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Freaknik crowds strain Atlanta as residents brace for invasion
Atlanta braces for the Freaknik festival drawing hundreds of thousands of black college students to the city. Residents fear traffic, violence, and a public-relations setback for the 1996 Olympics while officials pledge safety and traffic control. City leaders clash over police plans amid heightened tensions.
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