10 The Guardian. 1 
     
     Thurs. July 80, 1964 
     
    
   
   
    
     Why Here? 
     
     Rochester i 
     
     VVondefing 
     
    
   
   
    
     The author, executive edi- i 
     
     tor of the Gannett Newspa- 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     2nc| BIG WEEK -  
     
     ' DATES 
     
     pers. with headquarters In 
     
    
   
   
    
     t NNIVERSARY  
     
     Rochester. is the editor and 
     
    
   
   
    
     director of The Road to in- i . I 
     
       °'  ‘ I FREE' FREE' FREE 
     
     which this year received a I ' I I 
     
     Pulith special citation for , > 
     
    

    
     public service. 
     
    
   
   
    
     seats? mo— 45 CHAISE lOUNGES ‘°"‘s‘o'§t§.‘f"" 
     
    
   
   
    
         
     
    
   
   
    
          
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Why did it happen here? Days 
     
     by most residents. and espe- 
     
     Ib IN EA CH STORE). 
     
     able community. famed for 
     
     after the flames died down Ll] 
     
    
   
   
    
     after racial riots reduced parts 
     
    

    
     of this quiet city to an armed 
     
    

    
     camp. this question still was . 
     
    

    
     unanswered by city officials. 
     
    

    
     cially by outsiders who think of 
     
    

    
     Rochester as an ultra-respect- - 
     
    

    
     gocd works and a sort of built- 
     
    

    
     in, indestructible brand of pros- R s t A l t 
     
    

    
     “my a “g. S 
     
     Rochester erupted the night 
     
    

    
     Harlem. Everyone had expected ' 
     
    

    
     trouble in Harlem. No one, a 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     pecially city officials. had exp 
     
     pected anything really serious; 
     
     in Rochester. i 
     
     and - guessing has pro- 
     
     duced the usual crop of omens 
     
     and rumors: Black Muslims 
     
     systematically preaching hate 
     
     in a housing project: vague 
     
     threats of "big trouble" just‘ 
     
     around the corner. I 
     
     But Rochester Is not New, 
     
     York City. Its prosperity. in: 
     
     terms of employment, wages,‘ 
     
     housing and sales. usually Is at} 
     
     the top of most indices. Fur-f 
     
     thermone, Rochester has a well- 
     
     deserved reputation as a city of‘ 
     
     . bi . 
     
    
   
   
    
     0 Maple Leaf 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
             
     
    
   
   
    
     GRADE "A" READY CLEANED 8 
     
     good Will. a t parochial. perm 
     
    
   
   
    
     c H I c K E N Lb. ’* \  . 1 lb. Picture Pak WITH PORK 
     
     V DAVIS 8: FRASER PORK CANADA PACKERS SMOKED c ‘ c 
     
     Sausa arm-49° PICNICS'  39°. ‘ s 
     
     haps: a city long in'the black PKG' '  oz. '  
     
     book of any hell-bending travel- ,   
     
    
   
   
    
     glidiszmagmmalfiethgsld:   Heinz Cooked 
     
    
   
   
    
     walks at sundown. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Harlem's half-million Negroes 
     
     live in tall tenements, Most of 
     
     Rochester‘s 30.000 Negroes 
     
     4 about one-tenth of the city pop- 
     
     ulation) live in two- or three- 
     
     storey dwellings. many of them 
     
     decrepit. inherited on one side 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Harlem riots were trig-  
     
     3 ed b th t ‘ 1 kill- FACIAL TISSUE POP UP 
     
     of; of 3 oo‘; “1?; 2°”33ii‘femn.  I I I - CLOVER FARM . 
     
     Rochester’s weekend of terror I 
     
     started with an ordinarily rou- 400 c A   z ’ oz'  
     
     tine attempt to handle a drunk TISSUE pp Y JARS 
     
     at a block dance. 0 PKG. 
     
    

    
     so OZ. 
     
    

    
     of town from earlier and more 
     
    
   
   
    
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     fortunate immigrants and on 
     
    
   
   
    
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     ”‘° “her side {mm the aristc- E 5 Heinz Tomato   S s E  Container  2 PK“. 35c ( 
     
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     Ham 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     EAREOUR'S PREPARED 
     
    
   
   
    
     Mustard 32:- 14c 
     
    
   
   
    
     LEVER BROS. 
     
    
   
   
    
     ° Surf :3: 1.09 
     
    
   
   
    
     ct‘ats of the last century. whose ‘  
     
     descendants long ago moved to 
     
     the. suburbs. R 15 oz. 
     
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     ost of Rochesters Negroes KELLOGG“ TIN 
     
    
   
   
    
     came since 1950 and they came 
     
    
   
   
    
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     Rochester has more jobs—t 
     
     steady jobs. at good pay—than HEINZ 
     
     almost any city of Its size in 
     
    
   
   
    
     the world. But these jobs. ma‘:- ' Wh' 
     
     tng photographic. optical and}  12 “Z.  He'n‘ If. 
     
     ' electronic goods and the more‘ BOT. 
     
     golphisticated parts of automo-i  
     
     res. are for skilled workers. 
     
     CLOVER FARM SALAD 
     
    
   
   
    
     There are few openings for men 
     
     of little education or skills. ' 
     
    
   
   
    
     Some people think Rochester?  3‘) oz  
     
     has been a soft touch: that pub. * I c 6 
     
     lie housing and ample relief BOT' 
     
     16% OZ. 
     
     BOT. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     suddenly and in great numbers  ‘ 
     
     to a community which. for all 1-) Dz _ I    
     
     its generosity. was unprepared . M I I c 48 oz. ' 
     
     tr; deal with them, For exam- PKG. “NS   4 
     
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     have attracted a steady stream 
     
     egroes who had no real 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
         
     
    
   
   
    
     hope of making out here. The CLOVER FARM 3‘ 
     
     long - established settlement  
     
     houses and the well-financed 20 OZ. 1‘ 
     
     agencies of all kinds have done c y 
     
     thug-l best Atfin meet brand new TINS H . T V 
     
     pro ems. ost overnight the m 
     
     old Negro leadership was over- a". o a 
     
     hinted. The successors seem to ‘ B 
     
     have little influence. CLOVER FARM LIQUID - " 
     
     Unquestionahly there has to: 
     
     been some convert discI-Imlna- :4 M G 
     
     tion in both jobs and housing. ’ c 
     
     On the other hand, the city has BOT- .  is 
     
     replaced the worst of the old 0 ' c. 
     
     finingth $52113 13;! 11mm SANDWICH u M . - M 
     
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     gated). and recently the can 8 oz 3m RIEDI    NO‘ 1  o, 
     
     cil approved new programs for - c 
     
     c housing and urban JAR u 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     both publi 
     
    

    
     unewal. tl-géaiilltors are pledged m 
     
    

    
     to obey aws against ds- 1 m . 
     
    

    
     criminatlon. Most of the big mz BREAD N BU R . ‘ - °’ 
     
     ' ave made a delib- HOIIII 
     
    
   
   
    
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     stigma to recruit Negro  E  13A”:-  nm 'N Bum, *9 
     
    

    
     The board of aucation Is ‘ c i c . c  
     
     WI: tmcfimg t‘l‘fndzafifi; NEw mm FOOD P . LB. ,‘,. 
     
     .... so was? zoom:   noz. BCHS- BAG ll 
     
    
   
   
    
     pupil transfers, des te the Hm. 
     
    
   
   
    
     I ve opposition of somti;i white 0 ‘ ‘ {.8 
     
     I bi-I-oc' ial llc adviso STURDY ' I M 
     
     I to... of” of. mg; '0 OZ. FROZEN EASTPACK con PERFECTION 9n 
     
    
   
   
    
      PUP TENTS 2-29 . 'mizagflnuns o. 33c ICE CREAM it." 99:  
     
    
   
   
    
     have been no mass dem- 
     
     oIl—dt-ins and lie-Ins— ALL COLOUR 
     
    
   
   
    
         
     
        
     
          
     
        
     
         
     
         
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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     a? M '“d “"3 "° "° S 6 FOR 100 SOUP To" cmspy FLAKE in? 
     
     Mod a. the riots of last week- Me  Bean‘, A3. Gum’ g 
     
    

    
     . I city official]; .3: C ken Noodle eros13¢ And scotchmin“ M; 
     
    
   
   
    
     STUART HOUSE Onion 2 Pxos17c 
     
    
   
   
    
      OllWRAP   “39c; ‘  ORIENING  
     
     .... o 2 so canned! Beverages,  #99: , 
     
     msuui (OFF! - 'r 531.15  
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
    
   
   
    
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