Smyrna pastor defrocked as church secedes with property
The North Georgia Cherokee Presbytery stripped Rev. Charles Dunahoo of his ministerial office as Smyrna Presbyterian Church voted 170 to 5 to secede and take about 500000 in church property to the Conservative Continuing Presbyterian Church. Atlanta Presbytery planned to vote on defrocking and property fights over Emmanuel Church’s secession.
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Smyrna Presbyterian Church
Continuing Presbyterian Church
Atlanta
Hampton
Emmanuel
Kennedy plans Wallace Fourth of July speech despite Alabama group boycott
Alabama Democrats led by Joe Reed refuse to attend a Wallace Fourth of July event in Montgomery while Senator Ted Kennedy accepts an invitation to speak at Decatur a separate independence observance. Reed questions Kennedy's motives and warns the visit may signal warmed ties between Kennedy and Wallace.
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Montgomery
Ala
Ted Kennedy
Alabama Democratic Conference
George C. Wallace
Joe Reed
Gov. Wallace
Kennedy
Decatur
Wallace
Reed
Georgia Regents Propose Exchange Plan for Desegregation
Georgia state Regents outline a faculty exchange program remedial instruction and paired financial aid to speed desegregation in the University System. The plan targets 7.1 percent minority enrollment by 1979-80 and 12.6 percent minority faculty, involving Fort Valley Albany and Savannah State with nearby white colleges.
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Atlanta, Ga
State Board of Regents
Georgia
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Office of Civil Rights
HEW
U.S. District Court
John Pratt
Pratt
Fort Valley State
Albany State
Savannah State
Rare Hitler biography photo boosts Southern copies
A photo in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution shows Frank Bombolewski with Adolf Hitler Bilder Aus Dem Leben Des Fuhrers, reported to exist in at least five more copies in south Georgia. Bombolewski claimed a $6,000 bid for his copy, said to be a Nazi propaganda manual with about 200 pictures. Otto Koch Jr. commented that, while a striking souvenir, $6,000 is tempting.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
Otto Koch Jr
Columbus
Bombolowski
Utilities Cut Back Power With Scorching Day Ahead
The National Weather Service warned of a second round of power loans and voltage reductions as high pressure kept temperatures high. NYC faced an eight percent cut while smaller reductions occurred elsewhere to shore up supply for a 95 degree day.
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Associated Press
National Weather Service
New York City
Maine
Washington, D.C
New York
Albany Trial Opens Over $1 Million Colitis Drug Suit
Jury selection finished Monday as Carol Bitterman of Albany files a $1 million suit against Pharmacia Laboratories Inc. alleging permanent injury from a colitis drug and inadequate warnings. The 20-year-old contends the medication left her paralyzed from the waist down. she is represented by Melvin Belli and Thomas Malone.
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Albany, Ga
New Jersey
Albany
Carol Bitterman
Pharmacia Laboratories Inc
Miss Bitterman
San Francisco
Melvin Belli
Thomas Malone
Transferral of Contribution A Mistake by Georgia GOP
Georgia GOP chairman Bob Shaw says moving a $1000 corporate contribution from the state party to a national fundraising effort was a mistake. He says the funds were returned after awareness of potential legal issues and notes no subterfuge.
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GOP
Shaw
Atlanta, Ga
Georgia
Republican Party
Bob Shaw
Flowers Industries, Inc
Thomasville
Robert Odell
Republican National Finance Committee
W.H. Flowers
Flowers Industries
Jim Cox
Marietta
Cox
Senate debates inflation control plan amid Nixon pace shift
The Senate moves to vote on Sen. Proxmire’s wage price freeze plan as Democrats frame inflation as the top domestic issue. Nixon aides weigh a fourth phase of controls with possible midweek announcements while scoping changes to the State Department authorization bill.
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Washington
Senate
Nixon
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Proxmire
State Department
Mike Mansfield
Hugh Scott
U.S
Indochina
North Vietnam
House
Alligator Poacher Sentenced
Odolth Stokes of Chokoloskee was sentenced to six months in jail and fined 500 for trafficking in illegal alligator hides. He pleaded guilty to selling 186 hides to Q C Platt Raw Fur and Ginseng Co in Atlanta as part of eight shipments worth 11500 from 1970 to 1971. He had previous conviction for illegal hunting in Everglades National Park and awaits trial on another park permit violation.
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Miami
Odolth Stokes
Chokoloskee
Everglades National Park
U.S
William Mehrtens
Stokes
Q.C. Platt Raw Fur and Ginseng Co
Atlanta
Key West
National Park
Estimates Rise For Tunnel Between Britain and France
An AP report says cost estimates climb to 2.125 billion dollars to build twin undersea railway tubes linking London and Paris with a 2 hour 40 minute travel time. The plan envisions private firms covering half the cost with governments remaining share, and notes security concerns and possible public ownership after 50 years.
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London
English Channel
Paris
Britain
France
Folkestone
England
Sangatte
Calais
Times
Europe
Postal Service Drops Policy Blocking Arrest Records for Jobs
In a nationwide settlement the U S Postal Service will stop denying jobs to applicants with arrest records but no convictions. The Boston case involved a man refused a mail handler position after a minor drug arrest last year.
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Boston
U.S. Postal Service
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