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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1956
Page
8
Multiple Georgia items report diphtheria cases at Ft Valley and lawmaker activity on segregation bills while noting public water purity over 25 years. Fatal weekend crashes, deaths in Macon County and Atlanta civic figures are listed alongside highway plans, bond votes, school policies and crop prospects in Ft Valley and Columbus.
In Thomaston Georgia on January 11 officials reported Upson County exceeded its drive for the Chattahoochee Rainmaking Assn. The committee led by J L Bentley said more than $4000 was raised toward a $4262 one year membership in the rain modification program.
Lyons Georgia reports a prominent citizen and former mayor shot and killed his close friend of 30 years Gladys Stanley at his sister's home before fatally wounding himself. Witness Mrs Turner described the shooting after hearing five shots as Odom returned from Savannah for an eye ailment. The pair had been seated with other relatives when tension rose and Odom, despondent over back pain, opened fire.
Geo. M. Haslam Sr. is installed as 1956 president of the Kiwanis Club of Ft. Valley. Thos. J. Stewart, former president of Burden Smith and Co. in Macon, died during the weekend.
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