Auto Dealers Ask Ruling on Georgia Inventory Tax Law
Dublin Ga AP Automobile dealers petition Superior Court Judge Harold Ward for a ruling to clarify a new state inventory tax law. They argue the measure is unfair and discriminatory, with Laurens County leading the suit and other counties expected to join. They seek judicial guidance on applying the law to all businesses and preserving their stock without relocating inventory.
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Dublin
Superior Court
Harold E. Ward
Laurens County
Chatham
Houston
Thomas County
Friends of the Court
H. Dale Thompson
Georgia
Too Cold to Swim Stirs Honor Challenge
In Covington Kentucky Don Hilker and three fraternity brothers from the University of Kentucky’s Northern Community College swam the Ohio River in eighteen degree weather as an honor challenge from Villa Madonna College’s fraternity went unanswered by Villa attendees. In New York Welfare Department workers return to work after agreeing to mediator led fact finding on wages ending a three day stoppage.
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Covington, Ky
Don Hilker
Hilker
University of Kentucky
Northern Community College
Ohio River
Villa Madonna College
Villa
New York
Welfare Department
Social Service
Benjamin Wolf
Doctor Seeks California Neurosurgery License
Dr Samuel H Sheppard applies for a California neurosurgery license after being acquitted in Cleveland of murdering his first wife Marilyn. He met his son Samuel Jr 19, a Boston University student, who flew in to spend vacation with him.
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Los Angeles
Samuel H. Sheppard
California
Sheppard
Cleveland
Ohio
Marilyn
Samuel Jr
Boston University
Stuckey Offers Salary to Back Georgia Development
Rep W S Bill Stuckey Jr a newly elected Democrat pledges to give up his 30000 a year congressional salary to help form a district development council and promote industrial growth in southeastern Georgia.
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Washington
W. S
Bill) Stuckey Jr
Georgia
Stuckey
Personal Income Rises in 1966 Despite Inflation Bite
Commerce Department report shows personal income from all sources up 8.5 percent to 580.4 billion in 1966 led by a $45.3 billion gain. After taxes, per capita income reached 2567 dollars, but inflation eroded about 80 dollars in real purchasing power.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Department
Fisher found innocent by reason of insanity in bathtub drownings
In Skowhegan Maine Constance Fisher 38 is acquitted of murder by insanity in the drownings of her three younger children reversing earlier history of the deaths of her first three children 12 years ago. The court ruled she was insane and she had been discharged from a mental hospital five years prior as cured.
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Skowhegan
Maine
Constance Fisher
Record Cold Grips New York Adirondacks 35 Below
The nation endures subzero conditions with Wanakena New York logging 35 below, Montpelier 18 below, Lebanon New Hampshire 14 below, and Houston Maine 28 below as Pacific storms pull eastward. A Washington snowstorm adds 3 to 6 inches of accumulation.
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New England
Pacific
Appalachians
New York
Adirondacks
Lebanon
N.H
Montpelier
Houston
Maine
Wanakena
N.Y
New York Ranger School
Washington, D.C
Weather Bureau
Louisiana
Arkansas
Mississippi
London
Tennessee Mountains
Wytheville
Crossville
Tenn
Georgia lawmakers propose 4 percent sales tax hike
Three Georgia legislators introduced a bill to raise the state sales tax from 3 to 4 percent with 25 percent of net proceeds to cities counties and school districts. The plan envisions a constitutional amendment to allow the measure and a 1968 public vote.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Wayne Snow Jr
Chickamauga
Devereaux F. McClatchey
Jack B. Sullivan
Valdosta
Snow
House
George D. Busbee
Albany
Planes Search for Heiress Missing After Caribbean Flight
Audrey Bruce Currier, granddaughter of Andrew Mellon, and her husband Stephen Currier vanish with pilot John D. Watson after a 70 mile hop from San Juan to St Thomas aboard a Piper Apache. Over 20 planes and ships scour the eastern Caribbean for signs with no trace found to date.
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San Juan
P.R
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
Audrey Bruce Currier
Andrew W. Mellon
Stephen R. Currier
St. Thomas
John D. Watson
New Gateway Shopping Center Under Construction In Thomasville
Gateway Shopping Center progresses from planning to construction on a 24 acre site at U S 19 and Remington Ave with a target late August opening. The project includes 100000 sq ft plus potential expansion and 700 parking spaces.
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John Gunter JR
Gateway Shopping Center
U.S. 19
Remington Ave
Pavo Rd
Scott Construction Co
Gateway Shopping Center, Inc
McKinnon
McKinnon Realty Co
Howard Thompson
Thomasville
Connor Resigns as Commerce Secretary Amid Merger Plans
President Johnson accepts John T. Connor’s resignation as Commerce Secretary as the department faces a likely split with functions moved to Transportation. Alexander B. Trowbridge becomes acting secretary to oversee regrouping and potential merger with Labor. Alan S. Boyd now heads the new Transportation role. The undersecretary post remains vacant since last year.
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Washington
John T. Connor
Commerce Department
Department of Transportation
Labor Department
Alexander B. Trowbridge
New Jersey
Ing Connor
Trowbridge
Connor
Alan S. Boyd
Boyd
Commerce
Transportation
Department
LeRoy Collins
Florida
White House
Johnson
Commerce and Labor Departments
Yank Casualties Highest of War
Gen William C Westmoreland's headquarters announced that American forces in Vietnam suffered nearly 1200 casualties last week in Saigon South Vietnam. The report marked the highest weekly toll of the war to date and listed sustained combat losses and non combat casualties.
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Vietnam
Praise for chamber banquet spotlights local event
The Thomasville-Thomas County Chamber of Commerce hosts its 46th annual banquet with praise from guests including Louis A. Powell of the Cairo-Grady County Chamber who calls it the best among more than 23 similar events. Meanwhile the Vietnam War weekly casualty tally reports 144 killed 1 044 wounded and six missing in the week ending Saturday with Cedar Falls operations in the Iron Triangle and B52 strikes during the planned sweep.
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Thomasville- Thomas County
Louis A. Powell
Cairo-Grady County
U.S
Cedar Falls
Iron Triangle
Saigon
Maddox Opens Gov Office To Public For First People Day
Georgia Governor Lester Maddox hosts the first People Day drawing ordinary citizens and students into the executive mansion. Visitors include 14 and 13 year olds from Grady High School, a former truck driver seeking aid, and officials like Ben Fortson Jr. and Lt. Gov. George Smith. Maddox chats and shakes hands, promising ongoing access on the first and third Wednesdays each month.
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Maddox
Sammy Ousley
Tom
Georgia
Ben W. Fortson Jr
George T. Smith
Fortson
Inmates Escape Abduction Sparks Northwest Florida Search
Authorities in northwest Florida and southern Alabama launched a sweeping search for two of five inmates who escaped, abducted a victim, and fled from the Florida State Hospital. The incident prompted a widespread manhunt and police alerts across multiple counties.
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Chattahoochee
Fisi
Florida
Alabama
Florida Tate Hospital
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
C. W. McKinnon Jr
McFarland
F. W. Woolworth
A. & P. Food
S. Madison
Jacob's Drug Store
Southern Shoe Store
Eleanor Ladies' Wear
McConnell Variety Store
Dad & Lad
Connell Beauty Salon
Gresses
Pavo
Coolidge
Moultrie
Monticello
Fla
McConnell Stores
Winder
Jacobs
South
Cc. W. McKinnon JR
Abby Sear
South Vietnam
William C. Westmore
Land's
Powell
Chamber
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Gov. Maddox
Atlanta, Ga
Lester Maddox
Roland
Grady High School
Sammy
Tommy
Robert R. Anglin
Douglasville
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