Fifty Years Ago Today, January 1, 1966

Baby Girl First Of New Year

Shortly after midnight, a baby girl arrived at Martin Army Hospital, becoming the New Year's youngest area citizen and winner of the gift-filled "First Baby" contest sponsored by the Bayonet and the Ledger-Enquirer.

The five-pound 14-ounce boy was born to Pfc. Mack Smitherman and his wife Mary, of Baker Village.

Death Penalty

Georgia's electric chair went unused in 1965 for the first time since the stte changed the method of execution from hanging to electrocution in 1924.

Sports

Those smoking, flying fuel dragsters, capable of hitting better than 200 miles per hour, will be in the spotlight when the third annual Alabama-Florida-Georgia Championships are held at the Phenix Dragway Sunday.

This story was originally published December 31, 2015 at 11:52 AM with the headline "Fifty Years Ago Today, January 1, 1966 ."