Looking Back

Fifty years ago today, December 1, 1966

Governor Carter?

State Sen. Jimmy Carter may qualify as a candidate if a special election is called to settle the deadlocked governor’s race in Georgia, a source close to Carter said today. Carter could not be reached for comment.

Castro

Nearly 50,000 Cubans have streamed into the United States by a refugee airlift inaugurated a year ago today and no end is in sight. Planes loaded with émigrés from Fidel Castro’s Community regime land twice each weekday at Miami International Airport.

Education

Alcoholism and the continuing problem of drinking among teenagers will be subjects of a one-day seminar Monday sponsored by the Muscogee Parent-Teachers Council.

This story was originally published November 30, 2016 at 12:27 PM with the headline "Looking Back."