Shooters to Leave Parchman Prison Farm Legacy of Black Annie Ends
The Parchman Prison Farm era of the feared shooters ends as 150 inmate guards in blue trousers with a blue stripe, armed with pistols or Winchesters, are slated to be removed following a civil rights suit led by Roy S. Haber. The DOJ says the system allowed extortion and abuse, prompting reform after a landmark court action.
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Delta Plantations
Parchman
U.S. Department of Justice
Mississippi
George Peach Taylor
Jackson
Lawyers Committee For Civil Rights Under Law
Annie
Films Help Teach German At University Of Oregon
Eugene residents and university students embraced a new method to learn German using 26 short German language films from Bavarian Broadcasting. Each 15 minute film covers daily activities with prefilm vocab, followed by four member student discussions supervised by advanced students, boosting speaking proficiency among about 1000 students last term.
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Eugene
Ore
Helmut Plant
University At Oregon
Oregon
Stuttgart
Germany
Christian Stehr
Stehr
Plant
Bavarian Broadcasting System
Steler
Atoka Mother Faces Murder Trial In Child Deaths
Judithann Brigance and Ernie Brigance died 12 days apart in Atoka last July from asphyxiation. Bobbie Alexander, mother of both, was arraigned after being found mentally competent to aid in her defense. Neighbors and family testified about her distressed state and admissions of wanting to kill the children.
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Judithann Brigance
Ernie
Atoka
Merline Bonner
Bobbie Alexander
Mrs. Smith
Marie
Judy
J. W. Alexander
Charles
Ruth McKee
Prevention as focus at Oklahoma Environmental Forum
Environmental Prevention Better For State Than Cure panelists from Oklahoma State at the Environmen tal Forum discuss prevention over cure. Dr William D Ruckelshaus EPA administrator delivered the keynote on DDT ban and the need for timely action while continuing to read the i page report. The forum featured Elmer Brown Susan Stinnett and others from East Central State College and the Environmental Information and Media Center.
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Environmental Forum
Oklahoma State
Oklahopa
Ast Central
Elmer Brown
Susan Stinnett
Biology
Oklahoma Environmental Information and Media Cen
Doyle Caton
Oklahoma
Environmental Information and Media Center
East Central State College
William D. Ruckelshaus
EPA
Burglar Apprehended After Farm Town Standoff
In Taylorsville Indiana a burglar chose a local grocery for a break in. A passerby alerted residents who armed themselves with rifles and shotguns to surround the store. They detained the suspect until a state police trooper arrived to arrest him.
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Taylorsville
Ind
Ada Public Library Closed Down As Safety Hazard
Ada Public Library remains shut as city manager Jim Cook orders portions closed after a weekend survey found structural hazards. Engineers from Oklahoma City will assess the building, with a potential new library site discussed near Ada Junior High. Insight from architects, inspectors, and city officials points to safety as the priority while planning possible renovations or a joint library with the school system.
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Ada Public Library
Jim Cook
Cook
Olea Henderson
Herman Landrith
Ray James
James
Planning Commission
Ada
Ada Junior High
16Th Street
Hayes
TV Campaigning In Full Swing
In New York AP reports the opening round of time buying in a presidential TV campaign. McGovern leads with five minute spots on NBC and a CBS biography film while Nixon gains a 30 minute salvo on ABC. networks note Democrats for Nixon bought the time. By election day both parties show substantial paid air time, with CBS hosting the heaviest allotments.
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New York
NBC
George McGovern
CBS
Nixon
ABC
McGovern
Brazil Art Boom Draws Investors from stocks to paintings
In Sao Paulo investors shift from a sagging stock market to fast rising art prices. Auctions in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo set records as anonymous buyers pay for masterpieces like Picasso Le Dejeuner Sur L Herbe with installment plans and dealer commissions.
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Sao Paulo
Brazil
Latin America
Bio
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 by Municipal Judge Thomas Crewson. Trial for six others arrested at a different shopping center on September 16 was in progress.
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Tulsa, Okla
Thomas Crewson
Roff School Board Suspends Medlock As Superintendent
Virgil Medlock, supervisor of Roff schools, is suspended by the board after a Monday night meeting. Flowers is named temporary superintendent and Medlock may go to court over his dismissal and the board’s order to include Flowers in the curriculum. The action ends a protracted board dispute with Medlock claiming he will challenge the move.
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Roff School Board
Medlock
Ernest Thompson
Virgil Medlock
Roff
Board of Education
J. D
Flowers
Isi
Kay
Rofl Sche
Larsh
Paul McCuray
Char
Rofs
Don Hoover
Larry French
Itty
Povine
Floowers
Origin
I N March
McCurdy
Brown Ag- Flowers
Hoover
Brown
Powell
Eager
Oklahoma
French
Merlock
Rolf
Rolf School
Paul McCary
Kay Larsh
Charles Brown
J. Dy Flowers
Madlock
Beck
Camara
Natives Restless On Polynesian Island Niue
A U.N. visiting mission reports Niue, a 13 mile long Polynesian isle annexed by New Zealand, faces exodus and economic hardship. Population could halve in a decade as boredom and better opportunities draw Niveans to New Zealand, Western Samoa, or the Cook Islands. Confidence remains that New Zealand citizenship should be retained.
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United Nations
N.Y
Polynesia
Niue
South Pacific
James Cook
U.N
New Zealand
Tonga
Western Samoa
Cook Islands
Auckland
Island
Salim
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Miss
Okla
Ter
Gay Adams
Jeanette Cook
Rhys Wetherill
Ralph Castle
Environmental Protection Agency
Washington, D. C
Ferdie Deering
Farmer Stockman Magazine
Ruckelshaus
Anoth
Philip Bladine
George Prothro
The
Environmental Protection of Tulsa
Cincinnati
GOP
Les Brown
Alvin Powell
Boyd Eager
Polynesian Island
Ahmed Salim
Tanzania
Nive
Eveyone
Eve
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