Worship and Washingtons habit of churchgoing
The piece reflects on excuses for skipping worship, citing George Washington leading guests to church and a patriotic poem about forgetting God in summer. It notes summer laxity contrasts with duty, and praises lasting religious commitment amid social pressures. It also mentions Richard Harris winning a safety patrol camp trophy in Cordele.
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George Washington
God
Richard Harris
Thomasville
Safety Patrol
Cordele
Georgia State Patrol
Richard
Jack Harris
Tallahassee Rd
Ed Kelly
Estranged Husband In Custody After Shooting Spree
Wilmington Delaware. Fred Hammer 45 in custody on two counts of assault with intent to kill and one count of carrying a concealed deadly weapon. Victims Andrea Luckenbach Hammer 33 and Woodrow W Long. A yearling colt Now Hear This struck by a ricochet. Bail set at 10500. Mrs Hammer wounded in chest and hip. Long grazed. Marriage turmoil since 1947 with prior beatings alleged.
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Wilmington
Del
Fred Hammer
Andrea Luckenbach Hammer
Woodrow W. Long
Hammer
Long
Delaware Hospital
Andrea Luckenbach
Shooting at Barbara Clampitt home in Hollywood
Phillip Eugene Ahim, 48, was shot three times during a party at oil heiress Barbara Clampitt's estate. Edward Nee, 61, Neeley’s brother-in-law, was arrested on suspicion of assault with intent to murder. Detectives said the melee followed a dispute over McCarthy Texas and related remarks.
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Sen. McCarthy
Texas
Phillip Eugene Ahim
Barbara Clampitt
Noaer
Edward Nee
Leah Clampitt
Los Angeles
E. A. Clampit
C.C. Forbes
Neeley
Ahim
Neley
Los Angeles General Hospital
Offcers
Forbes
Wilshire Country Club
Clampitt
Byron Depot Project To Start In Fall In Georgia
The Navy plans construction of a 6 million dollar naval supply depot in the Byron Georgia area. Public works officials say the Navy will buy about 600 acres of land previously secured as part of the site.
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Byron
Charleston
S.C
Naval District Public Works
Navy
Byron Land Acceptance Wired Friday
Ac ceptances of the land were wired Friday in the Byron vicinity. The report notes that negotiations and approvals proceeded by telegraph to finalize ownership transfers in the region.
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Byron
Laotian and French Troops Clash In Indochina
At least seven persons were killed and fifty injured in a bloody clash between Laotian infantrymen allied with French Union forces and French Marines in Indochina Saturday night. The dispute arose after reports that the French marines had angered the Laotians.
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Bangkok
Indochina
Shower Honors Recent Bride Teresa Hussey at Woodrow Street
A miscellaneous shower honored Teresa Hussey, a recent bride, at her Woodrow Street home. Games and prizes went to the honoree Doris Mraxon and the hostess. Guests included Louella Harrell, Lois Barton, and out of town relatives from Ochlocknee and relatives of the bride.
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Teresa Hussey
Sam Hamrick
Woodrow Street
Doris Marxson
G. L. Regan
Lois Barton
Louella Harrell
Barton
Aye Ragan
Ochlochnee
Ben Ragan
Xiwanians To Hear Ex-Chaplain Chief Maj. Gen. Parker
Maj. Gen. Roy H. Parker U S A retired former chief of the Army Chaplains will speak to the Kiwanis Club on Wednesday. He is a history professor at William Jewell College Missouri and will be joined by Chaplain Herschel Day of Spence Field Moultrie. Parker was ordained a Baptist minister and served as pastor of First Baptist Church Tifton before his Army career starting in 1918. The meeting was moved from Friday to Wednesday to avoid conflict with the Fourth of July golf tournament at Glen Arven Country Club.
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Roy H. Parker
U.S. A
Army’s Corps of Chaplains
Kiwanis Club
Parker
William Jewell College
Missouri
Herschel Day
Spence Field
Moultrie
First Baptist Church
Tifton
Grenade Attack Hit Camp Theater Near Laos Border
Reports say attackers hurled several hand grenades inside a crowded camp theater at Naung Khai near Vientiane on the Laos Thailand frontier, wounding patrons. The incident underscores rising tensions along the border.
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Naung Khai
Vientiane
Observations on segregation rulings and political reactions
The piece cites M. E. Thompson and other candidates proposing constitutional amendments or drastic steps to fight school desegregation. It questions Supreme Court authority while arguing for race based school funding and local control, urging equal but separate facilities and voluntary tax fund distributions by race.
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South
Red Cross Aids Iowa Flood Areas With Relief Staff
Five Red Cross workers from Atlanta area including 9 Val dosta assist in Des Moines Sioux City Fort Dodge and Mason City Iowa. Over 50 national disaster workers and 600 volunteers support shelter feeding clothing and evacuation efforts. Send flood relief contributions to Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund Des Moines Iowa.
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Atlanta
Valdosta
Des Moines
Sioux City
Fort Dodge
Mason City
Iowa
Red Cross National Disaster
Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund
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