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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1955
Page
5
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Birmingham Barons beat Chattanooga Lookouts 17 3 to narrow the pennant race. Memphis Chicks and Atlanta Crackers move within one game of first as Birmingham climbs to 1 1 2 games behind. Birmingham also won series battles at Rickwood Park including Memphis New Orleans and Atlanta wins.
Singapore two thousand taxicabs joined a general strike backed by communists protesting the arrest of six Chinese union officials. About eighty factories closed and buses halted as six thousand workers walked out. Police reported no major violence yet, with fears of unrest and rioting last month.
London reports the British Transport Commission proposed a new armistice plan to end the World War era railway strike. Officials say prospects are distinctly hopeful after morning conferences with 67,000 striking locomotive engineers and firemen and the nonstriking National Union of Railwaymen.
The Thomas County Board of Education met in regular session on Tuesday June 7 with members Speer Flowers Baker Fort and Freeman present. They endorsed student accident insurance for another year and approved housing for a principal. A survey of major maintenance issues was ordered for summer and the joint high school operation agreement was reviewed. A site for a high school was discussed and a four lane highway issue was approved for retention. Regular accounts were paid and the meeting adjourned.
Heaviest rain hit Arizona New Mexico and Nevada with Las Vegas and Winnemucca Vermont? No, Nevada. A Western Pacific California Zephyr derailed 58 miles west of Winnemucca after a flash flood. 300 passengers, no injuries. Las Vegas saw water 16 to 11 feet in main highway underpasses. two cars marooned but occupants unhurt.
Georgia's 519 per student appropriation lags other southern states. The University System faces grave difficulties meeting Southern Association accreditation standards due to 6 percent funding cuts since 1951-52 and 5,000 more students, risking minimum teacher student ratios without added faculty funding.
In Hattiesburg Mississippi an 18 month old Lloyd Odom Jr. escaped danger as his 4 year old brother Jimmy was found inside an abandoned refrigerator. Mrs Odom heard screams and opened the door to find Jimmy sweating and barely able to speak. He had bitten his arm in several places while in distress.
In New York the chief’s secretary hurried a teletype to a West Coast director with missing letters due to a machine fault. The director filled the gaps and sprang into action to prepare for an important new picture, aiming to avoid delays.
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