Looking Back

Fifty years ago today, August 5, 1966

Texas Massacre

“I am prepared to die. After my death I wish an autopsy on me to be performed to see if there’s any mental disorders.” Charles J. Whitman thus informed the world — in notes left near the murdered bodies of his wife and mother — that he did not expect to survive the Monday violence he inflicted on the University of Texas campus.

Education

State Auditor Ernest Davis, citing a Georgia law which he says requires it, has asked the Muscogee County Board of Education to junk its calendar-year system of accounting in favor of a July 1-June 30 fiscal year.

Miss PC

The field of 12 girls competing for the Miss Phenix City crown will be narrowed to five finalists tonight during the first portion of the pageant, which will open at 8 at the Palace Theater.

This story was originally published August 4, 2016 at 5:50 PM with the headline "Looking Back."