Lunch Counters Serve Negroes In Pine Bluff Arkansas
Pine Bluff Arkansas AP report two Negroes were served at a Woolworth lunch counter without incident while a nearby cafeteria refused service to two others. A bi racial committee of leading citizens advised the Woolworth manager J W Harper on desegregation. The committee’s members were not named. Other details reference local unrest and a March arrest of 49 Negroes during demonstrations at a hotel and movie theater.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
J. W. Harper
F. W. Woolworth
Harper
Woolworth
Mississippi Blames JFK Ambitions
Mississippi lawmakers fault federal planning and Kennedy influence for the Ole Miss desegregation riots. The General Legislative Investigating Committee tied the Oxford crisis to national politics, blaming federal control of the National Guard and marshals for turning a student demonstration into a deadly riot. The panel cited 2000 sworn pages, two deaths, injuries, and millions in damages.
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James Saggus Jackson
Miss
University of Mississippi
Kennedy
General Legislative Investigating Committee
Ross Barnett
Mississippi
Oxford
Mississippi National Guard
James H. Meredith
Reward Your Self Home Loans Ad in Hope Eugene A Shuster
Classified style notice offering purchase by monthly payments toward ownership with no money down and terms up to 25 years. Includes finish options, metal products, free estimates, and a contact number PR 71 4613 in Hope.
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Helen
Lille
Helen Worden Erskine
iDorothy Dix
Bell-McClure
Yoursel
Hope
Eugene A
Shuster
Lafayette to pick a representative in June special election
A special election to replace Lafayette County Rep. Mattie Garner Hackett, who died February 17, will be held June 18. Filing deadline is May 23, with Gladys Martin of Stamps as the only candidate to date.
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Lewisville, Ark
Lafayette County
Mattie Garner Hackett
Gladys Martin
Stamps
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