Schools Open Here Without Incident
The Monroe City School System began the 1973 74 term de se gregated with higher than expected high school enrollment. Busing moved students between Neville Lee Carroll and Neville high, with white and black students arriving in mixed groups and administrators guiding arrivals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe City
News - Star
Bob Hammack
Kathy Myrick
Travis
Mayo
Carroll Jr. High
Lee Jr. High
Carroll High
Neville High
Carroll
North
Monroe
Neville
Carroll Junior High
Henrietta George
Lee
Initial Enrollment In Schools Shows Mixed Attendance
Opening day figures under a desegregation consent decree show mixed turnout with white and black students reporting across districts. Attendance tallies vary by school, with some buses delayed and several schools yet to place students in homerooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe City
Neville and
Carroll
Carroll and Lee
Georga Tucker
Carroll High School
Death Toll Climbs In Mexico Quake
The quake centered near Orizaba measured 7.2 on the Richter scale. President Luis Echeverria called it the worst Mexican disaster for loss of life, with unofficial counts near 11,000 and official tallies rising above 500. Heavy rains hinder rescue efforts as debris and mud complicate salvage work.
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Orizaba
Mexico
UPI
Luis Echeverria
Echeverria
Mexico City
Puebla
Veracruz
Sierra Madre
Quecholac
Rio Blanco
Defense
Nixon
Salvador Allende
Chile
Health Ministry
Zapata
Bumbry Performs Dual Roles in Wagner Tannhauser
Grace Bumbry, once a mezzo now mainly soprano, will sing both Venus and Elisabeth in Wagner's Tannhauser in Munich. The two female leads symbolize spiritual and sensual love in the hero's conflict. The production follows standard casting with Venus usually mezzo and Elisabeth a dramatic soprano.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munich
St. Louis
Grace Bumbry
Venus
Elisabeth
Tannhauser
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South
Neville and Lee Jr. Highs
Neville . High
Neville High School
Billy Hammock
Gymasium
John Fogleman
Wossman High
South Monroe
Tee Junior High
Jefferson Junior High
Lexington
Lincoln
Iwhites
Monroe City School Board
North Monroe School
Georgia Tucker
Berg Jones
Minnie Ruffin
Clark
Barkdull Faulk
Carver
Clara Hall
Lida Benton
Sallie Humble
Bumbry
Morning World
News-Star
Daily & Sun
Sun
Dale Carnegie
Tom Lipe & Associates
John Speer
Mgr
Zoe
Pontery
Nee
Ety
FOCAL
Inge
Gitta Discount
Forcego
Kmart
AGIOS
Eroal
Polaroid
Louisville Ave
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