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Watts After Four Years Still Struggles In Wake Of Riot
Journalist Jack Vl Won paints Watts as largely unchanged since the 1903 riot, with high unemployment and relief reliance. The piece highlights Watts Labor Community Action Committee led by Ted Watkins, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr General Hospital plans, and police community relations efforts aimed at calming tensions and guiding youths away from crime.
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