Lawrence Patton McDonald (April 1, 1935 – September 1, 1983) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Georgia's 7th congressional district as a Democrat from 1975 until he was killed while a passenger on board Korean Air Lines Flight 007 when it was shot down by Soviet interceptors.[1]Here in Georgia we had Conservative Democrats before Republicans were allowed to exist here.McDonald maintained one of the most conservative voting records in Congress and crusaded against communism. He became chairman of the John Birch Society in 1983, months before his death. He was remembered as a martyr by American conservatives.[2][3]
I don't remember being on Highway 316, but I may have and didn't have reason to remember it. I know what you mean about things done in secret with political collusion but it is also a story as old as time itself.
But Larry McDonald has a stretch of Interstate 75 named for him.
316 is the raid from 85 to Athens.