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The Augusta Courier
Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia
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Editorial in Arkansas Gazette questions responsibility for increased racial incidents at Central High School, suggesting White Citizens Council leaders from other states may be inciting unrest to prolong National Guard presence during integration.
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Arkansas Gazette, Little Rock, Arkansas
Over a period of weeks the situation at Central High School became so quiet and orderly there was serious talk of the possibility of withdrawing the National Guard troops who have been on duty there to preserve order in the wake of the integration crisis.
Then Messrs. Roy Harris of Georgia, John U. Barr of Louisiana, and Robert Patterson of Mississippi came to Little Rock to address a rally of the White Citizens Councils. They counseled their local followers to see to it that the troops remained in position. Mr. Harris laid down the line in these words:
If the people of Little Rock stand pat and he (the president) is forced to keep troops here from now on he soon will be the laughing stock of the nation and the world."
So, as the end of the first school term approached, there has been a marked increase in inter-racial incidents in the High School. One white girl has been suspended on the charge of shoving a colored student in the corridor. School authorities are investigating a report that a white student dumped food on a Negro girl. And on Thursday night a rumor that the High School would be bombed spread through the city with organized speed and forced the National Guard to send an alert platoon to inspect the building.
The question now is: Who is trying to keep the troops at Central High?
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Over A Period Of Weeks, End Of The First School Term
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Leaders of White Citizens Councils from Georgia, Louisiana, and Mississippi urge Little Rock followers to ensure National Guard troops remain at Central High amid integration; subsequent increase in interracial incidents and bomb rumor prompts question of who is responsible for prolonging the military presence.