Rent controls debate shifts as states and counties step in
A long discussion outlines how state legislatures and unincorporated counties can end or replace federal rent controls. It notes that town or city votes can terminate government controls and that some areas already have locally run rent control offices. The piece cites the housing expediter in Washington and mentions that eviction controls and penalties vary, with Chicago and New York housing remaining under federal or state regimes.
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Nother
Sirenpaar
Contha
Will Keene
Cate
Woods
Housuni
Washington
Ondershim
Arej
Tha
Court of Appeals
Chicago
New York
New York State
Television and radio listings tease a busy schedule
A jumble of show titles and times outlines a dense broadcast slate. Programs include FBI in Peace and War, Mr Keen Trac Suspense, Johnny Dollar, Blondie, Amateur Show, Author Meets the Mbs, and Martin Kane Detetts with various local station references and scheduling notes.
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Henry
Aldrich
Guild
Duffy's Tavern
Sara
FBI
Keen
Johnny Dollar
ABC
Rpm
Gregory
Hood
Pam
Blondie
California
Cara
New
Tim
Brank
Bidwards
Shriners
Los Angeles
Houmié
NBC
Hay Kysets
Martin
Kane
Detetts
Cobs
Roberet
Tamvis
Alatrethe
Dumont
MojuMmsterdam
Kiwanis Club Plans July Program and Benefit Minstrel
Meigs Kiwanis Club met at the Meigs Community House on a hot Wednesday for a weekly luncheon. President Russell Dasher led roll call and reports as the group prepared for the Benefit Minstrel with parts assigned and rehearsals set for July 14. Directors will meet Friday to finalize plans for a self liquidating clinic and expanded medical services, with volunteer nurses and staff expected. Carolyn Owenby entertained with vocal solos while Walter Hargrave of the Thomasville Club attended as a guest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meigs
Kiwanis Club
Russell Dasher
Lews
Kiwanis
J. W. Franklin
F. C. Pittmanson
Tom Tipton
Fargo
Dasher
Carolyn Owenby
Grady Dasher
Barking Dogs Case Ends With $25 Damages
In Linchester Linland Judge Geoffrey Wrangham heard a short county court deposition about barking dogs recorded on a phonograph. William Henry Dockerty testified the dogs kept by neighbor Harry Summers harmed his family's health. The judge ordered Summers to pay $25 damages and court costs.
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Linchester, Bingland
Geoffrey Wrangham
William Henry Dockerty
Harry Summers
Summers
Population declines hit Brooks County census counts
Quitman and Brooks County officials react to 1950 census figures showing Quitman up to 4 750 while Brooks County drops to 18 139 from 20 497 in 1940. Observers cite mechanized farming and migration of labor as factors amid a housing boom and many large homes with few residents.
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Quitman Ga
Brooks County
P. M. Lighcaster
Geensuus
Quitthan
Quitman
Quitman Boy Scouts Attend Blythe Island Camp
Eight Quitman boy scouts Clyde Bullard Pat Marshall Bruce Harrison Jackie Harrell Billy Walden Edgar George Sonny Mims Mimmy Burnette travel to Blythe Island near Brunswick for a week long camp. Scout master Charles Alen leads the group returning Saturday afternoon. Billy Long will represent Quitman Scouts at the International Scout Jamboree starting next week at Valley Forge Pennsylvania with scouts from around the world.
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Quitman
Blythe Island
Brunswick
Clyde Bullard
Pat Marshall
Bruce Harrison
Jackie Harrell
Billy Walden
Edgar George
Sonny Mims
Mimmy Burnette
Charles
Alen
Billy Long
Harrell Long
Quitman Scouts
Georgia Governor Attacks Foreign Newspapers in Georgia Tour
Gov. Herman Talmadge, fresh from a heated broadside against foreign owned papers, denounces the Mason newspapers as traitors to southern traditions. He criticizes the Macon News and Telegraph for backing M. E. Thompson and accuses them of hostility to rural counties while promoting the civil rights program. He plans stops in Baxley and Fitzgerald and argues Thompson aims to destroy the county unit system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baxley
APJ
Herman Talmadge
Macon
Fitzgerald
Macon Telegraph
Georgia
Hernan
Talmadge
Telegraph
News
Cvil
Americus
British Aid Aims to Modernize Zande Tribe in Sudan
The British governed Sudanese state plans a 2.8 million dollar program to uplift about 200 000 Zandes in Equatoria near the Belgian Congo. The scheme centers on crops for local processing to spur economic and social development among this isolated tribe. The Zandes known as potbellies rely on ants as a staple diet and ant hills are treated as private property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Khartbuitit
Sudan
Equatoria-provinte
Equator
Belgian Congo
Zandes
Zande
Grace Episcopal Plans Cairo Church Fund Drive
The Cairo Grace Episcopal Church outlines a fundraising drive starting Friday June 23 to raise about 10000 for a new church building to house services and programs. Building committee members include James Kennedy Frank Wight Walter Graham Peyton Richter and Mrs Walter Wight with Rev Harcourt E Waller coordinating. Regular services have been held since 1548 with Rev George Shirley and since 1949 Rev Waller serves Cairo Bainbridge and Blakely. Episcopal services occur at the Presbyterian Church every two weeks at 5 00 pm with the next service on Sunday July nd.
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Grace Episcopal
First Episcopal Church
Caro
Harcourt E. Waller
James Kennedy
Frank Wight
Walter Graham
Peyton Richter
Walter Wight
Walter
Cairo
Grace Episcopal Church
George Shirley
St. Thomas
Thomasville
Waller
Bainbridge
Friday Radio Schedule Highlights and Show Lineup
Radio schedule listing morning to evening daily programs and musical guests. Includes News segments, country and western acts like Myrt And Marge and Vaughn Monroe Show, and livestock and farm updates. Ends with weather and sign off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homeland Harmony
Myrt
Marge
Circle ‘T
MuS&i
Chapel of the Air
Georgia Farm News
Bing Crosby
Curtis Gordon
Hilbilly
Jerry
W. W. Jarrel
Vaughn Monroe
Cote Glee Club
Gase
Israelis Avoid Dollar Payment for Diamonds in Trade
In Na h amiya Nathanya Israel the Diamond Manufacturers Association says it buys $660000 worth of rough diamonds monthly through a London syndicate and can pay in pounds or council terms, avoiding the dollar payment requirement from South Africa's latest policy.
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Nathanya
Israel
Diamond Manufacturers Association
London
Terline
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