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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1955
Page
1
The Thomasville newspaper notes Associated Press dispatch rights and republication reservations. Editors LEE E. KELLY and W. D. HARGRAVE are listed as general and business managers. Local news content appears under AP credits with exclusive republication rights.
A letter from a Thomasville writer urges tighter regulation of ice cream carts in summer to protect children and curb reckless driving. It warns that open streets invite traffic dangers, possible fatalities, and manslaughter charges if youths or drivers act carelessly.
A newspaper column argues the United States lacks intergovernmental law coordination to stop gangsters like Capone and Anastasia. It praises the Revenue Department and FBI for securing prosecutions and urges expanding federal control to punish cross state crime and racketeering.
Editorial argues for a unified Thomas County education system merging city and county boards. It notes high schools headed toward consolidation, counters claims Thomasville seeks dominance, and cites a recent vote showing city voters favor merger on a unit basis to improve facilities and efficiency for the entire county.
The article discusses securing land for Woodruff Dam at the Flint and Chattahoochee rivers as the first large water power project in the area. It argues power from dams benefits distant industrial sites, boosts electric lines, and attracts cheap power across regions, with plants moving to service areas and overall economic gains.
A excerpt notes the race for air power with high costs and plans to deploy planes first. It mentions a slower rollout of the Salk vaccine for children. A stray scene shows a man kneeling for a penny on a street. A fatal nine-car wreck on Nob Hill Frisco is cited. West Germany remilitarization renews hopes for peace. Hotels offer private dining rooms for groups before air travel.
George E Sokolsky reports from London on American stance in the China question. He cites British and socialist views, debates over Quemoy and Matsu, Hong Kong defense, and the need to avoid a U S British split. He notes a signed treaty with the Republic of China and the four paragraph memorandum on defending Quemoy and Matsu.
In the brisk world of television many odd jobs exist. Mary A Kelly, Today feature editor and writer, must locate and escort famous guests from their hotels to the show often before sunrise. She has chaperoned J Fred Muggs the chimp and coaxed Ava Gardner to reveal a new address after a late move.
A piece urges embracing life’s hard fights like a prizefighter who must stay near enough to his foe to land blows. It argues progress comes from facing real world challenges, taking hits, and fighting one’s own flaws under grace, for life is a brief, ongoing struggle.
The Supreme Court ruling on May 17 1954 says public school segregation is unconstitutional but provides no exact deadline. Five areas including the District of Columbia Virginia Delaware South Carolina and Kansas must promptly start plans to end segregation while other states may fight the ruling with district judges handling desegregation locally as needed.
Italian war talks near as Hitler readiness hinted. Allied survivors land in England. Rivers accuses federal snoopers swamping the state capital. Clark University for Negroes in Atlanta to expand. Ochlocknee fish die from pollution. Albany Cards win. Plaza club and Packers games noted. Senate and House clash over terms. Shuri fortress danger noted. Anderson named Secretary of Agriculture. Love promoted to captain. Class play at T H S Friday.
The piece explains a born again person has a new spiritual nature yet retains an old sinful one, creating two natures. A Christian can sin, but repentance and confession bring forgiveness, and God’s mercy is boundless though not to be presumed upon.
Atlanta political figures foresee Adlai Stevenson as a presidential candidate. Bell says Stevenson will be left cold by the Democratic national convention unless he announces soon. Peters believes Stevenson will win the 1956 nomination and Southern support is likely.
A crossword style list appears with clues and numbers. The items include synonyms and definitions such as a spirited horse a Japanese coin a silkworm and a salamander. Several entries reference literary terms and common objects across down clues.
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