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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1975
Page
5
A surprise going away party was given last week for Kit Murphy secretary to the Chief of Police. Mrs Murphy left Saturday with her husband and family for Wildwood Florida where he has been transferred with a motel chain. She began work with the police department in 1972.
A Hiram man named William Waters Jr. was killed while trimming a tree at an Atlanta residence when his chain saw struck his neck, severing a major artery. The incident occurred Tuesday and authorities identified the victim. The article notes a city staff party at the chief's office with many attendees and gifts.
Georgia weather today features scattered thundershowers in the southeast and mostly sunny skies in the northwest with highs in the 80s. Coast area will be partly cloudy at night with lows mid 50s to upper 60s and Tuesday looks to stay warm with highs again in the 80s.
Georgia Republicans welcomed Ronald Reagan with signs but defeated a resolution to back him for the presidential nomination. The convention ousted state chairman Bob Shaw and chose Mack Mattingly as his successor after an unofficial vote of 248 to 173, with shifts from rival candidate Gary Pleger.
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