Like many another U.S. school last week, Central High in Little Rock, Ark. ground swiftly toward final examinations and commencement exercises on May 27. But the end of school will have a special meaning to Central High: under an order issued by President Eisenhower last week, it will also mark the end of service for the troops rushed to Little Rock eight months ago when a mob, egged on by Democratic Governor Orval Faubus, rioted against school integration.
At the height of September's riots over the admission of nine Negro students to...
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