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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1955
Page
8
A 72 day Bell Telephone strike ends. ChamLee district suffers a $50,000 fire loss. Americus votes $240,000 for a school building program. Cordele Watermelon Festival dates set June 20 to July 23. Mer cer University and other Georgia officials report on civic matters and deaths. National stories include floods, deaths, and disasters across several states.
Johnnie Wilson, 38, was sentenced to death by electric chair for the March 2 killing of Luther Bussey at a Bluffton area service station. A six hour jury deliberation produced a guilty verdict with no mercy recommendation, and Judge W I Geer set June 10 for execution.
Georgia congressman Rep. EL Forrester denounces President Eisenhower’s order lifting peanut import quotas. He warns unlimited foreign peanuts threaten U.S. 1955 prices. The action allows imports with a 2 cent per pound levy plus the 7 cent duty through July 31 to protect domestic peanuts after a prior shortage order.
The article notes Mercer University will host an annual summer school bringing 12 to 15 visiting professors and consultants from teaching colleges and public school systems nationwide to participate in the teacher education program. Rep Forrester criticizes an alleged peanut shortage tied to import quotas and a alleged move by Eastern candy manufacturers to end the peanut program.
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