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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1967
Page
6
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Senate debates a resolution to censure Sen. Thomas J. Dodd after a 14 month ethics probe. Wallace Bennett cites $116,083 in personal expenses from $450,273 in campaign funds and notes admissions by Dodd in a committee stipulation. March.
AP reports that most foodsellers ignored a 24hour strike threat by Communist organizers protesting British rule. Officials say rioting was suppressed midMay and few shops closed. In Seoul, about 2000 Korea University students clashed with police over elections, tear gas drove them back. Demonstrations spread to 14 cities as New Democratic lawmakers vow to boycott swearing in.
An army communique reports that about 100 rebels in Boliva include 17 Cubans among 80 soldiers killed in jungle clashes. The group also holds 14 Brazilians 4 Argentinians and 3 Peruvians and is said to be financed by Cuba with European and Latin American leftists assistance.
County commissioners select Donald R. Haskins to succeed the late W L Whittle as county agent with Harmon Glenn Griner named assistant. Haskins will earn 13000 dollars annually with 10000 from the Extension Service and 3000 from the county. Griner will be paid 10000 with 7900 from the Extension Service and 2100 from the county. Haskins, 37, joined the office in 1957 and focused on the 4 H program. Griner is from Meigs. The decision follows Whittle’s fatal Florida crash May 22.
The Suez Canal remains closed as Arab economies reel from war with Israel. Egypt faces a foreign exchange deficit of 820 million and unemployment from canal tolls losses, while Jordan and Syria suffer tourism and revenue declines. The United States weighs regional aid, and the Soviet Union seeks a U.N. General Assembly session to pressure Israel.
U S Air Force jets struck three northern Hanoi rail lines destroying tank cars and damaging locomotives and cars. One Phantom was downed, two crew rescued, 582nd U S combat plane lost in North Vietnam. U S forces conducted multiple air and ground operations with B 52 raids into Quang Tri Province and reported no large scale fighting in South Vietnam.
A thousand police and National Guardsmen fought rioting crowds through a second night in Tampa slums, then withdrew to rest as violence was anticipated again after dark. Guardsmen planned full deployment before nightfall while fires burned, snipers fired on police, and mobs looted across multiple areas.
Dana Dobbs, 20, a University of Georgia student, returns to Thomasville after seven weeks in a Tennessee hospital following a fatal collision on April 29. A single engine plane ferried her, sister Linda, her mother and grandmother to Thomasville Municipal Airport for a joyful homecoming. Dana, once listed in very critical condition, will undergo further tests and recover with family support.
President Johnson announced the nomination of Thurgood Marshall the first African American chosen for the Supreme Court Marshall 56 former chief legal officer of the NAACP would replace Justice Tom C Clark who resigned after the 1966 67 term Johnson said Marshall is fully qualified by training and experience and would strengthen the court with his service
Three Indonesian legal experts say ex president Sukarno will be brought to trial soon over investigations into his role in the September 1966 attempted Communist overthrow of the Indonesian government in Jakarta.
Nearly 50 Georgians travel to Columbus for the Miss Georgia Pageant, competing in singing dancing and swimsuits with the winner earning scholarships a car and a path to Miss America. Governor Lester Maddox expected to attend the finale.
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