Georgia Death Toll Rises With 13 Fatalities Over Weekend
An Atlanta patrolman, James Millard Cannon 23, died after a car cut in on his motorcycle. James Gordon Kennedy 24 fell to his death at Annie Ruby Falls. Others killed include Dana Loggins 6 months from Gainesville, Mary Elizabeth Steel 48 of Cedartown, Laverne Gough 25 and her son Thomas Richard 3 of Struthers Ohio, James O. Allen 56 of Forsyth, two Florida men Joseph Mangum 62 and Lloyd Smith 32 near Folkston, Marsha Faye Collins 15 of Birmingham, Michael Starnes 27 of Greenville Tennessee, Matthew Murphy 12 of Forsyth, and Charles E. Ross 12 of Swainsboro. AP counts weekend accidental deaths from Friday 6 p m to Sunday midnight.
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Atlanta
Toccoa
Annie Ruby Falls
Georgia
James Millard Cannon
James Gordon Kennedy
Helen
North
Dana Loggins
Dewey Loggins
Gainesville
Mary Elizabeth Steel
Cedartown
Clayton County
Laverne Gough
Struthers
Ohio
Thomas Richard Gough
James O. Allen
Forsyth
Florida
Folkston
Joseph Clifton Mangum
Lloyd Jackson Smith
Archer
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Birmingham
Ala
Marsha Faye Collins
Bremen
U. S
Michael Starnes
Greenville
Tenn
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Matthew Murphy
Georgia 19
Charles E. Ross
Swainsboro
Garbage Protest Planned in Twiggs County Georgia
James D. Shannon and his wife organize an environmental action group to oppose a plan to haul solid waste to Twiggs County. The plan involves dumping trash into an abandoned kaolin mine near Jeffersonville with a public hearing promised by the EPD, though no date is set. Concerns include water table decline water contamination and impact on local land development.
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Jury Probes Election Violations Against Caldwell
A federal grand jury in Atlanta opens an inquiry into alleged election law violations by State Labor Commissioner Sam Caldwell. About 108 witnesses are subpoenaed to testify on claims Caldwell solicited funds from department employees for his 1970 reelection and on possible political uses of department staff. No indictments planned now. results of a prior state probe were provided to the U.S. attorney.
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U.S
Stanley M. Baum
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General Assembly
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Arthur Bolton
U.S. Attorney’s Office
Grand Jury
Bolton
Georgia forecast brings heat and storms inland this week
Partly sunny hot humid conditions expected today and Tuesday with scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers. Highs near 90, lows around 70. Coastal tide table for St Marks Florida shows two daily highs and lows with moon and sunrise details.
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