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EDDIE MATHEWS AL KALINE
Governor,Mayor In
Opening Ceremony
Governor Sanders, Mayor Ivan
Allen, Jr., and Fulton County
Commission Chairman James
H. Aldredge will highlight the
opening game ceremonies at
the Atlanta Stadium at 7:10
p.m. on Friday, April 9. Brief
ceremonies will precede the
first of three exhibition games
between the Milwaukee Braves
and Detroit Tigers.
Stadium Authority Chairman
Arthur Montgomery and Mel
Allen, Braves radio - tele
vision announcer, will be mas
ters of ceremonies.
Stadium opening plans were
announced by Edgar Forio,
Chairman of the Inauguration
and Dedication Committee. He
said that formal dedication of
the Stadium will come later
this year.
More than 35,000 persons are
expected for opening night
Other participants In the open
ing game ceremonies will be
Dr. Pierce Harris, pastor
First Methodist Church and
former professional ball play
er; William C. Bartholomay,
chairman of the Braves, arid
John McHale, the Braves’ pre
sident. Murphy High School band
will play the National Anthem
and the color guard will be
provided by the Bov Scouts.
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APOLOGY IN ORDER
The sun may be shining and
the birdies trilling their sweet
। songs and the
bees buzz,
' buzz, buzzin,
। aroun’ by the
the time this
paper sees the
light of day.
। Nevertheless,
an apology is
in order andis
herewith ex
tended to Mrs.
Mrs. Frede-
Ik &
rick Lee, that distinguished lady
from London who toils across
the hall for the Forest Park
Free Press.
For a year or more this cor
ner has been chiding her about
London fogs and continuous
rains and about its summer
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Approximately 1,200 parking
spaces In the immediate area of
the Stadium will be available
for the earliest arrivals. Sid
Scarborough, Stadium manager,
pointed out that there will be
some downtown commercial
parking spaces also. Parking
facilities in the vicinity of City
Hall and the State Capitol will
be available, but parking on
the streets around the Stadium
will be prohibited in order to
allow maximum traffic flow.
The Atlanta Transit System
will operate shuttle busses at
standard fares throughout the
downtown area to the Stadium.
Transfers from regular transit
lines will be accepted on the
Stadium Shuttles. Busses, in
cluding busses from other ci
ties will be given the right
of way over automobiles.
Atlanta taxi firms will oper
ate to and from the Stadium and
will charge a flat rate of 50?
per person in the downtown
area.
Saturday’s exhibition game
will start at 7:30 p.m. and game
time on Sunday will be 1:30
p.m. All those employed in the
construction of the Stadium have
been invited to attend the Satur
day night game as guest of
the Braves.
season lasting from July 1 to
July 31.
But after 150 days and nights
(seemingly) of rains and fogs
and snows and dampness and
chill and general slipperiness
hereabouts we decided to apo
logize to Mrs. Lee and con
fess, finally, that London
town’s foul weather Is exceed
ed by only one other town’s.
That would be Greater At
lanta’s.
Is it possible, as scientists
say, that the weather runs in
cycles and that you have some
years of comparatively mild
weather In certain latitudes and
then several years of bitter
weather? Must be. It seems
that the old Home Town wasn’t
this bad back In the "olden
CONTINUED ON PAGE 2
Atlanta’s magnificent new $18,000,000 baseball-football sta
dium will be the cynosure of all eyes along with the Milwaukee
Braves and Detroit Tigers here this week-end.
It will be the bow and scrape
of the handsome new edifice and
also Milwaukee’s first appear
ance here since the club was
committed to move to Atlanta
in 1966.
Some 30,000 people are ex
pected for the inaugural game
Friday night. The series will
continue Saturday and Sunday
Atlantlans and Georgians will
have a three-ring circus of it
actually for the annual Augus
ta Masters’ golf tournament be
gins Thursday at the Augusta
National course, lasting through
Sunday, and that day the At
lanta 500 automobile race is
rescheduled for the AIR track
in Hampton.
Heavy overnight rains and a
mld-Sunday morning torrent
forced postponement of the $76,
000 Sixth Annual Atlanta 500
stock car race at Atlanta In
ternational Raceway last Sun
day. It has been rescheduled
for next Sunday,April 11,accord
ing to AIR president Nelson
Weaver.
The rainout, officially an
nounced at 10:30 a.m. by
NASCAR and AIR officials,
marked the eighth time in 14
events a race at the Hampton
track has been forced to an
other calendar date.
As early as 1961—one year
after the lnaugural--the rains
began to harass AIR. In the
’6l Festival 250, rain inter
rupted proceedings, but the
contest was completed.
The 1962 Atlanta 500 was post
poned twice with Fred Loren
zen the eventual winner of the
rain-abbreviated third affair.
Pastor Denies Pushing For
Demonstration In Forest Park
A flat denial was Issued here |
yesterday by the Rev. Calvin
i Kropp, pastor of the Forest
Park Presbyterian Church, that
। he Is a member of any civil
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Mrs. Ouida C. Liber, 107
Brookwood dr., Forest Park,
receives Outstanding Perfor
mance Award from Col. J. P.
’ Alexander, Depot Commander.
Mrs. Liber was recognized for
exceptional performance of du
ties as a clerk-stenographer In
the Property Disposal Division.
She is a native of Lake, Mill.,
and has been employed at the
Depot six years. Her son, Ro
bert, is a student at Georgia
Tech and her daughter, Donna
Marie, attends Forest Park
High. )U.S. ARMY PHOTO)
FOREST PARK, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. APRIL 8, 1965
The Modified 500 in 1963 was
postponed once and the Dixie
400 that same year required
four tries before completion.
Last year, both the NASCAR
sanctioned Atlanta 500 and Dixie
400 escaped the moisture, but
the IMCA sprint car race in
October was pushed back a
week by rain.
NASCAR vice-president Pat
Purcell, in announcing the de
cision, said “Even if the rain
stopped (which it did shortly
after noon) water seepage would
render the track too dangerous
io run. And primary considera
tion is always given to the safety
of the drivers.”
The 44 automobiles slated
to start will thus remain im
pounded and under guard in
garage until next Saturday,
after the postponement Sun
day, pit crews will be allowed
only to move the cars into the
garage from the starting line,
drain the radiators and dis
connect the batteries.
The track will be open next
Saturday at 8 a.m. for drivers,
mechanics and crew, but work
on the machines will be re
stricted to adjustments only. No
practice laps will be turned
until the parade circuits Sun
day. No additional drivers may
enter.
Next Sunday's date will
“bump” the North Wilkesboro,
N.C., event, originally, sched
uled for that date. The''Wilkes
race, incidentally, was also a
rain date, the first try being
snowed out March 21.
rights.group or that he ever
planned or ever had any
thought of leading or pushing
for a demonstration here or
elsewhere.
An Atlanta Journal article last
week mentioned Rev. Kropp In
connection with a proposed ci
vil rights demonstration In
Forest Park.
"All I ever said, or did, about
equal rights was from the pul
put,” said Kropp. “I have met
with no leaders, no groups, no
individuals about civil rights,
nor about marching or demon
strating in any fashion.
Neither am I a member of
‘Snick’ or any other such or
ganization.
"I am a member of the For
est Park Rotary Club and the
Atlanta Presbytery and I am
the elected chairman of the
Clayton County Coordinating
Council, which has to do with
health services and attempts to
coordinate different organiza
tionslike PT A, welfare, public
health, Family and Children’s
Services, etc.
"The article inferring that I
was pushing for a demonstra
tion in Forest Park was en
tirely unfounded and I protest
ed about it to the newspaper.
"All of my comments have
been made from my pulpit. I
am In favor of equal rights for
everybody in all areas of life
and that is it.”
Rev. Kropp is 31 years old,
married and has one child. He
was born In Chicago and has
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Heavy Traffic Is Expected At Stadium
Atlantans bound for the new
Atlanta Stadium will need to
learn a special set of rules
for getting to and from the
field, where parking and traf
fic Is expected to be parti
cularly critical during the
opening games, and the park
ing situation Is expected to be
“tight” at best.
A special detail of appromi
mately 60 Atlanta policemen
will be on duty around the
stadium to help direct traffic
to the available parking faci
lities.
The Atlanta Transit System
is scheduling shuttle buses from
the downtown area for the hour
and a half before each game,
and it is hoped extensive use
of this service will help re
lieve the parking situation.
Traffic approaching the sta
dium from the north and west
will encounter the greatest dif
ficulties. A freeway off-ramp
for south-bound traffic at Geor
gia Avenue was originally in
cluded because of conflicting
traffic entering the freeway.
This ramp is presently shown
on most maps of the area, but
it is not there.
Southbound stadium traffic
which has passed the 1-20
(East-West) Interchange will
find the next off-ramp several
blocks beyond the stadium. Us
ing this exit will Involve re
turning north on Pryor and
turning right on Georgia Ave
nue to the stadium.
Alternative routes for those
from the northside will be exit
ing the freeway at Hunter Street
and coming in on Capitol Ave
nue, or switching to 1-20 east
bound and exiting at Hill St.
Drivers coming from the west
on 1-20 can continue to Hill
Street or can use the Windsor
Street off-ramp.
It Is hoped that Atlantans will
allow extra time and patience
for reaching the stadium dur
ing the days while parking is
being completed and drivers
are finding their favorite
routes.
lived in the Atlanta area for
six years, attending Columbia
Theological Seminary for three
years, served as Grady Hospi
tal Chaplain for one year and
has been pastor of the Forest
Park Presbyterian Church for
two years.
A Negro leader In Forest Park
noting the rumor about a pos
sible demonstration, suggested
civil rights organizations stay
out of the city.
Rev. Charles Grant said For
est Park Negroes “are making
progress” and “a lot more Is
achieved by working in
harmony.” He said there was
no need for “outside agitators”
to come In and disrupt the pro
gress already made.
His statement came In re
sponse to what he said was a
move to stage a demonstra
tion.
The Rev. Grant, who Is pre
sident of the Forest Park Ci
vic League , a Negro Improve
ment group, said this was not
necessary. “We haven’t had the
need for demonstrations,” he
declared.
The Negro minister said an
unofficial blraclal committee
had quietly but steadily worked
out many of the problems fac
ing local Negroes. He said pro
gress had been made but “not
as much as we had hoped for.”
Much improvement is needed
in many areas of our local
community and we have not
received as much cooperation
Bo'
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Most recent photo shows almost-finished construction on stadium. Cleared area adjacent to
stadium is to be paved for parking, but all spaces probably will not be ready for first games.
Bill in House Would Provide
Funds to Complete
Interstate System By 1972
Georgia State Highway En
gineer M. L. Shadburn, presi
dent of the American Associa
tion of State Highway Offi
cials, said the House roads
subcommittee chairman John
C. Klucyunskl (D.-Ill.) has In
troduced a bill to provide fe
deral funds for the comple
tion of the interstate Highway
system on time in 1972.
Mr. Shadburn disclosed the
Information while he was in
Atlanta between appearances
in Washington, before the
House subcommittee and the
Senate subcommittee.
The House subcommittee Is
studying specific bill per
taining to both the Interstate
Highways and a continuing
program after 1972, he said,
while the Senate group will be
asking more general ques
tions about the cost of com
pleting the Interstate System.
Mr. Shadburn said that there
are now two sets of bills be-
as we had originally expected.”
He said local Negroes would
“continue to probe for more
advancement but this can be
done without outside help.”
When asked if he had had the
"Uncle Tom” label pasted on
because of his nonmilitant
stand, he said "You can’t call
me an Uncle Tom. I believe
in progress.”
Rev. Grant said that his peo
ple do not have any religious
problems nor voter registra
tion problems and he feels that
outside adgitatlon would only
contribute to reckless martyr
dom.
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BILLIARD CENTER STAFF-Mlke Adams, Junior Instructor;
Wally Campbell, co-owner; Bonnie Matlock, Ladles’ Instruc
tor; Bruce Campbell, co-owner.
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fore the House subcommittee.
Both of them, he told the com
mittee members, recognize
the $5 billion increase in fe
deral money needed to com
plete the Interstate highways,
but the first bills introduced
would allow for more time
before completion. He said
the association overwhelm
ingly supported the latter hills
Power Co. Wins Edison Award
Georgia Power Co. has been
nominated for the Edison Elec
tric Institute’s Edison Award,
recognized as the highest honor
in the electric utility industry.
The award is given for “dis
tinguished contribution to the
development of the electric po
wer and light industry for the
convenience of the public and
the benefit of all.” The winner
will be announced at EEl’s Mi
■ami Beach convention conven
tion May 3-5.
Students Lead Way
At Billiard Center
The Spring Student Billiard
League led the way into the
spring and summer billiard
season with their first com
petition Tuesday, March 30,
at the Billiard Center in Ash-
Morrow Shopping Center.
Following the lead of the young
people, leagues and classes are
NUMBER S 8
which would provide for com
pletion by the originally sche
duled 1972 date.
The latest revised cost esti
mate for completion of the
41,000-mile National Sys
tem w: s $46.8 billion — $5.8
billion above the original esti
mate of a million dollars a
mile or s4l billion.
Georgia Power’s selection was
based on the company’s recruit
ment and training activities for
commercial sales engineers
and for programs on commer
cial and residential heating,
total-electric buildings and
residential heating, total-elec
tric buildings and “full house
power” wiring.
The company is one of only
four utilities in the nation to
be nominated.
now organizing for ladles, men
and couples.
On April 13 at 10 a.m. a
special ladies class starts. At
this time every Tuesday the
ladies will be able to enjoy
free instructions and free re
freshments while the young
sters are cared for in The
Billiard Center’s attended free
nursery. The free nursery and
free Instructions will also be
available on Thursday night for
the couples’ league.
Bruce and Wally Campbell,
managers of The Billiard Cen
ter, recently announced the
appointment to their staff of
Mrs. Bonnie Matlock as lad
ies’ instructor and Mike Adams
as junior instructor. The addi
tion of these capable staff mem
bers will Insure having an in
structor available at almost
any hour to get the beginners
off to a good start and help
the experienced players Im
prove their game.
Spring and Summer Sche
dules: Monday, about 7 p.m.,
Mens’ Snooker League, starts
April 11. Tuesday, 10 a.m.,
Ladies’ Class, starts April
12th. 4:3U p.m.-Student League,
started March 30th. About 7
p.m.-Mems* Billiard League,
starts April 12. Wednesday
-6 p.m^ to midnight - “Shoot
Until You Miss” Tournament
every Wednesday, many prizes.
Thursday- about 7 p.m., Cou
ples Billiard League, starts
April 14. Saturday-10:30 a.m.
Girls class and league, starts
April 16.