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*Rep. [[David Scott]] [D, GA-13]  
 
*Rep. [[David Scott]] [D, GA-13]  
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===Larry McDonald===
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==Memorials==
 
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*[[Larry McDonald]] (1935-1983), a conservative Member of Congress, was onboard [[Korean Airlines Flight 007]] when it was shot down by Soviet warplanes in 1983. His memory is honored in renamiong Interstate Highway 75, which runs from the Chattahoochee River northward to the Tennessee state line.
Lawrence Patton McDonald ( b. April 1, 1935), a [[conservative Democrat]]ic member of the United States House of Representatives, represented the seventh congressional district of Georgia. He was onboard [[Korean Airlines Flight 007]] when it was shot down by Soviet interceptors just west of Sakhalin Island on Sept. 1, 1983. He was a cousin of General George S. Patton.
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He was consistant in a conservative voting record in Congress and one of the most outspoken opponents of Communism in Congress. He also opposed what he believed to be a conspiratorial attempt by powerful elements within U.S government and business circles to further a one world socialist society within America. A major highway in the state has been named after him -Interstate Highway 75, which runs from the Chattahoochee River northward to the Tennessee state line.
      
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
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*[[Larry McDonald]]
   
*[[Zell Miller]]
 
*[[Zell Miller]]
 
*[[State Governors]]
 
*[[State Governors]]
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