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maintaining a fifty-seven year tradition of commenting on things that interest me...

Friday, August 26, 2016

Fifty Years Ago This Week in West Rome - 8/29/1966 to 9/4/1966

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Forget what the calendar said: West Rome students knew that summer was definitely over as of August 29th, because they were sitting in a de...
Monday, August 22, 2016

The Persistence of Memory

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Funny how research can lead you to things that you never expected. Researching a north Georgia murder from the 1950s took me to  a number ...
Friday, August 19, 2016

Fifty Years Ago This Week in West Rome - 8/22/1966 to 8/28/1966

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School registration began on Thursday, August 25fh, for students new to the Rome City School system, while returning students reported to sc...
Saturday, August 13, 2016

Fifty Years Ago This Week in West Rome - 8/15/1966 to 8/21/1966

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This was the last full week of summer vacation for West Rome students, since school was scheduled to start on August 25th. Every clothing st...
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Friday, August 05, 2016

Fifty Years Ago This Week in West Rome - 8/8/1966 to 8/14/1966

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A Monday Rome News-Tribune feature article on the dilapidated conditions at Russell Field (Rome’s airport) inspired almost immediate action...
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Friday, July 29, 2016

Fifty Years Ago This Week in West Rome - 8/1/1966 to 8/7/1966

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The push to improve airline service to and from Rome ramped up this week in 1966—and the difference in air travel fifty years ago and today ...
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Saturday, July 23, 2016

Fifty Years Ago This Week in Wset Rome - 7/25/1966 to 7/31/1966

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 Summer is often a lazy time in the South, and this week in 1966 was no exception. Dental groups held meetings, government agencies talked b...
Saturday, July 16, 2016

Fifty Years Ago This Week in West Rome - 7/18/1966 to 7/24/1966

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After many years of looking the other way, the City of Rome and the Rome Police Department decided to crack down on prostitution this week i...
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Saturday, July 09, 2016

Fifty Years Ago This Week in West Rome - 7/11/1966 to 7/17/1966

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The moment we were all waiting for finally arrived this week in 1966: groundbreaking began on Gala Shopping Center, the large Big K shopping...
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Saturday, July 02, 2016

Fifty Years Ago This Week in West Rome - 7/4/1966 to 7/10/1966

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More than 10,000 people turned out at Briggs-Hamler field and along the levee on Second Avenue to watch the third annual July 4th fireworks ...
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