Word: ga
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...House defeated the amendment on a voice vote after Rep. Carl Vinson (D-Ga.) claimed that the President has the authority to make the change by executive order. It seems strange that Congress, which so often complains of the excessive powers assumed by the President, would not take the initiative in the case of this useful action...
...amendment was offered by Rep. Roman Pucinski (D-Ill.), and was defeated by a voice vote after Rep. Carl Vinson (D-Ga.), chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, spoke against the measure...
Desire to Dethrone. The two big survivors of the top ten are both Southern: the redoubtable Jim Walter Corp. of Tampa, Fla., and Modern Homes Construction Co. of Valdosta, Ga. Unlike other firms, whose skimpy financing forced them to rely on high interest mortgage money, Walter and Modern Homes carefully, developed lines of credit that enabled them to do their own financing. An affable, smooth-talking Floridian who is a wealthy man at 40, Walter carefully built up his company until it now has 150 branch offices and is the second larg est homebuilder (after National Homes Corp.), with sales...
...West's most chilling story, a man is arrested for hitchhiking in the town of Chanceyville, Ga. The poor fellow has two strikes against him: not only is he a New Yorker with an Italian name; he is an abstract artist to boot. When he can not pay the fine, the beefy sheriff orders him to draw obscene nudes. When he finishes, the sheriff stops drooling, smashes all the bones in the artist's hands and knocks him senseless. Says the indignant sheriff: "That'll teach them bastards to mess around Chanceyville gals...
...Although no detective testified to any sort of misbehavior by Muriel, Reynolds sued her for divorce, charging "prior cruelty," which Muriel hotly denied. She presented an affectionate letter from Reynolds to prove that he had not felt himself very cruelly treated. The suit was first heard in Mclntosh County, Ga., which includes Sapelo Island. Reynolds' spending habits make for one of Mclntosh's biggest industries, and Muriel did not do well before county jurors. They awarded Reynolds, who did not appear in court, his divorce, and allowed Muriel only $1,042 a month in permanent alimony...