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Atlanta To Test
Bolton's Ruling
ATLANTA (UPI) Atlanta
will defy Atty. Gen. Arthur Bol
ton’s ruling that all Georgia
bars must close at midnight on
Saturday.
Aiderman Richard Freeman
announced Wednesday the city
will defy the ruling, despite
Gov. Lester Maddox’s warning
he will personally see to it all
Sunday liquor sales end.
Freeman, chairman of the al
dermanic police committee
told club and restaurant own
ers, “We don’t intend to do any
thing (about the ruling). We in
tend to let you stay open ”
Freeman contended Atlanta’s
mixed drink ordinance is valid
and said the city is not bound
by the opinion of the attorney
general. It permits sales until
2 a.m. Sunday.
“We don’t intend to bother
you until ordered to do so by
the courts,” he said.
Bolton ruled Wednesday that
any city or county ordinances,
such as Atlanta’s, which au
thorize the sale of mixed drinks
after midnight Saturday are in
valid and a violation of the
Georgia state law.
State Revenue Commissioner
Peyton Hawes asked for the rul
ing to clarify the “misinterpre
tations” that many cities had
about the state’s alcoholic bev
erage laws.
City ordinances permitted
bars in some cities to stay
open until 2 a.m. Sunday to
serve mixed drinks. Bolton said
the city ordinances did not take
precedence over the state’s
liquor laws.
Military On
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HAROLD J. BOYD
Marine Private First Class
Harold J. Boyd, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Boyd of Mclntosh
road, Griffin, has completed four
weeks of individual combat tr
aining at Camp LeJeune, N.C.
STEPHAN D. PEURIFOY
Airman Stephan D. Peurifoy,
son of Mr. and Mrs. John M.
Peurifoy of 50 Woodruff street,
McDonough, has been selected
for technical training at Fort
Benjamin Harrison, Ind., as a
U.S. Air Force postal specialist.
JUAN A. PONDER
Juan A. Ponder, son of Joe D.
Ponder of 539 Griffin street, Mc-
Donough, has been promoted to
staff sergeant in the U. S. Air
Force. Sgt. Ponder is now on
duty with the 4252nd Strategic
Wing at a forward base in the
Western Pacific.
BARRY HOLT
Pfc. Barry Holt, son of Mrs. J.
T. Holt of 903 Tupelo street,
and the late Mr. J. T. Holt,
has been accepted in the Marine
Corps band. He is in boot train
ing at Parris Island, S.C.
MARVIN T. DUKES
Technical Sergeant Marvin T.
Dukes, son of Mrs. Ruth K. Du
kes of Molena, has been gradua
ted at Sheppard AFB, Tex., from
the training course for U. S.
Air Force air freight specialist.
Sgt. Dukes is being assigned to
an Air Force unit in Southeast
Asia for duty.
THOMAS E. HUTCHESON
Airman First Class Thomas E.
Hutcheson is on duty at Pleiku
AB, Vietnam. Airman Hutche
son, a medical specialist, is
a member of the Pacific Air
Forces. His wife, Patty, is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Doug
las Duke of Route one, Brooks,
Ga.
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CHANCHLER PITTS
SP-4 Chanchler Pitts, 20, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin L. Pitts
of 1126 Wright street, participa
ted in the launching of “Little
John” rocket in Korea. SP-4
Pitts is stationed at Camp Han
son, Okinawa. He was previous
ly stationed at Fort Sill, Okla.
Maddox said he felt that most
bars would comply voluntarily.
However, “the deadline is 12:01
this Sunday morning,” Maddox
said. “I may go personally to
check,” he added.
Cities and counties will be
given their “first and only
chance” to see that private
clubs and bars abide by the
law this weekend, the governor
said. The state will act after
that according to Maddox.
The new ruling affects only
mixed drinks. The sales of beer,
wine and package liquor al
ready stops at midnight Satur
day.
There is no state ordinance
to prevent bars from opening
again Monday morning at
12:01 a.m. as some in Savannah
Beach did last weekend, but a
legal aid to the governor said
some city ordinances would
prevent it.
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Minn., after a spate of tornadoes hopped across the state and into Wisconsin.
Maddox Congratulates Lowndes
ATLANTA (UPI) — The
Lowndes County School Board
received a congratulatory tele
gram Wednesday from Gov.
Lester Maddox for removing
Negro teachers from white fa
culties.
“I commend you for your
strong stand against federal en
croachment of your local school
system,” said Maddox in his
communique to chairman
George Moulton and other board
members.
Federal demands requiring in
creased school integration are
believed to have spurred the
board toward the action. Less
than a dozen Negro teachers
were involved.
County School Superintendent
A. B. Martin said the Negro
teachers were now in the pro
cess of being reassigned to
Negro schools.
Martin said the county board
has worked in good faith with
the Department of Health Edu-
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cation and Welfare and offered
to increase the rate of integra
tion, “but HEW turned It down
flatly.”
While Lowndes County will
have segregated faculties, the
board will continue its freedom
of choice pupil placement plan.
Two-hundred and 17 Negroes
have indicated they will attend
integrated classes this fall.
The Lowndes County Schools
may now loose $360,000 in fed
eral money in their HEW edu
cational aid is cut off. HEW of
ficials in Atlanta would not
comment upon that possibility
Wednesday. The Lowndes Coun
ty schools open August 28.
Superintendent Martin said a
loss of federal funds would
force curtailment of some
planned programs and the can
cellation of non-essential pro
grams.
He added that federal courts
could still force faculty and stu
dent integration by legal orders.
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Thursday, August 3, 1967
Although no formal vote was
taken on the issue, it was r&
ported that board member L.M
Tomlinson initiated the move
to segregate the Negro teachers
again.
Valdosta schools will not be
affected by the county’s action
because they operate under a
separate system. The city’s in
tegration plan was approved by
HEW.
Gov. Lester Maddox has con
demned federal intervention in
Georgia’s educational system
on many previous occasions.
His telegram to the board
called the federal government,
“the greatest enemy to educa
cation in the United States
today.”
“The action you have taken
is the action that school boards
throughout America should im
mediately follow,” the governor
declared. He concluded, “Keep
up the good work.”