Park Attendance Records Break at Georgia State Parks
Georgia State Parks report attendance likely up about 10 percent over 1961 as park superintendents note increased visitor influx. Improvements include new or expanded tent and trailer camping areas in 16 parks, 34 picnic shelters, 340 concrete and 150 wooden tables in 23 parks, plus a new swimming pool at A H Stephens Park and bathhouse upgrades at Cook and Laura S Walker Parks.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Vandiver
C. A. Collier
Comer
A. H. Stephens
Cooked River
Laura S. Walker
Wrecks Kill Two Fire Takes Two Lives in Georgia
State Patrol reports two road crashes and a tractor incident claim two young victims, plus a deadly house fire. James Haynes, 2, died in a head on collision near Gainesville. James Beeland 20, of Eastman, died in a two car crash near Eastman. Jimmy McKenzie, 17, of Ft Valley, injured fatally when run over by a tractor on a Crawford county road. Mrs Nannie Bell H Waldrop, 65 to 70, perished in a farm shack fire. Four others were injured.
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Atlanta
Georgia
James Haynes
Cleveland
U. S
Gainesville
Eastman
James Beeland
Jimmy McKenzie
Ft. Valley
Crawford County
Hawkinsville
Nannie Bell H. Waldrop
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