Court urges crackdown on drunken driving on highways
The court directs the Grand Jury to focus on reckless and drunken driving endangering lives and property. It cites faulty lights, speeding, and obstructed views, urging witnesses and presentments against violators and calling for strict enforcement to curb increasing auto fatalities. The issue echoes a Columbus Enquirer warning for vigilant action.
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Morning News
Columbus
The
Enquirer
Funeral services held for longtime resident at local church
Funeral for Pat hs McGill father of ce H and former executive editor of 8 lock Oh will take place at 2 PM at the Cena nterian church in Thabanoene. He died last night after 36 years in Lanogey, retiring six years ago due to health. Survivors include his son, wife, three daughters, and sisters.
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Anta
McGill
Ce H
Thabanoene
Meci
Lanoogey
Sixteen Georgia Officers to Take Traffic Course
Sixteen members of the State Highway Department will travel to Knoxville Tennessee for a two week traffic safety school at the University of Tennessee. The program covers traffic engineering and safety and is sponsored by multiple national groups including the AAA, ASHSO Yale Bureau and others.
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Georgia
State Highway Department
Knoxville
Atlanta
Tenn
University of Tennessee
American Automobile Association
American Association of State Highway Officials
Yale University Bureau of Street Traffic Research
Northwestern University Traffic Institute
International Association of Chiefs of Police
The
National Safety Council
Cost of Running State Mansion May Be Fixed
Georgia's next general assembly may set a fixed appropriation for operating the Governor's mansion. Mrs E D Rivers receives 150 dollars per week for mansion operations. The State Auditing Department recommended the legislature decide a sufficient amount by special law.
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Atlanta
Georgia
General Assembly
E. D. Rivers
Thomaston Baptists Dedicate Their Pastorium Sunday
Thomaston Aug 2 Thomaston Baptists will dedicate the pastorium during the Sunday worship service Rev A B Hawkes will deliver a dedicatory message Two years earlier in July the Hawkes family moved into the bungalow pastorium Half the funds were raised before and during construction The final note of 1200 dollars was paid Monday The cancelled note will be burned after dismission during a dedicatory prayer at the pastorium.
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Thomaston
Thomaston Baptists
A. B. Hawkes
Hawkeses
Twister Hits Laurens Area Causing Heavy Damage
A tornado-like storm struck the Laurens county edge near Minter, uprooting trees and demolishing houses. Four homes heavily damaged, crops like corn cotton and potatoes damaged, nuts stripped, and 1.25 inches of rain reported amid lightning and ten minutes of high winds.
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Dublin
Laurens County
W. H. Drew
Minter
Will Leaves $60,000 to Young Harris College
Gainesville Georgia August 5 Bequests of $60,000 to Young Harris College and $25,000 to the Fire Methodist church were made in the will of Mrs J Pruitt filed Monday. The estate is about $250,000 with $100,000 to relatives mainly to three nieces. The church fund funds maintenance or mayback an annex called the Pruitt Memorial. The college legacy funds the Pruitt Barrett Memorial building. Mrs Pruitt was the former Miss Ollie Barrett. If funds remain $30,000 goes to furnishing and upkeep of Gainesville district rural churches. Executors named are Chief Justice Reid a family friend and Fulton National Bank.
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Gainesville
Young Harris College
Fire Methodist Church
Mra. J
Pruitt
College
Pruitt Barrett
Ollie Barrett
Reid
Fulton National Bank
Atlanta
Columbus Roberts Proposes Nonpolitical Georgia Highway Board
Columbus Roberts outlines a plan to remove politics from Georgia’s highway system. He urges a 10 member board, with one from each congressional district, serving public service per diem, setting policy while engineers handle construction. He argues terms would prevent political capture and ensure consistent progress.
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Dalton
State Highway Department
Georgia
Columbus Roberts
Roberts
Georgia Highway Associations
Highway Department
Williamson Held in Death of Clayton Farmer
Jonesboro Ga Aug 5 Funeral services were held for C C Dickerson 35 Clayton county farmer killed in a shooting at a drinking party Williamson proprietor of a nearby filling station said he fired after Dickerson tried to drive away coroner recommends murder charge Williamson survived by wife four sons and a brother Bob Dickerson of Marietta
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Jonesboro
Tanners Church
C. C. Dickerson
Clayton County
Dickerson
Roy Williamson
Conley
Williamson
R. L. Wynn
Cecil
C C
Jack
Jerry Dickerson
Bob Dickerson
Marietta
Georgia Highway Department Bans Political Activity Under Hatch Act
The State Highway Board and about 2400 employees are barred from political activity under the Hatch Act, per Assistant Attorney General Lamar Murdaugh. The attorney general approved the view, with Chairman Miller endorsing the rule as the department’s position. Bradwell Deen recently withdrew from the governor race after an official ruling. Rivers offered no comment amid ongoing county race speculation. Georgia also has a local Hatch Act in effect.
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Atlanta
State Highway Board
State Highway Department
State Law Department
W. L.miller
Lamar Murdaugh
State Highway Department of
Georgia
Bradwell Deen
Public Welfare
Washington
Murdaugh
Law Department
Ellis Arnall
Miller
Highway Department
Rivers
Lanier
Russell Appointed U S District Judge in North Georgia
The White House sent the nomination to the Senate for confirmation of Robert L. Russell of Georgia as U S District judge for the Northern District of Georgia. The appointment ends a dispute over a second judgeship in Atlanta, with Russell recommended by his brother Senator Russell and Senator George.
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Washington
White House
Senate
Robert L. Russell
Georgia
U. S
Robert Russell
Sen
Russell
Atlanta
George
Many Farmers Find It Pays to Keep Records
Leesburg reports Miss Este Knowlton FSA home management supervisor says farmers, wives, and youths keep accurate farming records. They learn records reveal money from vegetables and livestock surpassing crops, spur better plans, and show money from eggs handicraft and folders can be spent wisely.
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Leesburg
Crossword Puggle Horizontal and Vertical Puzzle No. 11
Puzzle solution listed across horizontal and vertical clues with many entries including tone of voice craft harvest uppermost part part of circle shelter real estate map preposition pilaster periods of time pronoun placid coral reef earlier Athena Western Indian caressin sheltered side exploits encore cu ckoo pace cut apart pronoun mere taste pertaining to an age warehouse fourth caliph grain cleave more recent underground part first king of Israel Brazilian estuary fetter chirp hole musical pentags small valley bane fortify prefix beyond gazed steadily asiatic put in row dense heraldry grafted style unaspirated falls behind pagoda finial communist conjunction solved text in scrambled form.
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Athena
Israel
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