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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1966
Page
1
A massive tornado ripped through Topeka Kansas causing extensive destruction. Officials estimate about 2000 homes destroyed or damaged and at least 14 dead with hundreds wounded.
A committee of Boy Scout leaders urged the organization to scrap short pants drop the word boy from its name and take an interest in girls. They proposed a new image with mushroom colored trousers green berets and minimal activities and suggested Venture Scouts meet girls and work with Girl Guides units.
On alert, employees of the Office of Emergency Planning remain on a 24 hour status to relay information to state and national OEO units. The effort centers on maintaining a hot line for rapid communication during hurricane events.
Debris from Key West to Tampa Bay accompanied by top winds of 100 mph as Alma batteredSt. Petersburg. The storm spared Tampa but caused minor injuries and property damage with widespread rain and power outages. The death toll rose to 37 with Cuba tallying five fatalities.
Eight year old Mike Bass son of Mr and Mrs George Bass spots a non poison lizard near ACL tracks in Thomas County. He fears at first but a check confirms the horned toad is harmless and probably arrived by railroad cars.
John Ellis Anderson 73 of Cairo dies Wednesday. Funeral plans by Clark Funeral Home. Survived by wife Susie Goodwin Pyles Anderson. four sons Grady Pyles Augusta Marvin Pyles Cairo L D Anderson Philadelphia Charles Anderson Cairo. three daughters Cleo Thompson Alma Guthrie Bessie Jones all of St Petersburg Fla. one brother Rev L A Anderson Cairo. two sisters Rachel Owen Cairo Lennie Lee Thomasville. 16 grandchildren seven great grandchildren. BAINBRIDGE Mrs Audrey Yates Williams 76 of West Bainbridge dies Tuesday in Fidelis Nursing Home. Funeral at West Bainbridge Methodist Church Burial West Bainbridge Cemetery Ivey Funeral Home. Survived by Yates K Williams Thomasville Clifton Jr Williams Charles W Williams Bainbridge daughter Mrs Thomas Owens Chattahoochee Fla. three sisters C C McNease J B Ragan Edna Yates Colquitt. seven grandchildren.
Mrs Maxwell 69 of Cairo died at Grady General Hospital. Funeral plans by Clark Funeral Home. Survived by husband Pat Maxwell a daughter Frances Hancock two sons Lee D Maxwell Roscoe Maxwell a sister Juanita McDougald and ten grandchildren. Mrs Barfield Brinson 65 of Pelham died at Grady General Hospital. Services at New Home Free Will Baptist Church burial Mars Hill Cemetery by Braswell Funeral Home. Survived by eight daughters two brothers a sister and 19 grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
Thailand requests renewed UN observers to monitor the Cambodian border and help end hostilities between the longtime rivals. informed sources said Wednesday.
Mrs. Betty Williams serves as chair man of the committee for the hospital auxiliary activities at Keeping Up Memorial Hospital.
The Thomas County Community Action Panel will meet June 16 at City Hall Court Room starting at 7 30 p m with Chairman Logan Lewis presiding. The public is invited to attend.
Vietnamese troops repelled an ambush by about 1 000 Viet Cong on Highway 13 with heavy reinforcements and U S air strikes. The Communists abandoned 50 weapons including three recoilless rifles. The 101st Airborne pursued remnants of a North Vietnamese battalion in Kontumo Province near the Laotian frontier. US combat deaths reached 108 in the week and 8 662 since January 1961. South Vietnamese deaths 121. total allied casualties 902 killed and 120 captured last week. US planes flew 81 missions against North Vietnam the highest weekly total.
An ad claims Galaxon tablet removes excess fat with no doctor visit and offers a money back guarantee. It promises easy ingestion, a $3.00 price, and returns to the druggist if not satisfied.
Today events list includes Kiwanis at Post 3 6 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Men’s Garden Club at Garden Center 7 p.m. Lions Club at Plaza Cafe 7:30 p.m. Home League at Salvation Army 7:30 p.m. A M Lodge at Masonic Building 8 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous at Presbyterian Hall 8 p.m. Kiwanis at Glen Arven 1 p.m. Senior Citizens at YMCA 2:30 p.m. Ceramics Class at Youth Center Hut 10 p.m.
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