Fifty Years Ago Today, September 19, 1965

2 Navy Men Badly Burned in Crash

Two Navy officers were seriously injured early Saturday night when their single-engine plane crashed and burned near Lumpkin.

The men were taken to Martin Army Hospital at Fort Benning, where they were identified as Lt. Gerry Hertzler and Ensign Michael Shaw.

Sports

Georgia's unheralded Bulldogs Saturday bumped off the fifth-ranked Crimson Tide of Alabama in an 18-17 squeaker.

Hit-and-Run

A Columbus policeman was arrested Saturday in a hit-and-run accident in which a young boy and girl were critically injured.

This story was originally published September 18, 2015 at 5:00 PM with the headline "Fifty Years Ago Today, September 19, 1965 ."