Columbus Man Killed in Gun Battle with State Troopers
Police report a 94 year old Columbus man, Earl G Gulatt, was shot and killed near Cordele after a gun battle with a Georgia patrolman. The chase followed a narcotics theft at a Sycamore drug store connected to a larger dope ring investigation.
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Umbus
Earl G. Gulember
Columbusonix City
Georgia
Cordele
Phenix City
Sycabre
W. D. White
Americus di- Coluit Jr
Ted
Orgia
Gullatt
White
Murdy
Lt. White
Johnnie F. Stringfellow
Florida Swamp
Eastman Bride Improves After Home Fire Explosion
Mrs. Carlton Owell, 18, is somewhat improved at an Eastman clinic after severe burns from a kerosene heater explosion at her home. The fire occurred Sunday when she and her husband tried to relight the heater after a fuse blew.
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Eastman
Carlton Owell
Herome
Powell
Leila Anderson Heads for Europe to Represent YWCA
Leila Anderson daughter of Telegraph feature writer Eugene Anderson returns to Europe for church work. She leaves Macon July 28 for New York to assume national directorship of student work for the YWCA before flying to Baarn Holland for a women in the church conference. She will attend Amsterdam and World Council of Churches sessions as Episcopal Church representative.
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Macon
Leila Anderson
National
YWCA
Europe
World Council of Churches
Telegraph
Eugene Anderson
Carl York
Mr. York
Callaway Drive
California
University of California Ywca
Berkley
Anderson
Baarn
Holland
World Council
Bottle-Throwing Prisoner Shot by Gordon County Sheriff
Calhoun Ga Ralph Jackson son of Mr and Mrs George Jackson of Calhoun was shot in the abdomen by Sheriff G L Fox at the county jail during a disturbance among inmates Jackson allegedly struck two men and attacked the sheriff with soft drink bottles Fox fired a warning shot and then a second shot hit Jackson in the midsection He was taken to a hospital where doctors reported the bullet passed through his body and his condition was improving barring infection
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Calhoun
Ralph Jackson
George Jackson
G. L. Fox
Jackson
Fox
Claxton Methodist Minister Dies of Heart Attack
Rev. Wm. M. Hobbs 63 pastor of Claxton Methodist church died Sunday in Claxton of a heart attack. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Claxton church with Dr. T. H. Freeman presiding. He will be assisted by Rev. J. H. Birch and Rev. J. P. Dell. Hobbs, a Hawkinsville native, began at Rebecca Methodist and also led Lilly Elko Bloomingdale Byromville Guyton Nashville and Claxton churches.
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Claxton
Wm. M. Hobbs
Claxton Methodist Church
T. H. Freeman
J. H. Birch
J. P. Dell
Hobbs
Hawkinsville
Rebecca Methodist Church
Lilly, Elko
Bloomingdale
Byromville
Guyton
Nashville
What FFA Program Should Mean to Boys In Taylor County
This piece argues that Future Farmers of America programs in Vocational Agriculture broaden roles for boys beyond farming. It highlights leadership, public speaking, sportsmanship, and shop skills in woodwork, machinery, welding, and tractor care. Home-projects and precise record keeping are stressed for modern farming success and related trades.
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Taylor County
FFA
Farmers of America
Thomastons Famous Ballplayer Flies Home to Wed Childhood Sweetheart
ThomastonTimes reports Hugh F Radcliffe a noted pitcher and his schoolfriend Miss Margie Carraway plan a wedding in Thomaston after a Delaware license period of ten days. The couple traveled from Wilmington with his sister Miss Betty Ruth Radcliffe and Miss Carraway's mother, awaiting a ceremony date while Radcliffe prepares for a Blue Rocks game and a National League tryout in Philadelphia. He recently helped his team win 9 to 7 with five strikeouts.
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Thomaston
Delaware
Hugh F. Radcliffe
Margie Carraway
Miss Carraway
Cecil Carraway
Hugh Frank
Betty Ruth Radcliffe
Wilmington
Atlanta
Blue Rocks
Philadelphia
P. S
University Professor Wins $8330 Public Health Grant
Dr. G. H. Boyd dean of the University of Georgia Graduate School and chairman of Biological Sciences has received an $8330 grant from the U S Public Health Service to extend a year long study on malaria parasite reproduction under experimental conditions. The project involves Dr. H T Schoenborn Dr H O Lund and Dr J D Perkinson assisting in parasite capture breeding infection and biochemical studies. Boyd is a 20 year malaria researcher with about 20 published papers and several discoveries.
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Athens
G. H. Boyd
University of Georgia
Division of Biological Sciences
U. S. Public Health Service
Boyd
H. T. Schoenborn
H. O. Lund
J. D. Perkinson
Montezuma Man Heads New Highway Group
Montezuma Chamber of Commerce manager Harry A. Schroeder elected president of the Flagalina Highway association formed to promote a national highway from Richmond Virginia to Panama City Florida. Georgia leaders call the line beneficial and list the proposed route through Greensboro Milledgeville Macon Fort Valley Montezuma Oglethorpe Americus Albany Cairo.
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Montezuma
Macon County
Richmond
Panama City
Fla
Harry A. Schroeder
Montezuma Chamber of Commerce
Flagalina Highway Association
Georgia
Florida
Schroeder
Atlanta
Greensboro
Charlotte
Milledgeville
Macon
Ft. Valley
Montezuma Oglethorpe
Andersonville
Americus
Albany
Cairo
Sidney Moore
C. S. Hall
Ray Arnold
Ed McKenzie
Manager Schroeder
Oglethorpe
L. E. Richardson
D. C. Smith
Marshallville
Lurton Massee
C. C. Walker
Grady Griffin
Andrew Clarke
J. D. Wade
Former News Editor Heads National Recruiting Campaign
Maj. W. P. Kelly former Macon Telegraph editor has been named to supervise a national four million dollar Army and Air Force recruiting campaign in the Third Army area. He resigns as public information officer for the Georgia state military department but retains his Georgia National Guard identity.
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Macon
W. P
Pat) Kelly
Macon Telegraph
Georgia State Military Department
Adjt
A. A. Fowler
Kelley
Army
Gardner Advertising Company
Washington
New York
St. Louis
Army and
Air Force
Third Army
Maj
Kelly
Georgia National Guard
Fowler
Lie Detector Test Frees Mrs Alma Yarbrough
Atlanta July 17 a lie detector test cleared Mrs Alma Yarbrough 36 of LaGrange of any murder link in the slaying of Crossroads store operator Buddy Hart. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said she would be returned to Meriwether County where charges will be dismissed. Hart’s body was found near his home May 19 after the storekeeper reportedly left with two strangers.
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Atlanta
Alma Yarbrough
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
LaGrange Wom
Meriwether County
J. L. Dixon
GBI
Yarbrough
Buddy Hart
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