Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-03
Clinton Quiet
After Bayonets
Awe New Mob
Guard Rescues SoiIor
In Turbulence Set
OFF by lnteqrotion

CLINTON. Tenn, Sept. 3 (P).
Tennessee militiamen with
fixed bayonets overawed a new
mob loaded with teen layers late
last night. dissolving threats of
renewed anti-integration riots
here-for the time being at least.
Officials expected a quiet Labor
Day and considered further vio-
lence unlikely before rsopenlng
OF school Tuesday N lining.
Last remnants of the bolster
Gus mob struggled home early to-
day, after gathering in the face
of force of 633 guardsmen who
had rolled into town with 10
tanks and a helicopter Sunday
morning to halt a turbulent week
OF mass disorder.
After darkness closed on a
peaceful day, the crowd quickly
rose to 1900 around the Ander-
son County courthouse amid
mounting tension over compul-
sorry school integration which
threatened for a time to boil into
a full-fledged riot
Sailor Chased
The tension reached its high
est pitch when the appearance
Of colored sailor on the street
brought a third of the crowd
surging after him with boots and
threats.
The sailor. James Chandler of
Knoxville. had come to Clinton
to see a girl friend who lives in
the Negro section.
II knew all about the trouble
here, but thought I'd come and
chance it." he said.
The crowd followed him to a
service station a block from the
courthouse square, where a lone
mAitary policeman stood off the
mob until fellow militiamen came
to his aid.
The sailor was rescued by
five jeep-loads of Guardsmen.
Shortly afterward 300 men-half
the National Guard force here
were deployed in two lines flank
Ing the crowd on the square.
Guard Takes Jeering
The crowd-definitely much
younger than those of previous
nights = then began thinning
out.
In the three hours before the
last stragglers scattered, the
Guardsmen-mostly youngsters
themselves-took much jeerine
and rubbing. But they stood i'm
pasSively.
Earlier in the day a small
band Of Indignation opponents
gathered at the Blowing Springs
Grammar School three miles
north of Clinton. Newsmen and
photographers who attempted to
approach the building were
chased away by about so men.
State Adjutant General Joe
Henry. in command of the
troops, indicated that if trouble
develops at the Blowing Rock
School or anywhere else in the
county Guardsmen would extend
their patrols to the affected
areas.
1t was the admission of a
dozen Negroes among the 796
white pupils at Clinton High a
week ago that set off the week of
growing lawlessness climaxed by
mob scenes Friday and Saturday
nights.
Resentment Comes to Focus
Although Clinton is in the
same county with Oak Ridge
High School, which integrated a
year ago without violence, there
was a difference that made Gin
ton. a focal point of resentment.
Where Oak Ridge High is OPP
Grated with Federal funds and
was integrated on orders of the
Atomic Energy Commission. Clin-
ton High is operated with State
funds and was integrated by
Federal Court mandate.
In addition. the Clinton action
is the first forced destruction of
a Southern States secondary
school segregation which has not
been preceded by voluntary de-
segregation.
Gov. Frank Clement ordered
the troopers in Saturday night
on urgent pleas of Anderson
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