Georgia Ports Authority Negotiations Over Savannah Docks
Georgia Ports Authority continues talks on purchasing Central of Georgia railway dock facilities in Savannah. A.W. Ledbetter and Prankenfield issued a joint statement as both groups seek rapid progress. The port’s expansion plans include Bainbridge riverfront docks and Brunswick seaport growth with a July 26 Brunswick meeting planned.
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Atlanta
Central’’of Georgia
Savannah
Georgia Ports Authority
A.W. Ledbetter
Rome
Ledbetter
Prankenfield
Georgia
Tr’ O
Bainbridge
Marvin Griffin
Brunswick
Bear attack shocks downtown St. Louis woman
Mrs Laura Murphy was mauled by a 450 pound Syrian brown bear tied to scaffolding outside the Post-Dispatch Building where a TV show was being filmed. The bear knocked her down and scratched her before trainer Walter Klausner pulled it away. She was treated by a physician and then taken home.
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Louis
Laura Murphy
St. Louis
Pike's Peak
Post-Dispatch
Walter Klausner
VA Supply Division Training Certificates Awarded
Certificates of training were awarded to members of the Supply Division at the Thomasville VA Domiciliary by Manager E C McDaniel in informal ceremonies Friday. The certificates reflect a 17 week study within the Veterans Administration aimed at improving supply procedures and reducing operation costs. Claude Vaughn heads the Supply Division with Murphy J Morton as assistant supply officer. other workers include Mrs Billie R Courtney James A Herring George W Johnson Mrs Shirley R Lide and Roy Spangler.
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Bob Flowers
Roy Spenger
Billie R. Courtney
Shirley R. ‘Lide
George W. Johnson
Jamie A. Herring
Speer Bolton
M. J. Morton
C. R. ‘Vaughn
McDaniel
Thomasville VA
E. C. McDaniel
Veterans Administration
Claude Vaughn
Murphy J. Morton
Billie .R. Courtney
James A. Herring
Shirley R. Lide
Roy Spangler
Kiwanians Invited To Supper Meeting By Coolidge Club
The Coolidge Kiwanis Club invites local Kiwanians to a city farm meeting on Thursday July 12 at Coolidge High School with supper at 8 p.m. Capt W B Grinstead head of the State Patrol Bureau of Safety Responsibility spoke on highway safety and financial responsibility and noted new laws and license requirements. Hudson Norman was welcomed as a new member and guests included Len Powell O H Lewis Tom Tipton and others.
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Coolidge Kiwanis Club
W. B. Grinstead
Bureau of Safety Responsibility
State Patrol
Curtis Middleton
Capt. Grinstead
Georgia
Hudson Norman
Len Powell
0. H. Lewis
Tom Tipton
Candler Austin
John Turner
Pitt Warner
Sanford, Fla
Charlie Jones
Albany
J. A. Curry
Sheriff Dallice Law
Rocket soars 163 miles to set new record
A single stage Aerobee Hi rocket blasted 163 miles above Earth at White Sands proving ground to break the previous 158 mile mark set in 1954 by Viking I. The flight occurred during the ongoing upper air probe tests for the International Geophysical Year program.
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White Sands Proving Ground
N. M
Miller
Roxbury
Conn
Aerobee Hi
Viking
House Battles Public Housing Bill Over 1956 Plan
Washington lawmakers clash in a nerves contest as the House Banking Committee says it will not recon sider the 1956 housing bill. The Rules Committee voted to table the measure, which would add 180 000 new public housing units. White House priority clashes with Housing Administrator Cole who calls the bill unrealistic and ill conceived.
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Rains
D-Ala
House
Banking Committee
Spence
D-Ky
House Rules Committee
Eisenhower
Leo Allen
Rules Committee
White House
Albert M. Cole
House Banking Committee
Surgeon General Scheele quits to lead private pharma firm
Dr Leonard A Scheele resigns as surgeon general of the U S Public Health Service effective August 1 to become president of Warner Chandler subsidiary Warner-Chilcutt Laboratories in Morris Plains New Jersey. He cites family security and plans to continue promoting health in private life. President Eisenhower accepts the resignation with deepest regret.
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Washington
Leonard A. Scheele
Public Health Service
Eisenhower
Scheele
Warner- Lambert Pharmaceutical Co
New York
Warner-Chilcutt Laboratories, Inc
Morris Plains
N. J
Civil rights bills drew mixed support in Congress and among groups
Observations by Thurman Sensing note the civil rights measures propose a bipartisan civil rights commission and a new Justice Department division, while opponents warn of federal overreach. He traces backing from the NAACP, ADA, ACLU, AFL-CIO, and other groups, and criticizes political maneuvering amid party lines.
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Congress
House
Senate
Commission On
Justice Department
Judiciary Committee
U. S
Communist Daily Worker
South
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Americans For Democratic Action
American Civil Liberties Union
Afl-Cio
Walter Reuther
Unscheduled Dip Reveals Pig At City Sewage Plant
Kathleen Redfern reports a curious incident at the city sewage plant where a well greased pig wandered in by night. Ronald Van Dames, city administrative assistant and plant superintendent, recalls finding the animal next morning trying to escape a vat of grease.
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Kathleen Redfern
Ronald van Dame
van Dame
Third Party talk and local political divisions debated
The piece discusses a Macon leader Charlie Block pushing a third party only if Democrats drop a plank opposing integration. It notes ongoing Democratic alignment in county races, concerns about delinquent youths shaping town reputation, tobacco sales plans for the Georgia Florida market, and a wartime water treatment plant expansion intended to serve up to 80 000 people.
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Charlie Block
Macon
Georgia
Florida
Oemewane
County Line
Werkaé
Resco
Bae
van Dame
Thomanville
Political leaders and allied groups face scrutiny over expedient votes
The passage contends that responsible leaders in both parties show a concerning disregard for the company they keep when allied with certain groups. It argues that voting for the bills for political expediency reveals a lack of regard for national welfare.
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House
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