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Money Hinge on New Orleans School Crisis
In New Orleans a school funding crisis drives talks of a $500,000 offer from Eilen Steinberg to keep schools open and pay salaries through June 1961 while legislators push a one-cent sales tax and possible newspaper advertising tax. Governor Davis may soon see a court order forcing banks to release funds as integration enters its 10th week with few white students resisting attendance.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Eilen Steinberg
St. Louis
New York
Baton Rouge
Louis G. Riecke Sr
Miss Steinberg
Mark C. Steinberg