Fifty Years Ago Today, October 17, 1965

Marchers Hit With Eggs, Paint

Thousands of anti-war demonstrators carried their protest against American involvement in Viet Nam into the second consecutive day Saturday with marches, speeches and draft card burnings.

One onlooker tossed six dozen eggs he carried in a shopping bag. Others tossed cans of red paint into the middle of the line of march, splattering policeman and newsmen as well as marchers.

Fair Attendance

Attendance at this year's Chattahoochee Valley Exposition may be the biggest ever, topping even the record set at the Exposition in 1963, according to General Manager Arthur Springer Jr.

This story was originally published October 16, 2015 at 4:15 PM with the headline "Fifty Years Ago Today, October 17, 1965 ."