Georgia News Tapes up Tax Gain and Local Events
Macon sees tax income exceed last year by 10000 dollars. C B Oliver 75 of Hamilton dies from bullet wounds described as personal safety related. Lamar county mica mines found but costly to mine. Muscogee Superior Court set 194 divorce hearings for June 7 before Judge Hicks Fort. Edward A Dutton, Georgia Bar Association president, dies after brief illness in Savannah. Dale M Johnson 28 Republican announces run for Georgia Legislature from Chattahoochee county. Warn er Robins to host gala for 11th founding anniversary May 28. Carl A Stripling to receive M S degree at Austin College Sherman Texas May 31. Burglars burglarize Columbus furniture store, steal over 600 dollars weekend. Revenue Commissioner Redwine predicts three million dollar bump in state gasoline tax. May collections 5303087, up 254370 from prior May. Georgia Military College Mill edgeville receives rare engraving of Gen R E Lee from Flora Lee Underwood of Savannah. UGA at Athens honors over 400 students on Honors Day. Mrs Mildred C Simmons 54 of Columbus dies after long illness. Mrs Hansel Massey Maton County chair for Crippled Children reports 225 raised. State School Board approves building plans for six counties and two cities under two hundred million plan. Ben B Garland trial set for criminal libel in Monroe County Forsyth. Gov Talmadge urges private schools to defend segregation as Court acts on race barriers. P H Burrus Jr Columbus executive wins Research Institute award for Merit.
Griffin Declares Governor Run Backing Segregation Plan
Atlanta May 24 Lt. Gov Marvin Griffin announced his bid for governor and charged the U S Supreme Court with endorsing racial intermarriage. He pledged to protect school segregation and the county unit system, saying White of the NAACP believes intermarriage is the solution to segregation.
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Marvin Griffin
U. S. Supreme Court
Griffin
Supreme Court
Walter White
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Baptists gear up for 26th annual state leadership assembly
Georgia Baptists from across the state plan to open the 26th annual leadership assembly at Mercer University on June 7 led by State Director Gainer Bryan. The report covers a broad set of local and national items including violent deaths and civil rights actions, plus political fundraising and awards.
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Macon Baptist Training Union
Georgia
Mercer
Gainer Bryan
Atlanta
Gas search aid urged for Georgia towns
A member of Congress assists in urgent natural gas searches for several Middle and West Georgia towns raising questions why Butler and Reynolds are not included next.
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Congress
Middle
West Georgia
Butler and Reynolds
Population rise of dogs outpaces humans in US
The Columbus Sertoma Club was advised that dog population in the United States has grown 200 percent over the last 30 years while human growth is around 40 percent. A fire of undetermined origin destroyed the Ashburn High School building on May 20, sparing several classrooms and a nearby gym.
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Joe Thomas Braddy
Dublin
Napoleon Linder
United States
Columbus Sertoma Club
Ashburn High School
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