Looking Back

Fifty years ago today, January 27, 1968

Your Opinion

Ledger readers indicated by a slim margin this week they would prefer a police merit board or police commission appointed by the city commission rather than a grand jury.

Man of the Year

South Columbus Merchants Association Friday night named police Sgt. Orville P. Carlile, 1243 Glenwood Road, “Man of the Year” at a banquet. Marion Taylor, president of the association, presented Carlile a plaque for his “outstanding contribution in the community.”

Butler Evacuation

A Central of Georgia freight train derailed in downtown Butler early today and butane gas fumes escaping from almost-empty tank cars caused a temporary evacuation of some 300 residents.

This story was originally published January 26, 2018 at 1:56 PM with the headline "Looking Back."