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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1962
Page
6
President Kennedy and family return to Washington by helicopter after a weekend at the Glen Ora estate in Middleburg Virginia. They attended Mass on Sunday with Caroline and John Jr. also present.
Population figures show Georgia's 5th District at 823,680 residents across Fulton De Kalb and Rockdale counties. The 10 district reapportionment fight seeks to shape ballots before elections. Edward G Robinson, 68, hospitalized after a heart attack while filming in Tanganyika near Mt Kilimanjaro. a Nairobi surgeon assisted.
NASA Director James E. Webb says the United States has given more than it has received in space data exchanges with the Soviet Union. Webb faces congressional calls for tighter disclosure limits but argues information should be broadly available to prevent secrecy from blocking knowledge gains.
Mayors Robert Bonport of La Salle France Maurice La charite of La Salle Quebec and B D Bruno of La Salle Illinois gathered in Montreal to open a week of celebrations marking Quebec City's 50th anniversary event.
Italian fisherman Filippo di Pirro 61 seeks a brief U S visit after appealing to President Kennedy. His daughters Maregaret de Angelis and Marie Kokyk say they do not want him in America, though townspeople consider raising funds for his transport if cleared.
Governor Ernest Vandiver says he will call Georgia’s State Democratic Committee into session soon to set rules for the September 12 Democratic primary. He expects a popular vote basis for the first time since 1908 and notes the Supreme Court deferred review of the county unit system until October.
The Supreme Court agreed to review Georgia county unit voting in Democratic primaries, but declined emergency status for Sept 12, delaying hearing until fall term. Justice Harlan suggested officials may seek a stay of the injunction pending appeal. the court did not address other issues. Also, the court struck down Sinclaire Refining’s $12,500 damages suit against AFL CIO Oil Workers Union over a refinery stoppage.
In Algiers and Oran a pact between the Secret Army Organization and Moslem Nationalists halted the scorched earth campaign. No arson or bombings were reported in Algiers by noon as a pirate Oran broadcast threatened noncompliance. European settler crowds pressed for passage to France while deserter leaders hid in Oran.
A two year old girl, Melissa Barwick, died in Bainbridge after touching a faulty TV switch that delivered a fatal electric shock. Her mother also was shocked trying to help. Funeral services were held at Pine Forest Baptist Church. She was survived by her parents, two sisters, two brothers, maternal grandparents, and a great grandmother.
In Montreal the St Vincent de Paul Penitentiary, struck by fire, saw 1,100 convicts riot. A prisoner wounded by rifle fire died in hospital as steel-helmeted troops guarded the ruins. The riot left about 30 injured.
Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg meets with union and management reps in a last-ditch effort to avert a flight engineers strike against Trans World Airlines. The union says it will strike at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, as Goldberg summons both sides and a pilots official to morning talks.
A 20 year old St Louis woman has given birth to her second set of twin boys in less than a year. The twins were born Sunday and are brothers to twin sisters Susan and Sandra born last July 3. Parents are Richard and Eugenia Voight. Voight is 22.
Syrian Prime Minister Bashir Azmeh, 52, has been confined to bed for five days and advised to rest as his health concerns persist in Damascus.
Washington AP report says a Missouri businessman connected to the air tragedy by buying dynamite and more than $300 000 worth of materials from a Kansas City area source.
The United States tests plan a massive underground Pacific explosion after dark tonight near Johnston Island. The blast will be visible from Hawaii and disrupt Pacific communications for up to two days.
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