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The Atlanta Constitution from Atlanta, Georgia • 12

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Atlanta, Georgia
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AfrKA MAN ANcI AUOMAN, Tk new love sroRy by cIaucJe IHOUCH 12 THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, WJnkly, July 10, 196 Gov. Maddox Discusses 'Lester, the Cartoon Character9 flop in the wind so that we can "And," he added, "for the first hear and then, with our shirt tune in Georgia's history the little people as well as the fat ally will result in the death of our nation. "It will not happen," he said, "if you and I and every American will put on our big specs so that we can see, let our ears sleeves rolled up, take to the task of working for a better cats have a governor who wil listen to them." Georgia, a better America, and LAGRANGE, Ga. Gov. Lester Maddox took a verbal gwipe at editorial cartoonists Tuesday by Introducing himself as "Lester, the cartoon character who appears daily in the Atlanta newspapers." The governor's remarks came In a speech to a civic club.

Maddox, who on many occa a better world." toonists draw me with a pair of glasses covering half my face. They do this because they know that Lester Maddox sees everything that is going on in this state, in this nation and in the world. The glasses which they give me are clear they are neither rose-colored nor are they black." As the cartoonists have noted, Maddox warned of the dan gers of centralization in govern' 'i mi i yi an tfi; k-f ment, against what he called the ever-increasing threat of a Communist takeover of this rAt rrr Wt rf tr LESTER BY BALDY country, and of those "who cannot see that the death of patriot the open and made way for the he said, "My ears are big the better to hear you with." ism in our hearts eventu- establishment of a truly modern penal system in Georgia," he pi declared. He said, too, that shirtsleeve work brought a pay raise for "Jtak TONIGHT AT only 6 more times The sensational JULIET PR0WSE DOUBLE PLEASURE WALT DISNEY FEATURES i ON THE SAME PROGRAM UN sions has criticized Atlanta newspapers for what he terms "organized opposition" to his administration, told his audience "Some of you may not have recognized me with these little spectacles and my ears taped down. "But," he continued, "I thought I ought to try to look my best since I was going out of town for lunch." The governor said he believes there is a lot of unconscious symbolism being put Into the caricatures of him and said the cartoonist, "in spite of instructions from an ultraliberal editor to 'make 01' Lester look as teachers, Improved the interstate highway system, built a complex of regional mental health centers and brought about a 10.3 per cent increase in state revenue this year.

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