Old VA Domiciliary Turned Over To Georgia Health Dept
Thomasville's old VA Domiciliary was officially turned over to the State Department of Health. Dr. Albert C. Tuck accepted for the Health Board as its member while E. C. McDaniel, former director, handed over the keys. Southwestern State Hospital staffers join the roster as the facility prepares to accept patients by August 1.
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Georgia Health Deptt
Thomasville
State Department of Health
E. C. McDaniel
Albert C. Tuck
Tuck
State Health Board
McDaniel
Dublin
VA Hospital
Finney General Army Hospital
Veterans Administration
Jeday
J. Wallace Legg
Southwestern State Hospital
Legg
Southwestern Monday
Charles K. Bush
Bush
Atlanta
State Health Dept
Gary Witt
Health Board
Dr. Tuck
Kings Faisal visits New York under UN hosting plan
King Faisal of Saudi Arabia arrives in New York to be hosted by the United Nations and private groups after Mayor Lindsay cancels a city welcome dinner. The mayor withdrew official greetings citing Faisal’s Washington remarks about Jews and Israel.
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New York
Faisal
Saudi Arabia
United Nations
John V. Lindsay
la Guardia
Washington
Lindsay
New York City
U.S
Israel
Milledgeville Doctor Fined for Expense Account Cheats
Dr. I. H. MacKinnon former superintendent of the Milledgeville State Hospital paid a $2,000 fine and received a two year suspended sentence in state court on charges he cheated on expense accounts.
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Milledgeville
Milledgeville State Hospital
I. H. MacKinnon
Soldier from Ochlochnee Undergoes Leg Amputation in Viet Nam Action
A 27 year old Ochlochnee man Sp 4 Cecil J. Rehberg was wounded May 25 at Tan Son Nhut Air Base. After extensive damage to his left leg and failed attempts to save it doctors in Japan and at an Army hospital evacuated him for further care. On June 10 he had his left leg amputated above the knee. His parents were informed the operation was successful and he is in good spirits.
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Viet Nam
Cecil J. Rehberg
Olin Dewitt Rehberg
Ochlochnee
Rehberg
Tan Son Nhut
Japan
Cecil
Defense budget urged at 58.61 billion for next fiscal year
The House appropriations Committee proposed 58.61 billion dollars for Defense for the year starting July 1, insisting the current figure is not a prediction of the war’s end. The plan exceeds Johnson’s request by 946.68 million and rivals prior funding. A Republican minority urged a blue ribbon panel to reassess the defense posture.
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Washington
Viet Nam
House Appropriations Committee
Defense Department
George H. Mahon
D-Tex
House
Siohnson
Drugs and Glue Sniffing Seen as Southern Issue
Dr. John H. Venable announced a preliminary study by Georgia and five other Southern states to gauge misuse of drugs including LSD and glue sniffing. The Georgia Alcoholic Rehabilitation Service will lead the Georgia effort, with a regional HEW office coordinating across Florida Alabama Mississippi Tennessee and South Carolina.
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Atlanta, Ga
South
John H. Venable
Georgia
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Tennessee
South Carolina
Rescue Try Fails on Mt Rolleston Climb
Rescuers halted efforts to reach four teens on Mt Rolleston after a helicopter pilot reported no signs of life on the icy face. The group of youths including two English climbers and two New Zealanders lacked gear. One rescue worker died in an avalanche during the multi day operation. three others were injured.
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Christchurch
New Zealand
Mt. Rolleston
Michael Harper
Jeffrey Wilby
England
New
West German France talks seek temporary accord on French troops
Bonn reports the West German government aims for a temporary agreement with France to keep 72,000 French troops in Germany after NATO withdrawal on July 1. The official says time is too tight for a permanent pact, but a temp accord would affirm the troops as allies rather than WWII victors.
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Bonn
Germany
France
Cyprus Lifts Blockade After Bomb Sparks City Split
The Greek Cypriot government ends a three day blockade of the Turkish sector in Nicosia. The measure barred Turkish residents from Greek controlled areas after a bomb exploded in the Greek sector. The blockade’s aim was to allow workers to resume commutes.
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Nicosia, Cyprus
Nicosia
Rusk Sets Two Week Far East Tour From Washington
Secretary of State Dean Rusk departed Washington with a 29 member American delegation for a two week trip to five Far East nations. The first stop is the annual Southeast Asia Treaty Organization conference in Canberra Australia. He declined to issue a departure statement at the airport.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
Far East
Rusk
Canberra
Australia
Pope Pleads for Peace in Viet Nam and Religious Freedom
Pope Paul VI renewed appeals to world leaders to end the Vietnam War and expressed hope that his meeting with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko would advance global peace and religious freedom in Russia.
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Vatican
Paul VI
Viet Nam
Andrei Gromyko
Russia
Mississippi civil rights march returns to Klan stronghold
A Mississippi civil rights march led by James H. Meredith returns to Philadelphia Canton area amid threats and clashes. Tear gas used to disperse marchers as they set up tents on a Canton school yard.
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Associated Press
Mississippi
James H. Meredith
Canton
Miss
Philadelphia
Brisk Gospel Sing Ticket Sale Aids Georgia Ranch
Thomas County Sheriff C A Rehberg reports tickets for a gospel sing to benefit the Georgia Sheriffs Boys Ranch go on sale at 8 p.m. Saturday at Municipal Auditorium. Advance tickets are 1.25 for adults and 0.75 for children. at the door 1.50 for adults and 1 for children.
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Georgia
Amvets Post 32 Dance Supports Sheriff’s Ranch
Amvets Post 32 hosts a Saturday dance from 8 30 p m to midnight. Proceeds beyond orchestra costs benefit the Sheriff’s Boys Ranch at Hahira.
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Amvets Post 32
Sheriff's Boys’ Ranch
Hahira
Castro Whereabouts Big Mystery in Cuba
Miami monitors report Fidel Castro barely mentioned on Havana Radio this week, a sharp change from prior coverage. Speculation grows about his status after his last May 1 broadcast and comments about President Johnson and Cuba's sugar crop.
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Castro
Cuba
Miami
Fla
Fidel Castro
No. 1
Juanita
Johnson
Probe Leader Warns of Crackdown in Dodd Hearings
Senate Ethics Committee chairman John Stennis hints at action to crack down on unnamed individuals alleged to threaten witnesses in the Dodd hearings. Michael O’Hare, a former aide, says a statement suggested an intimidation attempt, while others implicate former staffers and discuss internal tensions during the investigation.
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Thomas J. Dodd
D-Conn
Senate
Ethics Committee
Washington
Dodd
Senate Ethics Committee
John Stenniz
Dmiss
Sen
Wallace F. Bennett
Utah
Michael O'Hare
Marjorie Carpenter
Stennis
O’hare
Gerald Zeller
Zeiller
Connecticut
Sen. Dodd
Terry L. Golden
Miss Golden
Death sentence appeal begins for Jack Ruby in Texas
Lawyers argued Ruby did not receive a fair trial due to excessive media coverage and a judge's handling of a book manuscript. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals opened proceedings, with a decision not expected for over three months as the court extends into a summer recess until October 3.
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Austin, Tex
Jack Ruby
Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
Warren Commission
John F. Kennedy
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Elmer Gertz
Chicago
Dallas
Gertz
U.S. Supreme Court
Dr. Sam Sheppard
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Defense Dept
Dodd Hearing
Venable
Alcoholic Rehabilitation Service
David Martin
James Waters
John Sennett
Waters
Gerard Zeiller
Martin
Florida City
Ohio
Ing
Martin Luther King Jr
Amvets
Abby Seco
Havana
Alma
Robert McCloskey
U.S. State Department
Drew Pearson
Jack Anderson
Brown
Dallas County
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