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Threat Of Test By Demonstration LeadersiMorning Meet hW Held; More Arrests Madehe appearance downtown of a group of 10 to 1| Negroes in single file singing shortly before 2 o'clock this afternoon brought out police in force. Arrests were be-jgun.: Danville continued tranquil as pf early this afternoon and business. was enjoying a boost for the second straight day despite the threat of a new crisis on the part of demonstration leaders.As of early this afternoon there was nothing to indicate further Negro demonstrations in the making immediately, but American Nazis had reportedly started an orderly demonstration in front of the Post Office.Demonstrations which had kept Danville in the grip of racial unrest seem to be weakening today as only a few demonstrators' showed up for a scheduled mass meeting.The call had been issued for at least 200” adults to come to the High Street Baptist Church at 10 a.m. to vote on whether to continue mass demonstrations in defiance of a new City Council ordinance forbidding them.By noon, however, only about 30 Negroes had appeared and they sang songs while their leaders huddled over future plans.One of the leaders, the Rev. L. G. Campbell, said, “Something will happen.” He declined to say what the next step by the Negroes might he.Four white adults, members of the American Nazi Party, early this afternoon picketed the post office, bearing placards.1(Turn to Page 4-A, Story No. 11)
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Danville Bee
Danville, Virginia, US
Sat, Jun 15, 1963
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