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Friday, March 30, 2018

Fifty Years Ago This Week in West Rome - 4/1/1968 to 4/7/1968

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Romans, like the rest of the world, were shocked by the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. on April 3rd. Local and state leaders plead...
Saturday, March 24, 2018

Fifty Years Ago This Week in West Rome - 3/25/1968 to 3/31/1968

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The Rome City School System managed to eke out a “standard” rating from the State Board of Education. However, Most of Rome’s 19 schools ac...
Friday, March 16, 2018

Fifty Years Ago This Week in West Rome - 3/18/1968 to 3/24/1968

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Rome got a dusting of snow on Friday night, March 22nd and early Saturday morning, March 23rd, with accumulations of up to a half an inch r...
Friday, March 09, 2018

Fifty Years Ago This Week in West Rome - 3/11/1968 to 3/17/1968

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West Rome’s girls’ basketball team made it to the Georgia Class AA playoffs, in spite of a challenging season. The girls only managed to wi...
Friday, March 02, 2018

Fifty Years Ago This Week in West Rome - 3/4/1968 to 3/10/1968

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Chieftains Tony Grass and Meg Grant became city commissioners for a day as  part of Rome-Floyd County Civic Youth Day (sponsored by the Rom...
Friday, February 23, 2018

Fifty Years Ago This Week in West Rome - 2/26/1968 to 3/3/1968

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Rome City Schools failed its initial state accreditation inspection—a relative rarity for a system the size of Rome. The problem, accordi...
Friday, February 16, 2018

Fifty Years Ago This Week in West Rome - 2/19/1968 to 2/25/1968

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Rome’s burglars were back in action in the early morning hours of February 19th, breaking into four businesses, including Floyd County Lane...
Friday, February 09, 2018

Fifty Years Ago This Week in West rome - 2/12/1968 to 2/18/1968

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The  Rome News-Tribune  unveiled its “new look” this week in 1968 complete with a more modular layout, sans serif headline fonts, an eight...
Friday, February 02, 2018

Fifty Years Ago This Week in West Rome - 2/5/1968 to 2/11/1968

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The Rome City Commission clarified and revised ordinances involving mobile homes within the city limits. The commission had considered a pr...

A Life in Four Colors - Preface

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My love affair with comic books began relatively early. And I owe it all to my parents, who decided that a few comic books would be the perf...
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