Train Car Crash At Crossing Kills Three In Tucker Ga
A Seaboard Air Line southbound train struck a car carrying eight children and two adults near Tucker Georgia killing three members of one family and injuring others. The victims included Mrs. Osborne B. Griffin Grace Griffin and Annettie Holt. Hospital reports and witness accounts described severe injuries, blood loss, and the dramatic rescue efforts as medical staff worked to save survivors.
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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
In Americus Georgia on July 19 a flag donated by Congressman Stephen Pace was placed at the start of the Memorial Mile along Ellaville road to honor Sumter county World War dead. A new marker for Osear Lavrerte Comer arrived and will be installed this week as Garden Club president Mrs H C Jones notes. Only a few Sumter veterans lack markers and families are urged to send $5 to Mrs W K Mitchell of the Garden Club to complete the memorial.
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Americus
Stephen Pace
Ellaville
Sumter County
Osear Lavrerte
W. KE. Mitchell
Garden Club
Ramspeck condemns sit down strikes and labor violence
Atlanta on July 19 reports Georgia congressman Ramspeck told the Georgia chapter of the National Association of Postmasters that sit down strikes harm labor's cause. He condemned tear gas and violence by employers and cited Republic Steel's Thomas Girdler as an example. He also discussed the Supreme Court reorganization bill and Senator Robinson's death affecting its passage.
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Atlanta
Robert Ramspeck
Georgia
National Association of Postmasters
Ramspeck
Thomas Girdler
Republic Steel Company
Supreme Court
Joseph Robinson
Senate
Regents Establish Georgia Graduate School with 4 PhD Programs
The Board of Regents ordered establishing a new graduate school at the University of Georgia that will offer Georgia its first four Doctor of Philosophy degrees. The move signals expanded advanced study opportunities and research capacity for the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Georgia
Georgia
Board of Regents of the
University System of Georgia
Rivers Appoints Ten Members To School Book Board
Gov Rivers named a new state board of education and assigned 10 members to meet and solicit bids on about $2 million in school books for Georgia’s 800000 students. The appointees include Dr R J Kennedy Lee W 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.
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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
The 16 day search by four naval vessels and 1,500 sailors for Amelia Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan ends with them listed as dead. The mis sion covered over 250000 square miles of equatorial ocean near Howland Island after their July 2 disappearance. Earhart, famed aviator, had been attempting a round the world flight for exploration and potential commercial routes. The hunt was suspended as authorities concluded every lead had been exhausted.
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Honolulu
Amelia Earhart
Pacific
Fred J. Noonan
Howland Island
Miss Marhart
Noonan
Lae
New Guinea
mid-Pacific
Howland
Convicts moved to new prison in Georgia
Milledgeville Georgia July 18 the first group of prisoners were moved from the state prison farm in Milledgeville to the new Tattnall county prison at Reidsville George Fisher head of the industrial department of state farms said 50 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 Mil len hospital in a recent appointment. The change reflects ongoing expansion at the facility and ties to local church leadership.
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R. B. Jones
Georgia
Millen Hospital
Novel by Edwards Reprinted to Preserve Original Text
Macon Georgia July 3 Forty one years after Harry Stillwell Edwards wrote a 165 000 word mystery in 23 days he entered it by mail into a Chicago paper contest winning first prize now in a limited edition of 10 000 copies autographed by Edwards The work Sons and Fathers reflects southern life and has been repeatedly cut in five printings Edwards the dean of Georgia journalists 82 years old plans to preserve the record rather than prize money Edwards known for Aneas Africanus and a long career as a journalist and lecturer continues to write for The Atlanta Journal and others
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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 Officers and Set 1988 Convention
Georgia chapter of the National Association of Postmasters re elected Wylie West of Decatur as president and voted to hold the 1988 convention in Swainsboro. Officers include Patillo, Wimberly, and Mamie White, with a slate of directors. They urge Senate approval of civil service for postmasters and plan observance of Air Mail Week August 9-16.
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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 search for Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan as a four million dollar loss. Navy planes stopped over the Pacific reefs near Howland Island amid congressional criticism of the cost. 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 Governor Rivers
Governor E. D. Rivers proclaims August 9 to 16, 1987 as Air Mail Week in Georgia to promote air mail use and public awareness. The Postmaster General notes 46,000 post offices and stations and suggests annual revenue gains from a letter-per-day increase. He cites potential growth with postal leadership and staff cooperation.
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E. D. Rivers
Georgia
United States
Ashburn Man Killed Repairing Tire After Car Hit
R R Kimbro of Ashburn Ga died after being struck by a car while repairing a tire beside his parked truck near Forsyth. He suffered multiple fractures and other injuries. Dolly May Haygood of Porterdale was suspected of manslaughter. Roy Head, a passenger, was hospitalized in Macon. Sheriff Bittick said Haygood was 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 On Federal Enforcement Aid
Washington July 19 The House passed Tarver’s bill to fund federal enforcement to curb liquor shipments into dry states. Rep Cochran objected fearing a “new army” of agents but withdrew his opposition as the measure advanced. The bill, approved unanimously by the House Judiciary Committee, would make shipping liquor into dry states a federal misdemeanor.
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Washington, D. C
House
Senate
John J. Cochra
D. Mo
Cochran
Malcolm
Tarver D. Ga
Tarver
Two Die, One Hurt After Ambush by Escaped Convict
Elberton Georgia reports an ambush by escaped chain gang convict Lon Fortson leaving one man dead and another wounded. Victims include tenant farmer Tom Self and Fortson’s son Herndon, both in serious condition. Sheriff J A Starke identifies the attacker as 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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