Looking Back

Fifty years ago today, October 23, 1967

GOP Dinner

Georgia Republicans will host a $100-a-plate dinner Thursday in Atlanta with Sen. Everett Dirksen, R-Ill., as the leading attraction. Program chairman is Howard “Bo” Callaway of Pine Mountain.

Presidential Poll

Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, D-N.Y., would fare better than President Johnson against Richard Nixon and Nelson A. Rockefeller, but neither Democrat would be able to defeat either Republican as of today, according to the latest Gallup Poll.

Sports

Tom Nowatzke and Bill Malinchak each grabbed fourth-quarter touchdown passes from Karl Sweetan Sunday in Detroit to pace the Lions to a 24-3 victory over the winless Atlanta Falcons.

This story was originally published October 22, 2017 at 12:38 PM with the headline "Looking Back."