Fire Ravages Vocational Center in Monticello
A $50,000 fire of undetermined origin destroyed a 41 year old building converted into a vocational training center in Monticello Florida. Heavy smoke poured from the structure as volunteers fought the blaze and a troublesome pumper truck hampered firefighting before it was controlled. Jefferson County Superintendent Desmond M. Wembshop estimated the loss at 50,000 with 35,000 insured.
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Monticello
Fla
Jefferson County
Desmond M.wembshop
Protest Against Judge Carswell Elevation to Fifth Circuit
A civil rights coalition files a protest with the Senate Judiciary Committee against Harold Carswell for the Fifth Circuit appointment. The protest charges he supports segregation and cites a Yale PhD dissertation ranking him 28th of 31 in pro Negro decisions.
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Washington
U. S. District Court
Harold Carswell
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Senate Judiciary Committee
Tallahassee
Yale University
Fifth Circuit
Carswell
Valdosta State College Gets New Library Contract
The State Board of Regents approved a $2.5 million library project for Valdosta State College. The 100000 square foot three story facility will serve 7000 to 8000 students and hold 1500 readers, with Ellis Ingram and Associates of Valdosta as contractors. The library fund designates $1 million to Nevins Hall completion, and a 50000 square foot addition to Nevins Hall is slated to start this summer.
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Valdosta
Valdosta State College
State Board of Regents
Ellis, Ingram and Associates of
Nevins Hall
Thomasville Teens Work In Florida Watermelon Harvest
Thomasville youths Nicky and Mike Kavouklis and other locals are in Florida packing melons for Southern Enterprises near Brinson and Dunellen. About 50 temporary workers help on the ranch as acreage and yields dip from normal.
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Nicky
Mike Kavouklis
Thomasvillians
Florida
Southern Enterprises
Thomasville
Brinson
Dunellen
Fla
Leonard Cobb
Levy County
Cobb
J. W. Markham
Talk Of Another Special Session Increases Among GMA Delegates
Jekyll Island Georgia AP talk of another special session of the legislature this year grew among delegates to the Georgia Municipal Association after a surprise announcement that a new tax revision study committee would be created. House Speaker George L. Smith said the group would be appointed soon to devise a complete tax revision system. Mayor Howard Atherton of Marietta said another session is possible if the committee reports quickly, noting leaders align on proposals and a potential leadership change could back a balanced plan. The committee will consist of legislators and ten private citizens, with noGov appointment from Lester Maddox. The earlier Georgia tax commission made no specific recommendations in December.
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Jekyll Island, Ga
Georgia Municipal Association
Atherton
Smith
House
George T. Smith
Lester Maddox
Georgia
Half A Roof For Cost Free
Hutchinson Kansas AP report says Earnest Templeton awoke to roof repair men on his house. The contractor had the wrong address but repaired and replaced half the roof at no charge, leaving Templeton with a cost free partial roof.
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Hutchinson
Kan
Earnest Templeton
Templeton
Kennedy Chapel Gospel Sing Promises Night of Music
The Kennedy Chapel Freewill Baptist Church hosts its monthly gospel sing at 8 p.m. Friday featuring the Travelites, Tanner Family and other groups.
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Kennedy Chapel Freewill Baptist Church
Travelites
Tanner Family
Meigs Man To Do Mission Work
Harold Humphries son of Mr and Mrs Curtis Humphries will serve two years in the Pacific Northwest on a mission sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints A farewell program was held at the Latter Day Saints church in Moultrie where he is a member.
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Meigs
Harold Humphries
Curtis. Humphries
Pacific Northwest
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Latter Day Saints’ Church
Moultrie
Historian warns of continuing violence in America
Johns Hopkins historian Dr Hugh Davis Graham and Princeton colleague Dr Ted Gurr coauthored a federal violence study. They say the United States remains a pluralistic yet volatile society with friction from mobility and group competition, warning black and student violence could rise unexpectedly.
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Baltimore, Md
America
Hugh Davis Graham
Johns Hopkins University
Graham
Ted Robert Gurr
Princeton University
National Commission On the Causes and Prevention of Violence
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