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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1969
Page
3
Industry officials await a possible Nixon administration decision on financing for two prototype supersonic airliners, with a projected cost over 1 billion dollars and production aimed for 1972. Boeing leads a design backed by a government industry panel, while debate rages over funding scope and social opportunity costs.
The New York market held gains in moderate trading as stocks traded above the prior session's levels. The Dow Jones average rose to 896.59, led by gains in IBM Polaroid Xerox Control Data and GM with American Motors active on the NYSE amid mixed results across other sectors.
Market report lists current prices for produce and commodities at the Thomasville State Farmers Market as of June 16. Shoppers can compare per pound costs for items like tomatoes, peaches, corn, and cucumbers, with vendor-specific pricing noted where available.
Receipts at three Georgia markets rose to 1 100 from 1 000 last Friday. Readouts show cattle and calf prices by weight and class, with feeders, cows, bulls, and calves listed. Separate notes report strong demand for live broilers and fryers at farms, and a broad produce market with Florida and Georgia goods and price ranges.
Hog receipts in Thomasville Georgia show 4 900 head from Georgia Florida and Alabama on plant delivered basis with barrows and gilts steady. No 1 to 3 hogs 200 230 pounds bring 24 00 to 25 00. 210 220 pound hogs 25 50. 190 240 pounds 23 50 to 24 50. lighter 23 00 to 23 25. 240 pounds plus 22 75 to 23 75.
Egg prices today show extra large 41 to 43 cents per dozen, large 40 to 41 cents, and medium 32 to 33 cents, with figures reported for Atlanta by AP.
Former Governor Carl E. Sanders visits Thomasville with a Kiwanis Club talk at 1 p.m. introduced by Mayor Roy Lilly. He also plays golf at Glen Arven Country Club, and in the evening attends a Carl E. Sanders Nite Egg party at the Legion Home to kick off his 1970 gubernatorial bid. Dinner tickets are $25 with reservations by Thursday the 19th.
In Johnstown Pennsylvania the teen Canteen features a smoking room styled as a coffin filled with cigarette butts. The room called the Cancer Room displays X rays of lungs and uses eerie lighting to confront smoking.
Troops report stepped up Viet Cong thrusts against U S and South Vietnamese bases in War Zone D. The 5th Division suffered 168 killed while attempting to overrun a Black Panther Thai unit on March 16. In separate actions U S troops killed 40 enemies north of Saigon, with 1 American dead and 13 wounded. A U S Cobra helicopter was hit but returned to base. North Vietnamese sappers attacked a paratrooper artillery base in the A Shan Valley.
Curtis Thomas coordinates a rock and roll dance from 9 to 12 p m Thursday in the city library parking lot as part of the summer recreation program. Featured artists include Fred die Wilson Eugene Gene Stewart and the Fabulous Up setters. Admission is 50 cents per couple or single.
Services for Bill Hammond who died after a lengthy illness will be announced by Grooms Funeral Home. He is survived by his wife Mrs. Sarah Hammond of Thomasville and a brother the Rev H L Hammond of Newark New Jersey.
Mrs S H Westwood formerly of Thomasville Ga died in Greenbelt Md Sunday. Surviving are her husband S H Westwood and daughter Mrs Betty Miller both of Greenbelt. a sister Mrs R E Boote of Jacksonville Fla. six grandchildren. Kirkland-Cray Hughes Home For Funerals to announce services.
About 60 residents of Thomasville attended the Saturday pageant where Kathy Parrish crowned Miss Thomas County. Mandy’s brother Jack met her on stage for the first time, while Donna Lee Haskins of Dublin is noted as the niece of Don Haskins. Chaperone Mrs Jack Bracey aided Mandy throughout the week. Contestants received white carnations. Mandy received flowers in bed from her group. Georgia’s Burma Davis earned a standing ovation for This Is My Country in a flag themed gown.
Tom Lagos, praised by Robert P. Schultz of Wittenberg University, holds a perfect academic average and the highest GRE score ever by a Wittenberg economics major. Lagos notes a high reading speed, denying a photographic memory, and describes reading rates of about 75 800 words per minute or 20 pages per hour when concentrating.
A 45 year old Smithville man Joe Howard Pines died Friday in a collision on a Sumter County road near Americus. An Atlanta resident Jerry Miller Duckett 40 was killed in a separate truck car crash on Interstate 85 near Henderson North Carolina Saturday.
The Constitutional Council will proclaim the election results Thursday night and Pompidou will assume the presidency Friday. Poher plans to greet him at the Elysee with no formal oath. Pompidou to unveil his cabinet Friday or Saturday. The Communist party had urged a boycott after the first round on June 1 when Pompidou and Poher led six candidates. Duclos had 21 percent.
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