Hi! I’m Line. I’m a 9 week old Lab mix, from the Let’s Go Fishing litter. I am a happy boy who loves cuddling. My foster dad says that I am a “good, solid pup that you follow you anywhere,” and I will! I’m happy following my people, my brothers and sisters, and any of my foster siblings. One of my favorite activities is going for walks and play time in the yard or out in the woods with my family – the big dogs, a couple of goats, and puppies from other litters. I don’t care if they’re bigger or smaller than me, I have a great time with my friends.
Hi, it’s me – Sinker, one of the boys from the Let’s Go Fishing Litter. I’m looking for my furever family. Don’t get me wrong- I love my foster family- they’re super duper. But each night, I go to sleep and dream of what my foster mom calls my Furever Family. She says they will play with me (I love to play), and snuggle with me (I REALLY love to snuggle) , and they will love me forever and ever. My foster mom says I’m a great catch! I love other dogs, I love to play with toys, and I love to be with people. I have this big heart full of sunshine that I just want to share. Can I share it with you?
Hi, my name is Gertrude. I am about 3 months old. No one is quite sure what kind of dog I am, but the best guess is a lab/pit mix.I am a very happy and energetic little girl. I love playing with everyone and everything. I can be a little rambunctious at times, but I listen very well. I am still learning to walk on the leash but I will walk beside you when I am not on it. I am not fully potty trained and have the occasional accident but, I will sleep in a crate through the night and I will whine at the door if I need to go outside. I have cat siblings that I love to play with even though they don’t always like to play with me.
On July 22, 1964, a three-judge panel of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia released their opinion in the case Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States. The court held that the Commerce Clause gave the federal government the ability to order private businesses to comply with the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Notwithstanding such states’ rights–based challenges, the Court in the Heart of Atlanta Motel and McClung cases unanimously held that the sweeping antidiscrimination provisions of the 1964 Civil Rights Act were a proper exercise of Congress’s power to regulate interstate commerce under Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution. In effect, the Court reasoned that race discrimination by even very localized businesses, when viewed in the aggregate, had such far-reaching negative effects on the interstate movement of people and products that Congress could remove these impediments to commerce whether or not its true motives centered on a moral condemnation of racism.
Ensuing enforcement of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 led to the dismantling of many of the most overt forms of racial discrimination, which in turn contributed to the emergence of the “New South” and the explosion of economic activity that spread throughout the region in ensuing decades.
Though President Andrew Johnson issued a proclamation of amnesty and pardon to the Southern rebels in 1865, it required Lee to apply separately. On Oct. 2, 1865, the same day that Lee was inaugurated as president of Washington College in Lexington, Va., he signed the required amnesty oath and filed an application through Gen. Ulysses S. Grant.
Nonetheless, neither was Lee pardoned, nor was his citizenship restored. After receiving it, Secretary of State William Seward gave Lee’s application to a friend as a souvenir. Meanwhile, State Department officials, apparently with Seward’s approval, pigeonholed the oath.
In 1970, an archivist, examining State Department records at the National Archives, found Lee’s lost oath. That discovery helped set in motion a five-year congressional effort to restore citizenship to the general, who had died stateless in 1870.
President Gerald Ford signed the congressional resolution on July 24, 1975, correcting what he said was a 110-year oversight. The signing ceremony took place at Arlington House in Virginia, the former Lee family home. Several Lee descendants, including Robert E. Lee V, his great-great-grandson, attended.
Record collectors and Athens music enthusiasts are expected to line up at Wuxtry Records late Thursday night in anticipation of an exclusive midnight launch for the reissue of R.E.M.’s debut single and first demo tape.
Available for the first time since 1981, the original Hib-Tone Records version of “Radio Free Europe” will be released Friday as a 7-inch vinyl single for $15. A reissue of R.E.M.’s first demo tape will also be available featuring “Radio Free Europe,” “Sitting Still” and “White Tornado.”
Copies of the 7-inch single reissue and the cassette demo re-issue are available for pre-order from Wuxtry Records via phone or at the store on Clayton Street where the midnight release will take place. Mitchell said that pre-order receipts will function as admission for the 11 p.m. launch party.
Chicklet is a gorgeous, happy little girl. She plays well with her siblings and likes cats. Chicklet is current on vaccines, spayed and microchipped. Chicklet would do well in a home with another dog her size to play with. Her ideal home would be with a family that likes to spend time with her. Snuggling and playing are her two favorite things. A fenced yard is necessary to adopt Chicklet. (No underground fences.)
Basil is a 12 week old Lab/Pit mix puppy. He is a cuddly and affectionate little guy who enjoys being with her humans. Basil is current on vaccines, spayed and microchipped. A fenced yard is necessary to adopt Basil. No underground fences.
Gracie is a gorgeous young Redbone Coonhound. She has a very skittish, timid personality but once she becomes comfortable in her surrounding she starts to warm up. At that point she will smile at you and gives kisses. Gracie was an owner surrender. She gets along great with other dogs but would do better in a home with a male dog who is young and likes to play. She loves to spend a lot of time outside just enjoying life and her friends. Gracie must have a fenced yard to be adopted. No exceptions. Applications can be submitted at Wetnosesanimalrescue.org.
Your prayers are requested today for Senator John Albers, his son, Will, their family, and the team who will this morning transplant a kidney from Senator Albers into his son. From the AJC:
With COVID still raging through the state, Albers family took Will to a doctor, who sent them to the hospital. Almost immediately he was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit with no function in either kidney. Doctors later told them Will had nearly died.
“No parent should ever see their child with that many tubes coming out of them,” Albers said. “I never felt so helpless in my life, to be able to do nothing but literally sit there hold his hand and pray for him.”
It also meant he’d need a kidney transplant, joining the nearly 100,000 people in the country the National Kidney Foundation estimates are also on the list to receive a donor kidney.
That news was grim, since the average wait time to find a suitable donor runs an average of three and a half years. More than 4,000 people die every year waiting for a kidney transplant.
But unlike most other vital organs, kidneys can come from living donors. And direct relatives can be the best donors of all.
Throughout the year-long odyssey of Will’s illness, as his father ran for re-election in his highly contested Roswell-based Senate district, went through the wildly contentious 2021 legislative session, left his job and later got a new one, Sen. Albers never shared the news of Will’s health struggles beyond his immediate family and close circle of friends.
But last week, with the transplant surgery successfully scheduled, Will suggested that his dad post a note to social media.
They could use more prayers than fewer, Will reasoned. And maybe they could help spread the word about living kidney donations, too.
Hi I’m Elvis, I’m a Hound boy as you can see. Rather handsome if I say so myself. I love going on long walks and smelling all the wonderful smells along the way. I mean who wouldn’t. I play well with female dogs but can be picky with males. I am really active and would love to find a family to be active with. I love people and food. Let’s set up a date and get to know each other.
I’m sweet and a little goofy. I play well with other dogs here but would still want to meet anyone new before going home. If you want to come and get to know me give the shelter a call and set up a time.
Hi I’m Herbie. I am an absolute gentle giant. I was super nervous when I first got here but am now coming out of my shell. Now I want all of the love and attention I can get. I love other dogs and making new friends. I walk great on a leash and am really a gentle boy. Come set up an appointment and we can get to know each other.
Hi I’m Duke. I am full of energy and love meeting new people. I enjoy playing with other dogs. I would love to find a family out there that will be active like I am. If that is you call the shelter and lets set up a date.
When the lunar module lands at 4:18 p.m EDT, only 30 seconds of fuel remain. Armstrong radios “Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed.” Mission control erupts in celebration as the tension breaks, and a controller tells the crew “You got a bunch of guys about to turn blue, we’re breathing again.”
At 10:56 p.m. EDT Armstrong is ready to plant the first human foot on another world. With more than half a billion people watching on television, he climbs down the ladder and proclaims: “That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.”
Aldrin joins him shortly, and offers a simple but powerful description of the lunar surface: “magnificent desolation.” They explore the surface for two and a half hours, collecting samples and taking photographs.
They leave behind an American flag, a patch honoring the fallen Apollo 1 crew, and a plaque on one of Eagle’s legs. It reads, “Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the moon. July 1969 A.D. We came in peace for all mankind.”
[Clinton] bombed so badly that there was speculation it might spoil his political future.
The prime-time speech would be a perfect opportunity for Clinton to regain some of the ground he’d lost to Gore and to reestablish himself as the one to watch from the party’s moderate/Southern wing.
But he blew it. The speech he delivered was long – 33 minutes, or twice the expected length – and mechanical. It only took a few minutes for convention delegates to tune him out, as the din of their conversations began drowning him out on television. Eventually, the broadcast networks began cutting away from his speech, with commentators noting the crowd’s complete lack of interest. The lowlight came when Clinton uttered the words “In closing,” prompting a spontaneous round of sarcastic cheers from the audience. His home state paper summed it up this way:
ATLANTA Gov. Bill Clinton’s big national moment his prime time speech Wednesday night in nomination of Michael Dukakis was an unmitigated disaster.
“It’s a cruel summer at the gas pump with prices showing little signs of relief,” said Jeanette McGee, AAA spokesperson. “However, the more expensive prices aren’t stopping motorists from filling-up based on strong gasoline demand numbers.”
Zeus has so much love to give, he may be bashful at first. This gorgeous dog will make a fantastic loving companion for everyone in his new forever home.
Adoption fee: $40 includes 5 way vaccine, deworming, microchip, neuter, and rabies. Please call 912-685-7877 for more information and to schedule a time to visit.All fees must be paid at City Hall except Saturdays and events. Call 912-685-7877 or message the shelter if interested.
On July 19, 1879, Griffin, Georgia native John Henry “Doc” Holliday killed Mike Gordon after Gordon shot up Holliday’s saloon in Las Vegas, New Mexico.
Hunter is a 4 month old, 30 lb boy, very sweet and loving. The rescue was told I am a goldendoodle. I am great with other dogs and am a total velcro dog, meaning I want to be right by your side. I have never been around cats. I REQUIRE a home with another dog. No apartment/condo and you must live in metro Atlanta to adopt me.
Hunter will be an awesome dog for the right family that can show him love! He does need some TLC as he hasn’t really had that. He wants attention and love and does get along with all the other dogs he gets to play with. Are you that special family for him? One of his parents may have been a smaller dog.
For nearly three months, Johnston and Sherman had maneuvered around the rugged corridor from Chattanooga to Atlanta. Although there was constant skirmishing, there were few major battles; Sherman kept trying to outflank Johnston, but his advances were blocked. Though this kept losses to a minimum, there was also a limit to how long Johnston could maintain this strategy as each move brought the armies closer to Atlanta. By July 17, 1864, Johnston was backed into the outskirts of Atlanta. Johnston felt his strategy was the only way to preserve the Army of Tennessee, but Davis felt that he had given up too much territory.
The original succession act designated the Senate president pro tempore as the first in line to succeed the president should he and the vice president die unexpectedly while in office. If he for some reason could not take over the duties, the speaker of the house was placed next in the line of succession. In 1886, during Grover Cleveland‘s administration, Congress removed both the Senate president and the speaker of the house from the line of succession. From that time until 1947, two cabinet officials, (their order in line depended on the order in which the agencies were created) became the next in line to succeed a president should the vice president also become incapacitated or die. The decision was controversial. Many members of Congress felt that those in a position to succeed the president should be elected officials and not, as cabinet members were, political appointees, thereby giving both Republican and Democratic parties a chance at controlling the White House.
In 1945, then-Vice President Truman assumed the presidency after Franklin Roosevelt died of a stroke during his fourth term. As president, Truman advanced the view that the speaker of the house, as an elected official, should be next in line to be president after the vice president. On July 18, 1947, he signed an act that resurrected the original 1792 law, but placed the speaker ahead of the Senate president pro tempore in the hierarchy.
The United States performed the first test of an atomic bomb on July 16, 1945 at the Trinity site in New Mexico.
Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer, director of the project, watched the mushroom cloud rise into the New Mexico sky. “Now I am become death, destroyer of worlds,” he uttered, reciting a passage from an ancient Hindu text.
Georgia Congressman Carl Vinson set a new record for longevity in office on July 16, 1963, having served 48 years, 8 months, and 12 days since his election in 1914. Vinson’s record held until 1992 and his tenure is now sixth-longest.
The Beatles premiered The Yellow Submarine on July 17, 1968 in London.
President Reagan, appealing for cooperation in ending the “’crazy quilt of different states’ drinking laws,” today signed legislation that would deny some Federal highway funds to states that keep their drinking age under 21.
“We know that drinking, plus driving, spell death and disaster,” Mr. Reagan told visitors on a sweltering afternoon. “We know that people in the 18-to-20 age group are more likely to be in alcohol-related accidents than those in any other age group.”
“It’s a grave national problem, and it touches all our lives,” he added. “With the problem so clear-cut and the proven solution at hand, we have no misgiving about this judicious use of Federal power.”
Under the law Mr. Reagan signed today, the Secretary of Transportation is required to withhold 5 percent of Federal highway construction funds from those states that do not enact a minimum drinking age of 21 by Oct. 1, 1986. The Secretary is required to withhold 10 percent of the funds for states that do not act by Oct. 1, 1987.
The President said he was “convinced” that the legislation would “help persuade state legislators to act in the national interest to save our children’s lives, by raising the drinking age to 21 across the country.”
A senior White House official said after the ceremony that it was not clear that the new law would compel states to raise their drinking ages, even with its incentives and penalties.
He said some states, such as Florida, were proving resistant to the changes because people considered it unfair to allow residents to vote and serve in the armed services at the age of 18 but not to drink in public.
On July 18, 1988, the Democratic National Convention opened at the Omni in Atlanta. That night, actor Rob Lowe would shoot a videotape in a hotel with two hairdressers, one 22 and one 16. Several weeks later, the era of the celebrity sex tape began.
On July 18, 2000, United States Senator Paul Coverdell died of a cerebral hemorrhage. I remember where I was when I heard the news.
A new historical marker in Warner Robins marks the location of an African-American community called Jody Town that was eliminated in the 1970s, according to the Macon Telegraph.
“Jody Town was more than a neighborhood. It was a community. We had businesses. We had churches. We had organizations. We had entertainment. Of course, we had this park, Memorial Park, so it was just a hub of life for military men who came from across the southeast to come lay the foundation for Robins Air Force Base,” Johnson-Granville said.
Nearly 50 years after the neighborhood was destroyed by a federal urban renewal program, the community has been memorialized by a new Civil Rights Trail historical marker in Memorial Park.
The Jody Town Community Reunion Committee, the Georgia Historical Society and the City of Warner Robins unveiled the historical marker on June 29.
