Shooters to Leave Parchman Prison as Dark Past Is Reformed
In Mississippi at Parchman Prison Farm the inmate guards known as shooters will be phased out after a civil rights suit led to reform. The shooters, armed prisoners in white trousers with blue stripes, wielded pistols and rifles and held life or death power over others. The DOJ report cited abuses and cruel punishments leading to the court victory that spurred change.
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Delta Plantations
Parchman _Prison Farm
U.S. Department of Justice
Parchman
DOJ
U.S. District Court
Greenville
Roy S. Haber
New York City
Mississippi
George Peach Taylor
Jackson
Lawyers Committee For Civil Rights Under Law
Annie
German teaching by 15 minute films at University of Oregon
In Eugene Oregon an innovative German course uses 26 Bavarian Broadcasting films of 15 minutes each with pre film vocab sheets and post film four member discussion groups. About 3000 students took the course in a term and 70 percent studied reading and grammar alongside speaking proficiency.
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Eugene
Ore
Helmut Plant
University of Oregon
Oregon Study Center
Stuttgart
Germany
Christian Stehr
Stehr
Atoka Mother to Stand Trial for Child Suffocation
Judithann Brigance died at age 2 and Ernie Brigance at age 3 a dozen days apart in Atoka Oklahoma. Bobbie Alexander the mother faces murder arraignment after being deemed mentally competent to aid in her defense.
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Atoka
Okla
Judithann Brigance
Ernie
Ance
Environmental Forum Shapes Oklahoma Pollution Debate
East Central State College representatives Elmer Brown and Susan Stinnett spoke for biology while Gay Adams Jeanette Cook Rhys Wetherill and Ralph Castle joined the Oklahoma Environmental Information and Media Center at the Oklahoma State Fair event. Dr. William Ruckelshaus, EPA administrator, gave the keynote and faced a challenge on DDT. The session highlighted prevention over cure and called for decisive action before pollution overwhelms Oklahoma.
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Oklahoma State Fair
Oklaho
East Central
Elmer Brown
Susan Stinnett
Oklahoma Environmental Information and Media Cen
Ter
Gay Adams
Jeanette Cook
Rhys Wetherill
Ralph Castle
William D. Ruckelshaus
Environmental Protection Agency
Washington, D. C
Ferdie Deering
Farmer Stockman Magazine
Doyle Caton
Oklahoma
Environmental Information and Media Center
East Central State College
EPA
Burglar Apprehended After Taylorsville Grocery Break-In
A burglar broke into a Taylorsville grocery but was spotted by a passerby. Local men armed with rifles surrounded the store and held him until a state police trooper arrived to arrest him.
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Taylorsville
Ind
Ada Public Library Closed Over Structural Hazards
City manager Jim Cook ordered the Ada Public Library fully closed after a weekend survey showed shifting walls cracks and a flooded basement. An engineer from Oklahoma City will assess damage while planners discuss shoring the old building or constructing a new joint Ada school and city library across from Ada Junior High on 18th Street.
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Ada Public Library
Jim Cook
Cook
Oklahoma City
Olen Henderson
Herman Landrith
Ray James
James
Planning Commission
Ada
Ada Junior High
18Th Street
Hayes
Medlock suspended as Roff schools clash over Flowers case
Virgil Medlock the Ross School Superintendent is suspended with a Friday hearing set amid a yearlong feud with the board over altering the schedule to hire J. D. Flowers. Flowers becomes temporary superintendent as Medlock refuses to comply and may pursue court action.
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Ernest Thompson
Virgil Medlock
Ross
Board of Education
Rofs
Medlock
Don Hoover
Larry French
U.S
Flowers
Hoover
Brown
Powell
Eager
Oklahoma
French
Roff School Board
Paul McCurdy
Kay Larsh
Charles Brown
J. D. Flowers
Natives Seek Self Rule On Dwindling Niue Island
A United Nations mission reports Niue faces exodus and possible population halving within a decade. Boredom and limited economic options drive Niueans to seek light abroad while preferring to retain New Zealand citizenship. The 13 mile island, annexed by New Zealand in 1901, shows Western dress and brick housing, with some diversification into lime and passion fruit.
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United Nations
Tonga
New Zealand
Western Samoa
Cook Islands
Auckland
U.N
Island
Salim
Ahmed Salim
Tanzania
Niue
TV Campaigning In Full Swing
The opening round of time buy political ads on NBC CBS and ABC marks an escalation in the 1972 campaign. McGovern on NBC and CBS. Nixon on ABC. Democrats and Republicans have committed to more than seven hours of network time by election day with CBS drawing the heaviest buys.
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New York
NBC
George McGovern
South Dakota
CBS
Nixon
ABC
McGovern
Brazil Art Boom Draws Investors From Stocks
In 1971 Brazil sees a shift from stock markets to art as prices rise. Wealthy buyers flock to galleries and auctions in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, with record bids such as Picasso’s Le Dejeuner Sur L Herbe reaching about 67000 dollars. Margins and installment plans fuel the surge as investors seek inflation defense.
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Sao Paulo
Brazil
Latin America
Rio de Janeiro
Picasso
Jesus People Found Guilty Of Trespassing
A Tulsa city judge convicted six young evangelists calling themselves Jesus People of trespassing at a shopping center on September 14. Sentencing was deferred until November 8, while trials continued for six others arrested September 16 at another center.
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Tulsa, Okla
Thomas Crewson
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Bobbie Alexander
Alexander
Ernie Brig
J. W. Alexander
Charles
Ruth McKee
Ruckelshaus
Philip Bladine
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The
Cincinnati
Les Brown
Alvin Powell
Boyd Eager
Med— McCurdy
Larsh
Polynesian Island
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