Georgia Reforms Against Brutal Chain Gang Legacy
The piece traces Georgia prison reforms from 1943 under Gov. Arnall to the 1960s efforts of Gov. Sanders. It recalls Burns’s 1981 book and Georgia’s abolition of leg irons and chains, plus past abuses at Buford’s Little Alcatraz and the shift to modern dormitories at Reidsville for misdemeanants.
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Georgia
Atlanta, Ga
Ellis Arnall
Arnall
Carl E. Sanders
Fred Hallford
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Robert Elliott Burns
Chicago
Burns
New York
New Jersey
Newark
Eugene Talmadege
E. D. Rivers
Board of Corrections
State Pardon and Parole Board
Clara
Veterans Hospital
Rock Quarry
Buford
Little Alcatraz
Reidsville
Fort Sill honors air crew hero for Vietnam rescue
Fort Sill decorated Sp5 Earnest Taylor Jr and CWO Darrell J Mose with the Bronze Star and Distinguished Flying Cross for a November 1966 rescue near Van Hoa Vietnam. Mose flew the patched H-37 Shawnee the 40 mile two mountains jungle mission as Viet Cong fired nearby. They now serve with the 51th Transportation Company at Fort Sill. Taylor is an acting section chief.
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Fort Sill
Republic of
South Vietnam
Post Field
Sp6
Earnest Taylor Jr
van Hoa
Republic of Vietnam
L. S. Griffing
CWO
Darrell J. Mose
Mose
Army
Taylor
Texas
Teague
Tex
Waco
Tulsa
IMS
Lawton
North 24Th
Goldwater Address Electrifies Young Republicans in San Francisco
At the national Young Republican convention in San Francisco delegates cheered Senator Barry Goldwater. He blasted liberal politicians and President Kennedy as morally bankrupt and accused city machines of disgraceful politics. Goldwater urged a conservative shift as delegates waved banners, buttons, and flags including Confederate banners.
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San Francisco
UPI
Barry Goldwater
Goldwater
Kennedy
Arizona
Lyons Warns on Politics Driving State Highway Policies
Oklahoma Highway Director Frank Lyons told a 1960s council gathering that political meddling in road projects invites possible federal control of state programs. He warned against shifting unplanned programs and cited a jump in right of way costs from 600000 to 1450000 dollars between 1959 and 1963, tied to anticipated construction.
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Norman
Oklahoma
Frank Lyons
Lyons
Council of State Governments
Oklahoma City
Bryant says Kennedy may address governors conf in July
Governor Farris Bryant announced that President Kennedy could accept an invitation to speak at the National Governors Conference in Miami Beach on July 25. Bryant said Kennedy was well disposed toward the invitation.
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Farris Bryant
Kennedy
Miami Beach
Bryant
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Sanders
Joseph E. Ragen
Illinois
Joliet, Ill
State Department of Corrections
Sill
Vietnam
Young Gop
Meat Department
Cagle’s Corner Grocery
16Th & Cache Rd
16Th & D
Rata
Sm Mart
Discount Department Store
44Th and
Cache Road
Lawton, Okla
New Delhi
India
China
JFK
Tallahassee, Fla
T. V
Starlite
PHLCO
Gregg
Randle Buton
Dipore Prwetenna
Philco Courier
T.V
Philc June Fine
Philco Town & Country
Philco
T.V. Stereo
Philco Far In
PALCO
Tenny Loke Cooper
Philo Jr the
ECO
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