Notice to Contractors Georgia State Highway Authority
Georgia Rural Roads Authority invites sealed proposals for resurfacing 6.91 miles of State Route 127 Butler Road FAS Route 671 from Cross Roads Consolidated School to State Route 96 in Butler. Bids due July 5, 1962 at 11 a.m. EST. Plans at multiple offices. Bond and bids rules detailed. Accidents kill more children each year than the four leading fatal diseases combined. Statistics show 11,000 of 33,546 childhood deaths in 1960 from accidents.
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Georgia State Highway Authority
Taylor
Georgia Rural Roads Authority
Capitol Square
Atlanta
Butler Road
Cross Roads Consolidated School
Butler
State Highway Department
Thomaston
Georgia
State Highway Department of Georgia
State Highway Authority
State
United States
Jim L. Gillis
Willis N. Harden
Clarke W. Duncan
Young Georgians for Griffin Club Expands Across Georgia Colleges
James Franklin, chairman, says the Young Georgians for Griffin have formed on campus and spread to Ga Tech Mercer Ga Southern Middle Ga College and others. Headquarters move to Griffin at the Henry Grady Hotel to aid Governor’s campaign and mobilize student participation in state government. The group plans district and county chapters.
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Young
Griffin
Henry Grady Hotel
Atlanta
James Franklin
Tech
Mercer Ga
Southern
Middle Ga
College
University of Georgia
Athens
Franklin
Andrews Seen as Strong Georgia Attorney General Candidate
An editorial from the Gainesville Daily Times endorses Robert E. Andrews of Gainesville for Georgia attorney general. It lauds his independence, legal skill, courtroom record, and readiness to interpret the law without partisan distortion, predicting a strong campaign and likely victory in September.
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Robert E. Andrews
Gainesville
Georgia
Andrews
General Assembly
Atlanta
Daily Times
44 Atlanta Negroes Transfer to White Schools Next Fall
Atlanta Georgia 44 Negro high school students are approved for transfer to all white or predominantly white schools next fall. Eleven schools will desegregate. Murphey High will host the most Negro students, with twelve admitted next year and one senior who attended last year. Seven schools desegregate for first time.
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Atlanta
Murphey High School
Murphy
Bass
Fulton
O’keefe
Roosevelt
Sylvan
Smith
West Fulton
Northside
Grady
Brown
Traffic Deaths Up 13 Per Cent In Five Months
Georgia safety board reports 392 traffic deaths in first five months of 1962, up from 346 a year earlier. Rural deaths rose to 305 from 265, urban deaths to 87 from 81, pedestrians 62, and the state death rate per 100 million miles traveled increased to 5.4. Quote from Charles Simmons ends item.
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Atlanta
Georgia Department of Public Safety
Georgia
Textile director W H Turner dies in LaGrange hospital
W H Turner Jr 82 director of the Callaway Mills chain died Saturday night at LaGrange Hospital after months of declining health. Funeral services were held Monday. He was a trustee of LaGrange College and the Callaway Foundation Inc and a director of Citizens and Southern Bank of LaGrange.
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LaGrange
W. H. Turner Jr
Callaway Mills Chain
Turner
LaGrange College
Callaway Foundation, Inc
Citizens and Southern Bank of LaGrange
Touch of TV Switch Believed Fatal to Tot
A two year old child in Bainbridge Decatur County was electrocuted when she touched a shorted switch on a TV set in her home. Her mother Mrs Barwick entering from another room was shocked when she picked up the child.
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Bainbridge
Decatur County
Train Wail to Sound Again in Georgia
Savannah and Atlanta will turn the locomotive No. 750 over to the National Railway Historical Society in July. The gift to the transportation museum at Atlanta will revive the steam whistle wail heard from the Savannah and Atlanta line.
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Lanta Railroad
Atlanta
National Railway Historical Socie
Savannah
Ty’s Transportation Museum
Atwail
Lanta
Georgia
Society
Savannah and Aten
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Pillsbury Refrigerator
Tommy Tucker
GIANT
Butler, GA
Fryer Parts
Libby
Dog Food
ALL Brands
Luzianne Coffee
Luzianne
Charles Simmons
W. H. Turner
LaGrange Hospital
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