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Sticks and stones, not to mention ax handles, may break your bones, but words can get you a lot madder. Especially if you are Georgia Governor Lester Maddox, and you are running for reelection, sort of, as Lieutenant Governor.* And more especially if the words are those of the Atlanta Constitution and the Journal, which have been arguing against a special session of the legislature this summer...
...special mayor's committee for easing tensions in the ghetto, reported seeing one suspected looter shot repeatedly in the back by a black policeman and his white partner. By midevening, Chief Bequest was asking for outside help to bolster his 130-man force, and Governor Lester Maddox responded by sending in 100 state troopers and 200 members of the Georgia National Guard; another 1,000 Guardsmen arrived the following day. By morning, most of the violence was over...
Violence erupted late Monday after a large group of blacks had marched peacefully through downtown Augusta. Later, roving bands began smashing store windows and setting fires. After looting and sniper fire reportedly began. Governor Lester Maddox ordered National Guardsmen and state police into the city...
...Maddox, who toured the city yesterday, said he thinks the riot was "part of a Communist conspiracy." He said the Guardsmen have orders to use their weapons to control the situation...
Angered by all these goings on, Maddox says that "if it weren't for the good people there, I'd run the highway right around Ludowici." That, in fact, is what is going to happen. By 1974, Interstate Highway 95 will bypass Long County from Savannah to Brunswick, and the residents of Ludowici will likely be out of pocket for good...