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Looking Back

Fifty years ago today, December 19, 1966

Power Strike

The strike against Alabama Power Co. by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers has entered its fifth month.

Scholarship

Jerry Frank Kelley, junior at Turner Private School, has been named winner of the Voice of Democracy oratorical contest sponsored locally by WRBL Radio and WRBL-TV and Veterans of Foreign Wars.

DAR Honors

Miss Carolyn Whaley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Whaley of Cuthbert, has been named the Benjamin Hawkins Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution’s Good Citizens Girl.

This story was originally published December 18, 2016 at 5:30 PM with the headline "Looking Back."

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