Hagerty Plays Golf at Glen Arven during Ike Visit
Secretary Hagerty and wife Marge arrived in Thomasville for a Florida vacation and joined Glen Arven pro John Walter for a foursome with their wives. With President Eisenhower’s news entourage looming, Hagerty’s leisure schedule tightens though golf remains likely.
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Florida
Eisenhower
Thomasville
Hagerty
Marge
Ponte,Vedra
Tampa
Glen Arven
John Walter
Thomanville
Dozier Mobley Glen Arven
Thomasville Exchange Club backs Crime Prevention Week
Osco Hughes, president of the Thomasville Exchange Club, announced plans for the 10th annual National Crime Prevention Week observance February 10 to 16. The event, part of a nationwide network of Exchange Clubs, targets crime and juvenile delinquency with the theme Lawlessness A Major Threat to Our Way of Life cited by FBI Director J Edgar Hoover.
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Hughes
Hughes Sara
Thomasville
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Eisenhower Saud in accord on Middle East talks
President Eisenhower and King Saud, in Washington, reportedly reached full agreement on Middle East issues after a 10 day series of talks. A communique is expected outlining extend Dhahran air base use, increased U S aid, modernization of Saudi forces, and cooperation with a proposed military economic program.
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King Saud
Middle East
White House
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Georgia
Saud
Spain
Hisenhower-Saud
Rotarians Visit Vashti School For Annual Club Event
Rotarians and wives attended the Vashti School annual club visitation with a fried chicken luncheon. President Langdon S Flowers and Rev Woodward greeted guests, followed by a Jefferson music program led by Miss Alice Jefferson and Supt Adams. About 20 students dressed in green and white performed for the visitors.
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Vashti School
Langdon S. Flowers
Woodward
Alice Jefferson
Jefferson
Supt. Adams
Robert Jinright
Colubus
Eoward Cheshire
Mourie
Snow
Guise
Sherrod
Union Pays 315 000 for 1955 strike damages to Southern Bell
The Communications Workers of America paid Southern Bell Telephone Company 315000 for damage to facilities during the 1955 strike. The suit, filed May 31 1955 in Davidson County Tennessee Circuit Court, sought 5000000 for punitive and actual damages and alleged a pattern of violence including dynamite and cable cuttings across eight states. The case was dismissed after an agreement reached by the parties.
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Communications Workers of America Union
Southern Bell Telephone Company
CWA
Southern Bell
Tom Denmark
Davidson County
National Labor Relations Board
International Union
NLRB
Looted coin collection valued at 200 dollars found in Dillwyn shop
COIN COLLECTORS DILLWYN Va AP Yeggs who robbed a safe may attract attention if they try to dispose of the loot The haul included a set of Cuban coins several United States 2 cent pieces some nickels thicker than those in use today a number of large U S pennies 100 Indian head pennies and about 20 very old silver dollars C I Poole owner of the general merchandise store which was robbed valued the odd coin collection at 200
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Yeggs
United States
U. S
C. I. Poole
Anaro weight loss claim from Georgia resident
Lagrange Georgia resident Jim Hale reports losing 41 pounds in one week using Anaro, claiming relief from stomach trouble and constipation. The letter touts Anaro as the original grapefruit juice recipe and urges readers to obtain it from their druggist.
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Ochlochnee School Hosts County Ed Lunches After Tournament
Ochlochnee School reflects on a successful County Basketball Tournament held in the local gym with capacity crowds and spirited play. The County Board of Education visited Feb 5 for lunch with a group of students as part of the regular meeting, while health nurses immunized most students against typhoid and smallpox.
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Ochlochnee School
County Board of Education
Ed Cone
Board of Trustees
Board of Education
Hosta
Lynol Alligood
Jerry Dunlap
Betty Jo Scoggins
Stella Slappey
Phantom gunman roams Detroit area in shooting spree
A nighttime sniper wounded two girls and fired on women at bus stops and cars in four Oakland County communities before police captured 20 year old Gary Addison Taylor in a high speed chase. He admitted the killings, saying he had an urge to shoot at women.
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Detroit
Gary Addison Taylor
Southfield Township
Oak and County Asst
William Lang
Taylor
Lang
Shirley Bland
Bloomfield Hills
Oakland County
Royal Oak
Mass Meeting on West Bainbridge Incorporation or Merger
West Bainbridge residents of about 2500 will attend an 8 p.m. mass meeting at the Decatur County Courthouse to decide whether to incorporate as a separate municipality or merge with Bainbridge. L F Turknett says two bills exist for the state legislature and voters go to the polls next Tuesday to choose.
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Times-Enterprise
Bainbridge
Decatur County
Beinbridge
L. F. Turknett
West Bainbridge Group
Turknett
Aes
Fast Draw Incident Sparks Shootout in Greenwich
Adolph Mogavero, 36, claimed his gun misfired during a rapid draw, the weapon discharging and injuring his left calf and damaging a wall. A nearby 18 year old woman was fired on but unharmed, four homes had windows shattered, and Vincent McCarthy’s 11 year old daughter was grazed by a bullet. The sniper had began the attacks December 22 wounding a girl in the back and mostly targeting women as the sporadic shootings continued.
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Greenwich, Conn
Adolph Mogavero
Gene Autry
Mogavero
Vincent McCarthy
Carol Ann
Marine Dad and Training Boss Confer at Parris Island
Nelson R. Porter of Hartford Vermont met Brig Gen Wallace A Greene Jr at Parris Island to discuss the alleged mistreatment of his son by a drill instructor. Porter declined to discuss details during the brief telephone interview from Greene’s office.
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Pvt
David Lee Porter
Homer I
Litzenberg
Parris Island
Camp Lejeune
N.C
S.C
Wallace A. Greene Jr
Nelson R. Porter
Hartford
Greene
Ochlochnee 4-H Club Holds Regular Meeting
Ochlochnee Junior 4-H Club members gathered Wednesday for a routine session presided by Ann Maddox. Nancy Davis led devotionals, Millie Hudson led songs, and Mary Ann Collier presented the secretary's reports. Ophelia Smith gave a nutrition demonstration and a council meeting at the Court House was announced for 10 a.m. Saturday.
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Nancy Davis
Millie Hudson
Mary Ann Collier
Ophelia Smith
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