Integration Fights Leave Prince Edward County Desolate
In Farmville Virginia Prince Edward County schools reopen under Supreme Court order after a 1959 shutdown to avoid desegregation. Seven white students share desks with 1,515 Black pupils as Rev Francis Griffin notes progress while criticizing lingering inequality and staffing gaps.
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Farmville
Prince Edward County
Virginia
Francis Griffin
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Prince Edward
U.S. Supreme Court
J. Mellwaine
Griffin
Richmond
Atty
Robert F. Kennedy
Siren No Stranger To Pops Conductor
In Baltimore Arthur Fiedler of the Boston Pops arrives to conduct the Baltimore Symphony and lead a three week South tour. Tonight he will conduct a pops concert by the Baltimore Orchestra as part of the ongoing tour program.
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Baltimore
Arthur Fiedler
Boston Pops
Fiedler
Baltimore Symphony
Baltimore Orchestra
Local committee leaders named for project work
Richard A. Wilson oversees furnishings Dwight Walker chairs renovations and Frank Harper leads safety. Richard Hague serves as general chairman with standing members including J Rolfe Castlerran lcity and city officials.
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J Rolfe Castlerran
Richard 8. Hague
Richard A. Wilson
Dwight Walker
Frank Harper
Safety Committee
Mount Airy
Haired maestro receives honorary fire chief badge
The Pampier Club honored a noted firefighter at a Sept. 1, 1807 dinner as a portable radio played. Fiedler recalled his childhood in Boston when a fire house drew his interest and he admitted his lifelong fascination with fires and Aaron Burr.
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Aaron Burr
Pampier Club
Fiedler
Boston
Kennedy Family Enjoy Winter Holiday At Lake Placid
Mrs John F Kennedy and children Caroline seven and John four joined six Kennedy children at Lake Placid New York for a mid winter holiday. The party arrived Thursday night and spent Friday skiing on Whiteface Mountain enjoying bobsled races skating and hockey as part of a family winter outing.
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Lake Placid
N.Y
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Caroline
John
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N.y
Whiteface Mountain
Precinct Redrawing Underway in Anne Arundel County
Preliminary work has begun to redraw precincts in Anne Arundel County in anticipation of the first general reregistration of voters since 1914.
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Annapolis
Anne Arundel County
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Olie Duvall
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Victor
Royal Portable
Storm and Shipley
2Nd & Market Sts
Onna Ren
Svate Farm Mutual Automobile ““Urance Company
Carroll F. Leatherman, Jr
Ste’ Gest
Hamilton Avenue
East South St
GAS Company, Inc
Patrick Street
E. Church St
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East Patrick St
Hillside Coal & Oil Co
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Warner's
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West Second St
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