Looking Back

Fifty years ago today, August 31, 1967

Marshall Confirmed

Thurgood Marshall, great-grandson of a slave and a longtime fighter for equal rights for Negroes, has won Senate confirmation as the nation’s first Negro Supreme Court justice. By a 69 to 11 margin, the Senate confirmed Wednesday President Johnson’s nomination of Marshall, 57, who was for many years chief legal officer of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

Consolidation

City and county officials are expected to act favorably on a recommendation that a commission be created to draft a charter for a new city-county government in Columbus and Muscogee County.

Eufaula Pageant

A new Miss Lake Eufaula will be chosen tonight in a pageant that will kick off the four day Lake Eufaula Festival. The present title holder, Katie Darity, will relinquish her crown following the fourth annual contest beginning at 7:30 o’clock at Eufaula High School.

This story was originally published August 30, 2017 at 4:51 PM with the headline "Looking Back."