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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1973
Page
6
Hershey police report odd pair Saundra Rona a 20 year old showgirl five eight and James Briscoe 21 a three foot eight inch clown were listed as performers in a quirky local entertainment item.
Thomasville planners had denied several rezoning bids on Beth Drive Pinetree Boulevard and related parcels and will be reconsidered by the City Commission Monday at 7 30 p m. The meeting at City Hall will also weigh a Merrill Street petition and funding for road widening and resurfacing.
The Lapham Patterson House in Thomasville, Georgia, the state’s sole official Victorian Era museum, will get a $125000 roof and restoration under a contract signed by Joe Tanner of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources and Terrell Singletary of Modern Builders. The project includes roof work, cornice restoration, exterior wood replacement, porch and column restoration, and interior updates with delays caused by prior bid shortages. The work, to start soon, aims to enable interior restoration and caretaker apartment, with further state and federal funding expected.
Saigon reports a sharp upsurge in Viet Cong operations across South Vietnam and warns Americans to limit travel. Canadian observers are confined to barracks near An Loc as helicopters are downed and frontline positions face heavy shelling amid last minute land grabbing fears before Paris peace talks resume.
Police seized 1 498 pounds of marijuana in a northeast Atlanta raid valued at 280000 dollars. Cam Cunningham and Carol Smith were charged. In space news, Skylab astronauts pressed into a heavy solar observation day as Kerwin and crew mapped snow, forests, and flooding effects across the Americas and prepared for continued high power operations.
The Senate approved a farm bill 78 to 9 despite Nixon administration opposition. A $20,000 per farmer subsidy ceiling was included, replacing the prior $55,000 limit. House members Poage and Sisk criticized the ceiling as unfair to farmers and warned of returning to an earlier program. Birch Bayh touted $200 million annual savings. Talmadge argued the bill’s incentives would be wrecked.
In Paris Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho narrowed terms in a late stage of Vietnam peace talks. A communique may emerge unsigned by Thieu who resists a new accord while Saigon and Washington clash over geographic control terms.
American Ambulance Service has added two state of the art units under contract with the County Commission. The rooms allow attendants to move about freely and five patients can lie on cots. A plan for a portable transceiver and ECG telemetry aims to connect with Archbold Memorial Hospital en route.
Philadelphia Zoo exchanges its baby male orangutan Jasper with Kansas City Zoo for companion orangutans. Yakut arrives in Philadelphia to pair with the 4 year old orangutan, while Jasper will join two females at Kansas City.
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