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Looking Back

Fifty years ago today May 5, 1966

Shorn Beatles?

The Beatles all will get crew-cuts within the next five years and their squealing teen age admirers will swap Army jackets and jeans for dresses, a leading psychiatrist predicted today. “It’s all a passing fad,” said Dr. Vladimir G. Eliasbert of New York, former president of the American Society of Psychoanalytic Physicians.

Muscogee PTA

Mrs. J. Walter Owens, who led a campaign this year to call community attention to drinking by teen-agers, was today installed for a second one-year term as president of the 18,800-member Muscogee County Council of Parents and Teachers.

Barbour County

Barbour County Sheriff William J. Adams Tuesday was given a vote of confidence as he easily won the Democratic nomination to seek reelection for the post.

This story was originally published May 4, 2016 at 6:05 PM with the headline "Looking Back."

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