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Even though Cairo's Negroes lost the skirmish, they may have won a larger battle. A federal judge struck down the town's anti-picketing ordinance and the Governor's office has promised Cairo an immediate grant of $290,000 for community projects. More important, the City Council, weary of both the tension and the fighting, voted to meet with "any interested parties," including the United Front, in search of a truce in Cairo's war between the races.