Stars and Stripes Fly Again at Thomas County Courthouse
County Commission Chairman Theron O. Davis restores the American flag on the courthouse pole but a donated Georgia flag cannot fly with it until new rope hooks are installed. Planning Commission meeting called off due to no business. next July 6 public hearing on zoning ordinance and maps. Fire calls include a kitchen grease flare up, a small grass fire, a hospital false alarm, and a faulty Timberlake Grocery alarm. One accident occurs here.
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Thomas County
Theron O. Davis
Georgia
Michael Herndon
Thomasville-Thomas County
Robert Revels
W. Calhoun St
Tall Pines Drive
Brookwood School
Archbold Memorial Hospital
Timberlake
W. Lee Street
Accident Report Sheds Light on City Collision
A 1 23 p m collision at Campbell and Fleming streets involved Wiley Taylor driving from 412 Raleigh Avenue and a parked car owned by May Weaver of 301 Gordon Avenue. Damage described as slight by Patrolman C R Goff who investigated the scene.
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Campbell and Fleming Sts
Wiley Taylor
Raleigh Ave
May Weaver
Gordon Ave
C. R. Goff
Alton Salter
Thomas Area Tech Vocational
Labor Department
W.C. McGinty
NATO Ministers Gather for Lisbon Parley on European Force Cut
Washington powwow on NATO foreign ministers in Lisbon focuses on potential Soviet led mutual force cuts in Europe. Secretary Rogers plans a 10 day trip to Paris and Brussels to align OECD and EC positions ahead of East West talks.
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Prante Washington
Secr
William P. Rogers
Lisbon
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Moscow
Rogers
Paris
Organization For Economic Cooperation and Development
Brussels
Washington
Soviet Communist Party
Leonid Brezhnev
Kremlin
Europe
U.S
United States
Pentagon weighs cutting back F14 fighter program
Deputy Secretary of Defense David Packard asked Secretary of the Navy to re examine the F14 development and production plans amid cost overruns. The Navy plans to buy 710 F14s starting in 1973, with prices rising about one million dollars per aircraft, risking a nine billion dollar program.
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Washington
Navy
The
Pentagon
Secretary of Defense
David Packard
Secretary of the Navy
John Chafee
Chafee
Packard
Defense Department
John Foster
Defense Research and Engineering
Barry Shillito
Girl Hostage Freed From Young Terrorists
In Istanbul police stormed a third floor apartment freeing 14 year old Sibel Erkan after a three minute gun battle. One kidnapper died and another was wounded as the girl and her hostage takers were connected to the Ephraim Elrom case.
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Istanbul
Sibel Erkan
Huseyin Cevahir
Mahir Cayan
Elrom
Turkish People’s Liberation Army
Cevahir
Cayan
Ankara
Sibel
Cihan al
Warm Fair With 90 Degree High Today
A warm day with highs in the 90s and continued mild conditions. Details page 19.
Wreckage Found of Plane Carrying Audie Murphy
Rescue teams recovered six bodies from a chartered aircraft crash on Brushy Mountain near Roanoke Virginia. Audie Murphy is believed among the dead though identification is not confirmed. three bodies are burned beyond recognition.
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Roanoke
Audie Murphy
Roanoke Community Hospital
Audie
Lincoln Carle
Murphy
Dbete Ron
Leutenant
Martinsville
Here
Phy
Atlanta
Brushy
Continueu
Tages
Hijacked Jet Detained in Havana Amid Cuba Fishing Arrests
A Pan Am jet carrying 69 people is detained in Havana while four Cuban fishing boat captains are jailed in Key West for illegal fishing. Havana radio says another flotilla heads to the Florida Keys as Pan Am weighs passenger release delays.
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Miami
Fla
Pan American World Airways
Havana
Key West
Havana Radio
Florida Keys
Pan Am
Robert Bohne
Afonday
US Coast Guard
Cuba
Keys
Najeeb Halaby
Fidel Castro
Caracas-o-Miami
Scholarships Top Thomasville High Seniors Total Over 350000
Superintendent Dr. Garfield Wilson announced at a PTO meeting that more than 350000 in scholarships were awarded to Thomasville High seniors, marking a 50000 increase from last year. He compared the year to a new business opening with dividends.
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Dwain Walden
Thomasville High
Thomasville
Garfield Wilson
PTO
Wilson
Thomasville High students excel in 1971 National Mathematics Contest
The report shows 78 percent of girls and 89 percent of boys plan to pursue further education. Thomasville High School ranked in Georgia's top ten for the National Mathematics Contest, with 128 schools participating. Rodney Williams led the state with the top score and is the son of Mr and Mrs Julian R Williams of 512 Rosedale Ave. The examination is noted as extremely difficult.
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Wilson
Thomasville High School
Georgia
Rodney
Williams
Julian R. Williams
Rosedale Ave
Western Union Strike Closes Public Offices Nationwide
Two unions representing 21 000 employees walked out at 12 61 a.m. shutting public offices and halting domestic telegrams money orders and overseas cables. AFL CIO unions demanded 31 percent wage hikes over two years after rejecting a 42 percent offer. The company said essential government communications would continue under negotiated terms.
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NEW York
Western Union
United Telegraph Workers
Communications Workers of America
Aflcio
Earl 3. Hilburn
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Florida
Wctv Channel 6
Roscoe Stewart
Farmers Market
City and Power Company
Senate
Grumman Aerospace Corp
Bethpage
LAL
Nixon
Red Cross
Ptekin
People's Liberation Army
Adiyaman
Liberation Army
Sinan Cemgil
Muzaffer Caglar
Abby Stee
Teen Ta Rae
Camere Edad
Heloise
Pere Ten Enherence
Orta
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