Georgia Named in Pilot Plan to Control Drug Traffic
Kansas City AP reported Georgia was selected as one of six states to test a federal state drug control pilot. Alfred Barnard of the Bureau of Drug Abuse Control outlined a two track approach combining detailed bookkeeping for legitimate drug handlers and strong prosecutions of pushers. States will regulate retail drugs while the bureau handles underworld traffic. Florida Indiana New York Texas and Washington were also chosen.
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Alfred Barnard
Bureau of Drug Abuse Control
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Association of Food and Drug Officials of the
United States
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Bureau
Florida
Indiana
New York
Texas
Washington
Atlanta Bus Strike Looms in Transit Contract Dispute
Union leader William Fealey of Local 732 warns a bus drivers strike is certain unless wage and fringe benefit terms are settled by Thursday. The Atlanta Transit System extended the old contract after talks paused, with another vote set for Thursday.
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Atlanta
Atlanta Transit
William Fealey
Amalfee Streetcar and
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Empire
William Maynard
Generalanager
Image Battle Being Won By Area Technical School
Area technical education gains public acceptance as area students enroll in technical programs. Salter cites strong guidance department support and Central High School placements. regional enrollment climbs with projected increases. Vocational graduates show faster job entry and comparable leisure and community involvement to nontechnical peers.
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Area Technical School
Paul Sewell
Thomas Area
Alton Salter
Salter
American Institutes For Research
Ford
Shaky Thief Grabs $300 In Kansas City HoldUp
A nervous bandit at a Kansas City finance agency held a $300 holdup by resting a shaking pistol on a counter. He ordered staff to back room as two employees emptied cash drawers and fled with the money.
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Kansas City
L. E. Spaunhorst
Loan Company
Man Sentenced to Death for 1949 China Murder
Chang Chin-lung, 50, was sentenced to death in Formosa for killing Sung Chi chiang in June 1949. An army enlist ed man bayoneted Sung because he loved Sung's wife. The victim's brother reported Chang after spotting him on a street last year. The wife testified she hid the affair to avoid being killed.
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Taipei
Formosa
Chang Chin-lung
Mainland
China
Chang
Sung Chichiang
Sung
Legion of Decency A-2 Showtimes Today
Last times today for Legion of Decency A-2 listing showings at 2 00 3 45 5 30 7 15 and 9 00. The schedule includes multiple daily screenings.
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Legion of Decency
Pentagon Says War Costs Staying Within Planned Bounds
Washington AP reports Defense Secretary McNamara says Viet Nam war spending remains within June 1967 budgeted levels though future needs could exceed if operations expand. Current monthly air munitions and ground weapon use run below plan, with aircraft losses lower than expected. If war lasts beyond June 1967, extra funds would be requested in January to maintain ammunition and aircraft flow.
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Washington
Defense
Robert 8
Sic- Namara
Pentagon
Southeast Asia
Presen
McNamara
United States
Worker Killed By Wasp Stings
Miami man Will Parks aged 55 died after wasps attacked as he trimmed a hedge. He was stung in a hedge trellis and died about five minutes later, an autopsy showed.
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Miami
Fla
Will Parks
Stock Market Rally Lifts trading in lively early session
New York AP reports a brisk stock market rally with the Dow up 3.06 to 895.82 as gains lead listless trading to a broader advance. Glamor stocks such as Fairchild Camera, Polaroid, IBM and airline names lift sentiment while industrials, rubbers, and steels show notable moves.
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U Thant
Moscow
Sentimen
Associated Press
Dow Jones
Fairchild Camera
Polaroid
IBM
Eastern Airlines
Douglas
Xerox
United Aircraft
Pan American World Airways
United Airlines
Goodrich
Goodyear
American Stock Exchange
Commodity Prices and Hog Receipts Reported Across Georgia
Trading light on Atlanta produce with cantaloupes 2.25 to 2.50 per bushel and watermelons 0.35 to 0.50 each. Georgia peaches 1.50 to 2.50 per bushel. Cabbage 2.00 to 2.25 per bag. Sweet potatoes around 4.00 per bushel. Tomatoes 2.50 to 3.50 per 40 lb carton, some 1.50 to 2.25 for poorer. Corn 2.25 to 2.50 per crate, best white to 3.00, other corn 2.00. Butterbeans 2.50 to 3.00, squash 3.50 to 4.50. Hog receipts steady to 50 higher across Albany to Jacksonville areas. Georgia cattle auctions show steers 19.50 to 25.00 and calves 20.00 to 29.00, with various feeders and cows listed. Gas and poultry markets noted with live broilers and fryers trading, farm prices varied.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Tennessee
North Carolina
South Carolina
Thomasville
Albany
Columbus
Moultrie
Dothan Ala
Jacksonville
Fla
Egg Prices Across Sizes in Atlanta Market
In Atlanta, Georgia eggs show varying prices with extra large at 45 to 50 cents per dozen, large 43 to 48, medium 35 to 39, and small 27 to 31 cents, reflecting current market activity.
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Atlanta, Ga
Mourning Bells Found In Colo. On Oregon Trail
Nor ris Spencer discovered a pair of bells in a deserted Wyoming cabin along South Pass on the Oregon Trail. The Smithsonian confirms the bells are mourning bells over 500 years old from the Congo region in Africa. Granite Glen Museum in Evergreen owns a set and suspects they traveled to the United States by ship and were later abandoned to ease wagon loads.
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Colo
Norris Spencer
South Pass
Oregon Trail
Wyomire
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, D.C
Lower Congo
Africa
Granite Glen Museum
Evergreen
United States
Church Leader Is Kept Busy By Tornado Relief Work
Bernard Furst, director of the Seventh day Adventist disaster aid in Kansas, was late to the world conference in Detroit because he remained in Topeka directing relief efforts after a recent tornado.
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Detroit
Bernard Furst
Seventhday Adventist Church
Kansas
Furst
Topeka
Georgia Tech gets $459,092 grant for chemistry building
The Department of Education awarded a $459,092 Higher Education Title I grant to the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta for a portion of a new chemistry building. The announcement was made jointly by Georgia senators Richard Russell and Herman Talmadge.
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Department of Education
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta
Georgia
Richard Russell
Herman Talmadge
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