Train Car Crash At Crossing Kills Three At Tucker Ga
A Seaboard Air Line train struck a car carrying eight children and two adults near Tucker Georgia at 4 10 pm killing a mother Grace Griffin five and infant Annettie Holt six months and Mrs Osborne Griffin 30 The crash injured several others including Norman Griffin 18 and Morris Holt five The tragedy followed a rabies treatment trip to Decatur for some children and produced a scene of extensive injuries and emergency care at the scene and hospital.
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Tucker
Seaboard Air Line
Robert E. Lee
Decatur
Exorg University
Tapul
Tavime
Osborne B. Griffin
Grace Griffin
Annettie Holt
Tom F. Holt
Norman Griffin
Griffin
Morris Holt
Harold Holt
Frank Olt
Bobby Chestnut
Billy Hot
T. F. Holt
Atlanta
Holt
Ayaman
Bobby
W. P. Ezzard
Lawrencevill
Memorial Mile Receives Flag in Sumter County
Americus Georgia July 19 a flag donated by Congressman Stephen Pace is placed at the start of the Memorial Mile along the Ellaville road for Sumter county World War dead A new marker for Oscar Lavrerte Comer is arriving this week per Garden Club president Mrs H C Jones Families of remaining veterans urged to send 5 to Mrs W K Mitchell to complete the memorial effort
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Americus
Stephen Pace
Ellaville
Sumter County
Osear Lavrerte
W. KE. Mitchell
Garden Club
Ramspeck condemns sit-down strikes and violence
Atlanta July 19 Robert Ramspeck fifth district Georgia congressman told the Georgia chapter of the National Association of Postmasters that sit down strikes hurt labor aims and should not occur He also disapproved of tear gas bombs and violence to quell strikes naming Republic Steel's Thomas Girdler as an example He also discussed the compromise Supreme Court reorganization bill and noted Senator Joseph Robinson's death would affect its passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Robert Ramspeck
Georgia
National Association of Postmasters
Ramspeck
Thomas Girdler
Republic Steel Company
Supreme Court
Joseph Robinson
Senate
Georgia Board approves new graduate school at UGA
The University System of Georgia Board of Regents ordered Friday the establishment of a graduate school at the University of Georgia. The move will make available for the first time in Georgia four doctor of philosophy degrees.
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University of Georgia
Georgia
Board of Regents of the
University System of Georgia
Rivers Appoints Ten To Georgia School Book Board
Gov. Rivers named a new 10 member state Board of Education to meet Tuesday and bid on about 2 million dollars in free school books for Georgia's 800000 students. The board includes Dr. R. J. Kennedy Lee Branch Mrs. Frank David Judge A H Freeman Dr W A Shelton H C Williams Mrs Elizabeth McWaters S I Watson W W McCay and W C Clary Jr with Dr M D Collins continuing as superintendent.
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Atlanta
E, CD. Rivers
R. J. Kennedy
Statesboro
Georgia County Commissioners Association
H. C. Williams
Adrian
Naval Stores
Johnson County Board of Education
Elizabeth McWaters
Cedartown
W. C. W Circle
S. I. Watson
Bay City
W. W. McCay
Eastonelle
Board of Education
Stephens County
W. C. Clary, Jr
Harlem
Georgia
S. D. Truitt
General Assembly
Truitt
Fulton County
Am County Boards of Education
M. D. Collins
Amelia Earhart and Noonan Declared Dead After Pacific Search
After a 16 day global hunt by four naval ships and 1,500 sailors, Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan were declared dead. They disappeared July 2 while en route from Lae to Howland Island, ending a mission to circle the globe and seek possible new routes.
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Honolulu
Amelia Earhart
Pacific
Fred J. Noonan
Howland Island
Miss Marhart
Noonan
Lae
New Guinea
mid-Pacific
Howland
Prisoners moved to new Tattnall prison in Reidsville
Milledgeville Ga July 18 the first group of inmates were transported from the state prison farm to the new Tattnall county prison at Reidsville George Fisher head of the industrial department said fifty prisoners were moved
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Milledgeville
State
Tattnall County
Reidsville
George Fisher
Industrial Department of State Farms
Dr R B Jones Joins Millen Hospital Staff
Dr R B Jones, son of a prominent Georgia Methodist minister, was added to the staff of Millen hospital in a recent appointment. The report notes his lineage and professional step as part of the local medical community's growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. B. Jones
Georgia
Millen Hospital
Novel by Edwards Reprinted to Preserve Original Form
Macon GA July 3 Forty one years after writing a 165000 word mystery story in 23 days Harry Stillwell Edwards releases a limited edition of Sons and Fathers to keep the complete original text from further cuts. The 10000 copy autographed run reflects a phase of Southern life long gone. Edwards famed as dean of Georgia journalists, age 82, once edited a paper edition and wrote Aneas Africanus which sold over a million copies.
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Macon
Harry Stillwell Edwards
Chicago
Howards
Eneas Africanus
Kingfisher
Holly Bluff
Edwards
Jefferson Davis
Georgia
Thomas Nelson Page
Aneas Africanus
Theodore Roosevelt
Atlanta Journal
Postmasters Elect Georgia Officers And Plan Convention
The Georgia chapter of the National Association of Postmasters re elected Wylie West of Decatur as president and set the 1988 convention for Swainsboro. Officers named include Pattilo of Macon and Wimberly of Rome with Mamie White as secretary treasurer. Directors listed span Swainsboro to Madison. Air mail week was scheduled for August 9 to 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Georgia
National Association of Postmasters
Wylie West Af
Swainsboro
Walter George
Richard B. Russell, Jr
Senate
W. A. Pattillo
Macon
W. E. Wimberly
Rome
Gainesville
W. W. Baldwin
Madison
Hunt for Amelia Cost Four Million
The United States Navy wrote off its Amelia Warhart and Fred Noonan search as a four million dollar loss. Navy planes ceased while critics in Congress questioned the cost of the Pacific hunt near Howland Island. Newt M. Reynolds, 56, Jenkins County tax collector, died Sunday at a Millen hospital.
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Washington
United States Navy
Amelia Warhart
Fred Noonan
Pacific
Howland
Newt M. Reynolds
Jenkins County
Millen Hospital
Air Mail Week Proclaimed by Georgia Governor Rivers
Governor E D Rivers proclaims August 9 to 16 1987 as Air Mail Week in Georgia to boost air mail use and public awareness. Postmaster General notes 46 000 post offices and stations. one extra letter daily per office could yield over one million dollars annual revenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. D. Rivers
Georgia
United States
Ashburn Man Killed Repairing Tire in Macon
R R Kimbro of Ashburn Ga was struck by a car while repairing a tire near Forsyth Wednesday night. He died Monday at a Macon hospital from fractures and other injuries. Dolly May Haygood Porter dale and Roy Head Porterdale were in the auto. Haygood is held on manslaughter charges.
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Macon
R. R. Kimbro
Ashburn
Forsyth
Kimbro
Monroe County
Dolly May Haygood
Porterdale
Roy Head
Carey Bittick
Haygood
Tarver Measure Passes in House to Enforce Dry Laws
Washington dispatch reports the House passed Tarver's measure to fund federal enforcement of dry laws. The bill would punish shipments of liquor into dry states as a federal misdemeanor, prompting objections about creating a "new army" of agents.
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Washington, D. C
House
Senate
John J. Cochra
D. Mo
Cochran
Malcolm
Tarver D. Ga
Tarver
One Dead and One Injured in Escapee Chaingang Ambush
Elberton Georgia July 19 One man is dead and another gravely injured after an ambush attributed to escaped chain gang convict Lon Fortson about 60. Sheriff J A Starke reports the victim died in hospital and tenant farmer Tom Self is not expected to live. Fortson's son Herndon is seriously wounded. the assault is blamed on Norman Williams.
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Elberton
Cyin
J. A. Starke
Lon Fortson
Elbert County
Tom Self
Fortson
Herndon
Starke
Norman Williams
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Amelia
Hunt
Wylie West
Pattillo
Governor Rivers
Hous
Vanlandingham
Heinz Car
Cabbage
Dr. Phillip’s
Heinz
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