Georgia Florida discuss four lane link between I 75 and I 10
Officials from Georgia and Florida outlined benefits of a connecting highway from Interstate 75 at Tifton to Interstate 10 near Tallahassee. The plan aims to boost industry, farm to market transport, defense readiness and regional growth with a tentative meeting in Thomasville and ongoing studies on route and cost.
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Georgia
Florida
Tifton
Moultrie
Thomasville
Tallahassee
W. B. Blasingame
State Highway Commission
Tifton Chamber
William E. Tucker
Carolinas
Highway Departments
J. W. Keyton
Thomas County
J. L. Pilcher
Tallahassee Chamber Backs Interstate Link Plan
Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce endorses a connecting spur between Interstate 75 at Tifton and Interstate 10 near Tallahassee. Officials cite economic boosts for the Tallahassee Thomasville area and potential tourist traffic from Georgia. State highway officials mention possible extensions if Congress expands the system in 1964 or 1965.
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Tallahassee
Chamber of Commerce
Tifton
Chamber
Congress
U.S
Kelly appeals for 1968 Community Chest in Thomasville
Times Enterprise publisher L. E. Kelly Sr. urged the Thomasville Lions Club to back the Salvation Army and Community Chest drives. He highlighted local charity work and urged Christmas season clothing and toy donations at the Salvation Army warehouse. Lions inducted five new members and received a transfer. guests attended.
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Times - Enterprise
L. E. Kelly Sr
Thomasville
Lions Club
Salvation Army
Kelly
Community Chest
Thomasville Farm Suppy Co
Madison St
Lions
Hubert Ansley
James Smith
Charles Thomas
Eugene Watson
Kenneth Nowell
John Childree
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City reports weekly civil defense and safety activity
The city reports completion of stocking civil defense fallout shelters at Thomasville Ice and Manufacturing Co Scott Hotel and Commercial Bank with medical and food supplies. Firefighters aided by prisoners also inspected 117 business sites for fire hazards and police logged 4050 miles patrolled 93 calls answered 200 parking tickets and several arrests for careless driving DUI driving without licenses and leaving the scene.
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W. T. McKenzie
Thomasville Ice and Manufacturing Co
Scott Hotel
Commercial Bank
Noah Stexall
Alger accuses Kennedy of courting dictatorship via orders
Rep Bruce Alger of Texas told about 60 supporters at a $25 plate dinner in Atlanta that executive orders from 18 months ago could grant dictatorial power any time the President wishes. He spoke in place of Sen John Tower who stayed in Washington to vote on foreign aid. He touted Dallas as the nation’s largest congressional district and urged Georgia to push a Supreme Court redistricting ruling.
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Atlanta
Bruce Alger
R-Tex
Alger
Sen
John Tower
Texas
Washington
Dallas
Regents Envoy Reviews Jr College Site Choices
A Georgia Board of Regents official surveyed Thomasville locations for a state funded Southwest Georgia junior college. Five sites were considered with a $1 million bond plan to fund the school, an accredited arm of the State University System expected to ease local and area higher education costs.
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Georgia Board of Regents
Thomasville
Georgia
Board of Négean
Hubert Dewberry
Board of Regents
Dewberry
Logan Lewis
Thomas County
The
State University System
TV Experts Trace History For Rotary
Two WCTV representatives explained the evolution of mass communications from Morse telegraph to modern television for Thomasville Rotarians. Frank Pepper and Jerry Williams outlined the station’s expanded area coverage as President William B. King announced cooperative livestock feed demonstration efforts with the Chamber of Commerce and Thomas County Livestock Assn.
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Samuel F. B. Morse
Thomasville
WCTV
Frank Pepper
Jerry Williams
Wallace Legg
Mass Communications
Tallahassee
William B. King
The
Chamber of Commerce and
Thomas County Livestock Assn
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