Augusta Cracker party leader shot by wife in Augusta
John B. Kennedy, longtime Augusta Cracker party leader and former public safety commissioner, was shot by his wife with a .22 pistol. Mrs Kennedy charged with assault with intent to murder. Kennedy, 52, was taken to University hospital in a nervous state. The Cracker party, dominant in Richmond County, had recently seen a comeback.
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Augusta
John B. Kennedy
Cracker
F. B. Green
Kennedy
Green
University Hospital
Richmond County
Independent Party
Crackers
Grandmother Convicted in Death of 7 Year Old Granddaughter
In Augusta Georgia Mamie Price was found guilty of murder and given a life sentence for killing her 7 year old granddaughter Lois Jones. Jury deliberated about two and a half hours with a mercy recommendation. Co defendants Ivey Lovey and Elmer Price face murder charges in the case.
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Augusta
Mamie Price
Superior Court
G C. Anderson
Lois Jones
Richmond County
Ivey Lovey
Elmer Price
Daniels stall return to Upson county in Florida case
John Henry Daniel and his wife, both convicted of operating a Honky Tonk in Upson county, delay extradition from Marianna Florida to Thomaston until July 18 at least. A habeas corpus writ blocks immediate surrender. extradition warrant exists but timing hinges on the July hearing.
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John Henry Daniel
Upson County
Thomaston
Marianna
Florida
Daniel
Upson Public Works
Jackson County
Fla
Daniels
J. J. Flyn
Jack Caldwell
GBI
Former Lieutenant Involved in $5000 Douglas Burglary
Sheriff reports John Nahara former lieutenant to Gov Herman Talmadge surrendered $3000 of loot from John Ferris’s safe in Douglas. Nahara claimed family threats forced him. Dee ONeal and John Sherrer arrested on safe-cracking charges. About $2000 recovered. Nahara questioned by GBI and Coffee officials.
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Atlanta
John Nahara
Herman Talmadge
Clyde Goodwin
Douglas
Nahara
Talmadge
John Ferris
Dee O'Neal
South Carolina
John Sherrer
Goodwin
O’neal
Sherrer
Troupe County
Paul Grant
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
Coffee County
George Wilson
Public Safety
Ferris
Government budget forecast for 1953 spending
A budget bureau official estimated total government outlay may reach 90 billion dollars for the year ending mid-1953. He added that after the current military preparedness effort is completed the Defense Department could require about 40 billion dollars annually to maintain.
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Washington
Budget Bureau
Defense Department
Minister and Family Entertained by Choir
The Roberta Methodist Church choir hosted Rev and Mrs. A. C. Prickette and family along with Misses Carolyn and Helen Prickette and Gilford Prickette at a garden picnic at the Wilson Reeves home. Rev. Prickette and family will move to Macon this week where he will pastor a Methodist church there.
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Roberta Methodist Church
A. C. Prickette
Carolyn
Helen Prickette
Gilford Prickette
Wilson Reeves
Prickette
Macon
Dr Walker of Montezuma Reports On Canada Tour
Dr. Joe Walker, 82, Montezuma pharmacist, recounts a week in Canada with travels through Montreal Quebec and Three Rivers. He describes Notre Dame cathedral, St Lawrence vistas, farming life, and a Venezuela contact after noting currency and language differences.
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Joe Walker
Montezuma
Canada
Montreal
Cathedral of
Notre Dame
Mount Royal
St. Lawrence River
Walker
Quebec
Three Rivers
Cease Fire Won’t Ease Taxes Says Johnson
Economic Stabilizer Eric Johnston told senators that a Korea cease-fire would not reduce the need for a $10 billion tax increase. He said the government will pursue a billion-dollar-a-week mobilization to strengthen the free world against Communist aggression.
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Washington
Eric Johnston
Korea
Free World
Western Union Strike Averted By Wage Boost
Washington July 1 The Commercial Telegraphers Union and Western Union Telegraph Co. agreed on a rate an hour raise and the union postponed indefinitely its strike scheduled for 7 am Monday.
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Western Union
Washington
Commercial Telegraphers Union
Western Union Legraph Co
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Plains of Abraham
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