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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1962
Page
7
President Kennedy welcomed statements by Soviet Premier Khrushchev that a coalition government in Laos is forming. The exchange signals easing tensions as the two powers discuss Southeast Asia amid Cold War strain.
Pyongyang radio reports Pvt. Larry A. Abshier of Cleveland Ohio defected to North Korea praising free peaceful life there He was AWOL from the U S Army serving near the truce line since May 28 The father questioned the quotes as unlikely from his son The U S Army in Seoul had no comment on the defection story
Georgia Municipal Association drew five gubernatorial candidates and eight of nine lieutenant governor hopefuls to its meeting in Jekyll Island. The group backed annexation powers for cities and urged a share of highway taxes for municipalities, while Sen Carl Sanders criticized Griffin era job gains.
Gov. Ernest Vandiver provides 200000 to start Georgia auto title registration under the 1961 act. A new Revenue Department unit will administer the program, starting with 1963-model vehicles and expanding to all models by 1969. Public cooperation is urged to enforce the regulations and curb theft.
About 350 high school youths at Boys State in Atlanta receive instruction in state government and take part in a mock trial. On Tuesday they learned how counties operate and elected officers for four mythical counties Adams Jefferson Madison and Washington with named judges clerks solicitors general and ordinaries.
The American Stock Exchange suspended trading in FE L Bruce Co after president Edward M Gilbert withdrew 1 953 million from the firm without authorization. Gilbert resigned amid disclosures to directors. Bruce said it will seek SEC and exchange review. Bruce, a merger with Empire National, has plants across Memphis Nashville Little Rock Cairo Vredenburg and Center.
New York AP reports a heavy trading afternoon as the market tries to hold above late May lows. The Dow rose to 582.74 at noon, volume 2.31 million shares. gold mining issues fell while observers note further declines depend on staying above prior support. Federal figures and Kennedy remarks loom as possible market movers.
Washington reports American experts may monitor Soviet nuclear tests using submarine radar and underwater listening gear. Russian instrument ships near Christmas and Johnston Islands gather data on U.S. tests started April 25. Submarines could observe blast timing and debris drift for analysis.
U S Senator Olin D. Johnston wins the Democratic Senate nomination in South Carolina over Governor Ernest Hollings by a landslide. With 1,469 of 1,604 precincts reporting Johnston leads 175,073 to 89,487 and will face Republican W. D. Workman Jr. in November. Donald Russell wins the governor nomination, defeating Burnet Maybank and three others.
Mary Mullooly, 42, says the romance with Taylor Gay 55 was platonic amid his marriage. Mullooly's brother James 41, 6 feet 4, 260 pounds, told police he killed the man, claiming religious duty after learning of the affair. Gay died 90 hours after being shot at Beekman Downtown Hospital.
Maynard C. Wheeler president of Commercial Solvents Corp testified before a House subcommittee that his firm’s relation with Billie Sol Estes was only customer supplier and no more. He disputed Frank Cain’s testimony claiming Estes intended to start a Brazil business and denied offering secret Swiss deposits. Wheeler explained CSC secured credit by Estes signing over government grain storage payments, amid Estes’s wider schemes and a $6.7 million debt to CSC.
FBI search widens across Northern California for Frank Lee Morris and brothers John and Clarence Anglin after they fled Alcatraz Tuesday. guards discovered dummies in bunks hiding the trio’s absence. warden suspects no survivors if they attempted to swim.
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