Joan Crawford Reflects on Career and Views on Women
Actress Joan Crawford discusses women in the workplace and her career arc from dancer to star. She recalls early steps in Chicago and Broadway, winning an Oscar for Mildred Pierce, and notes Pepsi sponsorship choices. Crawford travels between New York, Hollywood, and upcoming stops in California.
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Bonomo
Oklahoma
Chicago
Detroit
J. J. Schubert
Lucille le Sueur
Broadway
MGM
Hollywood
Sally
Irene
Mary
Joan
Mildred Pierce
Johnny Guitar
240 Graduate At THS By Dwain Walden
The article covers Thomasville High School’s Class of 71 graduation with 240 seniors. It reflects on four years of study and activities from Aristotle to prom, noting the mix of memories and the future paths of graduates as they become engineers, lawyers, doctors and more.
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Dwain Walden
Thomasville High School
Tomnarrow
Veterans Memorial Stadium
Karen Ann Downe
Joseph Bridges Peeples
Robert Edward Yawn
Rick McClure
Tom Streatdorf
Nat Williams
Jaycees Name Paul W. Bryan Outstanding Young Farmer
Paul W. Bryan Jr a timber consultant and farmer was named the Outstanding Young Farmer of the Year at the Thomasville Jaycees Installation and Awards Banquet. He farms 1100 acres including 450 acres of corn 200 acres of peanuts and other crops.
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Paul W. Bryan, Jr
Thomasville Jaycees
Bryan
Thomas County Farm Bureau
First Methodist Church
Richard Barkely
Thomasville Police
The
Times-Enterprise
Central High School 213 Graduate Commencement Presided by E R Cone
County School Supt E R Cone led a large crowd at Municipal Auditorium for Central High School 213 graduates. He urged graduates to preserve good while reforming the bad and noted the community’s confidence in the school system.
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Roy Trefftzs
Central High School
E. R. Cone
Cone
Municipal Auditorium
Adam Hopkins
Johnny Jones
Magnolia School
Prisoner Surrenders After Jail Escape Attempt
James W. Larkins, 21, of 1003 N Broad St, returns to jail under $2000 bond after fleeing County Jail in an attempted breakout. He had fled via a second story window the day before and dropped to ground from the porch. He gave himself up after calls to Sheriff Powell and a go-between reported he was walking toward Hwy 84. The incident followed hours of calls and a self surrender at 4 pm with pickup at 5 pm. The report notes the prior flight and revised bond.
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James W. Larkins
N. Broad St
Carlton Powell
Powell
Larkins
Sheriff's Department
Hwy. 84
County Jail
Traffic Accidents Reported After Graduation Festivities
Police reported three minor city crashes and one county incident as graduates and friends celebrated. At 4 10 p m a parked car rolled into a porch at 100 Neel Street damaging both, at 9 22 p m a vehicle hit a parked car on Remington Avenue with no injuries, and at 11 10 p m two drivers collided on Madison and Jackson Streets with no injuries. A wreck on Highway 84 west of Boston left the car in a ditch after removing posts and fence. occupants fled before officers arrived. One electrical fire at Jerger School caused standby but no damage.
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W. Jackson and Mills Sts
Charles W. Crummidy
N. Stevens St
Neel St
C.R. Goff
Madison and
Jackson Sts
Irene &. Jackson
Box
Thomasville
Cecil J. Rehberg
Rt. 2
Goff
M. R. Covington
Boston
Jerger School
Area Deaths and Explosion Scene Reported
Obituaries note deaths of Norman B. Merritt Clyde Harvey Mallisa Bunch and Leonard Randall Sr with funeral details. A late night explosion near a tractor trailer wreck was witnessed by drivers, with authorities noting a large blast and a scorched area but no nearby homes damaged. Six named survivors and multiple relatives are listed across several deaths.
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Cairo
Norman B. Merritt
Clark Funeral
Gene Gardner
Magnolia Cemetery
Merritt
William B. Merritt
Gus Merritt
Travares
Fla
Rosa Lee Couch
Mark
iGa
Dess Merritt
Whigham
Olivia Jones
Sumner
Drew Mills
Methodist Delegation Heads to 15th South Georgia Conference
A large delegation of 800 Methodist ministers and lay delegates from the Thomasville District will attend the 15th session of the South Georgia Conference at St. Simons Island opening Monday. Delegates represent 145,000 Methodists in Georgia and will discuss social concerns, evangelism, education, retirement and laity work. The gathering will elect General and Jurisdictional Conference delegates with Bishop John Owen Smith presiding.
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Roy Tereftis
C. EB. Cariker
Thomasville
South Georgia
United Methodist Church
St. Simons Island
South Creorgia
Cariker
Albany
Florida Line
John Owen Smith
Atlanta
Georgia
General Conference
Deep South
Lake Junaluska
N.C
Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference
Strickland Auditorium
Upworth-by-the-Sea
Methodist Assembly Center
St. Simons
Savannah
America
John
Charles Wesley
John Wesley
James
Hijacker Captures Jetliner Crew. Subdues Ri ggs
FBI agents rush the jetliner after Colliton pockets a pistol and three men are taken prisoner. Riggs is handcuffed and transported before a federal magistrate at midnight to face piracy charges. He claims memory gaps and asserts guilt, amid no injuries reported.
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Colliton
FBI
Riggs
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Wayne Dodson
Paul Bryan
Barkley
Jaycees
Paul W. Bryan
Ernest Lee
David Clark
Barry Gray
Charlie Copeland
Tom Robins
Jaycee
Bill Arnold
John Jones
Don King
Phil Powell
Hank Russell
Larry Tuten
Sam Watkins
Joe Wyndells
Tom Faircloth
Jaycette
Becky Lee
Linda Singletary
Gloria Clark
Jan Dodson
Lynelle Carlton
Judy Cohen
Judy Hurst
Pam [Ogue
Gene Autrey
Glen Arven Country Club
Glenda Harris
Julian Cannon
Neil C. Boland
Archbold Memorial Hospital
Supt
Charles Pilcher
Hansell Chastain
Donny Gordon
Maurice Parramore
Wayland Thompson
Ronald Vonier
Parramore
Gayle
Kathryn Beckham
Sandra Kay Walden
Teresa Parker
Mary Kay Cannon
Caroline Murphy
Pam Haskins
Ludwig R. DeWirtz
Columbia Seminary
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First Presbyterian Church
DeWitt
Germany
James Chason
Gribbin St
Remington Ave
Mr. Merritt
Clyde Harvey
Pelham
Braswell
Howard Kelly
Mt. Zion
Harvey
Mitchell County
Jim P
Sara L. Poitevient Harvey
Mildred Kierce
Melvin Harvey
West Palm Beach
Marvin Cameron
Lorene Williams
Winter Haven
Clay Harvey
Cliff Harvey
Hopeful
Eva Stevens
Oscar Poitevient
Calvin Poitevient
Mrs. Bunch
Mallisa Bunch
Bethel Baptist Church
Frank Monroe
Hatcher- Peoples Funeral Home
Swettie R. Randall
Tom Randall
St. Petersburg
Georgia Randall
Las Vegas
Nev
Willie Randall
San Francisco
Ella Mae Dawson
Leiola Simmons
Winter Park
Annie Grace Luke
Ft. Knox
Willie van Blunt
Tallahassee
Mr. Randall
Leonard Randall Sr
Bethel Cemetery
Hatcher-People Funeral Home
Randall
Leonard Randall Jr
Willie James Randall
St. Petersburg Fla
Elbert Randall
Washington, D.C
Tom
Henry Randall
Clarence
Carolyn Hampton
Frostproof
Gladis Williams
Bama Bay
Annie Felter
Miami
Methodist
Oglethorpe
England
London
Francis Asbury
Asbury
E. J. Cowart
Conference World Service and Finance
Minimum Salary Commission
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