Weather Extremes Toll Western States Heavy
Western states suffered a harsh weather toll with heat across the Near West and heavy rains and flooding in Texas and New Mexico. The heat contributed to drownings and at least eight deaths in Oregon, while fires burned in Southern California and Mint Canyon near Los Angeles. Temperatures reached 108 in Portland and 122 at Palm Desert amid widespread 100s inland California. Eastern two thirds remained unseasonably cool.
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Near West
New Mexico
Texas
Oresgon
Pacific Northwest
Mountain States
California
San Gabriel Canyon
Los Angeles
Mint Canyon
High Coun
Tierra Amarilla
Portland
San Francisco
Palm Desert
Calif
Explorer Post 801 Plans Fundraising Car Wash
Members of Boy Scout Explorer Post 801 in Thomasville will operate a car wash on Saturday at Ellis Service Station on Smith Ave starting 8 a.m. The funds will defray costs of a camping expedition into the Appalachian Mountains planned for the coming week.
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Boy Scout Explorer
Thomasville
Ellis
Smith Ave
Scouts Caid
Appalachiin Mountains
Thomas County residents honored in 1961 Easter Seal drive
Three Thomas County residents Mrs. Marcus B. Calhoun of Thomasville Rev. J. Gorham Garrison of Ochlocknee and O. H. Lewis of Meigs received certificates of appreciation from the Georgia Easter Seal Society for outstanding work in the 1961 Easter Seal Campaign. Certificates were presented by C. M. Wallace Jr. and signed by Edgar J. Forio.
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Thomas Countians
Georgia Society For Crippled Children and Adults
Marcus B. Calhoun
Thomasville
J. Gorham Garrison
Ochlochnee
O. H. Lewis
Meigs
C. M Wallace Jr
Georgia Easter Seal Society
Edgar J. Forio
Forio
Local Resident's Sister Succumbs in Tallahassee
Mrs Myrtice Elizabeth Celements 33 sister of Mrs Alex Cone Thomasville died Wednesday in a Tallahassee hospital after a brief illness. Funeral services set for 3 p m Sunday at Church of God here with burial in Tallahassee Memory Gardens.
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Tallahassee
Myrtice Elizabeth Celements
Alex Cone
Thomasville
Church of God
Tallahassee Memory Gardens
Florida Legion Posts Protest Army Censorship of Films
In Tallahassee American Legion posts protested an Army ban on controversial films addressing communism. The films cited include Opera and Abolition themes, sparking organized objections from veterans groups seeking broader artistic expression.
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Tallahassee
American Legion
Tton
Film on Abolition Viewed by Legion Groups in Thomasville
The American Legion in Thomasville has shown and seeks more showings of the film Operation Abolition which depicts how communist organizers targeted the House Un-American Activities Committee hearings in San Francisco. Florida Legionnaires object to cancellations of showings by Tallahassee Army Reserve units, while Reserve Maj. Charles Townsend says the directive came from the Assistant Secretary of Defense. Legionnaires push for broader access to the film as a historical witness, arguing it illustrates threats to American rights and the nation’s internal security debates.
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Castro Explains Invasion Defeat
Fidel Castro defended Cuba's defeat of the April 17 19 invasion, detailing enemy mistakes and his revolution’s strength. He led newsmen across 300 miles, showing sites from Playa Largo to Papite and the hospital where invasion captives were treated.
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VANA
Fidel Castro
Mvasion
Cuba
Playa Largo
Playa Giron
Giron
Castro
Papite
Largo
Havana
Caleton
Largo Beach
Georgia Alabama crash kills seven near Eufaula
Seven people from Georgia were killed when two cars collided on U.S. 43 near Eufaula Alabama. Victims include Willie Dudley and McCrary from Rome and James Dudley, with others from near Silver Creek and Abbeville. Five died at the scene, two later at a hospital. Weather clear, road dry, speed cited as high but undetermined.
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Silver Creek
Irby C. Griffin
Abbeville
Ala
Dudleys
Clifford Dudley
Panama City
Fla
McCrarys
James Dudley
Rome
Willie Dudley
Burnett Ferry Rd
McCrary
Fox Manufacturing Co
U. S. 43
Gulf Coast
Thompson
Eufaula
Cook Declines Transfer Ruling on White Pupil in Atlanta
Attorney General Eugene Cook declined to rule on whether a white pupil can transfer to another Atlanta public school to avoid desegregation. He warned a ruling could push Atlanta school affairs back to federal court as desegregation proceeds under a pupil placement plan. The statement stresses local boards' primary jurisdiction and the risk of undermining established remedies.
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Eugene Cook
House
George L. Smith
Sandra Melkild
Smith
Cook
Georgia
Boards of Education
State Board of Education
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