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Judge Bootle Backs
Freedom Os Choice
MACON, Ga. (UPI) - Two
Georgia school systems under
U.S. Supreme Court orders to
effect complete desegregation
by Feb. 1, Bibb and Houston
counties, were told by a fed
eral district court judge
Wednesday they could continue
to operate indefinitely under
their freedom-of-choice plans.
District Judge W.A. Bootle,
to whom the Supreme Court
ruling had been referred, said
in his decision he was so con
vinced “freedom of choice fully
enjoyed is the only wise, safe
and correct constitutional prin
ciple” he could not “conscien
tiously deny the students, white
or black, their freedom of
choice.”
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Gov. Lester Maddox lauded
Bootle’s decision but urged
parents and students who have
fought for the restoration of
freedom of choice in public
schools not to quit.
“I am urging them to unite
even more until a solid wall
of resistance brings forth a
victory over whose who place
social reform ahead of our
children and their education
and the safety, welfare and
freedom of us all,” Maddox
said.
Bootle’s decision flew in the
face of current desegregation
plans based on community ra
cial ratios. The judge said he
could find no student ratio mix
tures “spelled out in law. It is
not spelled out in the Constitu
tion. This is not to argue with
the original Supreme Court de
segregation decision. It estab
lished freedom of choice.”
However, Bootle did order
teacher transfers in both school
Boys’
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now 80c-3.00
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& ROBES
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now 1.50-2.00
JUNIOR BLOUSES
& SHIRTS
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Sizes 34 - 40
systems effective Feb. 1. These
transfers would be based on a
60 per cent white-40 per cent
black community ratio.
Bootle said he would have
preferred waiting until at least
the end of the current school
year before ordering the trans
fers, but he felt the high court
was quite specific in spelling
out this requirement.
Black plaintiffs in the suit
before Bootle had filed three
separate desegregation plans in
volving busing and zoning they
sought to have implemented
Feb. 1.
Bootle said those plans would
be “carefully preserved. We do
not know what the Congress
might legislate tomorrow. To
morrow might be a new day.”
The plaintiffs’ attorney,
Thomas Jackson, said Bootle’s
decision would be appealed im
mediately.
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JAN. 24th, 1970
Nine Suspects
Being Checked
In Killings
FORT WORTH, Tex. (UPI)-
Police investigating the gang
land-type murder of a 4-year
old boy, his father and his
uncle, said Wednesday they are
looking for as many as nine
suspects and the place where
the murders were committed.
The bodies of Daniel Ramirez
Jr., 4; Daniel Ramirez Sr., 22,
and Sammy Ramirez, 26, were
found Tuesday night in a sports
car parked near a local
discount store. Daniel, shot
seven times, was crouched on
the back seat floorboard.
His father was shot four
times in the head. His uncle
died from eight bullet wounds.
Both men were stuffed in the
trunk of the car with several
green and red artificial funeral
wreaths.
Injunction
ATLANTA (UPI) - Federal
District Judge Albert K. Hen
derson ordered a temporary in
junction Wednesday against
Mother’s Tire Company of At
lanta.
The injunction forbids Moth
er’s from using the name “poly
glass” in referring to some of
its tires.
The legal action came in re
sponse to a suit filed by Good
year Tire Co., which claimed
Mother’s advertisements, news
releases and sales talks were
infringing on their “Polyglas”
trademark.
Mother’s owner, Mark
Draper, contended the “poly
glass” used by his company
was a generic term and did not
infringe on the “Polyglas” used
by Goodyear.
Brothers Held
LAGRANGE, Ga. (UPI) - A
raid by federal Alcohol and To
bacco Tax Unit agents Wednes
day resulted in the arrest of
two brothers, aged 15 and 16
years old.
The agents said they un
covered a ground-hog type il
legal whisky still located in the
backyard of a home in the
Owensbyville community of
Troup County. The two boys
were linked to the still opera
tion.
The still reportedly was cap
able of pumping out 200 gallons
of moonshine. Agents consis
ted 175 gallons of mash in the
bust.
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Georgia News
Racist Charge
ATLANTA (UPI)—A charge
that the Atlanta Education As
sociation is practicing “racist”
policies will be investigated by
the Georgia Education Associa
tion.
GEA President Dr. Franklin
Shumake said Wednesday the
charges were made by Emily
P. Matthews, who is secretary
of the Atlanta education group.
Shumake said it was his under-
NEWTON, Ala. (UPI)-State
authorities continued their in
vestigation today into the al
leged firebombing of a car.
J. L. Batchelor, 44, of Camil
la, Ga., told officers Wednes
day he was on his way to Ft.
Rucker, Ala., when a car occu
pied by two Negro men pulled
even with his car, and one of
the men tossed a bottle filled
with liquid through the rear
window.
Batchelor said he pulled his
ATLANTA (UPI) - Work on
the sixth major addition to the
Ford Motor Company’s Atlanta
assembly plant since 1947 will
begin March 1, company offi
cials announced Wednesday.
The plant currently turns out
automobiles at the rate of 50
cars per hour. Last year, more
than 232,000 Torinos and Fair-
Superintendent
ATLANTA (UPI) - A State
Department of Education
search continues today for a
standing Miss Matthews also
had requested the National Ed
ucation Association to join in
the investigation.
Miss Matthews charged the
Atlanta organization, which is
predominantly white, voted to
give $2,000 to Teachers of At
lanta. She said this organization
was fighting court-ordered fac
ulty integration in Atlanta
schools.
Firebombing
car off the road and got out be
fore it was engulfed in flames.
The alleged incident occurred
just outside the Newton city
limits.
Deputy State Fire Marshal
John Hooper said he found
pieces of a bottle and part of a
wick in the rear seat of the
burned-out vehicle.
Batchelor told troopers the
two men had followed him six
or eight miles before the inci
dent.
Ford Plant
lanes were produced at the
plant. In addition to these
models, the new 1970 Falcons
also are being built here.
The contract for the new
24,000 square foot addition was
awarded to the Cunningham-
IjmpCo. of Birmingham, Mich.
A completion date was sched
uled for mid-July.
new superintendent for the
Georgia School for the Deaf at
Cave Spring.
Fred L. Sparks Jr., 57, sub
mitted his resignation at the
beginning of this month, effec
tive immediately. Since Sparks’
resignation, John L. Caple, who
has been principal at the school
for some 30 years, has served
as acting superintendent.
Sparks, a Gafney, S. C.,
native, resigned for reasons of
health.
Director of Special Education
Robert Shigley said he hopes to
name a permanent superin
tendent for the school “as soon
as possible.”
f eiephone Loan
WASHINGTON (UPI) - The
Standard Telephone Co. of
Cornelia has been awarded a
$1.3 million loan by the Rural
ElectrificationAdministrationto
expand its services, Sen. Her
man Talmadge announced
Wednesday.
The loan will be used in as
sisting the company to serve
449 new subscribers, construct
24 miles of new lines and in
stall direct distance dialing fa
cilities.
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Griffin Daily News
School Board
Joins In Suit
ATLANTA (UPI)-The State
Board of Education joined Gov.
Lester Maddox in his fight
against court-ordered desegre
gation Wednesday - at least in
legal areas.
The board voted to intervene
in a suit Maddox proposes to
file. The suit would seek equal
application of school desegrega
tion rulings throughout the
United States.
Board Chairman James L.
Peters said the board voted
unanimously—with the excep
tion of one member who was
absent—to allow itself to be
named as a plaintiff in the pro
posed suit.
When asked if the action
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Thursday, Jan. 22, 1970
meant the board had linked
with Maddox in his school de
segregation fight, board mem
ber William L. Preston of Mon
roe replied, “Yes, in court.”
Preston said the board’s ac
tion was directed to force other
states to be subject to the same
legal edicts as Georgia.
CZECHS GAIN ASYLUM
STOCKHOLM(UPI) -Sweden
granted political asylum Tues
day to 49 Czechoslovak tourists
who arrived before Christmas.
Immigration authorities have
yet to decide whether to grant
asylum to 13 others in the
Czechoslovak tourist party.