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Ga. Governorship Now At
Stake In Unique Campaign
ATLANTA (GPS) —The stran
gest political race in perhaps all
Georgia history is now under way.
It is for the governorship of
Georgia.
The contestants are Howard
(Bo) Callaway of Pine Moun
tain, a one-term Republican U.S.
congressman from the 3rd Dis
trict, and Atlanta businessman
Lester Maddox, a staunch segre
gationist who has never been
elected to public office.
What makes the race so un
usual is the way they became
the nominee of their respective
parties. Callaway’s name is on
the Nov. 8 general election bal
lot by virtue of the petition pro
cess, a perfectly legal maneu
ver.
Maddox became the De
mocratic party’s nominee after
he finished second in the recent
primary and then went on to de
feat former Gov. Ellis A mail
in a runoff election. His victory
has been described as the biggest
upset victory in Georgia in
modern times.
Some Democrats charged that
Republicans voted in large num-
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ber in the Democratic primary
and helped Maddox win so Call
away would be facing the weaker
of the two candidates. The Re
publicans deny this, saying that
failure of top Democratic lead
ers to publicly express their
preference in the runoff had more
to do with the outcome than any
thing else.
Both Callaway, a 39-year-old
textile industry millionaire, and
Maddox, a former Atlanta rest
aurateur and now in the furnit
ure business, are strong advo
cates of states rights and are
classed as conservatives. Mad
dox, who closed his restaurant
rather than serve Negroes, is an
admitted out-and-out segregat
ionist.
Callaway, who sat on the side
lines and held his fire while the
s i x Democratic candidates
knocked themselves out for the
right to become his opponent,
lost little time in officially
launching his campaign after the
runoff was decided.
Two days after it was over—on
Maddox’s 51st birthday—Call
away unveiled his platform at a
large rally in downtown Atlanta
on the fringe of the Georgia
State College campus. It was
preceded by a parade which fea
tured floats,“GOBO” girls,ban
ners and old automobiles.
The youthful GOP candidate in
his speech took a strong stand for
states rights , honesty and effi
ciency in government, better ed
ucation, mental health advances,
industrial and tourism develop
ment, highway improvements and
“protection of life and property”.
Giving top priority to ed
ucation, Callaway said his first
appropriations bill as governor
would put most of the SIOO-mil
lion state surplus into education.
“It is a matter of record,”
he declared, “that areas with
great economic growth also have
a great educational system.
“Industry once was attracted
by promises of cheap labor and
cost savings. Today they ask
‘How good is your educational
system?’ And when they do
our answer must be, ‘The best
in America.’ ”
Callaway promised that part
of the surplus and “a healthy
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Lester Maddox
portion” of other revenue will
go for pay raises to teachers and
administrators. He also went on
record for more school build
ings, extended vocational edu
cation, more junior colleges and
Improvements to universities and
graduate schools.
A former director of the State
Chamber of Commerce, Callaway
disclosed a three-point program
for industrialization and occu
pational training. His “Human
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Rocky Plains Rd.
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Jackson Highway, Covington
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MACEDONIA BAPTIST CHURCH
Walnut Grove Road
REV. W. C. BRUMBELOE
MANSFIELD BAPTIST CHURCH
Mansfield
REV. CHARLES BENNETT
PORTERDALE BAPTIST CHURCH
Porterdale
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ZION BAPTIST CHURCH
Highway 20
REV. EDGAR WILLIAMS
SALEM BAPTIST CHURCH
Salem Road
REV. CALVIN D. WATSON
MT. ZION BAPTIST CHURCH
RFD Oxford
REV. HAROLD McANALLY
STEWART BAPTIST CHURCH
Jackson Hwy., Covington
REV. CUFFORD BROWN
GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH
Piper Hgts., Jackson Rtk, Porterdale
REV. BILL CAGLE
SHOAL CREEK PRIMITIVE BAPTIST
Rt. 1, Mansfield
CORNISH MT. BAPTIST CHURCH
Rt. 1, Oxford
OXFORD BAPTIST CHURCH
Oxford
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MIDWAY BAPTIST CHURCH
Flat Shoals Rd.
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THE COVINGTON NEWS
Howard (Bo) Callaway
Investment Act” would offer tax
benefits to employers for train
ing or retraining workers.
“Keep Georgia’s Talent” pro
gram would induce students to
stay in the state, he said. He also
called for special programs to
attract scientific industries.
Callaway’s anticrime platform
plank calls for prevention byway
of better education, mental health
and recreation — featuring a
“program of small state parks,
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107 1/2 Clark Street
J. BAUGHER, Minister
CONGREGATIONAL
SARDIS CONGREGATIONAL ''HURCH
Walnut Grove Rd. Rt. 1, Oxiord
CHURCH OF CHRIST
COVINGTON CHURCH OF CHRIST
Old Atlanta Highway
CHURCH OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
Porterdale
J. T. PAYNE, Pastor
COMMUNITY CHURCH OF
OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
Porterdale
EPISCOPAL
CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD
Monticello St.
REV. GEORGE E. HOME, JR. Rector
CHURCH OF GOD
CHURCH OF GOD
Newton Drive
REV. E. W. ASHMORE
PRESBYTERIAN
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COVINGTON PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Clark St.
REV. THOMAS J. WHITE
GUM CREEK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Gum Creek Community
REV. B. DAVID GULLETT
HOPEWELL A. R. PRESBYTERIAN
Rocky Plains, Rt. 1,
REV. WAYNE DICKSON
PORTERDALE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Porterdale
REV. IRVING G. RUDOLPH
BETHANY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Rt. 2, Covington
REV. B. DAVID GULLETT
LUTHER HAYS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Hayston
REV. THOMAS J. WHITE
PINE GROVE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Rt. 1, Mansfield
REV. IRVING G. RUDOLPH
METHODIST
FIRST METHODIST CHURCH
204 E. Conyers st.
REV. E. OWEN KELLUM, JR.
GAITHERS METHODIST CHURCH
Rt. 3, Covington
REV. JIM LUKE
Gene Cannon’s Service Station
114 Floyd St. Covington, Ga.
Ph. 786-2802
Farmers Mutual Exchange
FEED SEED FERTILIZER
Covington, Ga.
Ph. 786-3403
Campbell Lumber Company
“Everything to Build Anything”
Emory St. & Ga. Depot-PH. 786-3412
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located within city neighborhoods
and containing modest gym
nasiums” to be run by cities
and independent organizations.
Vowing to beef up law enforce
ment agencies and overhaul the
prison system, the GOP candidate
declared:
“Rehabilitation is our goal,
but if we cannot erase the crim
inal tendencies in a man, we
must insist that sentences for
habitual criminals be made stif
fer.”
In promising to improve Geor
gia’s highways, Callaway as
serted that his administration
“once and for all, is going to take
the State Highway Department
out of politics.”
Meanwhile, after Callaway’s
big kickoff in Atlanta, Lester
Maddox is continuing his cam
paign by making trips over the
state and shaking many hands.
As both these candidates cam
paign, the sl-plus million gover
nor’s mansion in Atlanta is ex
pected to be finished to receive
one of them in January.
The junior high school years
bring the greatest risk of ac
cidental injuries to children’s
eyes. Boys are involved in three
out of every four eye accidents
during these years.
ALCOVY METHODIST CHURCH
Rt. 1, Oxford
REV. TERRY PHILLIPS
TRINITY METHODIST CHURCH
Covington Mills
REV. GEORGE W. BRETHERICK
MOUNT PLEASANT METHODIST
Rt. 4, Covington
REV. TERRY PHILLIPS
MANSFIELD METHODIST CHURCH
Mansfield
REV. D. A. REILY
NEWBORN METHODIST CHURCH
Newborn
REV. J. HAROLD LEE
NORTH COVINGTON METHODIST
Emory St.
REV. SIDNEY WHITEMAN
STARRSVILLF METHDDIST CHURCH
Starrsvllle
REV. J. HAROLD LEE
SHILOH METHODIST CHURCH
Almon
REV. A. CLAY KELLY
JULIA A. PORTER METHODIST CHURCH
Porterdale
RFV. A. J. BRUYERE
SALEM METHODIST CHURCH
Salem Rt. 2, Covington
REV. CHARLES THOMAS
ALLEN MEMORIAL METHODIST CHURCH
Oxford
DR. JOHN TATE
RED OAK METHODIST CHURCH
Jackson Hwy., Covington
REV. JIM LUKE
WESLEYAN METHODIST CHURCH
Hwy. 278, Covington
REV. A. C. CLEMENS
PROSPECT METHODIST CHURCH
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SNAPPING SHOALS METHODIST
Snapping Shoals
REV. JAMES OLTVENT
SEWELLS METHODIST CHURCH
R.F.D. Rutledge
REV. W. H. LUNSFORD
OAK HILL METHODIST CHURCH
Oak Hill, Rt. 2, Covington
REV. JAMES OLTVENT
LOVEJOY METHODIST CHURCH
Jackson Hwy., Covington
REV. JIM LUKE
MOUNT TABOR METHODIST CHURCH
Oxford, RFD
REV. CARLTON KNIGHT
CATHOLIC
ST. AUGUSTINE'S CATHOLIC MISSION
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REV. EDWARD O’CONNOR
Rep. Stephens Opens His
Campaign Headquarters
“The people of the Tenth Dis
trict should realize better than
anyone else that education is the
most vital element in the con
tinued material, cultural and so
cial improvements of our state.”
Congressman Robert G. Step
hens, Jr., of Athens, made the
above statement at the official
opening of his Tenth District and
Clarke County campaign head
quarters on College Avenue in
Athens Friday morning. “This
is true simply because education
is so much in evidence in our
district,” he explained. “We
have more public-supported ed
ucational institutions in the Tenth
District than in any other section
of the state.”
Congressman Stephens took the
occasion to announce that T.
Carroll DeVore, of DeVore and
Johnson Electrical Supply, Inc.,
is the chairman of the Clarke
County Stephens-for Congress
Committee. The district head
quarters wiU be staffed by gen
eral campaign manager Buddy
Darden, assisted by Mrs. Mayne
Elder, Mrs. Tyus Butler and a
host of volunteers.
The Congressman listed the
University of Georgia with all
10th District
Retired Teachers
To Meet Oct. 13
The 10th District Retired
Teachers Association will meet
October 13th, at Butler High
School, 2011 Lumpkin Rd.,
Augusta.
The meeting begins at 9:30
A. M. A spacious room on first
floor has been provided for their
use throughout the day.
Georgia’s 5,000 retired teach
ers are seeking an increase in
pensions to keep pace with the
rising cost of living.
B. B. Littlejohn of 1148 Lock
wood Ave., Columbus, State Pre
sident of the Georgia Retired
Teachers Association, said that
retired teachers, like many other
people, are living on fixed in
comes.
He named four goals which the
Association will work for: (1)
Some flexibility in the Pension
Scale, (2) An increase in pen
sions in proportion to the in
crease in salaries paid active
teachers, (3) For representat
ion on the Board of Trustees
for the state’s $306 million
Teachers Retirement Fund (4)
Boy /L-
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News^y
PORTERDALE — Boy Scout
Troop #226 of Porterdale held
their meeting on Monday night,
September 26, at the Scout Hut
in Porterdale. The meeting was
opened with the pledge to the
flag. The scouts discussed the
outcome of their barbecue.
Eighteen boys were present at
the meeting.
The meeting was closed with.
the Boy Scout Benediction,
Darrell Huckaby
Scribe
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Thursday, uctober 6,1966
the attached professional sc
hools in Athens; Woman’s Col
lege of Georgia and Georgia Mi
litary College at Milledgeville;
Medical College of Georgia, Au
gusta College and the planned
State Dental College at Augusta;
plus service schools including
the Southeastern Signal School,
Civil Affairs School and Mili
tary Police School at Fort Gor
don; and the U. S. Navy Supply
Corps School at Athens.
About 300 people thronged the
headquarters for the opening Fri
day morning. Mr. Stephens ex
pressed his appreciation for the
large, enthusiastic crowd:
“It is especially gratifying to
have this kind of response by
my hometown people,” he said,
“and I know they are the same
kind of people who make up our
great Tenth District.”
Mr. Stephens also used the
occasion to restate his intention
to vote independently on all pro
posed legislation. “I have con
sistently voted for educational
programs as a look toward the
future. I shall continue to look
forward —independently--and not
be blindly opposed to every pro
posal sponsored by state or fed
eral government.”
and for access to the names and
addresses of all persons on the
Retirement Payroll.
Mr. Littlejohn said that so far
he has been unable to obtain
the names of all retired teach
ers but needs such a list in
order to help develop a stronger
and more effective organization.
Mr. Littlejohn, Mr. Carl E.
Lancaster of 566 Pine Crest
Drive, Macon, who is State Di
rector of the National Retired
Teachers Association, with a
party, recently attended the
Biennial Convention of the
N.R.T.A. in Minneapolis, Minn.
An interesting program has
been planned for the meeting. If
you have not already paid your
1966-67 membership fee of SI.OO,
someone will be there to receive
it. If you cannot attend you may
send your SI.OO to Mrs. Bessie
S. Harris, 10th District G.R.T.A.
Director, Crawford, Georgia. No
past dues are required.
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