Looking Back

Fifty years ago today, March 27, 1967

Jackie Rights Ship

Jacqueline Kennedy proved she learned seamanship well from her husband.

The widow of President John F. Kennedy Sunday waved away help near Acapulco, and alone righted her overturned sailboat, pulling aboard her daughter Caroline and niece, tiny Tina Radziwill.

Education

Jacob Beil of Columbus is one of 26 students from Georgia and one of 1,259 in the U.S. to win a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship for 1967-68.

Beil, a student at Mercer University, is the son of Mrs. Vera Beil.

Grass Fires

A spark-spewing train and children with matches made Muscogee County foresters battle two grass fires here Sunday.

Muscogee County Fire Department contained both fires after some 15 minutes.

This story was originally published March 26, 2017 at 7:05 PM with the headline "Looking Back."