24 Mar 1960
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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1960
Page
1
The House coalition faces a decisive moment as members debate the civil rights provision of the defense bill. Influential Southern lawmakers express ire over the standoff and impending votes set for Wednesday.
Firefighters said a three room dwelling at 122 ft was gutted by a blaze that started after fuel combustion. All furnishings were destroyed but no injuries were listed. The residence, occupied by Ed Dun, was the first fire call of the shift, and a grassy area and trees nearby were also damaged across from the VA Dom fadiary.
The House passed the civil rights provision 295 to 124 with 172 Democrats and 123 Republicans in the majority. Southern Democrats voiced bitter dissatisfaction as coalitions with Republicans frayed, while GOP support was crucial to advancing the measure despite expectations.
Readers argue that new mercury vapour street lights on Madison Broad streets and intersections improve visibility and safety. While acknowledging cost and uneven spacing, the letter urges more residential and new subdivision lighting, noting clearer illumination deters crime and marks progress from older carbon and incandescent lamps.
Dr. ILM Levitt of the Franklin Institute forecasts self sustaining lunar settlement within 20 years with power from a nuclear reactor. He envisions algae food and atmospheric oxygen from rocks and water, plus habitats built from basic elements and moon caves protected by a plastic balloon air shelter.
Police Coast Guard and local firms pursue a hit and run ship after it struck a barge early March 18 in Witte's Marine Basin Staten Island. The impact damaged three steel barges and two wooden ones, sank a tugboat, and damaged a floating derrick. Damage estimated near $100,000. tug and derrick belonged to Witte company, Hughes Bros. Barge Co. may be liable if collection fails.
Franklin Pierce Adams known as F P A and a longtime columnist and wit died in New York at 78 after a nursing home stay of five years. He wrote light verse and a syndicated daily piece This Little World and was a panelist on Information Please. He served as a newspaper man for decades and authored The Conning Tower column at several papers. He is survived by his second wife Esther and three sons Timothy Anthony Jonathan and a daughter Persephone.
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