Veterans Service Officer John Roth to retire after 30 years
John Roth, Veterans Service Officer for Thomas Grady and Mitchell counties, will retire June 20 after a 30 year career assisting 18000 veterans with pensions education medical care and other benefits. He helped about 200 veterans weekly and oversaw 30 new files monthly as the office focused on aging World War II veterans. Roth and his wife Mary attended a luncheon in Macon where he received a commendation and gold watch. He plans a Gulf Coast vacation and remains active in civic groups including American Legion VFW DAV Rotary Elks and the Presbyterian Church.
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Teresa Sanders
John Roth
Roth
Veterans Service
Thomas
Grady
Mitchell
Thamanville
Nixon
Aaldhera
Mary
Archbold Memorial Hospital
Macon Hilton
Georgia Department of Veterans Service Office
Gulf
American Legion Post
Second District
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW
Disabled American Veterans
DAV
Rotary and Elks Club
The
Presbyterian Church
Retiring Postmaster Recalls Change To Computerized Service
Clyde E Norwood recalls the Thomasville Post Office shift from hand processing to computerized service since 1935 The postmaster since 1971 notes mail volume rose about twentyfold and clerks routes and equipment expanded while some programs like Postal Savings Bank and highway post offices ended He and wife Jane plan travel and leisure after retirement on June 30 1971
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Teresa Sanders
Clyde E. Norwood
Thomasville
Alamos
Norwood
Dallas
Postal Savings
Congress
IRS Complaints Rise Over Price Freeze in Atlanta
The IRS regional office reports 238 complaints since the June 8 price freeze began, mainly about service stations and grocery stores. Public information officer George Pechota cites confusion over the freeze and misperceptions of exemption as contributing factors. The Office of Economic Stabilization prepared the report.
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Atlanta, Ga
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
George Pechota
Office of Economic Stabilization
Maddox Says He Will Unwind Reorganization Plan
Lt. Gov. Lester Maddox indicates that if he wins election to the governorship he would immediately begin undoing the current reorganization plan. He made the remark in Savannah Georgia.
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Maddox
Savannah
Lester Maddox
Jimmy Carter
Georgia Municipal Association
GMA
Sherman Takes Post At Athens
Dale Sherman resigns from Abraham Baldwin College to become Departmental Head of Software Services at the University of Georgia Computer Center in Athens. He will oversee joint programs with UGA and NASA, holds a 1969 UGA masters, and has ties to First Presbyterian Church and local Kiwanis. He is married with two children.
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Tifton
Dale Sherman
Center of Automation
Abraham Baldwin College
Computer Center
University of Georgia
Athens
Boston
Sherman
Cosmic
National Aeronaucs and Space Administration
NASA
Georgia Southwestern College
Valdosta State College
First Presbyterian Church
Tifton Kiwanis Club
Association For Educational Data Systems
Phi Kappa Phi
Carlton
Jan Strobel
Thomasville
Mark
Jeff
Stolen Mantegna Painting Returned to San Zeno Church
Italian police recovered a Renaissance painting by Andrew Mantegna and returned it to the San Zeno Church in Verona after it was stolen 10 days earlier. No details of the recovery were released. In Bergamo, thieves stole a 14th century silver and gold cross valued at $850,000 from San Maria Maggiore Church, created by Andreolo de Bianchi.
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Verona
Italy
Andrew Mantegna
San Zeno
Bergamo
San Maria Maggiore
Andreolo de Bianchi
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Heath
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