Saturday Storm Named Twister by Officials
City officials described Saturday evening’s storm as a twister that carved a southeast to northwest path through the eastern half of the city. Crews worked around the clock to clear fallen trees and restore power after 29 inches of rain in about an hour and damage to lines was described as extensive. Chief Noah Stegall commended residents for assisting during evacuations as Weather Bureau officials noted tornado possibility but could not confirm it.
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Ly Service Department
aliisNaus
Herbert McLaney
Streets and Sanitation Dept
Bob Timmerman
Water and Light Department
McLaney
Robin Hood Road
Timerman
Areh
Watered Light Department
Streets and Sanitation Department
Timmerman
Light Department
Peat
Stull
Noah Stegall
Acreage cuts urged to curb tobacco surplus
C. Stuart Carr Jr. president of the Leaf Tobacco Exporters Association urged further acreage reductions to stop tobacco flowing into stabilization stocks. He blamed past increases and higher yields plus health reports lowering global cigarette demand, stressing continued cuts and emphasis on quality to attract foreign buyers.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
C. Stuart Carr Jr
The
Leaf Tobacco Exporters Association
Pan American Defies Soviet Warning in Berlin Corridor
Pan American World Airways jet from New York flies through Berlin air corridor despite Soviet protest calling the service illegal. Pan Am refuses to cancel. Berlin touchdown at Tegel at 1 27 P.M. with 77 passengers. Flight path included Keflavik and Prestwick stops. State Department approval cited.
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Berlin
Pan American World Airways
New York
Soviet Union
East Germany
United States
New York- Berlin
Pan Am
Tegel
Iceland
Scotland
Britain
Keflavik
Prestwick
Ft Gordon Soldier Denies Murder Charge After Guilty Plea
At Ft Gordon Ga attorneys prepared to defend Willie Joe King an Army deserter charged with murder for the April 7 1962 killing of Pvt Joseph J Page He pleaded guilty to 27 forgery counts and two larceny charges and faced murder accusations later convicted of bank robbery Fifteen witnesses traced his movements from Ft Gordon to Muskogee County Oklahoma where he was jailed for robbing a state bank in Webber Falls and received 12 years King admitted killing Page in a statement saying the act was accidental and guided investigators to the body
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FT. Gordon, Ga
Willie Joe King
Joseph J. Page
Poye
King
Ft. Gordon
Muscogee County
Okla
Webber Falls
Page
Kennedy Improves in Hospital After Plane Crash
Sen Edward M Kennedy facing 10 to 12 days immobilization to let a broken back heal keeps up with world news from Cooley Dickinson Hospital. He shows steady neurological progress and improving orthopedic condition while his aide Edward Moss and pilot Edwin Zimny are buried in services across Massachusetts.
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Edward M. Kennedy
Dmass
Edwin T. Zimny
Thomas F. Corriden
Kennedy
Birch Bayh
Marvella
Nicky Stone
Hayward
Calif
Enchanted Hills
Napa
Nicky
Wallace Works To Build Unpledged Southern Electors
In Montgomery Alabama Senator Barry Goldwaters appeal to dissenting Democrats challenges the unpledged elector movement in the South Governor George Wallace insists the South must act independently to gain leverage in a tight national election He pursues unpledged electors in several states and may back a third party ticket to keep major parties from winning 270 electoral votes West of the Mississippi the plan hinges on a half dozen states totaling about 58 votes with the aim of forcing concessions on civil rights.
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Montgomery, Ala
Sen
Barry Goldwater
South
Alabama
George Wallace
Goldwater
Johnson
Wallace
National Party
Virginia
Texas
Florida
Louisiana
Mississippi
Georgia
Roy Harris
Augusta
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Carr
Richmond
LTEA
Tinue
State Department
Sate
West Berlin
Washington
Gordon
Edward Kennedy
Northampton, Mass
U.S. Senate
Southampton
Cooley Dickinson Hospital
Orchard
Barnes Airport
Westfield
Zimny
E. Donald Andrew
Easthampton
Christian Science Monitor
Promge
Boston
OS Angeles
Monenstery
Satan
Science
Nerwey
Séston
Enyland
Bob White
Doeskin
Gold Cross
Swift
Breakfast of Champions Wheaties
M & M Groc
Mkt
Arizona
President Johnson
GOP
North
South Carolina
Arkansas
Simi
Bell-ans
Orangeburg
N. Y
E. Jackson ST
N. Broad ST
Smith Ave
Sears-Roebuck and Herndon Drug Store
Thomas County
Thomas County Federal
Dawson Street
Dial
Thomasville, Georgia
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