Wind damages Columbus awnings and historic North Atlanta mansion
A freak wind ripped metal awnings from Columbus buildings on Sunday. The North Atlanta mansion of the late Gov. John Slaton was heavily damaged by fire Saturday. Other Georgia items include a forest fire near Valdosta with $750,000 loss and 10 highway deaths statewide.
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Closing Georgia Highway Is Opposed in Marion Resolutions
Marion County Commission unanimously opposed the closing of Georgia Highway 103 linking Buena Vista with Columbus. Buena Vista Lions Club adopted similar resolutions. The Army asked the Highway Department to close Route 103 on the Ft. Benning reservation, which would reroute traffic via U.S. 27 to Cusseta and State 26, slightly longer. If closed, east–west traffic through Buena Vista would shift to Richland and Cusseta.
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Four Vidalia Children Die in House Fire
In Vidalia Georgia on Thursday night a fire killed four children and a neighbor who had left his sick bed to try to rescue them. Dempsey McArthur 48 was confined to bed since April 27 after an auto accident injuries. The children Katherine Kelley eight Betty Joe six Ola May five and Harlan Jr three were found near a bed in a four room East Park home. Parents Harlan and Mrs Kelley had left the children unattended to visit relatives.
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Ola May
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Hoke Dixon
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