Reynolds Kiwanis to Sponsor 1960-61 STAR Program
Reynolds Kiwanis Club will sponsor the 1960-61 STAR Student Teacher Achievement Recognition program for Taylor County schools. STAR winners will be named from December College Board SAT scores and senior averages, with eight high schools selecting a STAR student and teacher as honorees. A trip to Atlanta for the state meeting is awarded, with a grand prize an educational tour of Georgia.
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Reynolds Kiwanis Club
Taylor County
John Miller
Columbus
Franklin M. Garrett
Georgia State Chamber of Commerce
STAR
College Board
Georgia
Atlanta
State Chamber
Kiwanis Club
Five Day Entombment Ends With Rescue Of Elderly Woman
Mrs. Lynn Brooks 65 was trapped for five days in a 30 inch culvert near Farmersville Texas. Fire Chief Raymond Brandon found her during a final search and she survived exposure and hunger in surprisingly good condition with only minor fatigue. Her husband J J Brooks a cotton classer said she is in good shape.
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Farmersville
Tex
Lynn Brooks
Brooks
Texas
Raymond Brandon
Brandon
Murder Charged to Husband in Dublin Skeleton Case
In Dublin a man named Jerry Edmunds was arrested and charged with the murder of his wife Zem mie Edmunds whose skeleton was found northeast of Decatur Street. The coroner’s jury sent the remains to the State Crime Laboratory for examination. The skeleton dated to a presumed age of 50 to 65, with possible rib fractures noted.
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Dublin
Carlos Gray
Laurens County
Jerry Edmunds
Zemmie Edmunds
Gay
Decatur St
Skelton
State Crime Laboratory
St Philip AME Observes Woman's Day With Guest Speaker
St Philip AME Church holds Woman's Day on Sunday December 6 at 3 00 PM with a noted guest speaker from religious and missionary circles. Twelve county churches send contestants for Taylor County's Woman of the Year title. All members and friends invited. A reception follows at the Parsonage.
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St. Philip A.M.E
Taylor County
Six Months Allowance Set For Eisenhower Funds
Congress set aside forty seven thousand five hundred dollars to support former President Eisenhower for the first half of 1961. The package also covers pensions for widows of Wilson and Roosevelt and provides for staff and office expenses. The funds, handled by the General Services Administration, begin January one with a three week overlap before Kennedy takes office.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Congress
Hoover
Truman
Woodrow Wilson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
General Services Administration
Kennedy
Rep Preston recuperates after Thanksgiving heart attack
U S Representative Prince Preston of Statesboro remains in Bulloch County Hospital in good condition after a mild coronary attack Thursday morning while driving to Savannah for dinner with his wife's parents. Aide Joseph McClellan said Preston, 52, was Dizzy but conscious and under oxygen. this is his second heart attack in three years, first in 1958.
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Statesboro
U. S
Prince Preston
Bulloch County
Preston
Joseph McClellan
Savannah
McClellan
Sumter Officials Change Juvenile Court Handling
Sumter County Board of Commissioners adopted a plan to place juveniles under 14 in foster homes pending case outcomes instead of jail. Juvenile Judge James W. Smith will issue the final ruling before the policy takes effect. The board also opposed a Seaboard Air Line and Atlantic Coast Line merger and urged Georgia conference talks to be held in the state rather than Richmond, Virginia.
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Americus
Sumter
Seaboard Air Line Railway Co
Atlantic Coast Line
Georgia
Richmond
Two University of Georgia players sentenced in Americus fracas
Porterfield and Brooks, University of Georgia football players, received 15 day suspended sentences for disorderly conduct after a fight in Americus that left Brooks and Porterfield slightly hurt. Local men Roberts and Mathis faced separate charges. a sacred incident occurred as a shotgun discharge grazed Brooks near the head.
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Americus
A_ Recorder’s Court
University of Georgia
Don Porterfield
Moultrie
Richard Brooks
Griffin
Lawton Lesueur
Porterfield
Brooks
Buford Roberts
Buddy Mathis
Deal Jordan
Roberts
Mathis
James Jordan
Georgia
Georgia Tech
Jordan
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Anchorage Daily Times
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