Ex-Area Sergeant Wins Alaska Survival Tale
The report follows Sgt Raymond Dollar of Thomasville as he endures Alaska winter after moving near a roaded house in a snowbound landscape. He first bought a four wheel drive truck then used a boat to reach his truck as floodwater created a shifting three foot deep pond. The Dollar family adapted to isolation and plans to stay in Alaska 22 years before returning to the U S.
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ER Road
Alaska
aAlir
Raymond Dollar
Thomasville
Dollar
Bolling Field
Washington, D. C
Set
Air Force Base
Ray
Joni
Mark
Evelyn Jeannette Phinazee
Cecil Phinazee
U. S
Rapid City
Hot Springs
Custer
S.D
Case
State Regents of Education
S D Solon Dies at 65 in Capital
Washington AP Sen Francis Case R 8 D died at 85 after long service in Congress. A former newspaper editor and cattle rancher from South Dakota’s Black Hills, he chaired water and highway legislation efforts and shaped Missouri River flood control policy. He served in World War I and held key committee roles.
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Washington
Francis Case
Congress
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Capitol
Case
Custer
South Dakota
Black Hills
Big Bend Dam
Missouri River
Sturgis
S.D
Hot Springs
Dakota Wesleyan
Mitchell
Northwestern
Marine Corps
Marine Reserves
Jones Case Tape Recording Adds No Clues to Tragedy
Pelham police found a tape in Joe Jones's station wagon but it contained only whistling and screeching sounds. The couple died in a murder suicide. Mrs. Jones was shot at the residence and Mr. Jones was found in his car nearby. A double funeral was held at First Baptist Church with burial at City Cemetery.
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Jones
Pelham
Joe R. Jones
J. M. Hudgins
First Baptist Church
Max Thurmond
Wallace Little
City Cemetery
Braswell Funeral Home
Lions Elect R L Tate New President for 1962 63
Thomasville Lions Club named R L Tate as president for 1962 63 succeeding John Lewis. Installation was conducted by Marvin H Collins Jr International Lions Counsellor. Tate earned the title Lion of the Year for his work on club programs and activities.
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R. L
Bob) Tate
Thomasville Lions Club
John Lewis
Tate
Marvin H. Collins Jr
Tallahassee
International Lions
Walker Hodges
Charles H Dowell
Eugene F. Chester
Hugh P. Rehberg
H. E. Toney
Charles R. Hunt
Wiley E. Grady
Robert C. Sise
Raymond Terry
Carroll KE. Cook
Harry P. Taylor
Charles H. Dowell
Robert Sise
Lewis H. Burnett
Central High School
Davey Rehberg
Jeff Willis
Ronald Benton
Raymond Mr Cranne
Laos Peace Effort Restores Coalition Path
Prince Souvanna Phouma announced a three-faction agreement on all points delaying a coalition government. The planned cabinet, led by Souvanna, would include neutralists, pro communists and right wing figures with Phoumi and Souphanouvong as deputy premiers.
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Antoine Yared
Nounced
Phoumi Vongvichit
Pathet Lao
Phoumi Nosavan
Vongvichit
Souvanna Phouma
Phoumi
Souphanouvong
Souvanne
Governors Oppose Legalized Betting At Tracks In Georgia
Two gubernatorial candidates Sen Carl Sanders and former Gov Marvin Griffin say they are unalterably opposed to legal gambling at race tracks. Mayor Ivan Allen also opposes gambling, citing harm to the less affluent. The comments follow Rev Norman Manning's claim a trotting track near Atlanta seeks parimutuel betting with potential legislative support. Work began on the $250000 facility in Henry County near the Atlanta International Raceway.
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Atlanta
Carl Sanders
Augusta
Marvin Griffin
Norman Manning
Hamplton Methodist Church
North Georgia Conference
Manning
Burt Robbins
Great Southern Development Corp
Georgia
Henry County
Atlanta International Raceway
Savannah Army AWOL man charged with Texas murder
James Stephen Creel 18 of Savannah Georgia was jailed in Del Rio Texas on murder charges after the body of Kyle D. Smith 46 was found with five bullet wounds. Creel had been AWOL from Ft Gordon and was captured by Mexican authorities by shooting the tires of his car.
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Kyle D. Smith
Lake Cabin
Here
Creel
Smith
FBI
Laredo
Tex
del Rio
Brooks Farmers Ship 4 Carloads of Watermelons to New York
Brooks Counts farmers yesterday shipped four carloads of Charleston Grey watermelons, the first 1962 season, to New York City. Two cars averaged 80 pounds each, two cars averaged 22 pounds, selling at 1.50 per hundredweight. Shipped by Hart & Sons, melons grown by Cecil Ward and other area farmers.
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Quitman — Brooks
New York City
Charleston
Hart & Sons
Cecil Ward
Joe Bishop
Shelley Thagard
William J. Folsom
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Dewey McDonald
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Greenland
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Rufus H. Robinson
Whigham
List Ordnance Co
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Young Harris College
Univ. of Georgia
Great Lakes
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Herman A. Crawford
Emerson J. Whittaker
Elliot D. Whittaker
Donalsonville
695Th Medical Co
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James L. Hards
United States Army
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Bank OF Thomas County
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