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Delay OpeningFori Worth Poo'sFORT WORTH, Texas (UP)City swimming pools in FortWorth will not open June 2asscheduled because of a move tothrow them open to Negroes.The City Recreation Board decided not to open the pools after three leaders oft he NAACPasked by petition that the poolsbe desegregated. Instead, theboard offered to build000 Negro swimming poolFort Worth has one Negroswimming pool. But RecreationBoard member J. J. Lvles saidit lost a thousand dollars lastyear because of poor patronage.Lyles asked L. Clifford Davis.one of the NAACP leaders seek-swimming pools, whv Negroeswanted admission to all citvswimming pools when the citv‘sNegro swimming pool was soDavis replied that the poolserved only those Negroes livingin one section of the citv andthe NAACP feels that Negroeshave the right to use the poolnearest their home.*Ii*Faining desegregation in municipal **1poorly patronized. *
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Lovington Leader
Lovington, New Mexico, US
Tue, May 15, 1956
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