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Bakeries and 10-cent stores, and \"mom and pop\" stores predominated, and nearly every business was closed on Sundays.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eClip 3\u003c/strong\u003e: Carol Lee Whiting recalls the ethnic makeup of her Flushing neighborhood during her childhood through the 1960s. Racial and ethnic tensions were nonexistent, and families looked out for each other. Safety was not a significant issue, she says, until the 1970s.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSummary of Full Interview\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eCarol Lee Whiting, an African-American woman who is very nostalgic about her childhood, has lived her entire life (except for three and a half years) in Flushing, mostly in the same large house. 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