Georgia Reform Push Ends Brutal Chain Gang Practices
ATLANTA AP Georgia shifts from brutal chain gangs toward rehabilitation after Gov. Ellis Arnall's 1943 reforms. Gov. Sanders widens prison reforms, replacing the longtime director and seeking $2.5 million more for education and training amid ongoing controversy over Georgia’s prison system legacy and the 1920s chain gang era.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Ellis Arnall
Arnall
Ceril Sanders
Sanders
Joseph E. Ragen
Illinois
Joliet, Ill
Corrections
Istant
Kilmore
Fred Hall
Federal Bureau
Burns
Burns saga reshapes Georgia prison reforms under Arnall
The article recounts Eugene Talmadge and E. D. Rivers refusing to free Burns, Arnall pushing reforms ending leg irons and striped uniforms, and the pardon board restoring Burns’s rights in 1945. It notes prison abuses at Buford's Little Alcatraz, later dismantling, with inmates moved to Reidsville and a new toy repair shop for misdemeanants.
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Ao del Bitin
Elaine
Tie Brewie
Burns
New York
New Jersey
Georgia
Newark
Eugene Talmadege
E. D. Rivers
Arnall
Board of Corrections
Black Eye
State Pardon and Parole Board
Clara
Veterans Hospital
Rock Quarry
Buford
Little
Alcatraz
Reidsville
Pleasant Grove News Briefs Highlights Local Events
Sunday school at Pleasant Grove Church at 10. Annual conference to meet at Shenandoah College in Winchester the last Sunday in August, with no church services that day. Many residents attend the conference and travel to nearby towns for visits and hospital updates. Tracey Riley’s burial brings Bradenton roots to the area. Associations include Oakley Catlett, Laura Catlett, Edna Miller, Clark families, and others attending parades, fairs, and visits across West Virginia and Pennsylvania.
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Pleasant Grove
Winchester
Shenandoah College
Pleasant Grove Church
Crossword Clue Grid Sparks Quick Wordplay
A compact crossword lists clues across and down. Entries include Jump, relative pronoun, monetary unit USSR, ship to shore comms, old card game Spanish, kind of duck, Jewish month, organ of hearing, sun god, reptile, perform, dad s gifts to sons, runaway, sleeping place, capuchin monkey, servant.
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U.S.S.R
Little Mapmaker Maps Earnings From Astronaut Homes
An 11 year old in Taylor Lake Village sold thirty one handmade maps at ten cents each, showing the homes of astronauts. City Marshal A A Lancon halted the sale to protect residents privacy, while Cathleen Wakeland defends the venture as a draws for sightseers.
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Houston
Tex
Taylor Lake Village
Cathleen Wakeland
A. A
Lancon
Mrs. Wakeland
Cathleen
Mrs
Funeral Trends and Local Health Notes in North Reynolds
Roy Stotler of West Virginia died at a funeral largely attended. LeRoy Stotler, employed at Eddie's Tire Service, suffered severe burns from gasoline explosion in a pit and is hospitalized at War Memorial in Berkeley Springs. Mrs. W. T. Humphrys is a patient at Winchester Memorial. Warren and Mrs. Smith visited Ernest Michael’s family in Ridge, West Virginia. Grandchildren Tommy, Jody, and Dianne Michael spent time with their grandparents. Wood Luttrell was admitted to Hillcrest Nursing Home. Mrs. Luttrell is recovering at home. Mrs. Mervil Dick, Johnny Omps and Mrs. Ernest Michael visited Lynn Hawkins. John P. Omps returned from a two-week Arizona trip. Mrs. Clarence Shilburn remains in hospital. Hugh Brammon has returned home from the hospital.
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Oakley Catlett
Laura Catlett
Berkeley Springs
W. Va
Irvin Unger
Edna Miller
John Clark
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Charles Lee
Janie
Kathy
Roberta Shanlott
Ray Lee
Donnie
Susie
Michael
Fort Ashby
Arlie Lee
Oil City
Walter Cooley
Viola Cooley
Strasburg
Foster Largent
Norman Clark
Leonard
Billy Wilson
Basil Whitacre
Kenneth Clark
Sherman Clark
Tracey Riley
Bradenton
Fla
Howard Lambert
Bobby
Joann Swisher
Moorehead
Piedmont
Lester Sager
Keyser
Robert Ryan
Craig
Michael McGurgan
LeRoy Stotler
Eddie
War Memorial Hospital
Warren Smith
Braddock Heights
Ernest Michael
Ridge
Tommy
Jody
Dianne Michael
Wood Luttrell
Hillcrest Nursing Home
Mervil Dick
Johnny Omps
Lynn Hawkins
John P. Omps
Arizona
Clarence Shilburn
Hugh Brammon
Pontoon Shoes Prompt Mockery At Verona HQ
In Verona Italy a bulletin board at the U S Army Southern European Task Force shows available off sizes for shoes. Capt Charles L Naegel groans when a joker asks if size 12 triple E shoes come with or without oars.
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Verona
Italy
United States Army
Charles L. Naegel
James Drury Named Grand Marshal of Tobacco Festival
James Drury, star of The Virginian, has accepted an invitation to serve as grand marshal of the 15th National Tobacco Festival in Richmond from September 28 to October 5. He will appear during the festival as part of the parade and related events.
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Richmond
James Drury
Drury
Luminated Parade and Queen of Tobacco Land Event
A note of festive activities lists a Friday October 4 parade at 7 p.m. and the next day a coronation at City Stadium for the 1964 Queen of Tobacco Land. Also mentioned is a cordial beverage idea using raspberry syrup with fruit or club soda.
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City Stadium
Youth Drowns At Hartshorn Pool In Richmond
A 14 year old Richmond youth Charles Trent drowned Saturday night in the Hartshorn Community Pool after scaling a metal fence around the locked facility. His body was recovered from about nine feet of water.
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Richmond
Charles Trent
Hartshorn
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