Georgia House rejects hearing special groups on Maddox tax bill
Georgia House votes 33 to 68 against hearing special interest groups on Gov. Maddox sales tax measure of 101 million dollars. The move signals swift action and likely defeat as sentiment runs strongly against the proposal amid a previously killed four percent tax.
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Atlanta, Ga
Georgia House
Lester Maddox
House
George L. Smith
Maddox
Quimby Melton
Griffin
Thomas B. Murphy
Bremen
Ways and Means
Smith
State Department
Georgia Education Association
Georgia Municipal Association
James H. Floyd
Trion
Appropriations Committee
Underpass Adds Drainage Work On Hansell Street
Roy M. Lilly Underpass on Hansell Street gains a new drainage pipe manhole and fence. Scott Construction Co. of Thomasville will complete the additions in about two weeks at a cost of 7236 funded from the Revenue and Transfer Fund as approved by the city commission. A fence will enclose the drainage ditch to protect children after heavy rain.
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T-E
Roy M. ‘Lilly
Hansell Street
J. Eldon Marriott
Scott Construction Co
Thomasville
Mariott
Chamber Enters Stay and See Georgia Contest
The Thomasville Thomas County Chamber of Commerce joins 85 Georgia groups in 68 counties for the Stay and See Georgia program. Awards are announced at the November banquet. The program, started seven years ago to boost tourism, reports progress in five areas with judging on October 1.
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Thomasville-Thomas County
Georgia Chamber
South Korea sinks North Korean spy boat trapping crew
South Korean forces sank a North Korean spy patrol boat off Huksan Island after luring it in for a capture of agent Kim Yong ki. All 15 crew were killed, with two bodies recovered and the vessel later raised for salvage. no South Korean casualties were reported.
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Seoul
South Korea
Central Intelligence Agency
Huksan
Kim Yong-ki
Area Deaths Highlight Local Obituaries
Area obituaries note the passing of G. H. McCracken Monroe Mrs. Ethel Monroe Mrs Olezime Trutlin and Tom Morehead with brief notices on their lives and survivors.
Mandy Turner Faces 3 Category Test in Miss Georgia Pageant
Mandy Turner of Thomas County competes in all three Miss Georgia Pageant categories despite a throat infection and limited practice. Judges granted special permission for tonight's participation, with a meeting delayed pending her health update.
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Mandy
Columbus
Mandy Turner
Maney
Thomas County
Apollo 11 Gets Go Ahead For Moon Landing In July
Apollo 11 wins clearance for a July moon landing with Armstrong Aldrin and Collins to undergo an intensive training regime. They will face long mission simulations and reviews as officials warn even small delays can push the launch date.
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Paul Recer
Houston
Tex
Neil A. Armstrong
Air Force
Edwin E. Aldrin Jr
Michael Collins
Armstrong
Aldrin
Donald K. Slayton
Slayton
Moon
U S Troops Sweep North Viet Fortress
Seven thousand allied troops push through central Vietnam toward Da Nang in Operation Pipestone Canyon. Since the May 25 start, 332 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong have been killed, 51 captured, 152 weapons seized. Marine losses 31 killed, 240 wounded.
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Saigon
Vietnam
da Nang
Melbourne Commander Says Collision Was Avoidable
Australian carrier Melbourne captain Captain J P Stevenson testified that the collision with the US destroyer Evans might have been avoided if the Evans had held course. He said Evans steered into Melbourne, lights off, and he ordered a 30 degree port turn and warned Evans hard left.
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Cmdr
John Nance
Subic Bay
Philippines
Mebbourne
U.S
Frank E. Evans
Evans
Melbourne
J. P. Stevenson
Stevenson
Messa
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