Looking Back

Fifty years ago today, June 12, 1967

Firm Under Fire

A Washington insurance company, headed by a galaxy of retired senior military officers, which sells life insurance to officers and warrant officers at Fort Benning is under heavy fire for misrepresenting its policies.

GEA to Integrate

Committees of the Georgia Education Association and the predominantly Negro Georgia Teachers and Education Association have agreed on a merger plan after nearly a year of secret meetings, The Associated Press learned today.

Draft

Congress was set today to extend the military draft until 1971, while guaranteeing college men four years of uninterrupted study. Benefitting most will be college undergraduates, who will be assured four years of uninterrupted education regardless of their grades or the prestige of their school-as long as they are able to stay in some kind of college.

This story was originally published June 11, 2017 at 7:21 PM with the headline "Looking Back."