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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1968
Page
6
At a hearing in Atlanta the USDA examines prices discounts rebates and grading of raw milk to draw a federal marketing plan for Georgia dairy operations. Propriety dairies and cooperatives outline overlapped territories as Georgia nears new price and control rules.
FBI agents and Huntsville police hunt a stocking masked man who walked out of the Governor's Drive Branch of American National Bank with about 24000 in a cardboard box after ordering tellers to place the cash inside. He warned customers to lie on the floor and fled through a back door toward a waiting car.
Calvin Craig, former Ku Klux Klan Grand Dragon, will run in the Fulton County sheriff Democratic primary on September 11. He paid the $1 300 qualifying fee. Other Democratic qualifiers include James C. Jones and Sheriff Leroy N. Stynchcombe. Republican candidate is retired Police Captain E O Mullen.
The city opens a raised portable parking lot at a dedication ceremony claiming it adds space for about 200 cars. The $184000 structure is hailed as the world's first demountable parking facility by an official.
A deer wandered into a popular Lake Michigan beach area and was rescued by Coast Guard crews on two boats. The animal was tranquilized aboard a boat then taken to a park for safety.
Emile Waldteufel, 23, specialist fourth class in the Army Reserve, rode about 1000 miles from Mull Valley California to a Reserve summer camp near Port Townsend on the Olympic Peninsula. He is a member of the San Francisco Wheelmen Club and plans to try out for the club.
A late surge of entrants in Thom as County races split tickets between Democrats and Republicans. Notable moves include Woodrow Maddox challenging Henry P. Russell Jr for State Representative Post No. 2 and Jamie W. Oglesby seeking re election against Democrat J. W. Keyton Post No. 1. Solicitor of City Court Jane B. Collier and coroner Lynn B. Kirkland drew both-party opposition as late filings closed.
Saigon and its three million residents fear a renewed ground attack and 100 rocket barrages after a VO warning of a 100 day campaign. U S officials doubt the plan's feasibility while noting renewed Viet Cong activity and large enemy casualties in the week.
Former Alabama Governor George Wallace arrives in Atlanta to seek funds and backing for his independent campaign. He lands at 10 a.m. with a security detail of 20 Secret Service agents and six state troopers, plans a noon meeting with Georgia Governor Lester Maddox, and will spend hours at his Atlanta headquarters in the Henry Grady hotel.
About 101 candidates qualified to run as Republicans in Georgia including two Senate hopefuls Earl Patton and Jack Sells. Herman Talmadge seeks a third Senate term while Maynard H. Jackson Jr. challenges him in the Democratic primary. Georgia GOP officials debate funding a possible statewide primary amid money constraints and scheduling decisions.
East German authorities raised overland travel prices and imposed new bureaucratic rules for West Berlin access. By midmorning 300 trucks and thousands of cars queued for border processing as the United States Britain and France condemned the measures. Chancellor Kiesinger flew to West Berlin and said cabinet will consider subsidies to assist Berlin. The steps, including higher freight fees, are not a blockade.
In Columbus Georgia Wynn Carswell Miss Valdosta 22 soprano One Kiss wins talent title while Marilyn Olley Miss Cobb County 18 from Marietta wins the swimsuit prelim. About 55 contestants compete for Miss Georgia with the 1968 pageant climax set for Saturday night. Deborah Bryant Miss America 1966 assists as host with Sandra Elaine McRee.
A Pan American Boeing 707 veered in monsoon rain and burned after landing short of the runway at Calcutta international airport. Six of 63 aboard were killed, with 48 passengers and nine crew members surviving. The Rt. Rev. Gilbert Baker, Anglican bishop of Hong Kong, was among the passengers. Nationalities of other passengers were not released.
East Germany began collecting a 1.25 dollar visa fee from West Germans traveling overland to West Berlin. Travelers previously used identity cards. now passports are required by June 15. Visa stamps were placed on identity cards at border checkpoints with no advance application. New taxes on goods between West Germany and West Berlin were also imposed. The three Western Allied powers protested, calling the measures contrary to international agreements and aiming to deepen division in Europe.
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