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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1969
Page
11
Atlanta Governor Lester Maddox says a mass meeting of Southern officials is a new approach to federal desegregation demands and could restore local control. He invited leaders from 10 Southern states to Atlanta on August 16 to coordinate on federal aid without federal control.
Raleigh AP Gov Bob Scott will send an aide to represent North Carolina at a Georgia convened gathering in Atlanta on August 16. Georgia Gov Lester Maddox called the meeting of public and school officials from 10 states after the Justice Department filed a desegregation suit. The theme is federal aid without federal control and restoration of local control of education.
The Hutchins annual reunion will be held Sunday at High Point City Lake shelters 3 and 4 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. A picnic lunch will be served at 12:30 p.m.
Passaic New Jersey imposes a curfew after a second night of tear gas, firebombing, and looting. Mayor Bernard Pinck, a Puerto Rican, ordered downtown business districts closed and banned gasoline sales as police report a shooting and about 1,000 people gathered at the peak. Sixteen arrests followed while taverns were closed and tenements sealed.
Charlotte sanitation workers gain formal grievance rights and union dues deductions after city council settlement. Union leader James M. Pierce credits renewed procedures and seniority factors, while Mayor Belk praises painful deliberations and community input. The accord follows a strike that drew national attention and widespread union calls for wage and safety reforms.
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