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...Your article about Lamar, S.C. [March 16], just reiterates a feeling that I have had frequently in the last few years-that the U.S. made a huge mistake when it didn't let the South secede...
Incident in Lamar...
...Crimson will compete for the L. S. U. Invitational crown with Minnesota, Drake Northern Illinois. Lamar Tech. Louisiana Tech, Southwest Louisiana State, Tulane, and L. S. U. before returning to the mud and rain of Cambridge in April...
...wake of the riot, state and federal officials tried to place responsibility on each other. Both levels might have acted more vigorously in heading off the potentially lethal spasm. The Federal Government had warnings of trouble the previous day; McNair even called Attorney General John Mitchell about Lamar's volatility...
...response by federal and state officials was vigorous. The White House and Spiro Agnew deplored the incident and vowed that violence would not be allowed to impede desegregation. The FBI moved in to investigate, while state authorities seem bent on prompt prosecution. Even Albert Watson said the rebellion at Lamar should not have happened...