seen Hiking Raids In North
AP reports U S Air Force leaders in Viet Nam consider new bombing of North Viet Nam jet airfields after increased MIG activity. Raids clash with MIGs for four days, 16 MIGs seen aloft, F 108s claim 26 definite kills and two probables. North Viet Nam shoots down five U S planes. Air force officials weigh action against jet fields amid intense antiaircraft fire near Hanoi and Haiphong, with about 6 000 guns and scattered surface to air missiles in use.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
U. S
Washington
Red Force
Planes Serviced at Municipal Airport in November
November activity shows 197 airplanes serviced at the Municipal Airport. Sales totaled 3234.63 dollars for 8298.3 gallons of gas and 198 quarts of oil with hangar rent income of 120 dollars, per operator Shelly Mash.
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Shelly Mash
Berkeley Professors Back Chancellor in Campus Boycott Stand
In Berkeley California 795 professors of the Academic Senate voted to support Chancellor Roger W Hevyns in his stance against a student boycott of classes The ballot taken as a special regents meeting loomed shows 28 votes against Hevyns actions The vote shifts focus to the Student Strike Committee which has backed the classroom boycott since last Wednesday over a dispute at a recruiting table in the Student Union Hevyns has refused negotiation with the committee urging police not be called and seeking open hearings on campus policy regarding nonstudent political groups
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Berkeley
Calif
University of California
Roger W. Hevis
Hevyns
Board of Regent
Academic Senate
Heyns
Hesns
Campes
Streets Dept. Reports November Projects and Work
The City Streets and Sanitation Department laid 74 feet of metal ply 48 by 72 inches in November per Public Works Director Herbert M McLaney. It also built eight headwalls on a drainage pipe on Inner Blvd, hauled 104 loads of dirt on Stevens St 98 on Oak St 120 onto Webster St and poured 120 feet of curb and gutter on Crawford and Dawson at Mclean Ave plus 115 cubic yards of concrete on S Madison St. Streets were swept and dusty streets bladed while garbage was collected on schedule.
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City Streets and Sanitation Department
Public Works
Herbert M McLaney
Inner Blvd
Stevens St
Oak St
Webster St
Crawford and Dawson
Mclean Ave
S. Madison St
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