Thomas County sees first candidate in July tax race
Barbara Donalson aged 37 qualified for the unexpired tax receiver term by paying a 650 dollar fee after the late Glenn Carter’s death. The election also ballots a one percent sales tax rise as the Board of Tax Assessors to take duties, pending General Assembly approval.
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Thomas County
Barbara Donalson
County Commission
Board of Tax Assessors
General Assembly
Seva Day Wins Talent In Georgia Pageant
Seva Day of Thomasville won the talent preliminary in the Miss Georgia Pageant in Columbus earning 50 points as talent counts for half the total score. Judges paused their scoring to applaud her rendition of My Man, before Day received her trophy amid tears and family cheers.
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Gayle Hayes
Seva
Tom Faircloth
Thomasville
My Man
Fannie Brice
Billie Holliday
Jesse Day
Faircloth
Axum
Hearing Boycott Halts CIA Testimony in Congress
Republicans refused to attend a House intelligence subcommittee hearing forcing cancellation of Director William Colby's testimony. The maneuver followed Rep. Lucien Nedzi's resignation as full committee chair and amid claims of CIA assassination plots referenced by Rep. James Stanton.
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Washington
House Intelligence Subcommittee
William E. Colby
Central Intelligence Agency
Subcommittee
James V. Stanton
Ohio
Lucian Nedzi
D-Mich
Stanton
CIA
Dohio
House
U.S
Michigan
Lucien Nedzi
Dmich
Macomb Daily
Mt. Clemens
Mich
Nedzi
Commission
Congress
Colby
House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee
George H. Mahon
D-Tex
Frank Church
Senate Intelligence Panel
Energy Talks Begin As Ford pushes for national program
President Ford tells congressional leaders he is determined to win a comprehensive energy program. After a 65 minute White House session, House leaders said no consensus was reached and debate on conservation and domestic supplies continues.
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Defense
State, Treasury and
Justice Departments
CIA
Commission
Washington
Ford
White House
House
Oval Office
Carl Albert
Thomas T. O’neill
D-Mass
Nelson Rockefeller
Rogers C. B. Morton
Frank Zarb
al Ullman
D-Ore
Ways and Means Committee
Ullman
Indira Gandhi Convicted in Campaigns Case in India
A Delhi court convicted Prime Minister Indira Gandhi of misusing government officials in her 1971 parliamentary campaign and barred her from public office for six years. She plans to appeal to the Supreme Court with a stay on the sentence likely through months, while remaining in office.
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New Delhi
India
Indira Gandhi
Gandhi
Jawaharlal Nehru
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Jag Mohanlal Sinha
Allahabad
Raj Narain
Narain
Mrs. Gandhi
Sinha
Yashpal Kapoor
Nehru
L.B. Shastri
Job Programs Funded In Southwest Georgia Reach $1.6 Million
The Southwest Georgia Area Employment and Training Council approved 11 job training programs funded through the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973 totaling over $1.6 million for fiscal year 1976. The programs target poverty level residents across 14 counties to prepare them for administrative and technical employment.
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Mike Bales
Southwest Georgia
Southwest Georgia Area
Middle Georgia committee weighs welfare to work training plans
A six member committee at Albany reviews 16 proposed job training programs funded by Title 1 grants totaling 1.65 million. They aim to move welfare recipients into skilled trades within a year, while avoiding costly admin overhead and make work. Edward A. Mitchell notes prior year funding rose from 1.9 million to 3.8 million and more funds may follow in 1975.
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Alton Salter
Thomas Area Technical School
Sam Lofton
Colquitt County
Lee Smit
City of
Albany
Smit
Edward A. Mitchell
Council
Georgia
Mitchell
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