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‘ | E THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL, EDITION, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1966,
ATLANTA MAYOR
“TOURS RIOT AREA|
He Says Negro Section Now
- Calm—Warns Outsiders
ATLANTA, Sept. 8 (UPI)—
‘Mayor Ivan Allen personally
‘toured the riot-scarred Sum-
‘merville Negro section of
Atlanta today and pronounced
it “calm and peaceful’. He
warned that the police would
smash any new attempts to
“inflame the people.”
Mr, Allen told a news confer-
ence following his return from
the Summerville section, near
the City Hall and state Capitol,
that he was greatful for the
peace efforts of a “summit
leadership conference” of Ne-
groes and a community “good
neighbor” organization, '
‘The Mayor, who risked being
hit by flying bottles and rocks
in a riot in Summerville Tues-
day, reiterated that the trouble]
was “artificially provoked’ by| :
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three days of cold rain,” Mr.| PEACE FRIENDS! Atlanta Mayor Ivan Allen stands atop a police car in an attempt
Allen said. to disperse Negroes who gathered to protest a policeman’s shooting of a Negro man.
e again singled out Stc ‘ey But Just moments later a barrage of rocks and bottles chased the Mayor from a) perch.
chael, chairman of ‘f
militant Student Nonvic
‘Coordinating Committee
much of the riot blame, —
He said the police would se
to prevent agitators from ente
ing the trouble area,