Early Segregation Battleground in Sumter Desegregation Fight
Summerton, a small town on Lake Marion in Clarendon County, becomes an early desegregation battleground. Though formally desegregated, freedom of choice failed to bring substantial integration. only 21 Negro students moved to formerly white schools. Local NAACP official Billy Fleming notes real integration requires broader court-ordered desegregation. Constituents cite fear of economic reprisals and community resistance as barriers to full desegregation.
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Summerton
Lake Marion
Claridot
Summerton High
Fleming
Cours
Congress
Billy Fleming
National Association For the Advanement of Sun People
NAACP
Summerton County
Pendleton
Eileen John B. McDonald
Topeka
Kan
Burchette
U.S. Supreme Court
Ing
McDonald
Greek Junta Grants Amnesty For Traffic Violators
In Athens the ruling Greek military junta announced a general amnesty for traffic offenders to celebrate the failure of King Lostantine's attempted coup. The Transport Ministry said all violators with licenses suspended for six months would be pardoned on the occasion of the alleged antinationall plot's crushing.
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Athens
UPI
Lostantine
Transport Ministry
Officer Training School graduate assigned to Lowry AFB
A. Frank, graduate of Anderson High School, received his BS from Northeastern University and is assigned to Lowry AFB, Colorado for training as a supply operations officer after graduating Officer Training School at Lackland AFB, Texas. He is a member of Phi Gamma Delta.
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U.S. Air Force
Lackland Afb
Tex
Lowry Afb
Colo
A. Frank
Anderson High School
Northessern University
Phi Gamma Delta
Fairmount
Stephen. A. Wayne
Menry Wayne
S. Sycamore St. Fairmount
Perri Afb
Texas
Wayne
Southeast Asia
Fairmount High School
William Penn, College
Iowa
Air Defense Co. Command
Ireland Seeks Revival in Priesthood as Vocations Wane
Ireland faces a declining trend in young men entering religious life as seminaries lose recruits. An initial drop in ordinations and dropout rates has spurred a drive to recruit, modernize, and make religious life more appealing amid competition from American dioceses offering financial aid and earlier parish assignments.
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Dublin
UPI
Ireland
Ani
Hose
Asl
Shirley
White
Don Hanson
Peenue
Fidel Beeson
Jesus
Gerald Wright
Martha Circle
WSCS
Barbara Owens
Rhonda
Dener
Madeleine Shay
Richey
Malcolm Grass
Florence Willis
Gatlin
Donna Hanson
Lisa Goudy
Debbie
Denise Willis
Amy Pasko
Connie Jessup
Ace
Jakarta
Warrington
Aline United States
Mary Lynch
Fred Rerger
Florida
Grace Sheppard
Ruth Hoppes
Margaret Lynch
Mildred van Duyn
Shirley Lyons
Madison-Grant Schools Close For Holiday
Madison-Grant United School Corporation announces dismissal today after regular session for holidays. Classes resume January 2, 1968. Administrative office closes at noon December 22 and will reopen December 27 to 29 for year end business and financial reports. Christmas programs set for 1 PM at Summitville and 2:30 PM at Fairmount.
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M-G
Fairmount
Madison - Grant United School Corporation
Pam
Summilville School
Fairmount High School
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Lueu
Qatiraly
Puniton
Eileen Burcette
Waders
Rita Mae
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Ayr-Way Oosier
Hoosita
Motorola
Motorale
Posadeng
Golden Voice
Sq. Sn
Aur-Way
Robert E. Frank Je
Robert, Frank
Malibu
Brezhnev
Moscow
Leonid J. Brezhnev
Shonor
Kremlin
St. Stephen
Japan
Health and Welfare Ministry
Nardin E- Balser
East 11Th Street
Ry NU Tain Tinton
Mark Permonien Anderson Fur Company
Ohio Avenue
Anderson
Anderson Fur Company
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