Somber Rehearsals Begin For Churchill Funeral
London nears the funeral of Sir Winston Churchill with hush totals as 3,500 troops, 10 bands, and a gun carriage prepare for the procession from Westminster Hall to St. Paul’s. Security tightens around route as 3,000 service members line the path.
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Whitehall
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Fleet Street
Ludgate Hill
City
Sir Winston
Tobacco Farmers Seek Acreage Controls On Flue-Cured Tobacco
Growers from 11 states including Georgia urge Congress to limit flue cured tobacco by acreage. Senator Jordan and Rep Cooley promise hearings. Palmer of Wilson NC chairs a plan proposing a national yield of 1854 pounds per acre and an allotment of 60800 acres, with later expansion possible via referendum.
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Dym C
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Senate Agriculture Committee
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John Sherman Cooper
R-Ky
Tobacco Growers Group
John D. Palmer
Wilson
N. C
Palmer
Elmer
Prdan
Roya
A. Taylor
U S Budget Pushes Georgia River Projects and Dams
President Johnson's budget would fund major Georgia river schemes including Carter’s Dam on the Coosawattee River with a 447 foot high earth rock structure, 1960 feet long, at an estimated total cost of 74.6 million and 5 million yearly hydroelectric output. The plan also includes river harbor development, West Point reservoir work, Sprewell Bluff planning, various surveys, and new post office and courthouse buildings in several cities.
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Mississippi River
Calhoun
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Georgia
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
West Point Reservoir
Alabama
Sprewell Bluff Dam
Apalachicola River
Florida
Brunswick Harbor
Jekyll Island
Sea Island St. Simons Island
Americus
Athens
Valdosta
National Parks Service
Two Savannah Teens Die In Tattnall County Crash
In Glennville area, two Savannah youths died when their car left a road in Tattnall County and overturned. Jimmy Ferguson 16 and Michael L Loftin 15 were killed when the vehicle struck a tree about three miles south of Glennville, according to the State Patrol.
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Savannah
Tattnall County
State Patrol
Jimmy Ferguson
Michael L. Loftin
Texans Deny Release of Georgia Escapee in Dallas
Dallas Texas AP reports Dist Judge Joe B Brown refused to grant habeas corpus relief for Marvin Roberts a 43 year old Georgia fugitive who escaped from a Cherokee County road gang twelve years ago after serving part of a twenty year rape sentence. A new trial motion followed and a Georgia return warrant was signed by Governor John Connally.
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Tex
Texas
Georgia
Cherokee County
Emmett Colvin
Marvin Roberts
Roberts
California
Joe B. Brown
Wright
Colvin
Griffin refuses to assume debts from others
Georgia Thomas County notice by Richard P. Griffin dated December 29, 1964 declares he will not be responsible for debts contracted by anyone other than himself. The message serves as a public declaration of liability limits.
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Thomas County
Richard P. Griffin
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