Fifty Years Ago Today, September 7, 1965

School Officials,

Wallace Huddle

Several Phenix City and Russell County school officials are meeting with Gov. George C. Wallace today in Montgomery in a conference involving all city and county school superintendents and school board members in Alabama. Both superintendents said compliance with school desegregation rulings will be the main topic.

Holiday Toll

Americans set a record for summer holiday traffic toll during the Labor Day weekend, figures showed today. A United Press International compilation showed 567 traffic deaths, six more than the previous record, set two years ago.

Beer License

Muscogee County Commission today was in the midst of a heated confrontation between residents for and residents against an off-premise beer license for Mike's Food Store in Morningside.

This story was originally published September 7, 2015 at 12:00 AM with the headline "Fifty Years Ago Today, September 7, 1965 ."