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BER The Riot In Atlanta a ee 1966 with 114 to last stars Mars are and tar is Saturn. s Sen. Robert on this day in histor y: first permanent hat ls now the ted States was Augustine, Fla. Crimean War 5,000 persons a tornn do and S· er The ordinary trouble-makers and the professional agitators stirred up the riot in Atlanta this week. May~r Ivan Allen, Jr., and the city's Police Department kept at from spread ing and becoming even worse than it was. Several things stand out: - One was the courage of Mayor Allen. He calmly insisted upon law and order. He acted at the actual scene of crisis, not from the remoteness of an office at City H all. His cool head and great determination were examples for all to follow. The incident could easily have spread b eyond control had it not b een for Mayor Allen. The Griffin Daily News admires his calmness under fire, his physical as well as moral courage. -Another was the restraint of the policemen. T aunted and insulted, they -,resi..'lted the normal impluse to strike out violently, which would have been exactly what the agitators wanted them to do. -A third is that known hate peddlers cold-bloodedly whipped up the d emomtration in a professionally trained m anner. They rod e up · and down the streets and used loudspeakers to encQurage individuals to gather into what became a m ob. Some method must b e foUJtd to prevent the abuse of civil rights by such exhorters as these who prey upon suspicions and emotions. They exploit what they call their " black brothers." They are guilty of Soci: inciting to riot and should be punished for that crime. -Also, all people must respect law and order. This Is there. begins with the individual citizen and the individual police- whtre it s man. T he policeman, for example, has no right to insult for a Chris lieve tha t a citizen when he issues a traffic ticket. Nor has the citizen a ll right. the right to insult the officer as one did and got away with it in Atlanta some few days ago. Take it from there and The Bible I extend it from the traffic ticket to the felonious crimes. that harms If policemen are to enforce the law as it is their obliga- it, or your , tion to do, the ordinary law-abiding citizens must accord wrong. It aJ them the tools with which to work. After all, a police thing that c officer represents all the great body of law-abiding people to your Chri who make up a peaceful and orderly society. If an officer your infiue of the law abuses his position-which is rare indeed, right. Most m ention\ these days-recourse may be had in an orderly manner not as the use c but not bv lawless riots. evaluated b~ -Finally, we have a severe problem which must be The troub solved. Numerous long range proposals have been made, iliat we thii and a good many put in practice. Short term, we have a crisis which now amounts to riot, rebel1ion, insurrection and in some instances open revolution against duly con• of wh::it \Ve tituted governmental authority. America can not tolerate our Christia I remem this. Mayor Allen and his administration handled the situation there quite well. Other mayors and officials have who told a hoy. It has al done less well in other cities of the nation. America can- problem you not continue indefinitely to bleed internally. ~v~::i:ti!~,J �United States burned off N.J. taking 137 es ess International ca ve S WAYCROSS JOURNAL-HERALD It is not the most popular thing to say in some quarters CITY, N.J . - but the hard truth is that local governments in Georgia ks Jr., executive and elsewhere must consolidate and modernize or see e Miss America their strength and influence further diminished. , Calif. -Sheriff rry, describing a disturbance to edia were tipped a 1 planned and President ing to a request mocratic leaders .S. troops in carelessly oven instrument the 600 million Atlantic. world." Paradoxically it is often those ·who profess to be supporters of local government who are contributing the most to its decline. A recent ~port by an independent committee listed 80,000 local governme.n ts in the United States. This number, the experts say, should be reduced, perhaps as much as 80 per cent. The truth of the matter is that power has gravitated to federal and state governments because local governments simply could not or have not coped with the problems of a modem society. One reason for the failure of local governments is simply that they are too small, too poor and, , in some cases, too inefficient to get the job done. In theory lhe best government is that which is closest to the people. But this concept breaks down when local governmental units fail to function properly. It has become increasingly clear in recent years that many local government se.r vices should be merged in the interest both of economy and efficiency and that, in some· cases, consolidation of governments is called for. This view, of course, meets with stout resistance from some local officials. But streamlining is inevitable if local governments are to survive. ,lion Pricea • 1ng by carrier: One ds months $8.50, lvJ c, a e u.so, With Ye Editor , one week U \II, eaceJt wlthm lrUfl.n, rates are carrier. B:, maU illea ol Griffin: ~.10, sis months nonths $3,85, one . Delivered bJ' to: One Year adeil:) We laugh at some jokes and gag at others. • • • • • ... ,

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