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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1973
Page
9
The text notes temperatures in the 30s at dawn on the 342nd day of 1973 with 17 shopping days until Christmas if counting Sundays and Christmas Eve. It forecasts a warmup into the 70s with fair and cool conditions by Sunday.
Thomasville High School Bulldogs will be honored in a 6 p.m. ceremony at Veterans Memorial Stadium regardless of tonight’s outcome. The team faces Wheeler High School of Atlanta for the State Triple A Championship at DeKalb Memorial Stadium. Mayor Bracey signs proclamation with Eckberg of the chamber announcing Bulldog Appreciation Day.
Chamber of Commerce president Clifford Campbell urges chamber members to send a Please Deliver telegrams to the Thomasville High School team and coaches staying at Holiday Inn Northeast Doraville Ga. South Georgia backs the Bulldogs as they finish the 1973 football season with a likely title shot in Atlanta.
The Thomas County Red Cross Bloodmobile will be at St. Thomas Episcopal Church from 1 to 6 p.m. on Tuesday. Bloodmobile chairman David Clark urges donations as a life saving gift during the season.
The Interracial Council of Thomasville will hold a regular session at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the Chamber of Commerce. All members are urged to attend.
A Yuletide Bible ceremony is set for 2 30 p m Sunday at Southwestern State Hospital and Bainbridge. Gideons will present 1000 Bibles to patients and Bill Atkinson invites the public to attend both events.
Officials of Air South will meet at 10 a.m. Tuesday with the Thomasville Cairo Pelham Aviation Committee and James Stanley of the State DOT aviation division to decide on starting air service between Thomasville and Atlanta in mid January. Local committee members include City Manager John E Baxter and City Commissioner Tom Faircloth.
The House Commerce Committee approved an emergency energy bill sought by President Nixon to slow clean air efforts and authorize gasoline rationing. It creates a Federal Energy Administration and runs through May 1975. The panel also allowed temporary antitrust exemptions for major oil firms to plan fuel allocation.
The bill would elevate health safety transport and education in fuel allocations and eliminate official limousines below Cabinet level. It requires Congress final approval over energy conservation plans except for administration ordered rationing. Chairman Staggers hopes House floor action next Wednesday as the Senate has already passed emergency energy legislation with many provisions.
Alaska weighs special fuel allocations as aviation demand falls. Alaska Airlines cuts 12 weekly flights, Wien Alaska 10 percent, while Fairbanks and Anchorage rely on local coal and Cook Inlet gas. Hawaii risks tourism slowdown if jet landings diminish, with 277 miles of highways already at 50 mph. Governor Egan seeks federal help amid fuel allocations.
Truckers threaten to resume blockages if talks in Washington fail to reduce fuel costs and raise speed limits. Interstate traffic was returning to normal as police released blockades. About 600 to 800 drivers gathered in Toledo awaiting results. Meetings in Washington included four truckers and officials from IRS and Federal Highway Administration.
President Nixon may switch from air travel to rail to conserve fuel while avoiding Washington. Reports say he could ride Amtrak on Saturday to Camp David, though no official plans exist. Amtrak staff prepared a club car and cleaned equipment for his potential train trip.
The Times Enterprise reports the energy crunch and high costs hit mobile and recreational vehicle industries nationwide, with CHAMPION Motor Homes laying off 125 workers then recalling them briefly, and plans to retool for a versatile new Handi-Van product as production declines continue.
A Bahamian magistrate denied extradition of financier Robert L. Vesco to the United States saying wire fraud is not extraditable under the 1931 Bahamian American treaty. Vesco, 38, was not in court as authorities announced the return of his $75,600 cash bond. The indictment accuses him of embezzling $50,000 from International Controls Corp and wiring funds to buy stock in Investors Overseas Services Ltd.
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