Keep Issue Local Speaker Smith Warns
JEKYLL ISLAND GA AP House Speaker George T. Smith tells about 600 Georgia Press Association delegates that national issues won t change state matters You ve got to keep your states local The Democratic lieutenant governor candidate Randall Bedgood and Lt Gov Peter Zak Geer faced off on a panel with US Rep Clarence Brown The exchange touched on reapportionment and leadership claims with Bedgood saying he would work with a Republican governor if beneficial for Georgia and Geer defending his stance against national focus Lopez
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Georgia
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The
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Randall Bedgood
Athens
Peter Zak Geer
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House
Bedgood
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Two Get Nod for Gemini 12 Mission
SPACE CENTER Houston AP Navy Capt. James A. Lovell Jr. and Air Force Maj. Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. were chosen to fly Gemini 12 the final two man Gemini mission. Lovell will command a three day flight with Aldrin performing an around the world space walk. The mission aims to clear the way for Project Apollo and a three man Apollo flight could come in November. Aldrin, a Korea veteran and Oct 1963 astronaut, has not yet flown but is an expert on space rendezvous.
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May Warrants and Raids Highlight Thomas County Sheriff Activity
The Thomas County Sheriff's Dept in May issued warrants including abandonment assault and battery larceny misdemeanors peace and other counts. They investigated one death escorted five funerals and conducted whiskey searches. A raid destroyed two large stills and 3 000 gallons of mash and 35 gallons of whiskey.
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Thomas County Sheriff's Dept
Dorothy Goldwire Dies at 35 in Ochlochnee
Services for Dorothy Goldwire who died June 10 will be held at 8 p.m. Sunday at Shorter Chapel AME Church with burial in Ochlochnee Cemetery. Hadley's Funeral Home in charge.
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Dorothy Goldwire
Shorter Chapel Ame
Hadley
Death notice for Alex Hayes Alexander Mayes
Alexander Mayes died Thursday at his home 215 West Webster Street. Rites will be announced by Hadley’s Funeral Home.
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Hadley
Zeke Harris dies at home. services by Hadley Funeral Home
Zeke Harris died Thursday at his residence 119 Fearn Street. Hadley Funeral Home will announce funeral plans and arrangements.
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Zeke Harris
Fearn St
Hadley Funeral Home
Mose Million Dies at Home. Services Planned by Hadley Funeral Home
Mose Million died Thursday at his home on 409 West Monroe Street. Hadley Funeral Home will announce funeral plans and services for him.
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Mose Million
Monroe St
Hadley Funeral Home
Gemini 9 Troubles Aired After ATDA Test
The Gemini 9 crew moved above the ATDA target to a position hundreds of miles ahead and eight miles up, explaining radar helped find the target amid bright land and ocean reflections. They practiced radarless rendezvous, noted solar glare aided visibility, and reviewed 11 days of debriefings after a near perfect splashdown on June 6.
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Cernan
Asronauts
ATDA
Negro Elementary School Protest in Greenwood Sparks Tense Park Sit
Black Power marchers were charged with trespassing and released on $100 bonds. They set up tents in Broad Street Park despite police with billy clubs, as Governor Johnson criticized the scene and ordered reduced patrols after a 45 minute standoff. A march leader urged restraint amid taunts from white youths in Greenwood, Mississippi. Some North Africans reportedly carry salt with them due to brackish water.
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George Raymond
Freedom Democratic Party
Mississippi
Funeral services held for Mrs Eula Hill Culpepper Twitty
Funeral services were conducted for Mrs Eula Hill Culpepper Twitty widow of Thomas Baker Twitty Sr at Bramsett Funeral Home with Rev Edgar T Davis Jr presiding. She died Monday night after a heart attack at Mitchell County Hospital in Camilla. Survivors include four stepsons, two stepdaughters, eleven stepgrandchildren, and two stepgreat great grandchildren. Mrs Twitty born and raised in Camilla, daughter of the late William Henry Culpepper and Mattie Col ling Culpepper, early Camilla merchants and citizens.
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Thomas Baker Twitty
Bramsett Funeral Home
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Oakview
T. B. Twitty, Jr
Frank Twitty
Vernon Twitty
Melvin B. Twitty
West Palm Beach, Fla
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Lois Bramlett
Mrs. Twitty
Camillla
William Henry Culpepper
Mattie Collng Crupepper
Services for Nannie Howell Held at Zion Hill Church
Nannie Howell 80 died yesterday at home in Meigs. Funeral at 11 a.m. Saturday at Zion Hill Primitive Baptist Church with Rev. Howard Kelly. Burial in Zion Hill Cemetery by Braswell Funeral. Survived by son Jessie Newell Howell and four daughters Fannie Olinger Maude Howell Bessie Johnson Lloyd Tucker.
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Zion Hill Primitive Baptist Church
Howard Kelly
Zion Hill Cemetery
Braswell Funeral Home
Jessie Newell Howell
Camilla
Fannie Olinger
Lakeland
Fla
Maude Howell
Bessie Johnson
Macon
Lloyd Tucker
Baker Griffin Dies at 75 in Adel Funeral Planned
T Baker Griffin 75 a former Thomasville resident died Thursday. He worked at Finney General Hospital and Sunnyland Packing Co in Thomasville and taught in Patten Community. He was a house director at Birdwood College. Survived by wife two sons a daughter two brothers one sister and several grandchildren Wiseman Funeral Home Adel scheduled.
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T. Baker Griffin
Thomasville
Griffin
Old Finney General Hospital
Sunnyland Packing Co
Patten
Birdwood College
Wiseman Funeral Home
Adel
Chicle Hails From Guatemala Jungles Noted
Gum production relies on latex from the Guatemalan jungles in El Peten where vast forests supply the chewing gum material. Atomic science is described as splitting atoms into protons and neutrons by scientists at physics facilities.
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el Peten
Guatemala
Births at Archbold Memorial Hospital Cairo and Morticello
The Archbold Memorial Hospital announces births to Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Bell of Cairo a daughter born June 17. Mrs. Bell is the former Dennis Hurst. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Williams of Morticello announce a son born June 17. He is the former Sallie James.
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