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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1966
Page
7
A 67-year-old Cairo man collapsed at the wheel on Sunday while driving on South Broad Street. His car jumped the curb, hit a utility pole, and crashed into a storefront, causing the fatal incident.
Seven Negroes jailed after rock and bottle attack at a Georgia Veterans State Park pool near Cordele injuring eight people. Investigations continue as authorities say charges may be filed later. Police report at least two car windows smashed and a patrol car rammed during the melee.
Word received here that Ralph E. Manning of Thomasville was killed in action in Viet Nam on June 23. He was the son of Mrs. Irene Manning of 3825 Simeon St Thomasville and Elmer Manning of Macon.
A Valdosta delegation pressed Gov. Carl E. Sanders to allocate 300 000 from the emergency fund for airport improvements to handle jet traffic. Sanders declined, citing a 2 million annual fund, with 800 000 already earmarked for prison costs, and urged legislative funding next year.
British Defense Secretary Denis Healey apologized for a remark about Charles de Gaulle saying he regretted using the words. He clarified he spoke of alliance loyalty and not a personal insult to de Gaulle. Conservatives pressed for a debate on whether the remarks reflected government policy as De Gaulle visited the Soviet Union.
Bill Donovan district director of environmental sanitation for the Thomas County Health Department has resumed duties here after a stay in Ann Arbor Michigan. He studied at the University of Michigan School of Public Health since September and earned a Master of Public Health degree last week. Donovan coordinates health department work in Thomas Brooks and Grady Counties.
Director Richard Harris announced Camp Piney Woods will start August 21 instead of August 7. About 60 Central High band students will attend a week long session to prepare playing and marching for fall football game appearances.
In January a bullet creased his cheek and since then Cole took part in major actions until a fatefully unlucky day left him with a shattered left arm and a ripped right thigh. Sp4 Roy Taylor of Kirbyville Texas, though wounded, dragged Cole to safety. Lt. Byron Scogins of Millen Georgia was also wounded.
U S air cavalry units and allied forces push through central Viet Nam as three North Vietnamese battalions totaling about 1500 men are hunted in the Nathen Hale operation. A large fuel dump in North Viet Nam was hit by Navy bombers and left burning as Marines and Vietnamese troops press into tunnels near Hue.
In Athens Georgia three white men Joseph Sims Cecil Myers and George Turner face federal conspiracy charges tied to the 1964 slaying of Lemuel Penn. Judge Bootle split six defendants into two groups and will try three at a time with private juror questioning to curb bias.
The Los Coyotes Indian Reservation in Warner Springs California opens weekends to campers and picnickers with a strict rule banning guns bows and arrows to ensure peaceful recreation.
A super typhoon with 173 mile per hour winds advances toward southern Japan. The Weather Bureau warns Typhoon Kit could strike the central coast by Tuesday afternoon if its current path holds.
Joseph D. Gillis, 57, was killed when a 200 pound tombstone fell on him at Pine Grove Cemetery. He reportedly grabbed the stone to steady himself after losing balance. the medical examiner said Gillis was asphyxiated.
Leaders of Britain's striking seamen may push for longer vacations as peace talks with ship owners begin forthcoming Tuesday. Sources say the strike gains sympathy after the ITF urged 340 unions in 84 countries to send funds to aid the strikers.
Manila Bulletin reports a Russian found in a rubber dinghy near Palawan in March was a spy who, under grilling by Filipino and Russian speaking U.S. agents, gave vital disclosures. Anatoli Geisenko aged 37 allegedly spilled details of a Soviet espionage plan to infiltrate the United States and other countries.
Sen Thomas J Dodd testified in the Senate Ethics Committee hearings denying misconduct charges and accusing trusted aides of feeding documents to columnists. His wife said she bought Persian rugs for the Dodd home and Klein’s hospitality was used.
Lockheed announces a plywood mock-up of the Lockheed 2000 a supersonic transport designed to fly 266 passengers around the world in 23 hours at 1 800 miles an hour. The 273 foot long craft would use four jets and carry wide seating with a ground stop at each port. Designs are for a U S SST study ordered by Kennedy with Boeing GE and Pratt Whitney involved.
James H Meredith told a Jackson rally that the era of white supremacy will end and that governor and others will pay attention to Negroes. About 16 000 marchers filled Capitol grounds while Dr Martin Luther King Jr spoke alongside Meredith as crowds strained to hear on the flatbed platform.
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