May traffic toll in Thomas County tops 1 killed, 45 hurt
Thomasville Post of the State Patrol reports 33 traffic accidents in May with 45 injuries and one fatality. 218 drivers cited or warned. property damage estimated at 28 875 dollars. Also notes Macon mayor Ronnie Thompson to speak at Kiwanis in Thomasville.
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Roy Trefftzs
Thomas
Thomasville
Macon
Ronnie Thompson
Thomasville Area
Kiwanis Club
Plaza Cafe
Thompson
Law and Order
Four minor crashes reported in 24 hours in county and city
Four minor traffic accidents were investigated in the last 24 hours with no injuries. One occurred in Mitchell County and three inside Thomasville city limits, per Thomasville Police. Rainfall in Thomas County varied in May from about 3.5 inches in Thomasville to 12 to 13 inches in Ochlochnee area. County Commissioner Lowell Clark notes gauges showing up to six inches at times while monitoring crops.
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Mitchell County
Thomasville Post
State Patrol
Thomasville
Thomas County
Ochlochnee
Lowell Clark
Saigon
Mekong
Highway 4
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
Delta
Cai Lay
le Trung Hien
Hien
Reeds
Senate Watergate Panel Resumes Investigation
The Senate Watergate committee resumes televised hearings after denying a delay. Sally Harmony testifies on secret logs related to the probe while others like Robert Reisner are set to testify. White House refuses to provide Nixon Dean conversation logs.
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Washington
Senate
Watergate Committee
Archibald Cox
Sam J. Ervin
D-N.c
Cox
Ervin
Watergate
Sally Harmony
G. Gordon Liddy
Reisner
James W. McCord Jr
Magruder
Atty
John N. Mitchell
White House
John W. Dean III
Nixon
Dean
Washington Post
Democrats Seek 90-Day Wage Price Freeze Pushes Legislation
Senate Democrats move to attach a 90-day mandatory freeze on wages prices rents profits and consumer rates to an upcoming bill. They call Nixon Phase 3 a disaster and vow quick floor action with support from Mondale Mansfield Proxmire and others.
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Washington
Nixon
Senate Democrats
Senate Democratic Caucus
Walter F. Mondale
D-Minn
Mike Mansfield
Senate
William Proxmire
D-Wis
TaylorMade Merges With Ohio Firm Philips Industries
TaylorMade Corp of Thomasville plans to merge with Philips Industries Inc of Dayton Ohio. The deal, announced by Robert Levinstein and Grady Davis, would issue 100000 Philips shares for TaylorMade and requires board and shareholder approval. TaylorMade reported 1973 sales of 3.17 million and after tax profits of 126 thousand.
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Roy Trefftzs
Thomasville
TaylorMade Corp
Philips Industries Inc
Robert Levinstein
Dayton
Ohio
Grady Davis
Davis
Rose City
Lloyd Eckberg
Thomasville-Thomas County
Philips Industries
Levinstein
Philips Board of Directors
TaylorMade
Philips
Services Consolidation Expands In City County Area
A survey shows a rising trend of merging city and county government and school system services in the Valdosta-Lowndes region. Buford W. McRae notes economic pressure driving consolidation as Thomasville and surrounding areas approach integrated operations, with garbage and landfill services under final planning. The County and Thomasville boards of education partner on the Paul G. Sewell Manpower Center, a vocational high school serving county Central High and the city’s students.
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Thomasville
Buford W. McRae
Lowndes County
Valdosta-Lowndes County
Thomas
County Board of Education
Thomasville Board of Education
Paul G. Sewell
Dollar Slumps Further As Gold Price Rises Worldwide
In a European trading day the dollar hit new lows against major currencies while gold climbed to new highs for the fifth straight day. Dealers cite Watergate as a major factor and note hints that floating exchange rates may not prevent another crisis. The dollar fell to 2.5850 marks from 2.6100, and traded at 4.16 francs and 3.0250 Swiss francs as currencies tumbled.
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London
U.S
Europe
Treasury
Paris
Zurich
Thomasville High to Graduate 260 in Class of 1973
At Veterans Memorial Stadium tonight THS will confer diplomas to 260 graduates. The ceremony features Pomp and Circumstance, remarks by class officers and principal James A Thornton, and the tassel turning followed by the class song We've Only Just Begun.
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Jeff Hill
Pavo
Thomasville High School
Veteran Memorial Stadium
George Lassiter
THS
Veteran’s Memorial Stadium
Chester Baggett
Versie Lee Bell
Robert Russell Jinright Jr
Betsy Carol Cox
Margaret Powell Jones
Jacelyn Olivia Miller
Thomasville City
Jinright
James A. Thornton
Thomas K. Vann Jr
Sam L. Martin
James Nicholson Vann
Jacquelyn Olivia Miller
Leon Allen Mott
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United Nations
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Kiwanis
James K. Hubbard
Southern Bell
Central Georgia
Hubbard
In Archbold
Rudolph Davis
Davis Water and Waste Industries
Archbold Memorial Hospital
Jasper Davis
Crystal and
Madison Sts
Lonnie Hill
Senate Watergate Panel
Central High School
County Stadium
Beverly Wiley
Boston
Old Oak
Abby Bee
Sere
Wees Anderson
Ween
Chicago
People’s Republic of China
Alexander MacArthur
Barrington
UPI
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