Looking Back

Fifty years ago today, February 13, 1967

Airport

A special House Appropriations subcommittee today recommended General Assembly approval of a proposed $150,000 state matching grant to help finance a $643,000 improvements program at Muscogee County Airport.

Protest

The Supreme Court let stand today a lower court ruling that the 1965 law forbidding the burning of draft cards is constitutional.

Pittman Dies

G. Berry Pittman, 84, Seale Road, Phenix City, who was a Russell County tax assessor for 25 years, died at 7:45 a.m. Sunday at The Medical Center.

This story was originally published February 12, 2017 at 5:07 PM with the headline "Looking Back."