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The school year started without a hitch on Monday, August 30th, and there were no problems with the first day of integrated schools. A total...

The West Rome Marching Band was having to deal with extreme heat and high humidity during its band practices, leading the Rome News-Tribune ...

Rome City Schools publicized their final desegregation plans this week in 1965. Under the revised plans (which had been approved by the Depa...

Mid-August is usually a lazy time (or at least it was in the bygone days when school didn't actually start until the last week of the mo...

On August 4th, GL Sutton announced that West Rome was getting a major shopping center—and it was going in directly across the street from W...

This was news that no high school senior wanted to hear: President Lyndon Johnson announced that he would be doubling the military draft beg...

West Rome’s million-gallon-capacity Watson Street water tank was officially dedicated on July 21st. The tank was officially named the S.L. H...

West Rome's varsity basketball cheerleaders headed to Mercer University for a cheerleading camp this week in 1965. Attendees included Br...

Every week in 1965 brought news of another indicator reinforcing Rome's economic growth. This week, it was a $1 million increase in the ...

Rome's economy was doing so well this week in 1965 that the Rome City Commission voted to give all city employees a 5% raise effective J...