Retiring Thomasville Water & Light Workers Honored
Four employees Ramsey C. Wheeler Martha Stanaland Margaret Huggins and Julius O Quinn retire with 170 years combined service to the city Water and Light Dept. A city dinner gave engraved watches and public thanks from the commission and local paper.
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Thomasville Water & Light Dept
City Commissioners and Water & Light Dept
Soverner
Thomase
Ramsey C. Wheeler
Martha Stanaland
Margaret Huggins
Julius H. O’quinn
City Water & Light Dept
Thomasville
The Price Tag On Federal Aid To States
An opinion notes that growing welfare has made the nation a welfare recipient and warns that federal matching funds for state projects transfer money from taxpayers to government programs. The piece argues federal money is not free and fosters dependence, eroding local responsibility and adding overhead costs.
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Crowley
This Day In History June 2 Highlights 1965
Events on this date include Grover Cleveland and Frances Folsom’s White House wedding in 1886, Maine becoming the first prohibition state in 1851, Coolidge signing the income tax bill in 1921, Dunkirk evacuation news in 1940, Brenner Pass talks in 1941, Elizabeth II’s coronation in 1953, and recent reflections on Yugoslavia, SEATO, India’s leadership changes.
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White House
Frances Folsom
Buffalo
N. Y
Grover Cleveland
Johnson Clouded on Dominican troop use and OAS role
President Johnson offered mixed signals on deploying U.S. forces in the Dominican Republic. He defended action despite criticism, said earlier consultations occurred, and emphasized security reasons for not pre announcing troop movements. He dodged a clear pledge to intervene to block Communism.
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Washington
Johnson
Dominican Republic
Fen
Robert F. Kennedy
United States
OAS
U.S
Hemisphere
Viet Folk Have Great Dignity In Wartime Letter From Da Nang
Open letter from Harold Boyle describes life in Da Nang Vietnam, reflecting on stay, spending, and the question of lasting American influence. He notes dignity among locals, kindness, and hopes for a peaceful, self-governing Vietnam while revealing homesickness and plans to support a Vietnamese orphan, nicknamed Little One.
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Viet Nam
Guidelines For Economy Being Tested In New York
The Johnson administration tests government guidelines shaping prices wages investments and banking practices as a voluntary tool alongside taxes subsidies and agencies. Steel labor and some bankers oppose limits on price and wage moves while management resents imposed ranges. Guidelines aim for price stability and controlled overseas investments with modest success so far and ongoing debate about long term gains vs costs.
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U.S
Tell Lady Bird Of Billboards Boxing Junk
Oregon Scenic Area Board preserves views by limiting billboards along highways. Pennsylvania Roadside Council fights billboard blight in Appalachia. President asks Congress to use federal power to ban billboards and auto junkyards on federal-aid highways.
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State of
Oregon
Pennsylvania Roadside Council, Inc
Appalachia
Lady Bird Johnson
Congress
Federal boxing bill gains momentum in 1960s policy debates
The piece argues states lose control over boxing as federal bills backed by Hart and Tunney push national regulation. It recalls Boston and Maine boxing scenes, mentions Jim Farley as a possible first federal boxing commissioner, and reflects on the Ninth and Tenth Amendments and historic figures.
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Los Angeles
California
Massachusetts
Tony Galento
Boston
Maine
Lewiston
Philip A. Hart
Michigan
John Varick Tunney
Gene Tunny
U.S
Lyndon Johnson
Jim Farley
Jim
New York State Athletic Commission
Sonny Liston
New York
William Muldoon
Guiding a Teenage Daughter With Respect and Faith
Acknowledge independence while offering guidance. Stop nagging and treat her with respect as if she were a friend's child visiting. Read the Bible and pray together daily, include her in family devotion, and give her meaningful tasks to strengthen the family bond.
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Christ
Roadside Blight and the Johnson anti eyesore bill
A humorous column discusses roadside blight from billboards and junked autos on federal highways. It notes the Johnson bill will pass but calls the problem stubborn, mentions a Los Angeles firm selling a cast breaker to split scrap cars, and jokes about involving Lady Bird Johnson for ideas.
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Los Angeles
RPB Company
Lady Bird Johnson
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