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VOLUME 45 —NUMBER 3
By JACK TROY
Low Officers Must
Carry Big Library
The following is from J Edgar Hoover, Director of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation . . .
A newspaper columnist noted that today's law enforce-
tage. In complying with all the pro
cedural safeguards established for criminals, an officer must
often subordinate his personal safety, his own rights, and
the rights of society to insure that he does not commit some
error which might later result in the release of the guilty.
Criminals are usually well aware of their legal rights and
take full advantage of them.
Many critics of law enforcement today substitute paper
theories for grim realities. When they advocate more re
straints on arresting officers, they do so apparently on the
premise that police are dealing with only law-abiding, co
operative citizens who respect the law and those charged
with enforcing it. While a big percentage of police contacts
are with the responsible members of society, increasing as
saults against and killing of law enforcement officers are
indicative of the open contempt numerous violators have
for police and authority of any kind.
Arguments are made that court opinions and legal re
straints are not so broad as to require arresting officers to
unduly endanger their lives in order to meet standards es
tablished to protect the rights of the suspect or accused.
Here again, we encounter the difference between theory and
practice. Judicial guidelines which are so vague and ques
tionable that even the highest jurists disagree on their in
tent place a heavy burden of judgment on the enforcement
officer. In crucial moments, this burden of judgment can
create indeciison. And as we know, moments of indecision
can cost an officer his life.
The trend today, even though unintentional, is to negate
the enforcement of the laws to insure that the criminal is
protected. We are asking our officers to operate under an
honor system in dealing with an element of our society
which has no honor. Certainly, arresting officers cannot be
permitted to resort to illegal tactics themselves, but they
must be allowed to perform their duty with confidence and
with the assurance that they have the support of the public,
the government on all levels, and the courts. The powers of
arrest must be as clear and positive as possible.
Vigorous law enforcement is needed to cope with crime
and violence in our nation. It cannot be achieved if arrest
ing officers are required to make an apologetic approach to
every killer, rapist, robber, and thug roaming our streets.
If the rule of law is to prevail, the law must be enforced.
Davis Food 'Round'r'
Opens in Forest Park
Wednesday marked the grand opening festivities for
Forest Park’s newest restaurant, the “Round’r”, located
at the intersection of Jonesboro Road and Main Street.
The new “Round’r” is the first of a network of a burger
and barbecue locations planned in Atlanta by Davis
Food Service, Inc., who have
served the Atlanta area for over
45 years. The "Round’r” is the
second Davis Food operation
in the Forest Park area.
Ihe new “Round’r” will
ieature hamburgers, southern
style pork barbecue and bruns
wick stew. The restaurant
features the latest in high speed
kitchen service and will seat 70
people. Take-home service is
also available.
Included in Forest Park’s
grand opening festivities is a
live radio broadcast from the
“Round’r” parking lot Friday
afternoon from 2 to 6 p.m., by
station WTJH, featuring
“Texas Bill” Strength and his
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ment officer has to “speak softly and
carry a big law library.” Actually, his
paraphrase of the well-known quota
tion from Theodore Roosevelt comes
close to being true. There is nothing
wrong, of course, with an officer’s
speaking softly and being well-versed
in legal criminal procedure: Ideally,
this is as it should be.
Unfortunately, in the criminal
realm within which he must work,
the law enforcement officer is the
only one "playing by the rules.” This
places him at a definite disadvan-
band. In addition, the
“Round’r” will feature a
“Grand Opening Super-
Special” this week. Customers
who buy two sandwiches will
get a third free.
A. T. Davis, President of
Davis Food Service, said, “ I he
Round’r” idea combines our
knowledge of fast food service
with a menu built around the
kind of old-style, southern
favorite barbecue recipes that
you find nowhere else. Our
major considerations with the
“Round’r” are service and
quality.”
The recipes for the Chef
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AT CLAYTON CHAMBER STAR STUDENT
BANQUET — Countywide winner Larry
Brown, Jonesboro, left, STAR student Nan
cy Jacobs, North Clayton, center; Supt. Ed
Larry Douglas Brown Named
1969 Clayton Co. STAR Student
Larry Douglas Brown has been named the 1969 STAR Student for the Clayton
County School System, the Clayton County Chamber of Commerce announced this
week. Larry is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lamar Brown and is a senior of
Jonesboro Senior High School.
The STAR Student has selected Mr. Condle McKenzie of Jonesboro Senior High
as his STAR Teacher, because
of the great contribution he
has made to his scholastic de
velopment. Larry’s selection of
Mr. McKenzie, who is his
science teacher, shows his ded
icated interest in the field of
science.
Others in the Clayton
County School System named
STAR Students for their High
Schools, and the STAR Teach
ers they named are:
Scott Harold Phillips, Forest
Park High, Mrs. M. E. Kirkland;
and Nancy Jean Jacobs, North
Clayton High, Miss Mable O.
Norton.
These announcements were
made as a part of the Student
Teacher Achievement Recog
nition (STAR) Program, spon
sored statewide by the Georgia
Chamber of Commerce and in
the Clayton County School
System by the Clayton County
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FOREST PARK CIVITANS—Left to right,
Don Snow, Gordon Kraft, Harry Bartley,
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FOREST PARK, GEORGIA 30050, THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1969
Forest Park Civitans
Elect New Officers
The Forest Park Civitan
Club has just held its annual
Election Meeting, selecting its
Officers for the following year.
In a program of business, the
Civitans heard reports of the
District Council Meeting that
five Civitans from this area
attended. Those representing
Forest Park-were: Wilbur Pea
cock, Al Hunt, Walt Farmer,
Bob Hartupee and Gordon
Kraft. The Civitans also had in
attendance at the District
Meeting in Dalton, 41 Junior
Civitans from the Forest Park
Senior High and their Advisor,
Edmonds, standing, and STAR student
Scott Phillips, Forest Park —(Photo by
Hooper.)
Mrs. Gwinn Collier. Gordon
Kraft gave the third in a series
of programs of Civitan Educa
tion as sponsored by Civitan
International. Reverend
Randall Williamson gave the
Civitans a report on his partici
pation in the annual “Preachers
Gold Association” tournament
played at Calloway Gardens.
Reverend Williamson came in
first place in his flight. The
program got into its more im
portant area of electing its
Officers for the coming year.
Guy Swanner was selected for
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Wilbur Peacock, Guy Swanner, Hoke West,
A. C. Collier, Al Hunt, Johnnie Howard.
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Special
Election
In County
Based on the Fulton County
Superior Court decision, as
affirmed by the State Supreme
Court and on the order of the
Honorable Claude Shaw of the
Fulton County Circuit:
11. W. Roberts, Judge, Court
of Ordinary, Clayton County,
Georgia has announced a
special election, May 3, 1969,
for the nomination and elec
tion of a district attorney for
the Clayton County Judicial
Circuit.
At the same time, elections
will be held in the militia dis
tricts where there was a failure
to elect a constable or no one
qualified for that office in the
November 1968 General Elec
tion. Ihe militia districts
effected are named hereafter:
Adamson Morrow: One
vacancy.
Ellen wood: Iwo vacancies.
Lovejoy: I wo vacancies.
Mt. View: One vacancy.
Oak: Two vacancies.
Panhandle: One vacancy.
Qualifying will open Wed
nesday, March 19, 1969 for all
persons desiring to run for dis
trict attorney, Clayton Judicial
Circuit or constables for the
militia districts named above.
This special election is based
on present court decision and
is subject to change,by an
appropriate court order.
This the 17th day of March,
1969.
H. W. Roberts
Ordinary
Clayton County
Jonesboro, Georgia
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Harold Banke.—(Special Photo.)
Bill Burson Is Speaker
At Forest Park Kiwanis
Bill Burson, Director of the State Department of
Family and Children Services and Chairman of the State
Board for Children and Youth spoke at the Weekly
meeting of the Forest Park Kiwanis Club on March 6.
Burson spoke on his duties, and many aspects
related to the State
Department of Family and
Children Services.
In his introductory remarks
Burson stated. “It is a great
pleasure to be back in Ihe city
where 1 have so many
cherished friends friends like
Judge Harold Banke,
Postmaster Phillips, Senator
Starr, Representative Lee, and
my own Assistant. Mrs.
Margaret Diggs.
I am particularly glad that I
can come here and tell you in
their presence how grateful we
are in the Department to
Terrell Starr and Bill
Lee (Both members of the
Forest Park Kiwanis Club) as
well as to the other
Representatives of Clayton
County, Arch Gary and Lamar
Northcutt for their assistance
to us in the Department of
Family and Children Services.
In fact, we regard them as
"true friends” and 1 hasted to
explain that we mean by that,
friends who support us when
they believe us to be right and
who tell us when they believe
us to be wrong and help us
make it right again. And
believe me, when your business
is welfare, those are the kind of
friends you have to have.”
“It is a happy occasion for
me whenever 1 can come
before the business, civic,
church, and social leaders of a
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community like you, to discuss
the programs and problems of
public assistance. This is true
because this business of
providing family and children
services in a State the size of
Georgia is big business, and to
be effective and successful, it
must have the interest, support
and participation of concerned
and involved citizens that you
have proved yourselves to be.”
Donald 1 . Wilkes
Public Relations Chairman
F. P. Kiwanis
Forest Park A A
Registration
The Forest Paik Athletic
Association is announcing,reg
istration of baseball and girls
softball, ages 8 to 18, lor Sat
urday, March 22, 29 and April
5, from 10 to 6 p in gt the
Forest Park Recreation'Center.
They are urging all boys and
girls to register as soon as possi
ble.
Gip Baicom
360-4454
