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Thirty Negro Students Apply for Admission in Roanoke
Thirty Negro students filed applications on Thursday for September admission to three white Roanoke public schools Monroe Junior High West End and Melrose Elementary. Superintendent E W Rushton said the district will forward any such applications to the state Pupil Placement Board, marking the first desegregation attempt in this western Virginia city of 96 000.
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