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...Said McKeldin: "Officials of the State of Maryland have never to my knowledge questioned the supremacy in the law of the U.S. Constitution or the interpretations of that document by the Supreme Court of the U.S. I see no reason to do so now." Atlanta's Mayor William Hartsfield was less positive about obeying the court's golf-course order. "Out of it all, I have no doubt that Atlanta, as usual, will do the right thing," said he. Hartsfield's words gave little assurance to Dr. Hamilton M. Holmes, 71-year-old Negro physician, who, with...
...Dwight Eisenhower's first stop was Atlanta. At the airport, he stepped from his chartered Constellation to be greeted by Georgia's Democratic Governor Herman Talmadge and Atlanta's Democratic Mayor William B. Hartsfield. As Ike rode along downtown Peachtree Street, four tons of confetti, carefully distributed by Young Republicans, fluttered down. Thousands of Southerners cheered from the sidewalks and windows. It was the liveliest reception Atlanta had given anyone since Clark Gable came to town on December 15, 1939 for the premiere of Gone With the Wind...
...earlier convention, which had met quietly in a small church in the city's Negro district, most of last week's sessions were held in the city's marble-front municipal auditorium. The 781 delegates and their wives were officially welcomed by Mayor William B. Hartsfield, who showed a spirit rare in Southern officeholders by greeting them as "distinguished guests, ladies & gentlemen...
...South felt it no problem. Said Atlanta's Mayor William B. Hartsfield: "We have not run into any confusion because we are familiar with correct flag protocol. We fly the Confederate flag on a separate pole on Confederate Memorial Day, and we'll fly the U.N. flag the same...
...Memphis, Mayor James J. Pleasants Jr. bent a dutiful ear toward Boss Crump, announced that the Negro and white races would have to see the Freedom Train separately. Freedom Train officials canceled the stop. But Atlanta's Mayor William Hartsfield refused to sanction such segregation: "I do not see how anybody can draw a color line through freedom and justice...