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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1965
Page
6
Panama reports anonymous calls threatening to burn the U S Embassy. The notices coincide with word that 18 year old James Jenkins who joined the January 1964 flag incident has returned to spend the summer with his parents in Ohio after sending to relatives to finish his schooling.
The Defense Department says all 53,400 American service members in South Viet Nam will receive 55 dollars a month in combat pay unless specifically exempted by local commanders. The policy also covers those injured by hostile fire or explosions in the Dominican Republic.
The Senate Armed Services Committee defeated a House backed proposal by a 10 to 3 vote while approving a construction authorization of 1.725 billion for military installations, a figure 227.72 million less than the House amount. The House also passed, by voice vote, a bill to make the assassination of top officials a federal crime with death penalties and related provisions. In unrelated AP dispatches, a child money incident in Yakima involved a bag of cash and checks totaling 776.80 found after being left in a restroom. Richard Howe, 21, was found wandering in Colorado and reported in fair condition. in Haven, Kansas, Mrs. Harold Johnson, 34, died after an accidental electric shock during rug cleaning.
The Optimist Club proposes developing Paradise Park with a revived bandstand and public assembly area for religious services and family recreation. Backed by the Thomasville Ministerial Association, the plan seeks a city project with minimal costs, primarily paving a parking area.
A Columbus girl, aged ten, identified Spec. 4 Thomas Roberts of Fort Benning as the man who beat her and threw her into a river. Roberts faces charges of assault with intent to rape and murder, molesting a minor, kidnapping, burglary, with trial under way in Superior Court. Police arrested him about 17 hours after the incident.
Griffin officials closed city pools and youth centers to resist integration amid civil rights pressures. Twenty one Black demonstrators were jailed for blocking sidewalks and a police threat charge. Langford asserts segregated facilities will stay if peaceful coexistence cannot be achieved. Hearing for the detained is set for June 28 in City Court.
Fort Wayne Indiana inventor Ernest E Bauermeister says he has patented a vertical aluminum casket that saves cemetery space by allowing burial in a standing position. The cylindrical casket uses one fifth the space of a conventional coffin and features a tapering curved top ending in a ring for lowering.
U.S. Air Force F105s and others conducted the deepest raid yet into North Vietnam, striking Son Sa and the Van Nuoc Chien depot north and west of Hanoi. Twenty escorts, 17 tons of bombs on Son Sa, and moderate damage at the depot were reported. A pilot bailed near Da Nang but survived. A Viet Cong terrorist was executed in Saigon.
U S military records describe the 173rd Airborne Brigade clashing with Viet Cong units in a series of combat actions during the Vietnam War. Reports highlight patrols near basing areas and air assault operations aimed at disrupting enemy formations.
Seventy three inmates at Brushy Mountain State Prison in Tennessee stage a sit down in the coal mine and take four foremen hostage. Warden Lake Russell says the hostages are skilled miners not guards and the men demand a conference with Commissioner Harry Avery. no armed threat reported and no immediate danger to foremen.
Thomasville City Court closes a light session with a driving under the influence case set for afternoon hearing. In the morning Cleveland Cooney was found innocent of bastardy after pleading innocent. A civil damage suit Geraldine Thomas vs Luther Marable is expected to finish on Wednesday.
Police seek two tires and wheels stolen last night from a truck parked behind 348 West Jackson Street. Capt. R. J. Ramsey issued the appeal as investigators continue the case.
Judge Louis Holland of Montague Texas was named to take over further trial court proceedings in the Jack Ruby case. He replaces Judge Joe B Brown of Dallas who asked to be removed. The appointment follows a shakeup in a case marked by frequent counsel changes and disputes over the proceedings. Ruby, who operated a Dallas nightclub, shot Lee Harvey Oswald on November 24 1963 and was sentenced to death March 14 1964.
The Arkansas River surged across Kansas forcing thousands to evacuate as floodwaters advanced toward Larned and Great Bend. Heavy rains from Colorado storms and localized downpours pushed water levels to threaten business districts, while sandbags lined storefronts and officials weighed disaster relief. Governor John A. Love declared it the greatest natural disaster in Colorado history and pondered a flood relief session.
The National Safety Council reports five deaths and about 200 injuries linked to skateboards since April. Four of the fatalities involved collisions with motor vehicles and four victims were children under ten.
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