Georgia Power asks for rate hike to raise $4.28 million yearly
Georgia Power Company filed with the Georgia Public Service Commission for electric rate revisions estimated to boost annual revenue by 4.275 million dollars. President Harlee Braney said residential and industrial classes would rise about 8.5 percent, commercial about 2 percent, with net billing and removal of the 10 day late-payment penalty.
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Georgia Power Company
Georgia Public Service Commission
Harlee Branchey
Branch
Commission
Georgia
Schley County Courthouse To Get Facelift
Ellaville June 24 county officials announce a full interior paint job for Schley County Courthouse. Work has begun after commissioners awarded a contract for refinishing with two coats of paint.
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Ellaville
Schley County
Two Tennessee Women Hurt in Roberta Area Car Wreck
A Friday crash on U S Highway 34, four miles north of Roberta in Macon County injured two Jacksonville Florida women, Mrs. Juanita Zielinski 30 and Mrs. Ruth Kicklighter 27. They were taken to Macon Hospital with Mrs. Kicklighter hospitalized for a broken pelvis and Zielinski treated for a broken arm and hand laceration. Four children in the car, Gary Kicklighter 6 and Sandra Kicklighter 9, escaped injury and were cared for at the Salvation Army overnight.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Roberta
Juanita Zielinski
Ruth Kicklighter
Macon Hospital
Kicklighter
J. P. Oldham
U. S. Highway 34
Salvation Army
Zielinski
Gary Kicklighter
Sandra Kicklighter
Luther Story Day Proclaimed in Americus by Mayor Bowen
Mayor Fred Bowen proclaims Friday June 29 as Luther Story Day in Americus to honor private first class Luther Story, missing in action since Korea. Local groups plan a brief tribute uptown near the Windsor Hotel with flags displayed, merchants closing 30 minutes from 3 to 3:30 p.m. A detachment from Souther Field and representatives of the National Guard, the Legion, and the VFW will greet the Story family returning from Washington with the award ceremony.
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Fred Bowen
Luther Story
American Legion
VFW
Korea
Story
Bowen
Windsor Hotel
Washington
Souther Field
National Guard
the Legion
Wood Tick Bite Triggers Paralysis in Milledgeville Girl
A nine year old Milledgeville girl is released from Macon hospital after paralysis suspected polio was diagnosed as caused by a wood tick embedded in her scalp. The tick was removed and preserved in a test tube.
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Macon
Milledgeville
Lee County Farm Project Shifts Georgia Tomato Market
A new farming plan in Lee County gains notice as the tomato market shifts from Pelham to Leesburg. Bell Farm in Negami sells 180 acres of tomatoes marketed by Joe Lutz of Normal, U1, with the project drawing wide attention.
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Pelham
Georgia
Leesburg
Bell Farm
Negami
Joe Lutz
Normal
Atlanta Couple Held in Bad Check Forgery Case
Atlanta authorities detain R. C. Tedder and Mrs. Doris Beasley on forgery and writing worthless checks charges. Detectives A. W. Howe and Ralph Davis say the pair were arrested after being taken off a train at Madison, Ga. Tedder reportedly cashed about 150 bogus checks in Atlanta and several Georgia cities including Macon Madison Milledgeville and in Fulton DeKalb counties.
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Fulton County
Georgia
Fulton
A. W. Howe
Ralph Davis
R. C. Tedder
Doris Beasley
Madison
Howe
Tedder
Macon
Milledgeville
DeKalb
Dixie Business Highlights Constitution's Founding Family
Major Clark Howell, publisher of the Atlanta Constitution, features prominently in Dixie Business as the issue traces the newspaper’s history. Editor H. F. Lee recounts the Constitution’s origins by E. P. Howell, the publisher’s grandfather, and chronicles its development through generations.
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Maj. Clark Howell
The
Atlanta Constitution
Dixie Business
H. F. Lee
Constitution
E. P. Howell
Florence Hollis to celebrate 102nd birthday in Americus
Mrs. Florence D. Hollis Sumter County's oldest resident will mark her 102nd birthday at home with only immediate family present due to her long bed confinement. Her children and brothers from Americus will join the quiet celebration.
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Americus
Florence D. Hollis
Sumter County
Georgia escapee from 1942 gang captured in Columbus
Nine years after escaping a Waynesboro Georgia gang Carl Frederick age 50 was arrested at his Columbus home. The man claimed he fled in 1942 and was taken into custody on Monday night ending his nine year freedom.
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Columbus
Georgia
Carl Frederick
Waynesboro
Griffin Again Named Mayor at Bainbridge
Bainbridge Georgia voters elected R. A. Griffin mayor for a third term defeating E. A. Gragg 1032 to 446. About half of qualified voters participated amid morning heaviness and afternoon showers. Griffin is brother to Lt. Gov. Marvin Griffin. two incumbents were returned to council seats.
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Bainbridge
R. A. Griffin
Griffin
E. A. Gragg
Marvin Griffin
Weekend Violent Death Toll Tops Thirteen in Georgia
Georgia state patrol reported thirteen people killed in weekend incidents. Ten died by drowning and one died in a fatal airplane crash with injuries sustained.
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Georgia
State Patrol
Talbot Legislator Admitted To Upson County Hospital
Georgia state representative Chris Callier, representing Talbot County in the General Assembly, was admitted to Upson County Hospital for medical treatment this week, according to the Thomaston Times.
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Chris Callier
House of Representatives
Upson County
Thomaston
Callier
Talbot County
General Assembly of Georgia
June 17 Rain Uphheld in Schley County Legend
In Ellaville on June 20 a light show reported Sunday confirms the local belief that rain always falls in Schley County on June 17. Records show rain on this date 56 times in 61 years, drawing on tradition and partial records.
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Ellaville
Schley County
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