Georgia Assembly Faces Big Task in Governor Election
Georgia's General Assembly convenes to select a governor between Lester Maddox and Bo Callaway after state and federal court mandates allow the process. Callaway trails Maddox in unofficial returns, with Arnall’s write-in bid keeping the outcome uncertain as lawmakers weigh county results and potential runoff.
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Atlanta
Supreme Courts
Georgia
General Assembly
Lester G. Maddox
Howard H
Bo) Callaway
House
Senate
Maddox
Georgia Supreme Court
Ellis Arnall
Callaway
Arnall
S. Supreme Court
State Supreme Court
Mac Pickard
Muscogee County
Carl E. Sanders
Ike Gets Welcome In Calif
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower arrived in Palm Desert California for the winter and received a large reception. A sign read Welcome home Mamie and Ike as they rode to the Eldorado Country Club where they will stay. The event supported by Freeman Gosden and backers for an Eisenhower medical center. Bob Hope donated land for the project. Eisenhower said he felt pretty good at 76 and expressed hope to meet Governor Ronald Reagan.
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Palm Desert
Cali
Dwight D. Eisenhower
California
Mamie
Ike
Eldorado ‘Country Club
Eisenhower
Freeman Gosden
Amos
Andy Stadio
Eisenhower Medical Center
Bob Hope
Dolores
Ronald Reagan
Travel Is Stalled By Snow Storm In Midwest Plains
A major winter storm gripped the Midwest and Northern Plains on Saturday, with blizzard warnings in Minnesota Iowa and Nebraska. Snow and high winds slowed travel from North and South Dakota to northern Wisconsin as readings fell to 25 below in parts of Minnesota and 13 below in Glasgow Montana.
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Plains
Minneapolis, Minn
Northern Plains
Minnesota
Iowa
Nebraska
North
South Dakota
Wisconsin
New England
Marquette County
Upper Michigan
Duluth
Minn
U.S. Weather Bureau
Great Lakes
Canada
Minnesota Highway Department
North Dakota
Grand Forks
Glasgow
Mont
Mercury
West Palm Beach
Fla
Gilmore Claims Pay Gap For Women In North Carolina
State Sen. Vait Gilmore of Southern Pines told a Raleigh hearing that North Carolina lags in salaries for women in blue collar jobs. He cited an average $680 annual gap versus men and noted discrimination, while urging licensing of child centers and expansion of Head Start to improve women’s work prospects.
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Goldsboro
N.C
Vait Gilmore
Southern Pines
North Carolina
Gilmore
North Carolina Commission On the Education and Employment of Women
Dan Moore
General Assembly
Commission
Col
Clifton Craig
Public Welfare
Doris Gurley
Fremont
Lindsay Warren
Wayne County
Rachel Davis
Kinston
Jury Finds Warren Fowler Guilty of First Degree Murder
In Goldsboro North Carolina Warren Fowler is found guilty of first degree murder in the pistol slaying of Fremont Police Chief Walter Braswell. A death sentence is set for February 17 at Central Prison Raleigh with appeals planned. The jury of 12, including 11 whites and one Black, deliberated over four hours before the verdict and a mercy recommendation was not given.
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Goldsboro
N. C
Warren Fowler
Fremont
Walter B. Braswell
Superior Court
William B. Copeland
Central Prison
Raleigh
Fowler
Robert Futrelle
State Supreme Court
North Carolina Supreme Court
William J. Bundy
Liberals Move to Remove Powell as Chair But Keep Him in House
Liberal Democrats plan to strip Adam Clayton Powell of the Education and Labor Committee chair but allow him to remain in Congress. The move targets Powell and William Colmer in a bid to reform House seniority, opposing Speaker McCormack who defends the system.
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House
Adam Clayton Powell
Congress
Ana
Powell
Education and Labor Committee
Democratic Party
William M. Colmer
D-Miss
House Rules Committee
Democratic Study Group
John W. McCormack
D-Mass
Morris K. Udall
D-Ariz
Udall
Democratic Committee On Committees
Carl D. Chen
Lionel van Deerhe
Alif
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