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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1965
Page
6
Mrs John Wade stands at a voting booth with a ballot while her three year old Beth sits on her lap. The scene implies the vote will greatly affect the child’s future as Coach Moe McClung observes the moment.
Larson and O'Neal led a Bainbridge push with Durward Williams and Rep. Maston O’Neal to a Washington committee. About 70 communities sought the project, including Atlanta. The AEC plans narrowing to 15 proposals for study, with a final site decision late in the year. The lab would require 3000 acres and access to major transport, with facilities for 2000 families. The Bainbridge site is on US 84 near the Commodore Decatur Airport, owned by five individuals. Nearby airports at Tallahassee, Dothan, and Albany aid access. Florida State University offers education options, and Tallahassee is 40 miles away.
The Senate Finance Committee voted a change in the Social Security health care bill to boost taxes for higher income groups. The amendment raises the wage base for Social Security taxes to 6600 next year from 4800, while families under about 5600 annually would pay less.
A Viet Cong force ambushed a government convoy southwest of Saigon injuring and killing several, with one American adviser reported missing. A helicopter was shot down during a relief attempt. Separately a Saigon airport bombing wounded 34 Americans and others, as two US fighters collided in flight.
Rioting and fighting in the Dominican capital left 21 Dominicans dead and 24 Americans wounded after a daylong clash between rebels and U S troops. Mortar fire followed a cease fire as rebels blamed junta troops in the capital’s northern sector.
Bibb Manufacturing Co. of Macon announced a new Forsyth textile plant employing about 200 people. The facility will convert and twist synthetic filament yarn for the carpet industry and begin production around August 1.
Rainy noon turnout shows sparse participation in the Thomas County school bond and fire protection measures. City reports 275 ballots for the school bond and 260 for fire protection as voters weigh overcrowding relief against safety funding.
Former Senator Barry Goldwater announced in Scottsdale he will run for the U.S. Senate in 1968 regardless of opponents, aiming for a high level and clean campaign. He said defeating incumbent Senator Carl Hayden would be difficult but possible, marking his first pledge to oppose Hayden if he runs.
An Assam gastroenteritis outbreak and a fierce heat wave across northern India have caused heavy casualties. More than 700 deaths were reported, with Assam tallying 560 and rising. Daytime highs reached 108 to 120 degrees Fahrenheit, worsening conditions.
A heavy explosion gutted a Norwegian tanker in Rotterdam port killing at least ten Dutch dockworkers. Police reported at least six missing and ongoing search and rescue efforts at the scene.
Lady Spencer Churchill, widow of Sir Winston Churchill, took her seat in the House of Lords on Tuesday. She received a life peerage from Britain's Labour government last month, shortly after her 80th birthday and four months after Churchill’s death.
A pacifist demonstration began on the Pentagon steps led by Gordon Christiansen who turned in his WWII discharge as a loyalty symbol. About 20 to 30 speakers planned relays against U S military actions in Vietnam and the Dominican Republic while police kept tight security outside the building and Pentagon officials allowed speeches from the steps.
Two Thomasville residents were hurt but not seriously in a two car crash at W Jackson and N Madison Streets. Elmer Pearlie O Neal 57 suffered a slight back injury while her husband Mr O Neal was unhurt. Frank J Kelly 51 a Johnson passenger received a cut on the forehead.
Atlanta Brunswick and Bainbridge submit applications to the Atomic Energy Commission for a proposed 280 million laboratory site. Bainbridge and others meet with AEC officials as a board will narrow 10 or more proposals to 15 before a final late year decision. The project would employ 2000 scientists and 1000 visiting staff with a 200 billion volt accelerator for high energy physics research.
A 1000-pound experimental Payload carrying an electronic navigator rose 400 miles, then used a telescope eye to lock onto the North Star for guidance. The Air Force declared the test a success, the first for a star tracking guidance system that could steer missiles or spacecraft, before the payload burned up 225 miles southeast of Cape Kennedy.
At Fort Benning two Army HH1 helicopters collided during a low altitude training flight. Eighteen soldiers died, all from Companies B and C, 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Division. The incident involved the 227th Assault Helicopter Battalion, 11th Air Assault Division.
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