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16 Jun 1955
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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1955
Page
1
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A Richmond Va Times letter argues the Supreme Court will eventually enforce desegregation but urges patience. Horace W. Glisson backs a gradual social change and calls for white Americans to adjust traditions while Black leaders educate communities. He asks whites to avoid insults and supports no mass school change yet.
City residents debate a new thirty thousand dollar appeal to complete a hospital expansion and funding for paving Clay Street to the Boulevard. Local business leaders estimate heavy weekly traffic and trips guiding demand for road work as the county and state plan drainage and paving from Madison Street to the Boulevard.
A Board of Education chairman filed a proposal to convert school property for a new high school site and initiate county training plans. The city will install sewers water and roads to meet demands as part of the agreement, marking the first step toward regional training and modernization.
Plans outline cooperation on electric line work and school consolidation. The county and city pledge to build and operate schools for Negro students within the city limits while county students ride county buses. Both sides express enthusiasm for a unified county system with retained elementary setups in other districts.
A public letter criticizes the distribution of government issued checks claiming many recipients do not work and would not earn the money, arguing it rewards non workers and risks converting the economy toward socialism. It calls for reining in payments to able bodied individuals while supporting those truly in need.
A 1943 discussion reveals Harry Dexter White reshaping Treasury authority to supervise economic and financial matters in war zones with liaison to State Department and armed services. Hoovers testimony notes White accused of aiding Soviet interests while advancing a proposed United Nations Bank and a new international monetary unit backed by gold.
New York AP profile of Marguerite Piazza, former opera star turned supper club idol. She jokes she wants 150 years to travel and have fun, cites a happy marriage, three children, and earnings up to 20000 weekly. She embraces jazz and pop while avoiding opera’s limits, aiming Broadway, TV, and films.
Citizens worry over too much talk and self praise while forest fires in southwest Georgia intensify. Legislature faces adjournment with doubts it can finish work this week. Fear mounts that higher minimum wage could disrupt business and that annual pay demands may affect large firms.
Ford and General Motors propose trust funds to aid laid-off workers, totaling 55 million and 150 million dollars respectively. Payments last up to 26 weeks, with 60 to 65 percent of take-home pay when combined with state unemployment. Plan hinges on federal tax treatment and state consent for unemployment benefits.
A reader asks if a newspaper column claimed there is no hell after life. The reply denies the claim, cites Luke 16 and 2 Thessalonians, and asserts everlasting punishment exists for the wicked.
The text argues that doubting established beliefs fuels human progress. It distinguishes constructive doubt from cynicism, urging readers to seek new truths rather than merely question for questioning. It cites great thinkers who advanced knowledge by challenging norms.
In Savannah Ga Sixth Grade Room 18 sought ideas for peace promoting actions. Senator George of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee urged youths to participate in family school and community life and to build international friendships through groups like the International Students Society and Student Letter Exchange. He also recommended contacting CARE for aid to overseas children and donating books clothes and toys, with guidance from CARE on where to send them.
Ten thousand Japanese troops remain on Hari Kiri plateau as Army leaders push for final defeat. Tobruk veterans drive toward Borneo and oil fields while Americans push gains on Luzon plains. British Second Army to withdraw from Europe and Ribbentrop grilled for information. Heat delays arrivals for the Preakness. Edda Mussolini risks life to save Ciano’s diary.
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