Sheriff Urges Ban on Individual Firework Sales
VALDOSTA GA The Georgia Sheriffs Association leader urged legislation to outlaw sales of fireworks to individuals. Sheriff Jewell Futch of Londnes County supported adopting such a law after fireworks exploded in mailboxes churches and under homes during the season. He cited numerous injuries nationwide and said fireworks are used for non agricultural purposes and must be banned for individuals.
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Valdosta
Georgia Sheriffs Association
Jewell Futch
Londnes County
Sheriffs Association
Futch
Diphtheria Strikes Montezuma Mississippi County
Two Macon County children died this week in a diphtheria outbreak reported by the county health department. More than 1,000 children received emergency booster shots as investigators probe the spread across Montezuma and Oglethorpe.
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Montezuma
Macon County
Elijah Turner
Henry Clayton Beaman
Campbell Warns Farmers On Pickup Tag Price In Alabama
December 30 statement by Agriculture Commissioner Phil Campbell urges farmer-owners not to pay more than five dollars for 1961 pickup truck license tags. He notes misinterpretation by the Revenue Department and seeks a legislative clarifying resolution. Auburn bank holdup occurs next day with $30,000 to $35,000 seized before noon.
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Atlanta
Commissioner of Agriculture
Phil Campbell
Campbell
Revenue Department
Dave Newton
Colquitt County
Horeover
172 Confederate Widows Still Receive Georgia Pensions
Georgia veterans director reports 172 Confederate widows in the state draw pensions averaging over 90 years old. 164 receive 110 dollars monthly, 8 in Atlanta Confederate Veterans Home get 5 dollars. Consolidation of departments takes effect after recent law.
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Georgia Department of Veterans Service
Wheeler
Confederate Veterans Home
Atlanta
Department of Confederate Pensions and Records
Department of Veterans Service
General Assembly
Georgia Department of Welfare
Veterans Service
Georgia
87th Congress Faces Mixed Prospects in First Session
The piece outlines expectations for the 87th Congress with support for a practical farm program and defense funding, while warning against sweeping civil rights measures and new spending. It notes interest in the Talmadge Farm Plan for cotton and broad defense modernization, with a pledge to pursue a balanced federal budget and oppose force legislation.
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Somene
Congress
Soli
Talmadge
Federal Aid For Georgia Schools Study Highlights Aid Level
State School Superintendent Claude Purcell reports Georgia receives about 28 million dollars yearly in federal aid for public schools. Over 16 million is cash with the rest the estimated value of lunch program food and surplus property. The piece notes growing debate on federal aid and potential control, and asks how much control accompanies aid and whether Congress can tailor bills to grant wide state discretion.
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Claude Purcell
Georgia
Congress
State explores classes for prisoners in highway camps
The State Board of Corrections weighs adult education for inmates in 13 highway maintenance camps. Director Jack Forrest er notes potential use of chapel facilities at Leesburg and Hawkinsville branches. Education officials and local teachers would run classes at night. The plan targets illiterate older prisoners and may expand education already planned for youths at Alto. Curricula and demand remain undecided.
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State Board of Corrections
Corrections
Jack Forrester
Lee Prison
Leesburg
Hawkinsville
Forrester
Catherine Kirkland
State Department of Education
Corrections Board
Alto
Traveling Through Georgia Andersonville
Glenn McCullough guides readers to Andersonville Georgia highlighting its Civil War ruin and cemetery about 125 miles south of Atlanta. The piece catalogs monuments wells and tunnels and urges a visit to reflect on the prison's history and its impact on memory and reconciliation.
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Andersonville
Belle Isle
Virginia
Georgia
Georgia 49
Americus
Montezuma
Providence Spring
Free Life Tough On Pet Monkey
James Matthews of Highland Park heard his daughter Beverly scream and slugged a three foot tall lava ape that had escaped from Del Gerber's pet chimpanzee. Police reported no injuries to girl or ape.
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Los Angeles
James Matthews
Highland Park
Beverly
del Gerber
Myers sworn in as Americas mayor pledges leadership
J. F. Myers was sworn in as Americas mayor on Thursday night succeeding Fred P. Bowen and immediately reiterated his pledge to provide leadership for a progressive and sound business administration. Jo Ann Rowe, 12, of Macon died at a Macon hospital from accidental burns suffered December 2 when her clothing caught fire near a heater.
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J. F. Myers
Americas
Fred P. Bowen
Jo Ann Rowe
Macon
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Bandit
Auburn
Ala
Bank of
Emil F. Wright
Wright
Mildred Taylor
P.C. Hudson
Hudson
Gray
Department of Defense
Army
Marine Corps
State
Glenn McCullough
N. Hightower St. Thomaston, GA
National Foundation
Polio Research
Albert Sabins
Alea
Perry Federal Savings & Loan Assn
Perry, Georgia
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