Georgia county votes on local government in special election
In a Wednesday vote the county manager form failed 838 to 1. Sheriff George D. Anderson of Peach County suffered a grave relapse Saturday night and remained in serious condition. A liquor-laden car overturned near Perry killing an unidentified man thought to be a Nashville rum-runner. Captain H L Crawley’s clerk residence in Upson County burned. Atlanta residents Mr and Mrs W C Foote celebrated their 41st anniversary with an airplane trip to Gainesville.
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George D. Anderson
Peach County
Perry
Nashville, Tenn
H .L. Crawley
Upson County
Upson County Superior Cour
W. C. Foote
Gainesville
J. E. Brooks
Columbus
Greensboro
N. Y
Thomaston
T. A. McArthur
Cordele
State Board of Medical Examiners of Georgia
McArthur
Elrod
Forsyth
Ed Margh
Alany
Ocilia
W. E. Campbell
Jougherty County
Speakers Named for Voters Convention in Columbus
The Georgia League of Women Voters schedules a Columbus convention October 29 31 with speakers Miss Rober Hodgson head of political science at Leachers College Athens on What’s Doing in Europe and Miss Louisa Fast of the National League on What’s Doing in the United States both sharing perspectives on world and national affairs. Mrs Henry Grattan Doyle regional director will review past achievements and future prospects of the league. Local leagues present reports under coined slogans highlighting democracy in action from Atlanta Athens Augusta Columbus and DeKalb.
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Georgia League Women Voters
Columbus
Rober Hodgson
State “Leachers’ College
Athens
Europe
Louisa Fast
Department of International Co-Operation
National League of Women Voters
United States
American University Women‘s Club
Paris
Unitedes
International Alliance of Women
Berlin
Miss Hodgson
Miss Fast
Henry Grattan Doyle
National League
Everal
Georgia Leagues
Atlanta League
Augusta
DeKalb
Educators Gather for Georgia Superintendents Convention
More than 200 educators from counties and cities, state officials, and normal school professors will attend the Georgia Association of School Superintendents convention in Macon October 31 and November 1 at the Dempsey Hotel. Birmingham's C. B. Glenn will speak and election of officers will follow amid music and program features.
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Macon
Georgia Association of School
Georgia
Dempsey
C. B. Glenn
Birmingham
Ala
Dugean
State Department
L. M. Lester
Griffin
Association
J. H. Jenkins
Vieni
V.pres
T. C. Thomas
Cook County
SachstShae
Search shifts to a southward for McDowell
Belief that Frank McDowell the slayer of his parents and two sisters who escaped an asylum has sought refuge in South Florida was indicated in tips received Saturday by Sheriff Scott Gregory of Quincy Florida. A thorough swamp search near Quincy found no trace of the missing man. John Pruitt who escaped with McDowell and later surrendered told officers he was with him in the swamp but the sheriff gave little credence to the tale, Pruitt said McDowell was hiding there with no weapon or money.
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Frank McDowell
Florida Insane Asylum
Florida
Scott Gregory
Quincy
Fla
Gregory
John Pruitt
McDowell
Pruitt
Mrs. Nelson Shipp Injured in Flat Rock Auto Wreck
Mrs. Nelson M. Shipp, wife of the Ledger Enquirer state editor, suffered head wound and other injuries when the Ford coupe she rode in overturned at Flat Rock after the driver, her husband, lost control at high speed. He was bruised. both were ejected from the vehicle. The crash occurred Wednesday afternoon and they were taken to city hospital.
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Nelson M. Shipp
Ledger-Enquirer
Flat Rock
City Hospital
Shipp
Democratic Party Platform Calls for State Reform
The platform criticizes government inefficiency and tax burdens under the ad valorem system and calls for reorganized departments, property classification for taxation, and retrenchment by counties and towns. It pushes nine month school terms, affordable school books, accelerated highway construction, strong anti corruption measures, strict law enforcement, fair utility regulation, and labor rights. It also welcomes national Democratic cooperation and argues for Jeffersonian governance amid Republican decline.
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guGa
Couny
State Highway Department
Geeetine
Democratic Party
Crisp May Rule In Lower House If G. O. P. Loses
Washington dispatch predicts a Democratic House will debate selecting Speaker amid rivalry between Crisp of Georgia and Garner of Texas. The piece notes Crisp's parliamentary skill and historic Georgia Texas contest potential, with emphasis on party dynamics and possible election hurdles.
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Crisp
House of Congress
Sam W. Small
Washington
Atlanta Constitution
House
Jack Garner
Texas
Wit House
Wit Garver
Congress
Georgia
Garner
Americus
Champ Clark
Great
Wayward Means Committee
Foreign Debt Settlements Commission
Chas
Frederick Crisp
Roger Mills
Excursion Fares To Savannah County GA State Fair
Fare and one half round trip from most points in Georgia for the State Fair travel Oct 27 to Nov 1 1980 with sale October 2th November 1 1980 final limit November 1980. For details contact the agent.
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Savannah
Georgia
Tates of Sale
Mona
Oresepee Railway
Democratic contest unclear as party lines shift
The article discusses an upcoming contest with speculation on whether the House will remain Democratic. It notes Congressman Crisp may avoid involvement, and that the likely result hinges on how Democrats proceed in the next case.
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Nly House
Crisp
Starr and Hager Form Starr Hager Service in Atlanta
L. K. Starr and R. D. Hager merge to create the Starr Hager Service with offices in the Citizens Southern Bank Building. Starr serves as president, Hager as vice president, with Marjorie Hager as secretary treasurer and A. W. Hager on the board. The firm will run a public relations bureau advertising and publicity, publish house organs, and oversee the Editor's Forum magazine. The project links Starr to half ownership of Southern Newspapers Advertising Service, expanding their southern client base. Editor Hal M. Stanley continues as Editor at the State Capitol offices.
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Atlanta
L. K. Starr
R. D. Hager
Starr-Hager Service
Citizens Southern Bank
L. K
Starr-Hager Services
Editor's Forum
Georgia Press Association
Editor’s Forum
State Capitol
Hal M. Stanley
Farmers who raise all their food keep steady through hard times
A report by J. M. Graham, president of the bank, notes 178 farmers with wealth over 175000 in National City Bank of Rome. It asserts every listed farmer regularly grows the food and feed crops needed on his farm, insulating them from boll weevils and low cotton prices.
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National City Bank of Rome
J. M. Graham
Bank S
Challenge To Lovers of Orphans in Georgia
Message from B J W Graham of Hapeville Georgia invites supporters to fund the Georgian Baptist Orphans Home. He proposes three hundred people pay 100 dollars by Christmas and four hundred people pay 10 dollars monthly for a year to aid the Home.
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Georgian Baptist Orphans' Home
Oral Ae
Hapeville
Georgia
B. J. W. Graham
Opportunity for distribution manager with $1500 capital
Reliable men sought by national necessity manufacturer to handle distribution to retail and wholesale trades in surrounding territory. Exclusive right offered to the right man with $1,000 to $1,500 cash capital. Honest, ambitious applicants only. Potential earnings $6,000 to $7,500 annually. Write Sales Manager, 765 Ogden Avenue, Chicago Illinois for an interview.
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Ogden Avenue
Chicago
Illinois
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