Looking Back

Fifty years ago today, October 6, 1966

Maddox

Lester Maddox charged today that a statement by Archbishop Paul J. Hallinan that no honest Catholic can support a segregationist politician was influenced by Atlanta Mayor Ivan Allen and Dr. Martin Luther King.

Business

All that green surrounding the new Alabama Kraft Co. mill in Cottonton looks like ordinary pine trees, but it’s not. It’s money. Alabama Kraft officials are rapidly convincing land owners in the area that “it pays to grow trees.”

Police Pay

The fall session of the Russell County Grand Jury has called for the addition of five deputy sheriffs and an increase in salary for all police officers in Phenix City and the county.

This story was originally published October 5, 2016 at 6:41 PM with the headline "Looking Back."