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WESTERN UNION TELEGRAM
SYMBOLS
DL = Day Letter
NL = Night Letter
LT = International Letter Telegram
The filing time shown in the date line on domestic telegrams is LOCAL TIMES at point of origin. Time of receipt is LOCAL TIME at point of destination.
1969 May 9 AM 8 43
PA004 SPD239 AD373
A LLM223 WL PDC=FC ATLANTA GA 8 156 P EDT=PRESIDENT, JUNIOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 75 DLY PD = CARLISLE PENN=
THE UNITED SOUTHEASTERN TRIBES, COMPRISED OF THE EASTERN BANK OF CHEROKEE INDIANS IN NORTH CAROLINA, THE CHOCTAW TRIBE IN MISSISSIPPI, AND THE ICCOUSUKEE AND SEMINOLE TRIBES IN FLORIDA, WHOLE-HEARTEDLY SUPPORT THE EFFORTS OF THE CARLISLE, PENNSYLVANIA JAYCEES IN THE JIM THORPE PROJECT TO BE INITIATED ON MAY 10 1969. THIS PROJECT WILL DESIGNATE MAY 10 1969 AS JIM THORPE DAY IN PENNSYLVANIA AND WILL ATTEMPT TO SECURE THE 1912 OLYMPIC TROPHIES AND/OR HAVE JIM THORPE REINSTATED BY THE AMATEUR ATHLETIC UNION AND THE OLYMPIC COMMITTEE AS THE RIGHTFUL OWNER OF THESE TROPHIES.=
THE UNITED SOUTHEASTERN TRIBES FEEL THAT THIS IS A FITTING TRIBUTE TO A GREAT AMERICAN INDIAN ATHLETE AND WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ATHLETIC MEMORABILIA RECOGNIZED=
PHILIP MARTIN CHAIRMAN UNITED SOUTHEASTERN TRIBES RN 7 BOX 21 PHILADELPHIA MISS.=