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...KENNEDY Royal Oak, Mich...
...wants 24 ninth-graders? They graduated last June from George Washington Carver Elementary School in suburban Detroit's Royal Oak Township (pop. 8,000).* Last week every high school in the area refused to accept them. It was not just that the youngsters are Negroes; they also happen to be products of a black hell of vice and corruption...
...Government spawned present conditions in Royal Oak Township during
...Southern Negro defense workers. Today nearly half the population is on relief. Narcotics, robbery and corruption are common. Last winter Police Chief William Ware stole a Christ mas fund for underprivileged children. Township Supervisor Elwood Dickens' saloon, the dirtiest in town, is a hangout for minors. Royal Oak Township's rapes, burglaries and arson cases go uninvestigated. The township treasury has an unexplained shortage...
Until last year, Carver's graduates went on to Detroit high schools as tuition students. As the schools grew more crowded. Detroit grew more weary of Royal Oak Township's youngsters. Moreover, the Carver school district now owes Detroit $125,053.67 in back tuition. With one former superintendent having already looted school funds, Carver is in no position...