28 Aug 1959
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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1959
Page
1
Desegregation moves greet school reopenings as courts and officials plan initial integration in Florida Miami Orchard Villa High School Miami and Pine Bluff Arkansas Dollar Way area. Reports show gradual desegregation in border states while deep South states still resist. regional groups urge open schools and pending court actions shape policy.
The article reports desegregation efforts across the region with Charlottesville assigning nine Negroes to an elementary school and two to a high school. Warren County public schools delay opening to September 8 amid enrollment totals of 377 white and 18 Negro students. North Carolina sees two Negro girls admitted in High Point and 17 Negro dependents at Cherry Point and Seymour Johnson bases integrated into nearby white schools. A new Burkburnett Texas school on federal property for a housing project at Sheppard Air Force Base is expected to integrate later this fall. The only violence noted occurred Aug. 12 at Little Rock police and fire personnel dispersed segregationists.
Fidel Castro Jr nine year old son of the Cuban revolutionary leader uses an electronic rifle at a Wisconsin resort. Associated Press wirephoto captures the moment as he pets sights in a staged display amid other brief items from across the country.
Notice appears to indicate second class mailing status at Pot! Mlke, Long yeta, with delivery details and circulation notes. No clear event or person beyond Garret of Circulation mentioned.
In Heidelberg Germany a U S Army probe began into a Negro sergeant Willie R Brown and his Japanese born wife being barred from unit facilities at a medical depot He filed an official complaint claiming denial of entry to the military shopping center postal and other facilities The army said it will not tolerate racial discrimination and will investigate promptly
In New York U and nationwide steel strike talks recessed for a few days as leaders from both sides pause. The half million striker's 50th day comes as Chief executives of 12 largest steel firms convene to receive a report from their four man negotiating team after a bargaining session.
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