Thomas County School Board to elect four in 1959 primary
Thomas County voters will elect four school board members in the September 10 primary under a voter approved amendment. Districts include Thomasville Metcalfe, Boston Barwick, Coolidge Merrillville, plus one at large member. Current terms end January 1 1959 with reelection bids planned. Candidates must reside in their district and file with the Democratic Executive Committee by June 21.
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Thomas County Board of Educaton
Sol Altman
E. R. Cone
PaThis
Thomas County
Memére
Emloy
PMT
Thomasville
Metcalfe
Neil Boland
Boston-Barwick
Roy Hallman
Coolidge
Merrillville
C. C. Baker Jr
H. O. Turner
Pavo-Coolidge
Democratic Executive Committee
Lee E. Kelly
Weather forecast shows isolated storms and heat
The weatherman flags considerable cloudiness and scattered thundershowers this afternoon and evening with a chance of more tonight and Wednesday. Temperatures may reach 92 tomorrow with forerunning highs near 90 and lows around 72, while winds from the west at 6 to 12 mph persist.
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Mercury
Ex- Dette
Ec Y
Negro Woman Jailed On Moonshine Charge
Frances McLeod was arrested on a moonshine possession charge and about a half gallon of non taxed liquor seized during a search of her Walters Alley home by County Police J M Richards and Chief Deputy Sheriff C A Rehberg.
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Walters’ Alley
Sheriff's Department
Frances McLeod
J. M. Richards
C. A. Rehberg
Theft Reported In Red Pocketbook Theft
Madeline E. Sedlak reported to city police that a red pocketbook containing about 80 dollars was stolen from a doctor's office on East Jackson Street yesterday. She listed a VA Domiciliary address.
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Madeline E. Sedlak
E. Jackson St
Illinois convict to profit from toy invention
Clyde Wagner, a 42 year old convict serving 100 years for murder at Menard State Penitentiary, has submitted 70 toy dens and holds 10 patents. His Kongo Safari push pull elephant train has attracted orders and could yield about twenty one thousand dollars in royalties from a potential one hundred thousand sales. Wagner plans to reinvest earnings to pursue more inventions while remaining a prison vocational instructor and serving time.
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Chester
Menard State Penitentiary
Clyde Wagner
Wagner
New York
Alton
Ill
Machine Gun Kellys Wife Freed From Okla Prison
Kathryn Kelly and Ora Shannon, both 54 and 70, were freed after life sentences were set aside for the Urschel kidnapping. Convictions nullified and new trials ordered due to claims FBI files influenced defense. Urschel attended the hearing but left. he is now in San Antonio.
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Kelly
Okla
Oklaho-Ra City
Kathryn Kelly
Federal Building
George
Wallace
JU. S. Atty
William P. Rogers
FBI
Urschell
Shannon Farm
Paradise
Tex
San Antonio
Historian Dr Richard F Hayes Dies at 76 in Ireland
In Dublin AP reports historian and former Irish film censor Dr Richard F Hayes has died at age 76. The prominent scholar served as a national figure in literary and film culture and influenced Irish cultural policy.
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Dublin
Ireland
Richard F. Hayes
Engineer contract let for Ft. Benning hangar shops
Sen. Herman Talmadge said the Savannah District of the Army Corps of Engineers awarded a 1,012,619 contract to the Jordan Co. of Columbus for building two hangar shops aprons and facilities at Lawson Field Ft. Benning. The project will employ 100 persons for one year.
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Washington
Herman Talmadge
Savannah
D.8 Engineers
Jordan Co
Columbus
Lawson Field
Ft. Benning
Carling opens Atlanta brewery amid South growth praise
Industrialist Jan R. Dowie of Carling Brewing Co. lauds the South’s postwar expansion, noting cities grew twice as fast as the nation. The Atlanta plant, a 15 million dollar facility, will employ about 100 and boost regional payroll and tax revenue.
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Atlanta
South
Jan R. Dowie
Cleveland
Ohio
Carling Brewing Co
Dowie
Carling
John J. McDonough
Georgia Power Co
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
A. R. Bolling
USA
Ret
Fomer
38Rd Army
the &Th
Europe
William P. Stoudt
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Tennessee
Misssissippi
North
South Carolina
Stoudt
Charlotte
N.C
Montgomery
Ala
Aide Vows Continued Post Duty Amid Questioned Conduct
Aide defends integrity of official actions and denies personal ties influencing office duties. The testimony follows White House admission that Eisenhower once accepted vicuna cloth from Goldfine, later passed to an unknown friend.
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Adams
White House
Eisenhower
Mother and four children cruise 3,000 miles home
Mrs Caro Spelius sails with her four children from Fort Benton Montana toward Cincinnati aboard a cabin cruiser on the Missouri River. About twenty three smaller boats follow as the family sails past the state’s midsection under the watchful eye of a crowd exceeding a thousand spectators. The mother, an experienced skipper, will write articles for the Cincinnati Enquirer and Louisville Journal about the voyage. The children include Wayne and the youngest daughter remains aboard.
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Fort Benton
Mont
Cincinnati
Three Rivers
Caro
Spelius
Missouri River
Cincinnati Enquirer
Louisville Jornal
Wayne
Boston Man Cleared On Bad Check Charge In City Court
Albert Reynolds of Boston was found innocent by a City Court jury on a charge of cheating and swindling by passing a fraudulent check. Witness James R. Hatcher testified he cashed an $80 check Reynolds allegedly signed. Warrant issued July 1957. Defense argued Reynolds could barely read or write. Several related cases and fines noted, with civil matters expected tomorrow before Judge Charles F. Johnson.
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Albert Reynolds
Boston
James R. Hatcher
Reynolds
Hatcher
Atty. W. Gus” Elliott
Tullis James
Merrillville
Jerry Franklin
Pine St
Charles F. Johnson
Jim McGraw
Meigs
Brazilian ex president among dead in Curitiba air crash
Former President Nereu Ramos is killed along with 18 others when a Cruzeiro do Sul Convair crashes near Curitiba while landing from Porto Alegre. Gov Jorge Lacerda of Santa Catarina and Congressman Leoberto Leo also die. Congressman Jose Leme Rodrigues survives seriously injured.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Nereu Ramos
Curitiba
Rio
Jorge Lacerda
Santa Catarina
Leoberto Leo
Jose Leme Rodrigues
Cruzeiro Do Sul
Porto Alegre
Parana
Ramos
Carlos Luz
Juscelino Kubitschek
Kubitschek
Meigs Residents Vacation and Visit News
Meigs notes list Rev. and Mrs. W Max Hill of Meigs with their two sons Kev in and Clay visiting Florida while recovering from illness. Numerous locals and relatives travel to Albany BainbridgeThomasville Columbus Orlando Camilla and Seattle for visits reunions and duties, including Mrs Ernes F Howe Jr and family and Mrs Bunk Griffin and others.
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Meigs
W. Max Hill
Florida
Kevin
Clay
Hill
Buddy Shiver
Tonyan
Ernie
Albany
Ernes F. Howe Jr
Mary Stewart
Sarah
Butch
E. M. Aultman
Dorsey Bullard
Bunk Griffin
Dan King
Sam Miller Sr
Carrabelle Beach
R. L. Martin
George Whitfield
Ocala
Bainbridge
Wada
J. A. Ray
Thomasville
Bobby Wilkes
Columbus
Ohio
Queen's Physician Stott Dies in Guildford Home
Sir Arnold Stott, extra physician to Queen Elizabeth's household, died Sunday at his Guildford home. He was known for his service to the royal medical staff and his contributions to royal health care.
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Guildford
England
Sir Arnold, Stott
Queen Elizabeth
Family Trio Saints Cincinnati Father Noted
Christine nine and Chris Arthur six are listed with their father in Cincinnati records. The fragment notes a family trio with ages nine and six and ties to Cincinnati.
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Christine
Chris Arthur
Cincinnati
Thomasville Board approves salary raise and new contracts
The Thomasville Board of Education met May 27 1958 in the superintendent’s office. It approved adding the state salary increase to regular teachers, delayed action for special teachers and admins, and planned budget study for 1958 59. The board called for bids on supplies milk and materials and granted tuition free enrollment for children of district employees living outside city limits. A twelve month contract was approved for Supervisor of Instruction Bob Waller with two weeks paid summer vacation and an extra month proposed for current year.
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Board of Education
City of
Thomasville
Lawson Neel
Frank Forrester
Charlie Simmons
Jeff Golden, Jr
Terrell Singletary
Marie Miller
MacIntyre Park
Mason Morrow
Bob Waller
Waller
Top Quiz Winner Adds To Earnings
Elfrida von Nardroff, the top money winner on TV quizzes, added $5,000 to her total to reach $253,590 by defeating Herbert Hulse 21-10. She trails Robert Leicester 11-10 in the next Twenty One game as time runs out.
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New York
Elfrida von Nardroff
Brooklyn
Herbert Hulse
Goldsboro
N. C
Robert Leicester
New York City
Miss von Nordroff
Bond issue tests confidence in De Gaulle government
Paris AP reports France launched a new bond issue pegged to the Napoleon gold coin as a test of public confidence in Premier de Gaulle's 16 day old government. Finance Minister Pinay seeks to mobilize savings to back reforms including constitutional and Algerian changes as De Gaulle and his Cabinet address foreign policy and the withdrawal of troops from Tunisia and Morocco.
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Paris
France
de Gaulle
Antoine Pinay
Industrials lift New York market to yearly high
Gains by selected industrials pushed the market ahead slightly in early trading. The Associated Press average rose 10 cents to 175.00 as major steel makers motors chemicals gained while oils rails rubbers and tobaccos mixed. Chrysler advanced, GM and Ford rose fractionally, and government bonds traded briskly.
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New York
0. S
Chrysler
General Motors
Ford
Associated Press
U. S
Packers Hog Market in Georgia and Chicago Prices June 17 1968
Hog receipts reported across Albany Moultrie Thomasville Tifton Dothan and Jacksonville with prices mostly steady. Barrows gilts and sows ranged from about 16.50 to 24.50 per cwt across weight classes and grades. Chicago receipts 17 500 hogs show steady to 25 cent declines on lighter weights with top quotes around 24.50. North Georgia cattle auction in Atlanta shows 208 head with steers and heifers weaker for lower grades while good slaughter calves bring 24 to 27.00.
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Thomasville
Albany
Moultrie
Tifton
Dothan
Ala
Jacksonville
Fla
U. S
SE Ala
N. Fla
Chicago
North Georgia
Atlanta
New York Cotton Futures Rise in Slow Trading
Cotton futures in New York advanced in slow dealings with late afternoon prices 30 to 60 cents higher than the previous close. July at 35.95, October at 36.46, and December at 36.11.
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New York
Atlanta Produce Market Prices Tuesday
On the Atlanta produce market receipts were heavy and pricing varied. Cabbage ranged 75 cents to 1.25 per bag, collards 2.00 per dozen, greens 1.50 to 1.75 per bushel, round green beans 2.00 to 2.50, pole beans 3.50 to 4.00, yellow crookneck squash 1.50 to 2.50, butterbeans 2.00 to 2.50 per bush, crowder peas 1.50, blackeyes 1.25 to 1.50, purple hull peas 1.75 to 2.00, Georgia white corn 30 to 50 cents per dozen, yellow 25 to 35 cents, and bell peppers large 2.50 to 3.00.
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Atlanta
Georgia
North Georgia Poultry Market Report
North Georgia poultry market notes mixed demand for broilers and fryers with prices reported at farms and f o b plants. Hens show moderate to heavy trading while light types had too few reports to determine. figures vary by type and facility.
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North Georgia
Atlanta
Georgia
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