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Whaman said that the "tremendous demand "for Freedom Schools from Negroes throughout Mississippi had prompted COFO's decision to expand the program. "I don't think anyone expected the response we've gotten," he said...
...teachers are being recruited only in New York, Boston Philadelphia and Washington, according to Thomas Whaman, co-ordinator of the Freedom Schools. Ten people signed up in Washington on Wednerday. Whaman said, however, that it is too early to estimate whether COFO will reach its goal...
...COFO had wanted to maintain a 5-1 student-teacher ratio, Whaman said, but so many Negroes have enrolled that the ratio is nearer 10-1. There are 200 teachers for the 1900 pupils in the state...
...COFO attorneys' petition to remand the case to federal court had already been granted, however. Thus, a COFO spokesman indicated that the civil rights organization felt the city trial would be ruled void and that the 98 would be freed this morning...
...Ashland, Mississippi, a small town 17 miles from Holly Springs, Peter Cummings '65 was arrested for not having an inspection sticker on his car yesterday morning, held on $250 bond, and tried at 4 p.m. Following several telephone calls from COFO headquarters to the Ashland police, Cummings was released after paying a small fine...