Georgia trims state staff to fund Battey TB fight
Governor Thompson cites a payroll cut of 179 employees cutting annual costs to about 315 thousand dollars. Savings earmarked for Battey hospital in Rome, with potential use for streptomycin or 315 new beds. Officials urge public donations for streptomycin while planning hospital expansion and TB vaccination efforts.
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Tate Mate Board of Health
Battey Hospital
Rome
Thompson
State Board of Health
Batter
Battey
T. F. Abercombie
State Health Department
Abercombie
Health Department
Georgia
Highway, Revenue and Safety Departments
Thomson
Highway Department
Department of Public Safety
Revenue Department
University System of
Schools Closing And Mother's In For Beating
A reflective piece from Violet Moore on vacation time after school ends in Montezuma Georgia. It contrasts old class day traditions with modern celebrations, recalls graduation rituals, and wonders about community responsibility as students begin long summer break.
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Montezuma
Washington
Cypher
Eagle-Eye
Mary Jane
Linsey Woolsey
Atlanta Telephone Executive Found Dead in Bath Tub
J A Watterson fifty five, an executive with Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Co., was found dead in the bath tub of his suburban Atlanta home shortly after noon. Police reported a deep gash in the back of his head and said a neighbor discovered the body while checking the house during Mrs Watterson's absence from the city.
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Atlanta
J. A. Watterson
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Co
Watterson
Linder Sets Millennium Start For 2007 In Bible Theory
Atlanta June 10 Georgia agriculture chief Tom Linder says in his forthcoming book Time Table of Bible Prophecy and Strong Meat that the millennium will begin in the year 2007. He cites Biblical animal ages including a heifer a she goat and three year old, plus a pigeon and a turtle dove. He clarifies he is not predicting but presenting his interpretation.
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Atlanta
Tom Linder
Georgia
Linder
Matthew Murphy Empire Mills official dies in Columbus
M M Murphy 72 longtime secretary treasurer of the Empire Mills died Sunday morning at his Columbus home after a week long illness. A native of Columbus he worked 22 years with Empire Mills born May 13 1875 son of M M Murphy and Emma Davis Murphy member of Church of the Holy Family and the Knights of Columbus.
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Columbus
M. M. Murphy
Emire Mills
Murphy
Empire Mills
M. M
Emma Davis Murphy
Church of the Holy Family
Knights of Columbus
Macon Telegraph Names Bert Struby to Publisher’s Staff
Bert Struby is appointed assistant to the publisher of The Macon Telegraph and The Macon News by Peyton Anderson. Struby, Macon native and Mercer alum, returns after Navy service and prior Macon Telegraph roles as state editor and assistant city editor.
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Bert Struby
Macon
State News
Macon News
Peyton Anderson
Turby
Sturby
Anderson
Buford Boone
Boone
Tuscaloosa
Ala
C. A. Struby
Lanier High School For Boys
Mercer University
The
Telegraph
Mercer
Navy
Struby
Pacific
Naval Reserves Division
Sixth Naval District
Charleston
S. C
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Butler, Georgia
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