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D154069-4R
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- 1968-05-03 (Creation)
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Gypsy leader Miller Stevens exchanges a handshake with George W. Johnson, executive director of the Tacoma-Pierce County Opportunity & Development, Inc., on May 3, 1968. Mr. Stevens had hosted the first integrated Gypsy dinner in appreciation of the Office of Economic Opportunity grant which initiated the nation's first Operation Headstart program for Gypsy children. Officials from the City of Tacoma, Tacoma-Pierce County Opportunity & Development, Inc., and the press attended the dinner which celebrated the birthday of St. Juarez. The event took place at the home of Kaiser Stevens, one of Mr. Stevens' sons, and the site of the future "Little Red Schoolhouse." Several telegrams were received during the course of the celebration from West Coast Gypsy leaders congratulating Miller Stevens on the Headstart program and also for his election as national "head" of the Gypsies. (TNT 5-4-68, p. 1)
Stevens, Miller; Johnson, George W.; Head Start (Tacoma); Gypsies--Tacoma; Shaking hands--Tacoma;