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VOLUME 48
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76,508 Autoists
Fl - I
unked Driver
Tests Last Year
Motorists who think it is easyg
to get a driver’s license in Geor
gia had better think twice. Rea-!
son: It’s tough — real tough. Justi
ask any of the 76,508 Georgians|
who know from experience. ‘
The 76,508 represent the total|
number of failures rcecorded from
189,652 tests given by the Geor-|
gia Deépartment of Public Safety’s |
Driver License Bureau in 1962,
according to statistics just re-|
leased by Col. H. Lowell Conner, |
state public safety director. i
That was an increase of 4,453,
over 72,055 failures out of 174,629 |
tests given in 1961, the records|
show. A total of 113,144 new n-g
censes, including regular and;
learners’ permits, were issued last%
year, compared with 102,574 in;
1961. |
Total number of licenses issued‘i
fn 1962 was 1,249,000. This brought |
the total number of valid licenses!
in Georgia to 2,045666, an in-|
crease of 27,282 over the previous
year. {
A breakdown of failures re-i‘
corded last year showed: 55,276
failed on road rules and road signs‘
tests; 18,336 on driving tests, and |
2,896 on vision tests. There were!
60,411 who failed on the first tryf
and 11,979 who didn’t make it on ;
the second try. {
In each category, the t‘ailuresg
ran higher than in 1961 when
55,114 failed on road rules and |
road signs tests; 14,075 on driv«{i
ing tests, and 2,866 on vision!
tests. Failure on the first try to- |
taled 59,424 and 9,292 on the sec- }
ond try. 3“
“There’s no doubt about it, it
is getting tougher to get a driv-|
er's license in Georgia,” comment- |
ed Capt. F. M. Davies, supervisor
of the Driver License Bureau. “It:
isn’t that we are trying to make|
it hard on the public, but a driver |
must be qualified before he isg
issued a license. It is all in the!
cause of safety on the public?
thoroughfares.” ‘
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Ga. Tourist Ads
Aimed To Reach
Over 39 Million |
|
Georgia wants more ttourisll
trade this year—and she’s going|
after it as never before. ?
In fact, the Georgia Departmem,!
of Commerce’s spring and sum~l
mer national advertising sched-g
ule, just announced by Director |
Jack J. Minter, calls for the:
broadest coverage in the tourism |
field ever attempted by the state.!
The program, whose theme will|
be “See All of Georgia .. . More :1
to See . . . More to Do . . .Every!‘
Month of the Year,” is designedf
to reach more than 39 million}}
travel-conscious people both in .
and outside the United States, |
“For the first time, our sched: |
ule calls for a large-scale news-i
paper and radio advertising cov- |
erage to go along with national|
magazine advertising,” explained |
Bill T. Hardman, manager of the |
department’s Tourist Division. |
“The ‘See All of Georgia’ ads|
will depict our historic, scenic!
and recreational attractions. They |
will present the Georgia Story|
at its best.” i
These advertisements will be:
placed in 12 major magazines |
with a total circulation of 21,
275,239, and in newspapers going '
into 16 states and Canada with 3|
combined circulation of 17,749, !
769 —a total circulation of 39,
025,008, it was pointed out.
Radio advertising will begin|
next month in Florida, and later ;.
will be on other powerful radie|
stations east of the Mississippi, |
Hardman said. The over-all ad |
program is expected to cost about |
$75,000. |
“Georgia is expecting a record- "
breaking year for first-time visi
tors to our state as a resuli 015;
+his new, far-reaching advertis- !
ing program,” Hardman declared |
“In fact, w~'re confident our tour- |
ist volume will reach an all-time |
high during 1963.” {
Advertise in The Eagle. “
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| U. S. highways 19 and 129 lead to the site of Blood Mountain
Lodge, a year-round resort in north Georgia. This will be the first
| attraction in Georgia offering skiing facilities. |
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6th District Division
P.T.A. To Hold Spring
Conference March 6
:, Parent-Teacher members from |
‘Telfair and the other 10 counties
;of the Sixth District Division of
iParents and Teachers will hold
spring conference = Wednesday,
'March 6, in the Lyons Methodistl
EChurch.
‘ With registration beginning at!
9:45 a.m,, the meeting will open|
lat 10:15 am. with Mrs. Frankl
Zeigler presiding. Mrs. Cicero A.|
| Johnston, State President, will be!
gthe speaker. Life membershipsl
will be presented several out-l
‘standing persons in the district. !
| Hosts will be the Lyons Ele-l
{mentary PTA and the Lions High
'PTA. To comply with the distridl
ruling, resenvations for lunch at;
$1.25 per plate should be mailed‘
i‘by March 3 to Mrs. Wm. Wilson,'
}Route 1, Lyons. !
lPaul Getty Says |
Millionaires Are !
Hard Workers !
; LONDON — Jean Paul Getty,i
‘one of the richest men in the
' world, believes millionaires arel
!the hardest-working people in the]
jworld. |
| “They work longer hours thanl
'any other working man,” the 70-‘
'year-old oil king said Sunday
‘night on a television interview on
'the British Broadeasting Corp.
’ But that doesn’t mean Getty is
‘ready to retire.
“I've never had the feeling I'm
lflushed,” he said, “I'm strugglin’
? on.”
. The Minnesota - born tycoon
' spoke from his 16th century home
in England amid the masterpieces
of his private art gallery.
“Os all the classes I know, mil
lionaires are the hardest workers.”
Getty said it “was a good
thing” he could not take his mon
ey with him when he dies be
cause “it might be a burden.”
Getty’s 70-company empire nets
him $11,200 an hour, or $1.9 mil
lion a week. He inherited his busi
ness from his father.
eL T R 2 A sl TPR L T
Gov. Sanders’ Plant Expansion Goal
Set At §l-Billion For Four Years
Gov. Carl E. Sanders, who is
banking heavily on more indus
trialization to carry his adminis
tration through without seeking
an increase in taxes, has set a
goal of sl-billion in new and ex
panded industries in Georgia dur
ing the next four years.
s
Mrs. W. A. King Os
Wheeler County
Dies Monday
Funeral services were held
from the Alamo Baptist Church
Wednesday at 2 pm. for Mrs. Wil
liam A. King, 88, the former Miss
Ida Cornelia McKinley, who died
Monday in the Telfair County
Hospital after a weeks illness.
Mrs. King was born in Hancock
County on July 17, 1894, and was
a member of the Alamo Baptist
Church. |
She is survived by a step-son,%
Ira L. Miller, and several nieces
and nephews. |
Burial was in the Erick Ceme
tery with Harris & Smith Funeral
'Home in charge of arrangements.
ALAMO, WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 1963
Baxley Knif 3
axiey e |
Slayer Gi ‘
] Y ven l
Life Term i
| z
[ truck driver, the father ofi
Ifive children, received a life pris- |
|on sentence Feb. 21 for what a|
Georgia prosecutor called a brutal, |
'senseless knife slaying of a Penn- |
i sylvania youth, ?
I After five hours of delibera- |
{tion, a Superior Court jury con-|
victed Wilton Edwards, 39, of |
lmurder for the Dec. 29 fatal knif- |
ling of Nicholas Matthew Cascario, l
119, of Bangor, Pa., in a car bump- |
’ing incident on U.S. 1 near Bax-!
ley. !
! The jury recommended mercy, |
imak'mg it a formality under statel
llaw for Judge W. Dan Fiexer II |
fto pronounce the life sentence.‘
There was no immediate an
| nouncement of plans for an ap-]
|peal, ]
! Edwards received the verdict|
{quietly but members of his fam
lily wept. His wife, children and |
| other relatives had occupied front:‘
irow seats throughout the trial. |
The fatal stabbing occurred at!
Inight as Cascario and a compan—%
,ion, Don Fiorot, 22, also of Ban- |
| gor, both Penn State students, re-}
lturncd from a Florida holiday.;
‘Fiorot testified that their car was |
ruthlessly bumped off the high-|
way and Cascario stabbed and |
lleft dying by the roadside when |
| he got out to protest. f
The prosecutor, Solicitor Gen- |
eral Jack W. Ballenger, said the |
young Pennsylvanian was “butch- ’
ered, literally butchered” withouti
any reason. He also charged Ed- |
wards with hypocrisy in joining |
the early search for the slayer;
and pretending to be indignant |
that a stranger in the countyf
would be so bruitally slain.
S b ctoind §
PRUNING ROSES ;
Rose bushes should be pruned |
when the buds begin to swell, say |
' horticulturists of the University of i
Georgia Extension Service. This
} will usually be February in south I
Georgia and late February or ear- |
J ly March in north Georgia. !
e e e A S
: ‘ He revealed this in a speech ati
|the recent dedication of e)»:pandedl
| facilities of the Atlantic Steel Co.i
:‘in Atlanta. Said the Governor: |
“With the opening of this new |
addition today, Georgia’s indus-i
trial might will have grown bhy!
15152-million in new and expand-|
jed industry in the first two months |
jof 1963. This is the greatest two-i
imonth period in the history of:
|Georgia. We are proud to see this’
‘mighty march forward. !
| “During January and Februaryi
of this year, 27 new industries!
lhave invested more than $94-mil—f
lion in Georgia. Another 31 plants i
!and factories have spent moreiE
{than sl3-million in expansions. |
!And, there have been an addi-!
itiornal $45-million in new industry |
Ipromised, but not verified.” !
I “We in Georgia,” Gov. Sandersi
concluded, “are standing on the!
threshold of the greatest period!
of industrial development in the|
history of our state. Our goal is|
sl-billion in new and expanded
industries during the next four
years.” :
-
Ocilla Banker |
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[lndicted On Four |
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Counts 0f Felony
' |
{ An Irwin County grand jury |
[ has indicted H. L. Tucker, owner
|of Citizens Bank of Ocilla, on‘,'j
| four counts of felony growing out g
{of the sudden closing of his bank |
{ last September. |
| The indictments were returnedi'
| Wednesday. They charged Tucker '
| with accepting depositors’ moneyy‘
| while knowing the bank was in-|
Isolvent, according to Irwin Coun- |
ity Court Clerk Charles Young. !
i Deposits in the bank at the time!
,it closed on Septeniber 24, 1962,|1
Itotaled about $70,000. |‘
Tucker, free on bond of $50,000,!
gis living in Florida. I‘
{ The grand jury met in Ocilla}f
i from Monday through Wednesday. |
§lt required the drawing of four[‘
{ juror lists to obtain a panel of|
‘jurors who were not related I‘.oij
Tucker or who were not deposi- |
}t:ors in the Citizens Bank. ’J
| Tucker issued a statement la.stij‘
{ October in which he maintained
'he had done nothing dishonest.]'
!He said it was just a matter of!
ibusineSS failure and that he h‘ad}l
{no other alternative in closing the.j
;bank. |f
| The« bank -was a private insti- j
| tution not covered by federal de
| positors insurance. It is now in-,:
i volved in bankruptey proceedings. i{‘
i Tucker was bound over for trial|
iin the Irwin County Superiori]
Court, but court officials said the|
!case is not likely to be heard un- l
!til the July term. \ {‘
| —————— e —————————— A ——————" 1
jTell True Story i
|Of State Prisons, !
lGov. Urges Press |
| Gov. Carl E. Sanders has called |
|on Georgia newspaners to tell the!
[“full and true” story of the state’s,!‘
! penal institutions. |
| Addressing the 35th annual|
;Georgia Press Institute, just con-|
{cluded in Athens, the Governor
gelaborated on his recent order';
!opening prisons to inspection by !,
inewsmen when accompanied by’"
ipenal authorities. Said he: (
{ “I am asking the press of this|
jstate to give .. the true story|
{. .. not a distorted one painted!
iby a hardened criminal who|
iwould be unhappy in any prisoné‘
{. .. nor a trumped-up whitewashi"
lof prison conditions.” |
| Referring to past press reports’
lof prison conditions in Georgia,i’-
{Gov. Sanders declared: “I cannot|
lsay truthfully whether these re-!i
| ports are true or false, and I don’t}’
ithink many people can.” |
| But he pointed out that thel}
Fpenal system currently is under-‘
| going a thorough investigation by !
ia noted prison authority, Warden |
{Joseph Ragen of Illinois. i
i “I can assure you and the peo-;
iple of Georgia,” Sanders said, |
i“that my administration will do!
everything possible to implement
the findings and recommendations’
lof Warden Ragen, regardless ofl
iwhat they may be.” |
i The 37-year-old chief executive, !
{appearing as a guest speaker un- |
|der sponsorship of his home town |
| newspapers, the Augusta Chron-!
{icle and Herald, described his first|
| month in office as one of “action, |
sos results and of promise.” !
’ He commended the 1963 Gen-!‘
| eral Assembly for passing a num- |
'ber of administration bills de-|
Isigned to make drastic changes|
'in some state governmental ope-i
| rations. |
i i
Alamo Student |
Initiated Into |
| . {
Delta Phi Beta i
i Delta Phi Beta, honorary science f
fraternity, at The Woman’s Col- |
lege of Georgia has initiated sev- {’
‘enteen students. i
~ Among those selected for thei"
‘honor was Sue Clark, of Alamo. |’
Members of Delta Phi Beta who !
participated in the induction rit-!f
'ual were; Rita Rattray, President, |
Vidalia; Emily Arrington, of Me- |
'Rae; Evelyn Blount, of Winder;;]
EAnnette Bone, of Covington; El-i"
len Corbett, of Washington; Diane!f
Davis, of Nashville; Judy Foster, |
;of Columbus and Sandra Rattray, l!
of Vidalia. :
‘ Commissions are not paid on l
\arguments won, but on sales made !
Col. Mike Y. Hendrix |
Named To National
Selective Serv. Staff
1 Colonel Mike Y. Hendrix, State |
;;Director of Selective Service since
;1955, will join the staff of Lt.
‘General Lewis B, Hershey, Na
"tional Director of Selective Serv
‘ice in Washington, D.C. on March
Ist.
. Colonel Hendrix joined the Se
lective Service System of Georgia
on April 20, 1951 and served as |
Chief of the Field & Classifica
'tion Division until his appoint
‘ment as State Director on June
128, 1955,
' Colonel Hendrix is being re-!
'placed as State Director by Lt.
lCol. Harry O. Smith, of Winder,‘
as a result of a recommendation
to the President by Gov. Carl E.|
|Sanders. A State Director is ap-|
[poimed by the President upon the |
[recom»mendation of the Governor. |
Colonel Hendrix was one of thel'
ifirst American Army Officers to|.
arrive on the Island of New Gui- |
"nea in World War II on April 27,’,
1942. He participated in the East|
Indies, New Guinea and Papaun,.
Campaigns in the Southwest Pa-|
cific Theatre while serving with"
the 101st AA Bn. Upon his re-}
turn to the United States he was|,
assigned to the AA School as an |,
instructor of tactics. At the end
of World War II he was with ‘the
Joint Intelligence Center Pacific ]‘
Ocean Area, Pear]l Harbor. Prior |
to his assignment with the Se-|
flective Service System of Georgia |
he served in the Pentagon with
the Intelligence Division and the|
lNational Guard Bureau. He has|
|completed a total of 26% years|
lof military service, including 22|
months in the Southwest Pacific.‘j
‘ He was born in Pulaski, Geor-|
gia, attended grade and hjgh‘
Ischool in Statesboro and was grad
‘ua‘ted from the South Georgia
Teachers College, Collegeboro, Ga.
| Prior to World War I$ he was aj
high school coach and math teach- |
ler for eight years in the public,
gschools of Georgia. ‘
, He is married to the former|
Miss Grace Smiley, of Hinesville. |,
EHe has two sons, Dale 25 and|
Mike Jr. 18, and one adopted |
daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Collins. ‘
He has four grandchildren. |1
Lt. Col. Smith served as Assis-!
tant Adjutant General in 1937-38 |
and was on active military duty|
with the Georgia Selective Serv- 1
ice Service System and IV Corps '
Headquarters in Atlanta from 1940 ,;
to 1947. Prior to his appointment
as State Director of the Georgial
Selective Service System he was Z
Commanding Officer of the Army |’
Reserve Selective Service Unit. :
e
"Keep Wheeler County Green’ |
e e s
Y.M.CA. Youth Assembly To Get
Underway March 28th - 29th - 30th
’ Topics from consolidation of
lcounties to abolishing the office
of Lieutenant Goveronr will be
‘up for debate when the 18th State
'YMCA Youth Assembly gets un
!derway at the State Capitol, Mar.
!28, 29 and 30. The Pelham Glenn
‘Truluck Hi-Y is sponsoring a bill
which would provide equal repre
!sentation in electoral voting for
'an political parties in the State
of Georgia. Cherokee Co. “Y”
Clubs have submitted a bill to
Eabolish capital punishment, ex
(cept in certain instances.
i During its three day session the
Youth Legislature will consider
Ethese and 48 other bills and reso
lutions prepared by the 800 elect
;fed representatives of Georgia’s
gHi-Y and Tri-Hi-Y Clubs who
will be participating in this year’s
laboratory experiment in govern
ment.
Fifteen of these proposals have
been submitted by clubs in the
Southeast District. These include:
A Bill to provide separate hous
ing for female prisoners under 18 |
years, submitted by the Waycross
Eta Omega Tri-Hi-Y; a Bill to
provide for the consolidation of
counties by the Dublin" Sr. Hi-Y;%
a Bill to require compulsory
Pledge of Allegiance to Flag in
public schools, Waycross Gamma}
Tri-Hi-Y; a Bill to create a Coun
ty Court of Small Claims, States- |
‘boro Sr. Hi-Y; a Bill to create
the Georgia Department of Youth,
SINGLE COFY 5¢
E:U'SDA Authorized To Go Ahead
With Public Watershed Projects
Secretary of Agriculture Orville
L. Freeman said today the U.S.
Department of Agriculture was
“ready to go ahead” with public
recreational developments in wat
ershed projects as authorized by
the Food and Agriculture Act of
1962.
i USDA was authorized to help
create, enlarge, or improve bod
ies of water within watershed
projects to provide for a full range
of water-based sports, and to as
sist in developing recreational
areas bordering the water.
“These developments will help
meet the growing demand for new
outdoor recreational facilities, and
[at the same time broaden the
lscope and local benefits of wat
‘ershed projects,” Secretary Free
man said.
The recreational facilities would
lure outsiders to the area, and
would provide the type recreation
that industrialists seek for their
employees in searching for new
Beef Commodity
Vote Opposed By
Livestock Assn.
Georgia Livestock Association
members, holding their 13th an
nual convention recently in Thom
asville — their largest in histor,v"
— took the following action:
1. Passed a resolution opposing
the holding of a beef commodity
%re«ferendum under ithe Georgia
‘Agri*cultural Commodities Promo
tion Act. The referendum, if ap
’px'oved, would result in manda-
Itory reductions on all sales of
‘beef and dairy animals in Geor
lgia, the resolution contends.
2. Called for an industry con-
Iference on hog marketing to study
the lack of price differential re
ceived by producers between No.
|1 and other grades of hogs.
3. Commended the ICC for ap
proving a freight rate reduction
on multiple car shipments of feed
grains as proposed by the South
ern Railway System which, if ap
proved by the courts, will result.
in a 60 percent decrease in freight
cost of feed grains moving into
the Southeast. |
4. Called for elimination of reg
ulations on rate reductions by all
common carriers on all agricul
tural products which would per
mit the railroads to reduce freight
rates on sigle car shipments of
feed grains. |
5. Re-elected Richard B. Cur
tis, of the Greene County Live
stock Assn., president, and re
appointed J. O. Robertson Jr., of
Athens, executive vice president
of the state organization.
'{Sylvania Upsilon Tri-Hi-Y; a Bill
|to provide compulsory Civil De
|fense Course in high school, Syl
{vania George Williams Hi-Y; a
Bill to create a Youth Department
of Georgia, Swainsboro Jr. Tri-
Hi-Y; a Bill to establish a course
of study in our public schools
(Americanism vs. Communism) by
Brunswick, Glynn Academy Hi-
Y; a Bill to provide trial by Jury
for Juvenile offenders, Waycross
Ware County Alpha Pi Tri-Hi-Y;
a Bill to provide compulsory driv
ing tests and medical examination
for motor vehicle operators, Sa
vannah Gamma Hi-Y; a Bill to
set up a division of Vocational
Education Service, submitted by
the Hi-Y and Tri-Hi-Y Clubs of
Mcßae; and a Bill to require blood
type on Drivers License, by the
Jeff Davis “Y” Clubs, Hazlehurst;
a Bill setting rates for advertis
ing agencies, Sylvania Omega Tri-
Hi-Y; a Bill to reduce age for
Drivers’ Licenses for Farm Boys.
Sylvania H. E. Montague Hi-Y;
a Bill to change terms of Consti
tutional Cfficers submitted by
Appling County “Y” Clubs, Bax
ley.
.Although the legislation passed
at the Youth Assembly will not
actually go on the law books, the
junior senators and representatives
treat it as seriously as if it did,
and the Assembly sessions are
marked by enthusiastic participa
'tion and vigorous debate. '
| plant sites, C. W. Chapman, State=
.lCon‘serVationist of the Soil Comn--
| servation Service explained. Om:
|nearby land, private landowners,
-|could develop supporting reerea—
| tional facilities, such as weekend'
‘jor summer guest cottages and
hunting preserves.
| The development would bring
‘|town and country interests closer
[ together, and thereby promote:
Isoil and water conservation activ--
'|ities which protect and improve:
‘farm and ranch lands, according
to SCS. This, in turn, would con
| tribute to an improved agrieul
‘ftural economy.
| “The Department is ready tu
‘| help local watershed sponsors de
{velop these recreational areas,™
‘| Secretary Freeman pointed om&
Funds are available under ©S--
|DA’s regular $60.6 million water
|shed appropriation for fiscal year
111963. Construction could begim im:
‘|the first of these projects earfw
|in 1963.
USDA was authorized to bear
up to 50 percent of the cost as
l—land, easements and rights-of-
Iway, 2—construction, and 3—min
imum basic facilities needed for
public access to and use of the:
recreational area. This cost-shar—
ing and technical help would be:
provided through the Soil Com
servation Service, which has lead--
ership for USDA's watershed pro--
| gram.
| Land bordering the water could:
‘|be developed for picnicking;. .
|camping, hunting, or other out—
-Idoor uses. SCS would provide lo
|{cal sponsors with funds to cower
sup to half the land costs, amdk.
‘|also would help local sponsors pay
for the land inundated for reecrea
|tional purposes. - :
‘| Minimum basic facilities whiek:
"jcould be cost-shared include: I—
"|boat docks and ramps, 2—beach:
development, 3—picnic tables smdt
| fireplaces, 4—parking lots ¥ —
|public water supply, 6—sanitary
| facilities, including toilets amed
garbage disposal, T—power factli
ties, B—plantings and other shore
line or area improvements, &—
roads and trails, and 10 — other
|similar or related facilities need
ed for public health, safety, ae~
Icess to, and use of the recres
‘tional area.
Local sponsors could charge am
admission fee to meet their am-—-
nual operating and maintenanee:
costs. Watershed residents alse:
would derive other benefits from::
the development.
“There has been a dramatic io
crease in the nation’s need for:
additional recreation areas during:
the past decade,” Secretary Free--
man said. “City dwellers amd.
suburbanites are seeking the out--
doors as never before.”
“At present, some 62 millicwe.
acres of privately-owned land is:
being used for recreation. Bati--
mates are that by 1980 we willi’
1 |need 85 million acres for this per
| pose. Watershed projects cam gme
_|a long way in helping fulfill this:
, |need.”
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'|Ga. Physicians To
|Spur Statewide
|Fitness Program
| Gov. Carl Sanders this weelk:
' i proclaimed March 2-9 as “Geor
'|gia Youth Fitness Week.” To co
lincide with this event, docters:
'lfrom all over the state plam t&
- lattend a one-day meeting desigm-—-
' %ed to stimulate increased activity™
'lin programs of physical fitness
for youth sponsored by the Medi--
|cal Association of Georgia.
| Keynoting this Atlanta MAG:.
Conference of County Medical Se
|ciety Officers on March Z i
lCharles “Bud” Wilkinson, €om
sultant for the President o
lYouth Fitness and Athletic Dires- -
ltor at the University of Olkla~
homa. Coach Wilkinson will speali:
on the subject “Physical Fitnesss
for Youth—US.A
Qver 100 doctors from through- -
out the state will also hear Head
Football Coach Hugh “Duffy™
Dougherty of Michigan State Umi--
versity discuss ‘“The Imporfamee:
of Competitive Athletics.”
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And then there is the womams
who ‘scribbled “atomic” in thes.
age blank of her employment ape
| plication.
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