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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1963
Page
6
Eight men are questioned and dynamite and timing devices seized in Montreal as police pursue suspects linked to the Quebec Liberation Front. A Belgian national is among those detained.
Georgia Air National Guard captain Richard Smith ran out of fuel on U S 41 near MARIEDITA while flying a helicopter. He landed on the highway and asked a passing motorist to drive to McCollum Airport for fuel. The ANG aircraft was en route with Lt. Col. John J. Brock of Decatur on state staff business. A motorist recalled fearing the helicopter would land on a car as it approached.
A Nationalist Chinese pilot Capt. Hou Ting-tse defected with an American FS6F fighter to Red China. He received 2,500 ounces of gold and would be promoted to major in the Red Chinese air force, the New China News Agency reported via a Peking broadcast.
Vera Eichmann 56 and her seven year old son Hansi returned to Argentina saying they will live in the small house he built. The widow spoke a year after Adolf Eichmann, convicted of helping plan mass murders, was executed.
Cal laway Gardens in Pine Mountain Georgia hosts a vegetable gardening seminar for backyard and acre farmers. Horticultural director Fred Galle says the event runs June 12 13 and features the garden created by the late Cason Callaway for experimental agriculture. HK is a private enterprise. VENAFRO Italy A bus carrying 70 people from a religious pilgrimage fell 20 feet from a bridge Sunday night two killed and 40 injured.
Federal Judge Seybourn Lynne delayed ruling on a Justice Department request to bar Governor George Wallace from blocking Negro enrollment at the University of Alabama next Monday. He ordered a memorandum by Wednesday and heard testimony including a Wallace news conference recording. Wallace planned to stand in the doors to prevent integration, challenging federal orders over school operation.
The United Nations General Assembly may adopt resolutions to fund peacekeeping missions for Congo and the Middle East in the second half of 1968. Negotiations led by Chief Adebo of Nigeria draft four measures funding operations and setting general financing principles.
An Alabama Senate bloc plans to reopen a filibuster to block Gov George Wallace pushed powers to hire special state attorneys. After a 58 hour talkathon, Wallace seeks up to 24 of 35 votes to pass a bill enabling broad hiring for land acquisitions and highway cases.
In Tubaloola Alabama University of Alabama officials announced the admission of a third Black student for the summer session beginning June 10. James A Hood of Gadaden Ala was notified of his qualified status and expected to enroll.
Albany reports more trials set Tuesday for Negro and white integrationists arrested during pro test demonstrations. Vivian Malone and David Mc Glathery were ordered admitted by a federal judge, while Gov. George Wallace threatens to block enrollment of Negroes at white public universities in Alabama. A Birmingham federal judge will decide Wednesday on a Justice Department injunction to prevent interference with Negro enrollment at the university.
A red overnight bag on a Pan American ramp in Miami sat vibrating for 15 minutes before Mr. and Mrs. R. Furgeson of Fort Lauderdale opened it and found a battery powered electric toothbrush, ending a bomb scare as firefighters police and FBI agents watched.
Officials from the United States and Thailand inaugurated a new 6000 foot airstrip in northeastern Thailand near Laos. The perforated steel plate surface enables mixed civil and military use, according to U S officials.
Dorothy Brown from rural Trebell County earned eight years of schooling in six and graduated from Woman’s College of the University of North Carolina. She will teach in Mecklenburg County and has long aspired to be somebody who helps others.
The U S Supreme Court unanimously rules Tennessee transfer plans in Knoxville and Davidson County violate equal protection. Justices say the plans promote discrimination by allowing white students to move while minority pupils remain in scarce options, failing to meet Brown v Board standards.
The Georgia Nurseryman’s Association opened its annual convention with about 70 delegates meeting at The Inn on Gordon Ave. President I Broughton Powell of Thomasville led discussions. Dr F B Johnstone Jr of the UGA Horticulture Dept spoke, with Edger A Martin of Martin Seed Co. Also on the program is a banquet address by Rev. William McCumber and a dance with Osco Hughes and his orchestra.
Eight students completed the Red Cross Standard First Aid Course at the Clay Street YMCA Saturday. Arthur B. Albright presented the certificates, and instructor Joseph H. Boyd noted all eight finished satisfactorily.
An Indian Airlines DC3 crashed from Amritsar to Srinagar killing 29 aboard. Among the dead is Associate Professor James Clarence Laverty of Champaign Illinois and his family. Laverty taught at Balwant Rajput Agricultural College near Agra under a U S contract. An American tourist is also listed among the victims.
Congress debated funding for a Dawson Georgia peanut research laboratory and a New Orleans facility as part of a broader agriculture appropriations bill. The Senate backed Dawson despite presidential vetoes, while the House rejected the 1.6 million Dawson construction request leading to tense compromise and calls for additional laboratories.
Vatican confirms Pope John XXIII death at 7:40 pm EST after a stomach tumor caused persistent hemorrhaging and peritonitis. His passing ends a 4 year 7 month reign noted for simplicity, peace, unity, and concern for all faiths as crowds prayed at St Peter’s Square.
New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller returns to public life to gauge GOP support for a 1964 presidential bid amid his remarriage to Margaretta Murphy. An AP survey shows several governors leaning toward Rockefeller, shaping a path to the 186 delegates needed to secure the nomination.
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