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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (May 25, 1960)
14 MAILTRIIUNI, rn.4t.t4, Or.' A WdJr. Miy 21. 1 0 Suit To Open (1 Gull Coast Beach Unprecedented j Washington-ITO-When the government sued recently to open the Gulf Coast Beach at Biloxi, Miss., to Negroes, it was taking an unprecedented step in the field of civil rights. Justice department officials view the action as an indica tion of their determination to push hard on civil rights and of the imagination being ap plied to the problem of elim inating racial discrimination. The Biloxi beach suit, which had prior White House ap- ' proval, was the first involving racial discrimination outside the area of voting rights filed by the Justice department. Negroes Driven Off It grew out of a situation which arose several weeks ago when a group of some 40 Negroes tried to use the beach and were driven off follow ing a clash with white bath ers. According lo officials, the suit opens at least the theo retical possibility of similar cases where federal funds may have been used in beach 1 erosion projects. Federal money has been been used in construction of beaches in Illinois, Massachus-j etts. New Hampshire and 1 Florida. The justice depart ment would presumably take' action if it received informa-; tion that Negroes were being i kept off benches or other ree- i reational facilities designated for public use under contracts i with the Army Corps of En gineers. I The Biloxi suit charged that local officials failed to live up to the terms of their contract with the Army. This involves a novel and unique use of con tract law. The government's complaint reads like a com mercial breach of contract uit - with a difference. Atki 'Injunction Relief It does not ask money dam ages; It ask "Injunction re lief." In other words, the court was asked to order of ficials to carry out their con tract by maintaining the beach for the use of all the public not just the white segment of the population. The federal government contributed $1,133,000 to build the 24-mile beach and re-build a sea wall which had been badly damaged by hur ricanes. The justice department has previously taken part in civil rights action involving the use of federal funds, but it I has not previously filed suit. ; It has negotiated with local authorities in several areas to open federally . financed schools on or near military bases to Negro children. It is still trying to break down local resistance to desegregat- i ing the schools at the Red stone arsenal in Alabama and the Dyess Air Force base near j Amarillo, Tex. Local Student Gets i Research Stipend Portland - Richard H. Jnhn on. junior student at the Uni versity of Oregon medical school, hat received a stipend to carry on short-term re search projects and take part in research laboratory activ ities during the summer, ac cording to Dr. D. W, E. Baird, dean. Johnson, son of the Rev. and Mrs. Terry M. Johnson, Rl West 13th st Medford, will work in the division of medical psychology under Dr. lucnnm r. i nnmpson, assis tant professor of medical psy chology. A graduate of Medford rtign scnool, Johnson re ceived his premediral eduea tion at the University of Oregon. North Dakota Girl Injured by Car A 10-year-old I.inton. N.D., girl was struck by a car Mon day evening in downtown Medford but sustained only , minor injuries. Miss Fern Frances Fisher told police she was struck and KnocKea down by the car while crossing Jackson st.. at its intersection with Central ve. She said the driver of the car stopped and asked her If she was hurt after helping her to her feet. 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