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Fire marshal probes Buckeye High fire amid desegregation fight
Police briefings report a mysterious blaze at Buckeye High School in Rapides Parish as three white girls fight to remain at the school. Federal Judge Nauman Scott orders the girls to enroll at Jones Street Junior High in Alexandria for fall credits while the desegregation case edges toward appeal. Sheriff’s deputies say the fire may have been set and a state investigator is on the scene.
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Buckeye
UPI
Buckeye High School
J. Minos Simon
Nauman Scott
Jones Street
Alexandria
Richard Lee
Scott
Buckeye High
Rapides Parish
A.B. Carley