Looking Back

Fifty years ago today, December 20, 1967

Vietnam

President Johnson says the war “could be stopped in a matter of days” if South Vietnam’s president talks informally with South Vietnamese Communists and wins their agreement to abide by the Geneva accords.

And on curing violence at home, Johnson says he’s going to tell American businessmen either they help in hiring a half-million hard-core unemployed or the government will offer them jobs – “as expensive as it is.”

Tuggle Retiring

Muscogee County Police Chief W.F. Tuggle Tuesday disclosed that he plans to retire next March 31.

Tuggle, 59, who has been with the county for 26 years, confirmed the news after Commissioner John Rigdon asked if it were so.

Airport

Muscogee County Commission has decided to apply all the pressure it can muster on the slow-moving Federal Aviation Administration in an effort to speed up a comprehensive survey of Muscogee Airport.

The survey is to determine whether the airport can be expanded at its present location to meet the county’s long-range needs, or should be moved to a new site.

This story was originally published December 19, 2017 at 4:28 PM with the headline "Looking Back."