Oak Tree Trail Drives U.S. 84 Route Study in Thomasville
Thomasville officials and state transportation engineers study rerouting U.S. 84 to bypass three sharp downtown turns by using Harvey's parking lot on Madison Street. City Manager Buford W. McRae argues a federal aid project could complete in three years with minimal impact to the Harvey’s site and its oak tree as a long term solution.
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Roy Trefftzs
Harvey’s
Smith Ave
Broad St
Thomasville
State Department of Transportation
Madison St
Fletcher St
Remington Ave
Department of Transportation Engineers
Harvey’s Food Store
Buford W. McRae
Robert C. Kirk
DOT
U.S. 84
McRae
Kirk
Fletcher and
Madison Sts
Burglar Makes Self At Home In Elmira Apartment
In Elmira New York a burglar broke into Bonnie J Bobby's apartment while she was away. He raided the fridge consuming beer spaghetti and meatballs and left cucumber salad and potato chips. He also took a shower and left behind three dirty towels.
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Elmira
N.Y
Bonnie J. Bobby
Miss Bobby
Presidential Scholars Named from Southeast States
President Nixon announced 121 high school seniors selected as Presidential Scholars from each state and territories. The Southeast list includes Ronald Arildsen and Dorothy Haney of Alabama, Penny Orwick and Jeffrey Sourbeer of Florida, and multiple scholars from Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia, with recipients from several high schools and universities.
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Washington
Nixon
District of Columbia
Puerto Rico
Alabama
Ronald C. Arildsen
Huntsville
S. R. Butler High
Dorothy Anne Haney
Mobile
John S. Shaw
Orlando
Edgewater High
Jeffrey J. Sourbeer
Largo
Vivian J. Woodard
Winter Garden
Lakeview High
Georgia
Thomas Stan Cox
Gainesville
Carolyn Seymoure
Decatur
Columbia High
Kentucky
Michael W. McConnell
Louisville
Mayme S. Waggener High
Laura A. Smith
Hodgenville
la Rue County
Louisiana
Loretta M. Dupremont
New Orleans
Xavier University Preparatory
Susan L. Kenyon
Riverdale High
William B. Robison III
Lecompte
Rapides High
Mississippi
Willaim H. Hammett
Greenville High
Betty Jean Wood
Southaven High
North Carolina
Karen R. den Braven
Asheville
A. C. Reynolds High
John S. Russell
Greensboro
Grimsley High
South Carolina
Thomas E. Cooper
Columbia
A. C. Flora
James W. Harrington
Florence
McClenaghan High
Caryle A. Schlea
Aiken
Tennessee
Allen L. McCallie
Chattanooga
the McCallie School
David F. Osborne
Nashville
Overton High
Sheryl L. Veazey
Memphis
Raleigh-Egypt
Virginia
Brian L. Harbourne
Fairfax
Herndon High
Sarah H. Lewis
Portsmouth
Western Branch High
Chesapeake
Nehemiah E. Spence III
Virginia Beach
Kempsville High
U.N. Development Program spends record 274 million in 1972
The U N Development Program reports a record 274 million dollar expenditure in 1972 across more than 6 000 projects in 135 countries and territories in its annual report released today.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N
Services Set For Hull In Augusta Following Gun Accident
Augusta authorities say former state Rep. James M. Hull Jr. was fatally wounded by a self inflicted shotgun discharge while searching for a prowler near his home. Hull, Richmond County representative from 1960 to 1966, was a lawyer and WWII veteran educated at VMI and the University of Georgia law school.
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Augusta
James M. Hull Jr
Hull
R. A
Williams
Richmond County
Virginia Military Institute
Europe
20Th Armored Division
University of Georgia Law School
Governors Drop Watergate Move At National Conference
Democ rats decide not to pursue Nixon Watergate topic at the National Governors Conference to keep focus on energy and economic issues. Vice President Agnew arrives to hear governors complaints on federal funding impoundments while Democrats redraw economic proposals to win GOP support for a revenue sharing plan.
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Stateline
Nev
Nixon
Patrick J. Lucey
Wisconsin
Wendell Anderson
Minnesota
Spiro T. Agnew
Agnew
Maryland
Congress
Regents Weigh Plan to Desegregate Florida A&M Drive
Orlando AP report says the Florida Board of Regents considers a plan to create a predominantly black Florida A&M University and end racial imbalances at eight white state campuses with $70 million at stake. The plan aims to revise admissions and placement tests under federal pressure to desegregate by next Monday.
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Orlando
Fla
Board of Regents
Florida A&m University
Florida
Chester Ferguson
FAMU
Ferguson
Federal
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Car Crash Injures Three Near Baconton Georgia
A Cairo woman Joyce Johnson 32 and her child Sherri Ann Johnson 4 were passengers in a two car collision on Hwy 19 east of Baconton. Also injured was Hardwick Grant 19 of Albany. Jerry Allen Johnson 25 escaped injury. State Patrol said Grant vehicle tried left turn as Johnson passed. They were treated at Phoebe Putney Hospital for cuts and bruises.
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Roy Trefftzs
Cairo
Baconton
Hwy
Joyce Johnson
Sherri Ann Johnson
Jerry Allen Johnson
Hardwick Grant
Albany
Phoebe-Putney Hospital
Jerry Johnson
State Patrol
C.D. Rogers
Grant
Johnson
Four Auto Crashes Reported by Thomasville Police
Four minor crashes were investigated in the last 24 hours with no injuries and only minor damage, police chief R T Alley said. Fire crews responded to an air conditioner malfunction at Archbold Memorial Hospital causing no fire, just equipment damage. Fires were reported at the Thomasville Bedding Co location with two separate calls. a woods fire near Pavo Rd and a trash blaze at 3 51 a m. Kathleen Young a 28 year veteran with Southern Bell attended the Dixie Chapter assembly at Jekyll Island where Sen Herman Talmadge spoke and Southern Bell VP Jasper Dorsey introduced him. Public Service Commission Chairman Ben Wiggins also spoke.
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Thomasville
R.T. Alley
Archbold Memorial Hospital
Thomasville Bedding Co
Hwy. 19
Pavo Rd
Kathleen Young
Orchard Lane
Southern Bell
Dixie Chapter
Telephone Pioneers of America
Jekyll Island
Pioneers
Herman Talmadge
Jasper Dorsey
Public Service Commission
Ben Wiggins
State director orders reclassification for older registrants
Mrs Ruth Jones a clerk for the Thomasville Selective Service Board said she received instructions from State Director Mike Hendrix to move registrants born before 1953 who are not medical specialists from classes 2-A 2-C 2-S 2-D 3-A and 4-B into Class I-H.
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Ruth Jones
Thomasville
Selective Service Board
Selective Service
Mike Hendrix
Skylab crew trains for two man space walk to free jammed solar panel
The Skylab repair team at Houston rehearses a four hour two man space walk to free a jammed solar panel on the orbiting lab. Commanders Charles Conrad Jr. and Dr. Joseph Kerwin prepare to open an airlock about 11 37 a m EDT Thursday and reach the side of the station to salvage the panel.
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Orbiting Laboratory
Charles Conrad Jr
Joseph Kerwin
Conrad
Astronaut crew tackles solar wing deployment during Skylab mission
A damaged OCR fragment describes Kerwin near Artch assisting as crew pries loose side panel and frees mechanisms to allow a wing to unfold. Experts estimate the wing could yield force aiding solar energy capture when deployed, tying into Skylab power goals.
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Kerwin
Artch
Paul
Conrad
Ati
Seconce
Skylab
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