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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1975
Page
2
A compact graphic line lists multiple tax amounts for various periods and totals. Publisher Lee E. Kelly and Editor L. Edward Kelly are named in the closing line, identifying the paper's leadership.
Nelson Rockefeller weighs his future as a potential VP at the 1976 Republican convention. A high level aide notes use of a VP to tout the President, while conservatives threaten to dump him. Rockefeller, a financier with a strong ego, contemplates the political gamble and personal fate.
A Guest Editorial celebrates the Southwest Georgia Program for Exceptional Children in Ochlocknee for meeting the needs of handicapped children through half day sessions. It highlights parent involvement, staff dedication, and plans for a new 0 to 3 program while noting limited funds and no summer school this year.
The 9.2 percent unemployment rate likely rises as youth job seekers grow by about 550,000 this July. College grads face poor hiring prospects, with the College Placement Council predicting 18 percent fewer hires than last year and continued slow improvement into 1976. Black teens show a 40.2 percent jobless rate. The situation risks unrest and tension in inner cities without clear social measures.
A Miami interview recounts Don Marquis the humorist famous for archy the cockroach who typed poetry with missing punctuation. The piece notes Marquis and characters mehitable and pete the parrot, reflecting on poetry, theatre and the life of a poet.
In a stark exchange, a speaker laments debasing talents for junk while recalling heavy villains and brutal thoughts. Pete and Bill discuss the mismatch between their plays and a poet’s aspirations as the piece frames a grim, candid mood about art and cynicism.
June 11 marks historical events from 1942 lend lease pact with the Soviet Union to aid WWII to the 1963 Alabama integration stand as National Guard watched. Notable: 1859 Six Mile Canyon claim, the Comstock Lode valued at $300 million and 1970 Wheelus base departure ending U.S. Libyan presence.
A blue ribbon panel led by Vice President Nelson Rockefeller and Senate leader Mike Mansfield plans on June 30 to urge renaming the CIA to the Foreign Intelligence Agency. It calls for firmer oversight, limited covert action, and scrapping the personal presidential certification requirement. The report also advises Kissinger not to hold a cabinet post and highlights concerns about a private elite alcohol treatment resort funded by Booz Allen and a separate Mortgage Bankers PAC appeal for $50,000 in advocacy funds.
The article assesses Birch Bayh's 1976 presidential prospects. It notes his rival Frank Church's CIA probe delaying campaigns, Bayh's indecision and deadlines, and his Senate record on women's rights and liberal causes. It also covers Meany's stance and Bayh's personal ambivalence about a long campaign.
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