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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1961
Page
5
Elementary pupils perform piano solos in the Mrs. Lewis Ruffin High School Cafeteria Butler Georgia Ruth Tucker Claire Blasche Bonnie Sue Harbuck present works The Choir Sings Flower Dance Climbing Brass Buttons Yellow Butterfly To a Skyscraper listed among pieces in the recital program.
A 1961 school recital features Bonnie Sue Harbuck Elaine Welch Judy Riley and others in piano solos and duets. Performances include The Young Piano Prodigy Lullaby Waltz and After the Dance with a wide range of pieces by local pupils and instructors.
A weekend tally includes four children and a man who drowned in a water filled pit near Adel Georgia, a man in a lake near White Plains, and four other deaths in Georgia and nearby states. The report names Bob Talbert 50 Willie Palmer 15 Lavina Palmer 11 Mary Lee Palmer 10 Annie Pearl Brown 10 John C Stevens 45 Early Lee Law 4 Richard Gordon 30 Oswald Petitis 33 Julian Hughes 26 and Ginny Smith Linda Marie Palmer Theresa Roughen and Gladys Hardy, with multiple accidents across Georgia Alabama South Carolina and Tennessee.
The 1960 UN Statistical Yearbook reports rising tobacco use wine beer and cigarettes along with more cars radios and televisions worldwide. It details 1959 figures: 1.77 trillion cigarettes, 239 million hectoliters wine, 381 million hectoliters beer, 365 million radios and 86 million TVs, with the United States and Soviet Union leading in radio and TV ownership.
A total of 38 Negro students applied for transfer to white high schools this fall. Seven applications were filed with principals on Wednesday, nine on Tuesday, and 22 on Monday, the first day applications were accepted.
The Justice Department sues to stop Virginia from spending state funds on public schools while Prince Edward County remains closed for integration. The action argues against federal control over education and cites constitutional limits on federal authority over state education. The piece contrasts Kennedy's stance favoring state and local control with the current suit and questions federal overreach.
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