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...Macon, smack in the middle of Georgia, has long been a railroad city. The old train depot downtown, finished just in time for the farewells and homecomings of World War I doughboys, is defunct but still grand. The Georgia Power Co. plans to spend $3 million making its interior a trendy warren of shops and offices. The neoclassical façade is to remain unchanged-almost. Georgia Power wants to cover up the anachronistic inscription-COLORED WAITING ROOM-engraved over one entranceway. Says a company spokesman: "We don't want to offend any of our black customers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Races: Etched in Stone | 6/11/1984 | See Source »

...Some of Macon's blacks, however, want to preserve the sign as a reminder of their past struggle. "It's not offensive," says State Representative Billy Randall, who was obliged to use the Jim Crow waiting room as recently...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Races: Etched in Stone | 6/11/1984 | See Source »

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Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Sep. 26, 1983 | 9/26/1983 | See Source »

...passengers were fraternity members and "rushees" traveling to Randolph-Macon Women's College. Libby Wilson, a spokesman for the UVA information services, said the fraternities started using U-Hauls for frequent "rolls" to women's colleges, but that most have discontinued the practice...

Author: By Compiled FROM College newspapers, | Title: UVa Fraternity Road Trip Ends in Death of Two | 10/9/1982 | See Source »

...there were more to come. The following day, after addressing a civic club in Macon, Ga., FBI Agent Michael Twibell not only endorsed Director Webster's statements as "right on target" with "full facts behind him" but went on to finger one category of suspects. "Some of those kids were killed by their parents," Twibell remarked. The motive: the children had been "nuisances...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Break in the Investigation? | 4/27/1981 | See Source »

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