Looking Back

Fifty years ago today, March 14, 1967

Ex-Mayor Charged

Evidence gathered against former Phenix City Mayor Elmer E. Reese and his son during a weekend narcotics raid will be presented to a Russell County grand jury. Russell County Sheriff Lamar Murphy today said that Reese and his son, William Edward Reese, both were charged with possession of narcotics, but were free under $1,000 bond each.

RFK Denies Insult

Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, D-N.Y. today denied a published report that he called President Johnson an “s.o.b.” during a 45-minute confrontation at the White House on his return from Europe Feb. 6. An aide described a Time magazine account of the exchange between the President and the senator as “almost totally inaccurate.”

P.C. Raid

A whisky still located in a brick home four miles east of Crawford, Ala., on U.S. Highway 80 was smashed today and special investigators said arrests of four men were expected.

This story was originally published March 13, 2017 at 6:09 PM with the headline "Looking Back."