War Rationing Blueprint Ready If Needed Says OEP
The AP report outlines standby rationing plans and broader mobilization measures should a future emergency arise. Officials note no current proposal, but readiness exists with stockpiled materials and centralized coordination in a national defense framework.
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Washington
Office of Emergency Planning
OEP
Congress
Vance Hartke
D-Ind
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
National Association of Manufacturers
Council of Economic Advisers
Office of Defense Resources
America
British Warn Nasser and Middle East Tensions Rise
The article reports the British warning Nasser and a stretch of Middle East crisis developments. It notes Israel's political moves, debates over defense minister posts, Rabin’s vow to troops, and Harman’s comments on the Gulf of Aqaba. It also covers U.S. Security Council action, Egyptian and Soviet positions, Turkish reports of Soviet ships, and growing U.S. naval presence in the Mediterranean.
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Israel
Levi Eshkol
Moshe Dayan
Yigal Alon
Sidetracked General to Run Again on Historic Rail Line
The General steam locomotive famous for Civil War service is set for a revival ride. It was sidetracked aboard a flat car in Thomasville ACL yards yesterday on a trip from Rocky Mount North Carolina to Pensacola Florida.
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Thomasville
Rocky Mount
N.C
Pensacola
Fla
Three area men graduate from state patrol school
Three Thomasville area men Elbert Rogers Connell Wallis David Fielding and Donald Hicks Murphy of Bainbridge graduated from the Georgia Police Academy State Patrol Recruit School in Atlanta. They will begin patrol duty after graduation exercises at 10 am Friday as Col. R H Burson notes urgent need for troopers to cut Georgia traffic deaths with funding to hire 50 more troopers this year and 30 more in two years. A new class starts July 12 with 30 recruits.
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Atlanta
Thomasville
State Patrol
Georgia Police Academy
Elbert Rogers Connell
Wallis David Fielding
Donald Hicks Murphy
Bainbridge
R. H. Burson
Baptist leader urges churches to tackle unemployment crisis
A prepared speech cites the war on poverty and asks about 320,000 U.S. church congregations to assign three of the one million unemployable to each church. Hatfield states a miracle if the plan works. The report highlights a rift between preaching only and social action factions while questioning alternatives on Vietnam and the military industrial complex.
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Business and Defense Services Administration
Department of Commerce
Vietnam
OEP
Office of Civil Defense
U. S
Hatfield
J C Beverly Jr 83 dies after illness in Hattiesburg
J C Beverly Jr 83 of Hattiesburg Miss formerly of Thomasville died after several months illness Graveside service 3 pm today Laurel Hill Cemetery conducted by Rev W F Childers Kirkland Cray Hughes Home for Funerals in charge Surviving: three daughters Mrs V V Curtis Thomasville Mrs Carl Joiner Monticello Fla and Mrs Mary Beard Hattiesburg
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J. C. Beverly Jr
Hattiesburg, Miss
Thomasville
Laurel Hill Cemetery
W. F. Childers
Kirkland-Cray-Hughes Home
V. V. Curtis
Carl Joiner
Monticello
Fla
Mary Beard
Hattiesburg
Composer Strayhorn Dies at 51 in New York
William Billy Strayhorn, renowned jazz composer and arranger, died of cancer in New York at age 51. The Pittsburgh stage door meeting with Duke Ellington 28 years ago yielded the hit song Something to Live For, launching Strayhorn to prominence.
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New York
William
Billy” Strayhorn
Strayhorn
Pittsburgh
Duke Ellington
Keeping Up Hours for Veterans and Graduating Seniors
A policy proposal aims to retain veterans by guaranteeing full education benefits and allow graduating seniors to receive student deferments. The plan targets extending financial support and easing loan or tuition burdens for those transitioning from service to civilian study.
Thomasville Men Drafted From Thomas County This Month
Eight men from Thomas County were drafted this month by Selective Service Local Board No. 140. Ralph Brown Ed Ross Jr Melvin Monroe Allen Scott Tommy Barfield Meigs Clarence Wilson Thomas Graham and Garland Griffin are listed among draftees. Four Thomas County men were drafted in April.
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Thomasville
Thomas County
Selective Service Local Board No
Ralph Brown
Ed Ross Jr
Melvin Monroe
Allen Scott
Tommy Barfield
Meigs
Clarence Wilson
Thomas Graham
Garland Griffin
Thomas County Teens Sponsor Film for TAR Delegate Fund
Thomasville High rising senior Jim Bradley, state TAR chairman, heads to the national Young Republican convention in Omaha June 1923. Local TARs host an 8 p.m. Tuesday June 6 showing of Myth of the Great Society at the YMCA to raise travel funds. ZIP code directories will be sold at cost from the Chamber of Commerce.
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Thomas County
Jim Bradley
Thomasville High School
TAR
Omaha
Neb
YMCA
Thomasville-Thomas County
Kiwanis to Hear Horace Caldwell on Georgia Parks
Kiwanis Club of Thomasville hosts Horace Caldwell director of the State Parks Department for a luncheon discussion tomorrow. Caldwell will cover Georgia state parks program and local recreational development plans. Meeting starts at 1 p.m. at Glen Arven Country Club.
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Horace Caldwell
State Parks Department
Thomasville Kiawins Club
Caldwell
Georgia
Glen Arven Country Club
Ellington and Strayhorn Composed Iconic Jazz Works
Beginning a lifelong collaboration Ellington and Strayhorn produced famed pieces including Take the A Train Lush Life and Chelsea Bridge shaping jazz repertoire.
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Ellington
Strayhorn
Chelsea Bridge
Sinkhole consumes homes in Bartow fires reported
Homes of the Howard W. Ledford and Harold King families in Bartow Florida were swallowed by a sinkhole about a week ago and were set afire in a prior incident. Fire crews responded as authorities investigated the collapse and subsequent blaze affecting the properties and residents.
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Howard W. Ledford
Harold
Bartow
Fla
Everett Named Associate Director of Thomasville Y M C A
George Everett has been named associate director of the Thomasville YMCA by president L. B. Edwards. He previously served six years as YMCA youth and program secretary and will assist executive director W. R. Milton in all program and administrative work.
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George Everett
Thomasville
YMCA
L. B. Edwards
Everett
W. R. Milton
Edwards
Senior Citizens Club
Thamesville High School
Presbyterian College
U. S Army Security Agency
Rome
Thomasville Y
Helen Anderson
Clinton
8. C
Bill
John
Levy Refuses to Train Green Beret Medics at Fort Jackson
A Columbia surgeon Dr Edward Kimbrough testified he served in Vietnam and found Special Forces medics work good and would train them though they are combat soldiers. Sgt J C GeorgeB Curry said Levy's medical license should be revoked and defended the Green Beret training details shown to Ft Jackson doctors in 1966. Levy trained the medics for about four months and then refused to continue.
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Levy
Columbia
Edward Kimbrough
Vietnam
Kimbrough
J.C. Georgeb. Curry
Ft. Jackson Army Hospital
New York
America
Curry
Ft. Jackson
Viet bunker complex near coast east of highway
U S spokesmen described a large bunker complex near the coast east of the main coastal highway that could hold a Communist battalion. In Binh Dinh Province the 1st Cavalry Airmobile pursued a smaller flushed force, killing 77 with four Americans dead and 35 wounded. Night withdrawal followed, with pursuit inland for about 150 North Vietnamese regulars.
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U.S
Binh Dinh
U.S. 1St Cavalry Division
Red Force
Central High May 29 63 108 63 May 29 30 May 30
Dates mark May 29 and 30 for graduates from Central High and Mitchell County Douglass. Two schools set June 2 commencements Washington Consolidated Cairo 8:30 p.m. Whigham High 8 p.m. Pelham Cairo Bainbridge hold ceremonies June 1 2 with times at each venue.
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Magrolia
Mitchell County
Douglass
Washington Consolidated School
Cairo
Whigham High
Pelham
Bainbridge
Centennial Field
Pinchers Peril to Israelis As U S Forces Consider Squeeze
Washington report on how Vietnam war critics and supporters align to safeguard Israel amid Egypt closing the Gulf of Aqaba. Sen Ernest Gruening urges U S action if needed to keep Gulf open to shipping and protect Israel's territorial integrity against Arab pressure.
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Washington
Johnson
Israel
Egypt
Gulf of Aqaba
United States
Gruening
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