Showdown Shapes Up
Seeing St. Aug.'
Proves Exciting
(A ( ourirr Exclusive)
By SNOW JAMES
ST. AUGUSTINF Kla.—Seeing St. Augustine these
days, when Negro rights demonstrations and white
counter-demonstt^trons are virtually on a 'round-the-
elock basis, is a.thrilling experience, for townfolks and
♦tourists alike.
Often, it is 'most .too thrill-
ing. whichever side you are
on. Many tourists, alarmed by
TV and press stories of race
violence, are steeling clear and
not seeing St. Augustine this
seison. The Fact*thai piacre-:
ally all of the roughest uff has
been aimed at Ncgroe*. newsmen, and cops doe> riot seem
to make the tourists feel any
safer.
Neither do the nocturnal
serenades of freedom songs,
which hundreds of demonstrators have, of late, been presenting outside the big posh
lily white motels, make the occupants sleep any better. Most/
of them check ouj first thing
in the morning
The touri-t trade, nn which j
ihU hunch largely depend*. In
already off at leant .M) per
cent, according to The Courier's confidential pipeline to
the Chamber of Commerce,
and many a motel owner la"f
threatened by bankruptcy- and -
foreclosure.
t nahle to tjierafe this kind i
of heat anv lonmr, the powera-'
that be are looking for aome
*
(Continued on page I)
Showdown Shapes Up
Seeing St. Aug.'
Proves Exciting
(A ( ourirr Exclusive)
By SNOW JAMES
ST. AUGUSTINF Kla.—Seeing St. Augustine these
days, when Negro rights demonstrations and white
counter-demonstt^trons are virtually on a 'round-the-
elock basis, is a.thrilling experience, for townfolks and
♦tourists alike.
Often, it is 'most .too thrill-
ing. whichever side you are
on. Many tourists, alarmed by
TV and press stories of race
violence, are steeling clear and
not seeing St. Augustine this
seison. The Fact*thai piacre-:
ally all of the roughest uff has
been aimed at Ncgroe*. newsmen, and cops doe> riot seem
to make the tourists feel any
safer.
Neither do the nocturnal
serenades of freedom songs,
which hundreds of demonstrators have, of late, been presenting outside the big posh
lily white motels, make the occupants sleep any better. Most/
of them check ouj first thing
in the morning
The touri-t trade, nn which j
ihU hunch largely depend*. In
already off at leant .M) per
cent, according to The Courier's confidential pipeline to
the Chamber of Commerce,
and many a motel owner la"f
threatened by bankruptcy- and -
foreclosure.
t nahle to tjierafe this kind i
of heat anv lonmr, the powera-'
that be are looking for aome
*
(Continued on page I)
