Georgia News Roundup Highlights Droughts and Dignitaries
Tobacco growers push July 24 as opening auction date in the Georgia Florida belt. Hazlehurst auto agency fire causes unknown losses. C H Melton becomes Ashburn postmaster. Pelham tomato sales top four dozen thousand bushels. Woodall Green, 63, ends life. Sen George to host farewell dinner July 19 in Washington. Fort Benning to absorb over 1,000 new soldiers from Fort Dix. Fulton official Grif fin order suspends sales tax on religious materials. Local drownings reported in Douglasville Ocilla and Barnesville pools. Georgia dairy refunds total about 100000 after audits. State Patrol to pursue speeding and drunken driving cases. Whigham principal to head Marion County High. Thomaston girl survives suicide attempt. Buena Vista dedicates new pool. Talmadge unable to attend. California Legion gavel edition noted. Cotton Trade Journal editor dies. Ai lders birth delivery story cited. Des Are Ark rifle team member eats 32 fish. Eisenhower marks 40th wedding anniversary.
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J. M. Farmer
California American Legion
L. B. Hutton
Cotton Trade Journal
Paul Argubrite
Alderson
W. Va
Sharon Ann Kirby
Pfc
G. G. Humphries
Des Are
Ark
Fourth Army
Eisenhower
Ten Die In Georgia Weekend Traffic Toll
An 18 year old Brookhaven resident died at Grady hospital on Saturday from DeKalb County crash injuries. Her death raised Georgia highway deaths to ten since Friday with three elsewhere drowning and a Cedartown child killed in a collision near Panama City Florida.
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Brookhaven
Grady Hospital
DeKalb County
Georgia
Cedartown
Panama City
Fla
Debates Sought by Savage Jr. with Third District Congressman Forrester
Carl P. Savage Jr., a 30 year old Montezuma dairyman and businessman, challenges incumbent E L Forrester to a public debate on international affairs segregation farm problems and labor issues. Savage cites a PhD style foreign affairs background and past World War II service with the U S Marines, asserting bold policy views. He is the son of a well known Macon county doctor.
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Montezuma
Carl P. Savage, Jr
E. L. Forrester
Savage
George Washington, D. C
Walter George Law School
Third District
Russia
U.S. Marines Corps
Marshall Islands
Pacific
Macon County
Tragic Grand Canyon collision kills 128 on two airliners
Editorial recounts the loss of 128 people when a Trans-World Airlines Super Constellation and a United DC-7 crashed above the Grand Canyon. Winds hampered rescue efforts and no survivors were found as aircraft wreckage lay 2500 feet below the rim near the Little Colorado and Colorado rivers.
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Columlumbus Enquirer Sun
Grand Canyon
United Air Lines
Little Colorado
Colorado
Arizona
Air Force
Los Angeles
Alabama Blonde Sentenced to Twenty Years in Huntsville Shooting
An 18 year old blonde was convicted of shooting 24 year old Winfred Rutledge on a Huntsville street March 31. Faye Craig broke for freedom after the verdict and was subdued. Circuit Judge Parsons then sentenced her to 20 years for shooting Rutledge during a fight with her boyfriend Bobby Malone.
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Huntsville
Ala
Faye Craig
Ats
Parsons
Winfred Rutledge
Bobby Malone
Big Brother Coca Cola Bottle Debuts in Georgia
The 26 ounce family size Coca Cola bottle was introduced in Atlanta and eight Georgia cities including Conyers Gainesville Griffin Lawrenceville Marietta Newnan Thomaston. The new bottle keeps the classic contour of the 6 ounce bottle and will not replace it. L F Montgomery president of Atlanta Coca Cola Bottling Co said the move meets customer demand and the territory covers about 30 counties. Both sizes available though coin machines will dispense only the smaller bottle.
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Atlanta
Coca Cola
Georgia
L. F. Montgomery
Atlanta Coca Cola Bottling Co
Americus Attorney Hollis Fort Sr. Dies after Illness
Prominent Americus attorney and former state legislator Hollis Fort Sr. died Wednesday after a lingering illness. A Mercer University law graduate and S A E member, he served as city recorder and attorney, solicitor general of the Southwest Judicial Circuit, and was a former Washington aide to M. Hughes. He is survived by his wife Nellie Niles, two children, three sisters, three grandchildren, and three great grandchildren.
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Hicks Fort
Sumter County
Mercer University
Macon
S.A.E
M. Hughes
Washington
Southwest Judicial Circuit
First Baptist Church
Nellie Niles
J. C. Collins
Jas. H. Fort
Columbus
Stewart Colley
Grantville
David Askew
Arlington
Lynwood Jefferys
Jacksonville
Fla
Sumter Camp Case Hearing Delayed to July 19
A Sumter County Superior Court judge granted a continuance until July 19 for an injunction aimed at permanently banning the operation of a summer camp run by Koinonia Farms Inc. The county argues health facilities at the camp are inadequate while the defendants claim all defects were fixed. Four local citizens seek party status, asserting a county licensing requirement for lodgings and food service outside city limits.
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Americas
Superior Court
Reese
Sumter Board of Commissioners
Sumter Health Dept
Koinonia Farms Ince
Wilson Finch
W. A. Helms
Sherrard Horne
A. H. Jennings
Sumter County
Elma Smith Roberta Citizen Died at Montgomery Hospital
Mrs Elma Smith 51 of Roberta died Sunday at Montgomery Hospital Funeral services were held Monday at Knoxville Methodist Church with Rev Frank Chapman and Rev J A Roquemore officiating Burial followed at the church cemetery Survivors include her husband three sons Edwin Joseph and Robert and four brothers Onie Giles Macon Grady Giles Griffin and Cleveland and Homer Giles Roberta
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Knoxville Methodist Church
Elma _ Smith
Montgomery ‘Hospital
Frank Chapman
J. A. Roquemore
Edwin
Joseph
Robert
Onie Giles
Macon
Grady Giles
Griffin
Cleveland
Homer Giles
Roberta
75 Dogs Killed by Poison in Louisville Georgia
Police seek a killer after a sadistic resident used poisoned meat to kill over 75 dogs in Louisville Georgia. The assaults occurred on Monday nights for 40 days with three tours, and Tuesday mornings neighbors found dead pets on doorsteps.
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Louisville
Georgia
Georgia Farmers Get Details On Soil Bank Provisions
Jas L Morgan GA ASC chairman outlines Soil Bank acreage reserve rules for cotton peanuts tobacco and wheat farmers. Eligible underplanting weather destruction and plow up actions receive payments set per crop with minimum $6 per acre. County committees hold full program info. farmers should consult local offices before planting plats.
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Jas. L. Morgan
ASC
Georgia
Morgan
Aged Columbus Cripple Victim Of Flimflam Scam
A 76 year old Columbus crippled man lost 2006 dollars in a swindle by two Black men. He had planned a vacation to Summitville Tennessee and had gone to First National Bank to withdraw 500 dollars. He handed over 500 and the rest of his funds after a supposed find of a pocket book, keeping only 20 cents.
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Columbus Enquirer
Columbus
Charlie Williams
First National Bank
Summitville
Tenn
Macon Soldier Dies in Wreck Near Roberta
A Macon soldier, J. W. Copeland of Fort Benning, died when his car overturned on the Macon highway three miles from Roberta. Troopers said he tried to pass a car, veered, and struck an embankment. Two fellow Fort Benning men escaped uninjured.
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Roberta
Macon Solcerer
J. W. Copeland
Ft. Benning
State Patrol
W. T. Harrison
Wm. G. Mitcham
Copeland
T. E. Hobbs
Wayne Slycard
Macon
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