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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1965
Page
7
Los Angeles AP reports John Kenyon and Carol 22 leave for Puerto Rico after wed ding. Kenyon frees himself from a 16 pound ball and chain with a hacksaw before the honeymoon hotel key arrives. The prank ends with the chain removed later Saturday.
11 year old Peggy March from Lansdale Pa wins top honors at the 5th German song festival in Baden Baden Germany singing You Still Dream at 17 in German. Audience greeted performance with prolonged applause.
American pianist Van Cliburn conducted in Moscow on Sunday. The audience cheered for about 30 minutes and showered the stage with flowers, while Tass praised his performance as a conductor but doubted his depth of feeling and sincerity.
Singer Judy Garland, 43, was hospitalized at UCLA Medical Center in the Neuropsychiatric Institute after an emotional upset. She was moved there Friday from her Brentwood home by ambulance and remained under hospital care Sunday.
In Holyoke Massachusetts Mrs Mary Feyre 39 gave birth to her 11th child a boy at Providence Hospital The Feyre quads born March 26 1961 are two boys and two girls Delighted father Raymond 42 says the ten children at home are excited by the new arrival.
Tokyo AP report says Mao Tze tung told an Indonesian official that Beijing plans its third and fourth atomic tests. Kyodo News quoted the claim as of today.
Four people died when a tractor-trailer tire blew on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel causing a collision with a car bearing Connecticut plates. The fatal incident marked the first on the 17.5 mile span since its opening, amid a traffic flow of over 1.25 million vehicles on U S 13 from Kiptopeke to Norfolk.
Latin-American expert Jack Hood Vaughn warned of a substantial Communist threat in the Dominican Republic with hidden arms and an estimated 5,000 potential supporters. He said relief funds totaling 20 million dollars aim to prevent chaos, and he projected elections for a new democratic government a year to a year and a half away.
veterans from eastern Alabama southern South Carolina north Florida and Georgia urge action to keep the Thomasville VA domiciliary and others open. Telegrams were sent to US Rep Olen Teague and key senators and representatives including Sparkman Thurmond Russell Holland Sikes Rivers Landrum.
Sharon Sites, 34, sails solo from Los Angeles in a 25 foot sloop Sea Sharp bound for Hawaii. With no radio and no fuel aboard she faces a 2300 mile voyage expected to take 30 to 40 days, underlined by her vow to be the first woman to sail solo to the islands.
Sen Richard B. Russell warned that Viet Nam fighting grows more dangerous yet urged against a withdrawal. Speaking to the Georgia Association of Broadcasters he touted 40 years of service and endorsed keeping troops. he warned of possible Russo Chinese intervention and praised continuing U S aid. The speech also covered his re election plans and calls for less government control in broadcasting.
Spacecraft Mariner 4 completed a final prephoto task after adjusting its Canopus sighting. Engineers at Jet Propulsion Laboratory tracked a 107.2 million mile Earth distance and 17.3 million mile Mars distance as the 575 pound craft continues its 290 million mile flight since launch from Cape Kennedy. The camera is planned to begin Mars imaging on July 14 pending no further events for about a month.
Kenneth Krueger, a former Bay Area inspector, and his wife Jeannette bought Currie Nevada population 50 for 85 000 dollars. They will run the general store service station bar and trailer park as they relocate from Menlo Park California to the sagebrush country near the Ruby and Goshute mountains.
Lee Quinn of Los Gatos California and three female crew members were rescued after the 45 foot ketch Neophyte was struck by the 4000 ton freighter Woomera near Sydney harbor. The forward section sank with all aboard aboard. All five survived after a half hour in the water and were treated for abrasions and shock. Helena Anderson 18 Hobart Barbara Scdt 29 Berwyn Ir and Jennifer Shadock 22 Tasmania were aboard. Quinn praised the all female crew and said there is nothing more to say.
Alabama state police recovered about $6,000 worth of jewelry stolen in one of two Nashville robberies involving jewelry salesmen last month.
Vietnamese rangers recovering the remains of the 7th Airborne Battalion found near a Michelin plantation just north of Dong Xoai. U.S. officials said 100 soldiers were killed. Viet Cong ambushes and raids continue nationwide as U S forces bolster Phuoc Vinh airfield protection.
Three inmates fled Battey State Hospital in pajamas during visiting hours in RCME Georgia. Charles Jewell 37 from Charlton County forged term five years Clyde E Sauls 27 from Muscogee County forgery and Charles Turner 30 from Fulton County burglary with terms of 112 15 years were at large.
Vice President Humphrey welcomed Gemini 4 astronauts James McDivitt and Edward White at O’Hare. Chicago crowds cheered as the Chicago native McDivitt thanked locals and both men expressed humility for their space achievement. The day included a City Council ceremony and a McCormick Place Q&A with about 6,500 pupils.
Sen. Julian Webb plans to introduce a Human Rights bill providing public defender systems in populous counties and arranging for lawyers through the legal aid society. The measure seeks adequate counsel for all, with some counties unable to fund defenders but large counties requiring formal offices and staff. Supreme Court rulings now require representation even if not requested. Webb, a State Bar committee member, pushes indigent defense reform.
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