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VOL. 28, NO. SO
GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MAY 23, 1969
PRICE 10 CENTS
Police Quell Disorder After Dudley Protest
By Kelso <iillenwater
Daily News Vaff Writer J
Greensboro police used tear
gas Wednesday to disperse a
large group of Negro students
who smashed windows at Dud
lay High School following an
?arty afternoon demonstration.
Gov. Robert Scott mobilized
ISO Greensboro National
Guardsmen at the request of
Mayor Jack flam. Fifty >tat?
highway patrolmen were on
Standby Wednesday night.
A blanket order barring in
terference with the operation oi
Greensboro public schools was
Issued Wednesday night by
Judge Robert M. Gambill of
North Wilkesboro.
The temporary order names
40 persons and can be made to
apply virtually to anyone by
the phrasing . . and other
persons unknown to the plain
tiff to whom this action may
become known."
Among those named were 12
persons previously arrested in
connection with the disturb- 1
ances at Dudley High School.
The others were "persons iden
tified by school authorities and
police as participants in dem
onstrations at Dudley," accord
ing to Owen Lewis, public in- ,
formation director for the :
school system.
i
At least 15 persons were re- t
ported injured. From police,
the Daily News learned that
two policemen were struck by
rocks or bricks, a truck driver
was injured when his wind
shield was smashed as he drove
down McConneli Road, and a
Negro girl suffered a cut hand.
L. Richardson Hospital re
ported treating five persons for
injuries, all minor, received in
the Dudley disturbance. Two
Dudley High School students
were treaty for illness from
tear gas, another was treated
tor a leg injury, and one Lin
coln Junior High student suf
fered a knee Injury. One parent
who had gone to the school to
get her child was injured by
tear gas.
Moses Cone Hospital reported
"at least five" injuries, but
spokesmen said they could give
no names or details immedi
ately.
Mayor Elam spoke to the
people of Greensboro at 6 p. m
In a televised address. "We no
longer have good order in our
community," he said.
The mayor promised atten
tion to "the problem of restor
ing peace," and assistance to
the school board in resolving
differences of opinion at Dudley
High School. He also noted a
problem of determining wheth
er any persons ? students, police
officers or others ? had com
ttamm mmsagmm
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milted violations of the law.
I This, he said, was a matter for
the courts.
Scattered disorders through
out the eastern part of the City
followed the brief 2 p. m. out
burst between student* and
police.
j Pickets were on the front
' walk of the Dudley campus at
9:30 a. m. Wednesday to n?8~
test a recent student govern
ment election in which the
nqme of one student, Claude
Barnes, had been denied a
place on the ballot. By late
morning the group had grown
to 60 to 75 students, witnesses
said.
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The crowd was urged to dis
perse by both police and school
officials. The students said they
would leave if the police would.
Principal Franklin Brown asked
police to withdraw, according
to Lewis. The police compro
mised, withdrawing off the
campus all uniformed officers,
leaving plain cloth esm en be
hind, according to police.
At 1:45, police said, Just after
uniformed police had with
drawn, the crowd converged
onto school grounds and began
throwing stones at the humani
ties building. Most of the win
dows were smashed. Police be
gan moving back on the campus
ana Brown decided to shut
down and send the students
home.
Some students leaving school
joined the demonstrators out
side swelling their numbers
again to several hundred, wit
nesses said. Detective H. O.
Belvin said his officers moved
back onto the campus and or
dered the group to dlsperm*.
"We told all those not involved
to move away, that we were
going to use gas," he Baid.
Just after 1:45 police moved
in with tear gas. Cannistera
were thrown and two mobile
pepper fog (a combination oi
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St, Matthews Graduating Class of 1969
Amaker, Kevin
Bailey, Cornell* Ethel
Clymer, Tyra Carnelia
DUworth, Marvin
Hester, Cynthia Dtanne
Martin, Robin Afatha
McAdoo, Inrrid Carwell
Mcfarlln, Sheila Kay
McCorkle, Michael Todd
MUliken, Roderick Edward
Morgan, Donald
Shoffner, Harvey Jr.
POST GRADUATES:
Donna Hayes
Teresa MUliken
JUNIOR USHER:
L9 Wanda Huntley
MASCOTS:
Patricia Whitley
Dmrd Barnes
Robert Wrlfhtsell
Joseph Williams
Lynn McKcllar
STAFF:
Mrs. S. M. McLeod _ Director
Mrs. Doris Hayes ? Ins tractor
Mr. Wllbar Malloy _ Ins tractor
Mr. Kennit Wmddell Adul? r
The Graduation will be held at Saint Matthews Methodist C hurch on May 25, 1969 at 5:00 p. m.