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Pages from the Past 10 Years Ago - November 2, 2000 Vote to decide next president Next
Tuesday the voting polls open at 7 a.m. and normally, the national
media would be predicting who is going to be the next President of the
United States. However, the race between George W. Bush and Vice
President Al Gore has been called a dead heat. 2000+ acres burned in Marshall County during October Fires
burned over 2,000 acres in Marshall County during the month of October,
while a single large fire burned more than 1,500 acres in Benton County
last week. In Marshall County, 17 fires burned nearly 1,000 acres last
week. Arson is suspected in many of the fires. 25 Years Ago - October 31, 1985 Sunbeam cancels extended layoff Workers
at Sunbeam are breathing a sigh of relief after an announcement of the
holiday work schedule at the Holly Springs plant. Plant manager Roger
Cobb said that due to increased sales and the company’s decision to
carry additional inventory, that Sunbeam Appliance Company would not
carry out an extended layoff, planned to stretch from October through
the end of the year. On display in Europe The paintings of
Holly Springs’ artist Kate Freeman Clark will be exhibited in three
European countries this fall, at the request of the U.S. State
Department. Five of Clark’s paintings have been chosen for display in
U.S. ambassadors’ residences in France, Germany and Luxembourg. 50 Years Ago - October 20, 1960 How will you vote? Kennedy? Nixon? Unpledged? Three
Mississippi slates are making a final appeal for votes. The parties in
Mississippi are “hustlin’ and bustlin’,” for voters to hear their
particular slates. Former Gov. J.P. Coleman is speaking for the
loyalist Democrats, backing Kennedy and Johnson. The unpledged electors
are headed by Gov. Ross Barnett. The Republicans have moved into the
spotlight, with William Knowland, Rep. Senator from California,
speaking in Indianola on the Right to Work law and supporting Nixon. More telephones for Marshall County Southern
Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company has completed a canvas of
Northeast Mississippi. The survey shows there are 32 customers who
desire telephone service, which is enough to justify service. Every
effort will be made to establish service to this area by January, 1961.
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