13 Feb 1973
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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1973
Page
1
Law officers gathered as Crime Prevention Week displays opened on the Thomas County Courthouse lawn at 9 a.m. First row from left to right includes Jack Crook of the Southwest Georgia Planning Commission law enforcement section and Bob Roberson.
Mrs Jewel Rudd Gannon 78 of Thomasville died in a local nursing home. Services Wednesday at 11 a.m. at First Baptist Cordele with burial Sunnyside Cemetery. Surviving daughters, son, sisters and brothers listed. Widow of Clifford Gannon who died in 1970. Active Cordele church leader.
The Pentagon announced 20 more American prisoners of war would be released by North Vietnam in a few days as a goodwill gesture after Kissinger's Hanoi visit. The list includes 4 Navy men and 16 Air Force personnel, part of 155 total freed by the communists.
Denise Abney, a 16 year old from Morris, won the Miss Alabama Teenager title among 52 contestants. She also captured the essay contest with Kelly Sullivan the 1st runner up and Shanon Davis the 2nd runner up. The pageant was held Saturday night and Abney will compete in the national finals in Atlanta on Sept. 1.
Light trading at the Atlanta Farmers Market with green beans up, cabbage cucumbers and yellow crookneck squash steady. Florida murcott honey tangerines new to market praised for quality. various vegetables priced per crate or bushel. also cotton futures up and hog sales in Thomasville with mixed bids. Eggs priced by size in Atlanta.
City officials approved five wine licenses for Holiday Inn and local超retailers while extending four more free beer renewals and 25 regular beer licenses. The council also eyed 80 cent per gallon wine tax revenue, and discussed advertising signs as potential nuisances. The city plans a fourth recreation ballfield and seeks to repurchase two land tracts totaling about 8.75 acres with the county at $9,930.40.
The Thomasville Interracial Council led by R C Balfour III will meet at 8 p m at the Chamber of Commerce. Black members may discuss a new method to elect members to the Thomasville Board of Education. City officials approved Grace Baptist Church plans to build at E Pinetree Blvd and Shadywood Dr on 1 7 acres, below the two acre minimum, with parking noted. Pastor Rev Gene Parker listed. no building plans disclosed.
A North Side homeowner told City Commission of water standing for over a week on Sally Street. The City Manager said the block is in the 1973 paving program and work will start when weather permits to prevent mosquito breeding.
Commissioners discussed a city gas connection moratorium affecting a new comprehensive high school on the Urban Renewal site at Hansell and Jackson. The school, like other city buildings, will be heated by utilities funded by ratepayers, with propane or electric heating likely favored as gas use ends.
The noon Dow Jones average rose 7.90 to 999.47 after an early advance on talk of a dollar devaluation. Advancers led decliners 1,070 to 316 on the NYSE, with 9.24 million shares traded in the first hour. ITT led activity, up 54 percent, as analysts noted the psychological impact of the dollar plan.
Daily stock prices provided by Harris Upham & Company Inc of Tallahassee Florida. Member of the New York Stock Exchange.
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