Looking Back

Fifty years ago today, May 26, 1966

Mental Hospital

The location of the next two state regional mental hospitals in Georgia may be selected next month — and the time has come for Columbus to make an all out effort to get one of them, a member of the State Board of Health said Wednesday.

RC Cola Suit

Federal Dist. Judge Lewis Morgan said today he will rule by Monday on whether a temporary injunction should be issued barring the Coca-Cola Co. and the Atlanta Braves from alleged discrimination against Royal Crown Cola products.

Religion

White House press secretary Bill D. Moyers apparently is going to receive a Southern Baptist medal after all. Moyers, an ordained Baptist minister, came in for some criticism early this month when he did the watusi at a benefit ball for the Washington Opera Society. News pictures of Moyers dancing drew criticism from some Baptists, particularly in the South.

This story was originally published May 25, 2016 at 3:08 PM with the headline "Looking Back."