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When former Representative Charles Longstreet Weltner of Atlanta, the 39-year-old great grandson of the author of the Confederate Constitution, gave up his Democratic nomination for a third term in Congress rather than abide by a party loyalty oath that would have required him to support Lester Maddox, a colleague in the House commented, "We may have to wait another 50 years before we get another Charlie Weltner...
...released under his own recognizance after pleading not guilty. Unchastened, Torres appeared at a civic celebration at the American Legion Hall the next day. Wearing a big smile and carrying his baby, he waded through a crowd of well-wishing American Legionnaires, then waited as his attorney, Charles Weltner, made a plea for contributions...
Strongly for Wallace, Georgia proved staunchly conservative again this year, even denying liberal Rep. Charles L. Weltner in his bid to regain his Atlanta congressional seat. Herman E. Talmadge, son of the Georgia demagogue, easily won election for a third term...
Some Democrats look beyond November in search of new strength. In Atlanta, former Congressman Charles Weltner, seeking election after two years of voluntary retirement, talks of a coalition of "people concerned with the development of human potential"-educated professionals, "enlightened" businessmen, Negroes, the progressive elements of organized labor, moderate Southerners, new voters. In California, Assembly Speaker Jesse Unruh looks for a similar grouping and adds another target: liberal Republicans who could be weaned from the G.O.P...
There are two legal Democratic parties in the state--no one knows what will happen, though the traditional party of Gov. Lester Maddox might reconstitute itself after November as a grass roots Wallacite party. A biracial coalition of white urban liberals like Charles Longstreet Weltner from progressive Altanta and black community leader state Rep. Julian Bond comprise the new party. Old-style moderates like former Gov. Carl Sanders and Atlanta Mayor Ivan Allen will soon have to make a decision on which party--the redneck Maddox majority or the chronic minority liberals--they will go with...