DATE: Monday, August 4, 1997                TAG: 9708040039

SECTION: FRONT                   PAGE: A4   EDITION: FINAL 

TYPE: Focus 

SOURCE: BY MELANIE EVERSLEY, KNIGHT-RIDDER NEWS SERVICE 

DATELINE: COLUMBIA, MD.                     LENGTH:   29 lines

FOCUS: A PLACE OF TOGETHERNESS AS PRESIDENT CLINTON'S INITIATIVE TO IMPROVE RACE RELATIONS IN AMERICA BEGINS, A PLANNED CITY NEARBY MIGHT OFFER SOME LESSONS. RACIAL INTEGRATION IS ONE OF ITS CENTRAL PRINCIPLES. AFTER 30 YEARS, RESIDENTS SAY, IT'S STILL WORKING.

this date.] ILLUSTRATION: DETROIT FREE PRESS

Glenroy Samuels, 5, left, and Joey Comer, 5, play together in

Columbia, Md.

Jim Rouse

Map

GRAPHIC

WHAT IS COLUMBIA

[For a copy of the graphic, see microfilm for this date.] KEYWORDS: COLUMBIA JIM ROUSE PLANNED COMMUNITY RACE

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