Looking Back

Fifty years ago today, January 11, 1968

Officers Indicted

Columbus policemen S. M. Sexton and Jerry Freeman, indicted Wednesday by a Muscogee County grand jury on charges of accepting bribes, today were suspended from the force. Police Chief Clyde Adair said the two patrolmen have been suspended pending a public safety board hearing on the charges against them. Warrants were issued today for their arrest for allegedly accepting payment to allow illegal operations at the Whisk-A-Go-Go night club.

U.S. Still Likes Ike

Former President Dwight Eisenhower is the man Americans admire most in the world today. President Johnson — the number one choice in the last four annual audits — is in second place on this year’s list (1967), marking the first time since 1951 that the incumbent President has not won top honors.

GOP Chair Speaks

Nolan Murrah, Muscogee County Republic chairman, was the guest speaker at a meeting Wednesday of the Columbus Area Republican Women’s Club at the Sears Roebuck Civic Center.

This story was originally published January 10, 2018 at 3:36 PM with the headline "Looking Back."