Fifty years ago today: June 22, 1966

Fifty years ago today: June 22, 1966

Swift Expansion

Swift Manufacturing Co., which is planning a multi-million-dollar expansion and renovation over the next two to three years, will provide jobs for an additional 400 employees with salaries ranging from $6,000 to &7,000 annually.

Worker Death

A worker, Bobby Jean Beasley, 26, was crushed to death this morning at the Alabama Kraft Paper Mill construction site at Cottonton when an earth moving machine backed over him.

Draft Laws

The House Armed Services Committee opens hearings today on the military draft – a system the committee chairman described as “an unpleasant fact of life that cannot be wished away.”

This story was originally published June 21, 2016 at 3:52 PM with the headline "Fifty years ago today: June 22, 1966."