Georgia Areas Show Growth in 1950s Metropolitan Regions
In a Department of Commerce study of 33 Eastern metropolitan areas five Georgia regions including Atlanta Augusta Columbus Macon and Savannah surpassed national growth. Augusta led in population households births labor force income savings and more while Columbus Macon and Savannah posted strong gains in housing, firms, aircraft, and retail activity.
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Atlanta
Department of Commonday
Georgia
Augusta
Macon
Savannah
Commerce Department
Merrill C. Lofton
Spf
Savings and Loan Associations
Vandiver Receives Mercer Honorary Doctorate
Mercer University conferred honorary degrees Monday at graduation exercises to former Gov. Ernest Vandiver and three religious and educational leaders. Recipients included Dr. Hoke Smith Greene, Roy O. McClain, and Rev. James Thornton Williams as 263 graduates received earned degrees. Greene urged graduates to model life on an America of goodness and reject inequality, bigotry, and violence.
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Macon, Ga
Mercer University
Ernest Vandiver
Hoke Smith Greene
Mercer
University of Cincinnati
Roy O. McClain
First Baptist Church of Atlanta
James Thornton Williams
First Baptist Church of
Freedom Marchers Fined in Alabama
Ten participants in a Georgia to Alabama march were convicted of breach of the peace in DeKalb County Court. Five white men and five Negroes received $200 fines. two others were freed after arrests. The case tied to the slaying of William Moore and included appeals and bond.
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Fort Payne. Ala
Alabama
DeKalb County
Warren G. Hawkins
Georgia
Chattanooga
Tenn
William L. Moore
Baltimore
Mississippi
Moore
Attalla
Ala
Fred D. Gray
Montgomery
Jay Tindle
Madeleine Sherwood
Minter Heads Georgia Industry and Trade as New Department Forms
Jack Minter, 36, leads Georgia’s new Department of Industry and Trade, retained from the former Commerce Department. The board plans to hire more technical staff, issue industrial revenue certificates, and expand economic development including energy, manufacturing, tourism, and area redevelopment programs. The agency sees a strong future in space launch potential from St. Catherines Island and increased chemical industry aided by pipelines and federal aid.
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Atlanta
Georgia Department of Industry and Trade
Jack Minter
Georgia
Minter
Eastman
Department of Commerce
Commerce Department
James V. Carmichael
Julius F. Bishop
John J. Pickett
Carl Sanders
St. Catherines Island
Cape Canaveral
Florida
St. Catherines
Industry and
Death Strikes Skinnay Ennis in Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills California AP band leader Skinnay Ennis 56 known for singing with Bob Hope died after an attack in a restaurant. He collapsed on the floor and received heart massage from a police officer before an ambulance arrived. Ennis led an orchestra at the Brazler Hilton in downtown Los Angeles for five years.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Skinnay Ennis
Bob Hope
First Aid Station
Ennis
Edgar C. Ennis
T. M. McCarthy
Brazler Hilton
Los Angeles
Police Wives Rally In Hartford Over Shorter Police Week
About 75 wives of state police stood in the Senate gallery to back a bill cutting the maximum work week for state troopers to nine hours. They held signs urging voters to choose carefully and noting seat belts and reasonable hours.
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Hartford
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Ness
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Thomas County
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Elaine Currier
Henniker
N. H
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Charles Damour
Freedom
James Forman
Sandy McNair
Forman
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
McNair
New Industry
By Hugh Scrutte
Carmichael
University of Georgia
Fwrest Vandiver
Stuckeys Inc
Stuckey
Delaware
Bebe Kelley
Midville
Kelley
Death
Connecticut
Solons
Continental Casualty Company
Golden
Robina On- Smith
Gordon Ave
Nngland
Swift
N.B.C. Ritz
M & M Groc
Mkt
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Sherwin-Williams
Smith Ave
Coast Line
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