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One-G- et Albertsons9 Ice Creamjv Vt Buy One Get One FREE Soldiers escort black students into school during the 1957 desegregation crisis Little Rock won’t celebrate anniversary of desegregation - LITTLE ROCK Ark (UPI) The Little Rock School District will allow the 50th anniversary of the 1957 desegregation crisis to pass without fanfare History has marked the crisis as a event in the continuing struggle toward equal rights for all But it will be left to the NAACP to pay tribute to the nine black students who needed the protection of 1100 American soldiers to enter the halls of Little Rock Central High School Everett Hawks principal at Central for the five years said last week that an commemoration expected to reunite several members of the “Little Rock Nine" on Oct 25 is the only formal observance scheduled to be held at the historic I red-lett- er AACP-sponsor- ed Ironically the aftershocks school district officials preoccupied with a new desegregation crisis — how to bring racial balance to a school system that became 70 percent black as busing for that purpose chased whites to the suburbs and private schools in the '70s and ‘Ms Admittedly many residents fail to see the point in dredging up the unpleasant memories every five years “Everything is fine" Hawks told a caller last week “We’re very proud of our school Our students are proud about going here and the teachers are proud about teaching here We don’t have any more problems than any other school of our size We are cognizant of our past and continually working to make things better" And there are Signs of progress toward racial harmony in Arkansas and Little Rock generally and Central specifically: —A school created under the latest desegregation plan was named in honor of Daisy Bates the NAACP leader who sponsored counseled and cried with the students who desegregated Central High —The auditorium at Central is named in honor of Roosevelt L Thompson a black student who served as president of the Central Student Council edited the school newspaper played on the football team and became a Presidential Scholar Thompson was to have been the outstanding graduate of Yale University during his senior year but at age 22 he was killed on March 22 1984 about three months Limit 1 Free WHh Coupon Limit 1 Coupon Per Customer ONUS COUPONS American Beauty FREE Limit 1 Free WHh Coupon Limit 1 Coupon Per Customer US COUPON! Flour Tortillas Lynn Wilson 8 Inch 18oz most ardent cheerleaders But if Central’s place in history is etched in stone it’s because President Dwight D Eisenhower felt it necessary to dispatch federal shepherd nine black students past a mob of whites to desegregate the t was the first time since Reconstruction that federal troops had been used to keep the peace in any state Attempts have been made over the years to dismiss Eisenhower's action as an overreaction to an it group of segregationist hotheads That argument however is discounted by the fact' that the state's ‘highest officer Gov Faubus fueled the crisis earlier by sending National Guard troops to the school to keep the Reg 77 S Coupon Effective Sept 20ttv22nd 1987 all-ba- blacks 70000 fans Nelson country music's “Red Headed Stranger" was the first of 36 acts to be presented at the concert Farm Aid III which began at noon CDT at the University of Nebraska’s Me10-ho- morial Stadium The country music superstar wore a billed farm cap and his customary red bandanna wrapped around his neck as he went through a routine of his multi-h-it catalogue Predicting that “blood will run in the streets" if blacks entered Central High the governor called out his militia on the night before school Albertson- 16az 3 1957 homecoming is alumni invited to several activi- ties Monday students will celebrate with lunchtime activities Tuesday will feature a selfesteem assembly by Motivational Media at 9 am and a movie “Crocodile Dundee" on the football field at 7:30 pm A parade to which the public is invited will take place Wednesday at 6:30 pm down Main Street from the fire station to the school On Thursday there will be an alumni assembly with Utah State University football coach Chuck Shelton and Doug Smith former studentbody president among those in attendance Dr Dave Edwards an alumnus and Logan High team doctor will be Reg 69 Ernest Green the first black graduate of Central recently recalled his reaction to Faubus's notice of his intended actum “That first day we were all surprised" said Green the only senior among the nine black v Buy One Get OllG £ FREE students Fans began showing up at the stadium well before the 5 am opening time and still were being let in as the show began The official attendance figure at midday was 68000 The fans bad perfect weather for the outdoor concert with brilliantly sunny skies and comfortable temperatures of around 70 degrees Ted Albrecht who farms southeast of Ulysses Neb was in the infield during the concert near the 50 yard line “I’m mainly here to see the music but I'm also concerned about the farming situation" said Albrecht “I’ve probably got about 100 or 200 first cousins aunts and uncles and Coupon Effective Sept 20ttv22nd 1987 limit 1 Free With Coupon limit I Coupon Per Customer everyone farms" At a news conference before the start of Farm Aid III Nelson said this one would be his last NUS COUPON! won't have a Farm Aid IV doesn’t mean that farm aid is going out of business" Nelson said “We’re still out there We’re still gonna be letting the people know about the farm problems as long as they exist “I intend to and I’m sure a lot of the other entertainers are going to say the same thing What I don’t want to do is start a Farm Aid 36 and a Farm Aid 5 Lb Bag “Just because Grapefruit we Real-5- m Jr 916 Buy One Get One 9 FREE A Coupon Effective Sept 20ttv22nd 1987 37 where everybody will be depending on farm aid to take care of tne farmers instead of the United States" limit I Free With Coupon Limit t Coupon Per Customer BONUS COUPON! 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