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Leontyne Gets MedalWASHINGTON (AP — Twenty-five men and five women prominent in public affairs, business, science, education, journalism and the arts were announced Friday as 1%4 winners ot the Medal of Freedom, highest civil honor the President can bestow.In announcing the recipients names, President Johnson said:“Collectively, they have made man's world safe, his physical body more durable, his mind broader, his leisure more delightful, his standard of livinghigher and his dignity important.“They are creators; we are s 1 the beneficiaries.”Included in the list was Leontyne Price, 37, American concert and opera star who became the first Negro woman to sing some famous opera roles. Originallyfrom Laurel, Miss., she nowlives in New York City.II? If T T VISIT*,
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Laurel Leader Call
Laurel, Mississippi, US
Sat, Jul 04, 1964
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