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By Thurman Sensing
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
Southern States Industrial Council
ASSASSINATION AFTERMATH
The tragic death of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy in Los Angeles
has deeply disturbed the American people and transformed the
political situation in an election year.
The shock of the senator's death at the hands of a lone killer
has been compounded by the highly emotional and irresponsible
comments of some television commentators. Again, as after the
death of President John F. Kennedy, there has emerged the
illogical theme that all Americans share in the guilt of the killing.
President Johnson is to be commended, in his initial comment on
the shooting, for stressing that America is not sick and that the
murder was not committed by 200 million people. No society, no
matter how well organized, can completely protect prominent
citizens from attacks by determined fanatics in its midst.
What a society can and must do. however, is to maintain
general law and order and to stand firm against notions of
anarchy and civil disobedience that are a breeding ground for acts
of personal violence. The death of Sen. Kennedy is especially
tragic in that it might not have occurred, if in his political career,
he had applied his energy and ambition to stressing the
importance of law and order. A fair and balanced account of the
senator's career must include recognition of his role in
encouraging movements of social protest that included trespass
on the rights of others.
It also is unfortunate that the aides of the late senator, in
commenting on his role in polities, have not acknowledged that
campus and inner-city protest movements are the source of
serious infection in our public life. Indeed it has been reported by
The New York Times that a reputed leader of the Revolutionary
Action Movement listed Sen. Kennedy as one of their targets
When the forces of civil disobedience are unleashed in a country,
no one can tell in what direction they will strike.
The killing of Robert F. Kennedy is a cruel reminder of the
surge of violence in the last year In away, it is remarkable that
there have not been more assassinations of government officials
For many months. President Johnson and Secretary of State
Rusk have been the targets of Vietnik mobs on their appearances
in New York City and elsewhere. Massive police manpower has
been necessary to protect them.
In Washington recently, members of the Poor People's
Campaign rampaged in front of the Supreme Court building,
throwing rocks at windows. Other members of this protest group
shouted threats at the U. S. Attorney General. Newsmen,
attempting to visit the camp-in on the banks of the Potomac also
have been threatened with violence. Columbia University this
spring was the scene of shocking student brutality against
university administrators. Members of the clergy have invaded
draft board offices and destroyed Selective Service records.
Indeed the entire New Left has a commitment to violence to
secure its ends. A militant minority of dissenting demonstrators
in the United States has sought to overrule the majority of
citizens who give assent to law and order and representative
government.
Had Robert F. Kennedy devoted his energies to the cause of
sound, conservative government, he could have performed an
outstanding work. Instead, he chose to align himself with those
who want to "restructure" the United States, as the New Left
says. Ironically, he was gunned down by a man who had no
respect for the law.
It is time for the American people to fully restore the
domestic tranquility that our Constitution states as a goal of our
national life. It is time to curb the anarchists and to cease the civil
disobedience. If those who mourn for Sen. Kennedy truly want
to perform a good work in his memory, they can use their
influence to stop the marches and demonstrations, the singing
and slogan-shouting that help create a feverish atmosphere in the
country.
The laws and customs of the United States provide ample
opportunity for change and reform, where and when the people
desire it. But this nation cannot afford to tolerate change by
violent means. It cannot afford intimidation by mobs and
organized leftwing groups. It cannot afford sit-ins, camp-ins,
lie-ins and other forms of basically irrational activity that lead to
wide disturbances, threaten lives and property and excite unstable
persons to acts of terrorism.
Forest Park MeiTs Softball
At the end of the first half
of the Forest Park Recreation
Department’s Men Slowpitch
Softball League Corinth
Baptist Church leads the field
with a perfect 8-0 record.
Other teams and records are:
Carter’s Cleaners 6-2, Lake
City Baptist Tabernacle 5-3;
Clayton County Principals 4-4;
Ash-Morrow Shell Rinkydinks
4-4; Eubanks Tile and Battery
4-4; Forest Park Recreation
2-6; Reynolds and Reynolds
1-7; Conley Baptist Church
1-7.
Batting leaders with 20 or
more at bats are: Paul Cantrell
(LC) .682; ’Jim Ewing (Co.)
.640; *Eueg Ghason (Cor)
.565; Jerry Moore (Prin) .520,
’Walter Darnell (Cor) .500; Bill
Garner (ETB) .494; Don Stacks
(ETB) .463; ’Ralph Palmer
(Cor) .462; Charles Watson
Clayton Finance Co.
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(Con) .458; Ron Cadora (Rec)
.455; *Doug Cobb (Car) .429;
Glenn Blanton (LC) 417;
George Russell (LC) .407.
Home run leaders are: Bill
Garner (ETB) 5; Jerry Moore
(Prin) 4; Paul Cantrell (LC) 3;
Eueg Chason (Cor) 2; Ralph
Palmer (Cor.) 2; Jim Ewing
(Cor) 2; Butch Lee (Cor) 2;
Glenn Blanton (LC) 2.
* Denotes Incomplete
Scorebook.
Mr. and Mrs. Ivan G. Teel
announce the arrival of 7 lb.,
5 Vz oz. Richard Bryan born
6:21 p.m. June 8, 1968 at
South Fulton. Paternal
grandparents are Mr. and Mrs.
George S. Teel of Jacksonville,
Fla ~ and the maternal
grandparents are Mr. and Mrs.
Ernest F. Conroy of Forest
Park, Ga.
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Mr and Mrs. George C.
Christian, Jr., formerly of
Forest Park. Georgia, now
residing in Jonesboro, Georgia.
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ss (ti€cy
fljr ™fx 837 Main St. ■— 3^
Forest Park Saturday 9-6
announce the engagement of
their daughter Jo Anne
! Christian to Mr. Robert Carroll
Jackson, Jr., son of Mr. and
Tennis
Lessons
1 he Forest Park Recreation
Department will offer tennis
lessons for age 8 through adults
beginning July 8. The classes
will meet Monday and
Wednesday afternoon
4:00-5:00 I’ M. at the tennis
courts in the Forest Park
Recreation Park area.
For inform ati o n o r
registration call 366-4720.
Mrs Robert C Jackson, Sr., of
Albany, Georgia.
Ihe bride elect is the
granddaughter of Mrs. George
C Christian, Sr., and the late
Mr G C. Christian and Mrs. J
G. 1 dwards and the late Mr. J.
<i Id wards all of l : ast Poing.
Georgia.
Miss Christian attended
Georgia Southwestern College,
Americus, Georgia, and Massey
Junior College, Atlanta. She is
now employed by Hodges and
Oliver, Attorneys. Jonesboro,
Georgia.
Mr. Jackson is the grandson
of Mrs J P. Mitchell and the
late Mr. J. P. Mitchell and Mrs
W B. Jackson and the late Mr
W. B Jackson all of Brinson,
Georgia.
Ihe future bridegroom
attended Southern lech.
Marietta, Georgia, was
employed by Georgia Power
Company, and is presently
serving in the United States
Army.
I he wedding will be August
3. 1968, at Jones Memorial
First United Methodist Church,
260 West Georgia Avenue.
Forest Park. Georgia.
Lunsford
Funeral Is
Held Tues.
Funeral for Ihomas I
1u n sIo rd , 71, of 30 3
Fayetteville Road. Jonesboro,
was held Tuesday June 11. at
3:30 PM at Dickson s Chapel
in Jonesboro. Ihe Rev Hubert
Dodd of Forsyth, ami the Rev
Fred Shelnutt officiated
Interment in Jonesboro < ity
Cemetery
Mr. Lunsford, a retired
contractor, died on Monday at
a private hospital in Atlanta
He was a member of the I nst
Metho di s t Chu rc h o f
Jonesboro ami the Men's Bible
Class. He was a member ot the
Jonesboro Masonic Lodge 87
A native Georgian, he was a
veteran of World War I
Surviving are the widow ami
sisters, Mrs. Joe Brown of
Newnan, and Mrs. Carrie Hull
of Atlanta.
Added Nutrients
Enriched flour means extra
nourishment for your family
The miller has added three of
the B-vitamins thiamine,
niacin, and riboflavin plus
the mineral iron. These nutri
ents are essential for glowing
health.
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Lightning
Scientists estimate that
over the entire earth there are
about a hundred flashes of
lightning every second.
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Bottoms Up!
In some parts of the Arab
world, a man is considered a
weakling if he refuses to drink
dirty water.
Free Press-News & Farmer. Thurs., June 27, 1968
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AFTERMATH . . . This was a concrete waterway used
to irrigate crops in Starr County. Texas — InTore Hurricane
Beulah smashed it apart laM September. Almost St million
made available by I’SD/V^ Emergenc\ Agricultural Con
servation Program is being used bx farmers in 21 county
area hit by storm to repair ditches such .is this one.
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FUN TO GO TO SCHOOL . . Here is one group of
children who don’t mind going to school in (he cold weather.
Living in cottages scattered in the .li/era Mountains of Czech
oslovakia. They have to ski dow n to school in the vallex
below and for them it is the best part of the dax . Maybe
they don’t look forward to coming home, hut then there is
always tomorrow.
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