21 Mar 1967
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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1967
Page
1
Readers ask if the Gateway Shopping Center will be blocked by annexation plans in Thomasville and why delays occurred until leasing and an August opening were set. A Benning Construction Co. permit for 968000 was issued, with paving excluded, and annexation took effect March 13 by petition of owners.
In Friday's Action Line S H H R J T discuss an employment tax as a new revenue source for schools. The Board of Education currently relies on property taxes and sought authority to raise the millage ceiling from 15 to 20 mills, matching county systems in Georgia. An increase would occur only if needed to maintain the existing education program after the General Assembly failed to approve a local sales tax.
The column invites readers to share opinions by calling 226 2400 or writing to P O Box 650 Thomasville Ga. Respondents are urged to provide full names though initials can be used if requested.
A whimsical survey of the season, noting spring’s arrival despite lingering storms. Reports detail record snows in Chicago, mild blasts in Oregon and California highs, and variable conditions from New York to Colorado.
The Thomasville Kiwanis Club hosts its annual Ladies Night at the Thomasville High School cafeteria tonight at 7 30 p m. Guest speaker is Paul A Crawford agricultural engineer from the University of Georgia Extension Service in Athens. The Andrew College Acappella Choir performs at 8 p m.
A 2,500 strong Viet Cong regiment attacked American positions near Cambodia in War Zone C. The 272nd Viet Cong Regiment suffered heavy losses, with about 400 dead reported interim, while U.S. forces logged 30 dead and 109 wounded. US artillery, air power, and infantry pressed the pursuit as the battleground stretched toward the Cambodian frontier.
The Coast Guard received a radio report that the American super tanker Torrey Canyon stranded on a reef at Land's End has caught fire. The vessel carries about 80,000 gallons of oil.
U S Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge returned from the Guam conference with President Johnson and said there is absolutely no immediate prospect for peace negotiations in Vietnam. He described the meeting as a useful stock taking with no bold new proposals. Thieu said South Vietnam invited the North to a peace meeting, though Hanoi was not mentioned further in his remarks.
NFO led by Oren Lee Staley pressures price up two cents per quart while calling for higher dairy profits. threats target Staley and family. officials say milk supply thinned nationwide as violence and arrests rise. Local effects vary with some regions reporting major shortages and others little impact.
A bus and a trailer truck collided on a wet road near Washington Georgia in the predawn hours. Eighteen people were injured, three hospitalized. The bus was traveling from Atlanta to Charleston. Driver Donald Lovett sustained lacerations and bruises. truck driver Johnny Mixon was unharmed.
President Johnson completed the Guam talks on the Vietnam War and flew toward Washington on the final leg of an 8,000 mile trip. His party stayed aboard at Phiekam Air Force Base for 45 minutes refueling with the cabin dark and no one alighting.
A man and two of his children were killed when a hand grenade he had taken from a military installation exploded at his home near Havana Florida. Johnny Lee Hinson and two sons Michael and Jerome perished. A son Johnny Lee Jr was hospitalized. Police say the grenade fell from the floor, exploded, and shredded the kitchen area. Investigators found a second grenade later removed by demolition experts. The man, believed to have obtained the grenades at Eglin Field six months earlier, had been working on rice patties for the government. The home sits about 15 miles north of Tallahassee near the Georgia line.
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