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Desegregation Efforts Spread at Virginia Stores
Virginia’s first lunch counter desegregation spreads in Arlington County with eight stores agreeing to serve whites and Negroes, including Hecht’s McCrory’s and Murphy’s. Fairfax County officials weigh action amid questions on enforcing anti desegregation laws while other southern demonstrations surge in cities like Atlanta and Savannah.
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United Press International
Virginia
Arlington County
Potomac
FL W. Woolworth Co
Arlington
Fairfax County
Washington Metropolitan
Commonwealth
Robert C. Fitzgerald
Albertis Harrison
Fitzgerald
Fairfax
Hecht’s
McCrory's
Murphy's
Atlanta, Ga
Rich's
Atlanta
Charlotte
N.C
South