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e city ill be day in •mad a, j Civic ill also 7:30 to asium.zeros eclal ition* will 1 thersaryheldicago46 De-Texas ssb't as a 1 15th Music y 14-20 sembly, church 1 to at-Wilcox loist initnbe held ’ Try on, i is theTryon,[ at St. vitli the .dating. I Ceme-£ Jack-died at :hc,sei Nucccs g to theparents; Travis; all ol grand-tider ofIf segregation cannot 'be abolished here by September Negrc students will be entered In public schools and suits will be filed in federal courts in accordance with the/’Supreme Court .decision; to .change present policy, local leaders', of the - National • Association for ! the Advancement of Colored People said yesterdayl.I Roy Gilleland, president of the school.board, the group to which the comments were 'addressed, said there has-not been sufficient time/since tbe-Supreme Court decision but that the matter will bethoroughly discussed as soon as present 1955-56 budgets are . approved.Dr.-H, J. Williams, president of the NAACP here-and spokesman for the group, explained that, even, though one was promised, there has been ho reply from the school board on a petition last year by NAACP leaders here.Pointing out that Catholic schools and Del Mar College have accepted Negro students and public transportation facilities no longer draw color lines. Dr. Williams said lie did not believe desegregation would be too much of a problem here.Fritz Woelffer, president of the Corpus Christi. branch of the American Humanist Society, also spoke in favor cl desegregation.Dr. H. L. Brawnlow, NAACP member, requested that some of the other trustees beisdes GUle: land voice an opinion. However, none of the other members of the board complied.In'other action last night, $665.-633.34 was cut from a school administration proposed $7,234,904.34 budget. Board members, who said they feared they might Have to raise taxes another 11 cents on each $100 valuation, will attempt to pare an additional $241,000 from the budget.The board also agreed to meet Monday to again discuss cuts and open bids on the Ella Barnes Junior School to he constructed nearDe Zavala School..I Is*',
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Corpus Christi Times
Corpus Christi, Texas, US
Tue, Jun 14, 1955
Page 27
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