Biracial committees grow across southern cities
The article reviews new biracial committees forming in Miami Tampa St. Petersburg Fla Mobile Anniston Ala Nashville Raleigh N C Knoxville Tenn Birmingham Ala and other southern locales as white and Negro leaders seek peaceful desegregation amid threats of boycotts and violence. It notes aims progress and challenges including leadership, representation, and maintaining agreements among communities and officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Tenn
Miami
Tampa
St. Petersburg
Fla
Mobile
Anniston
Ala
Nashville
Birmingham
Sidney W. Smyer
Birmingham Realty Co
Ers
Beverly Briley
Insects Help Our Crops Ladybugs Benefit Humans
Insects aid pollination and pest control with few harming people. Ladybugs, especially orange and lemon orchards in California, eat aphids that damage plants. 140 Australian ladybugs helped protect those orchards. Some ladybug species damage plants, but overall they are valuable, tied to medieval legends as symbols of the Virgin.
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California
Kennedy foresees Wallace bid to block integration in 1964
President Kennedy is aware Alabama Governor George Wallace aims to present himself as a martyr to segregation by blocking entry of a Negro student at the University of Alabama. Wallace’s plan to confront federal authority could unfold at Huntsville in June or Tuscaloosa in September, with potential news footage of officials restraining him.
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Washington
Kennedy
George Wallace
Alabama
Wallace
University of Alabama
University
Huntsville
Tuscaloosa
U.S
Birmingham
Dixie States
Still Destroyed In Morgan County Axed Moonshine Bust
A 350 gallon still was destroyed by Morgan County deputies and an AT&T agent south of Morgan on Monday. Robert E. Hopper, who lived near the site, was arrested and charged with manufacturing and possessing the still. Also involved were Hartselle officer Carl Pike and special deputy Troy Hamner.
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Brooksville
Morgan County
R. M. Goode
Robert E. Hopper
Hopper
Carl Pike
Hartselle
Troy Hamner
Desegregation Efforts Grow in Arkansas City
The text notes biracial groups in towns with many inactive chapters and lists no biracial committees in South Carolina or cities including Montgomery New Orleans and Jackson. One committee formed in Little Rock Arkansas last October helped desegregate department store lunch counters. Little Rock has seen a few sit in demonstrations but no major racial incidents since the 1957 Central High School integration.
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Dempster
Mobile
Miami
Florida Peninsula
Raleigh
N.C
W.G. Enloe
Enloe
Virginia
Council On Human Relations
Maryland
South Carolina
Montgomery
Ala
New Orleans
Jackson
Miss
Little Rock
Ark
Little Rock Central High School
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Atlanta
Smyer
Jefferson County
Eugene Connor
George C. Wallace
Memphis
Deep South
Briley
William B. Hartsfield
Ivan Allen Jr
George Dempster
Used Furniture Co
Bank St
North Alabama
Truck Service Department
Chevyland Truck Service Dept
Frank Adams
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TEM
Veronica Guza
Media
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Decatur
Grant
Car
State National
Megkler Vo
State National Bank
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Foddral Deposit Insurance Corporation
Johnston St
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Falkville
Athens
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