Gravitt Convicted of Manslaughter in Mitchell Death
ATLANTA AP A jury found Hugh D Gravitt guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the traffic death of Margaret Mitchell author of Gone With The Wind The slim 29 year old ex cab driver faced a recommended 12 to 18 months in jail with sentence delayed for appeal He had been charged with drunken driving speeding and other traffic offenses and claimed persecution by press and politicians over the victim s fame The verdict came swiftly as Gravitt and his wife showed little emotion
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Atlanta
Hugh D. Gravitt
Margaret Mitchell
Superior Court
Walter C. Hendricks
Gravitt
Miss Mitchell
Peachtree St
Middletown Armco Associations to Name Directors
Three new members will be elected to the Middletown Armco Association Board on January 4 5 and 6 and three new directors to the Armco Colored Association on January 11 12 and 13. Nominating petitions are available from the East Works Association office and must be returned by December 20. Each district gains one director and candidates must be association members working in their district. Terms run 1950 to 1953.
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Middletown Armco Association
Armco Colored Association
Mark Walke
Thomas Burney
Lloyd Sink
Harry Hall
Oliver Smith
George Hood
Samuel Holmes
East Works Association
Walke
Ohio Firm Plans New Production
Ameri can Steel and Tube Corporation of Cleveland plans to produce oil and gas pipeline if its bid for a government owned steel castings plant in St. Louis is accepted. The firm bid 1.8 million dollars cash or 2.025 million on terms, and was the sole bidder for the plant built during WWII for ordnance castings.
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Washington
American Steel and Tube Corporation
Cleveland
Ohio
St. Louis
Mark H. Gathmann
General Services Administration
Delaware
Maritime Commission
Gathmann
E. A Kerschbaumer
Pittsburgh
Ernest L. Bailey
Charleston
W. Va
R. M. Taylor
Zanesville
Emil Gathmann, Jr
Baltimore
Potatoes Face 1950 Plant Cut as Prices Stay High
Washington AP reports Secretary Brannan asks commercial potato growers to reduce 1950 planting by about seven percent. Target production set at 935 million bushels with parity support at 60 percent. Next year expected average price about 0.96 per bushel, down from 1.08 this year. State allotment figures listed. a train would need 292 days nonstop to cover all U S rail lines.
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Agriculture
Branman
Department
Sixth Grade Pupil Takes Own Life in Watertown
Betty Harten a 10 year old sixth grader left a note reading goodbye. Police reported she shot herself in the chest with her father's .30 caliber carbine rifle. Her parents Gordon Harten and his wife found the body with the gun in her lap and the note on a table nearby.
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Watertown
N. Y
Betty Harten
Gordon H. Harten
Betty
Harten
Dean Of Senate Recovers From Minor Burns
MEMPHIS AP The 80 year old Dean of the Senate Senator K D McKellar D Tenn says he is good as new and will leave hospital soon He fell into a tub of hot water at his hotel bathroom and sustained minor burns on his shoulder arm and hip His recovery is described as more painful than serious with plans to return to Washington late this month
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Memphis
K. D. McKellar
D-Tenn
Ito
McKellar
Baptist Hospital
Senate Appropriations Committee
Washington
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