Mississippi college desegregation settlement nears
The proposed $500 million plan to end Mississippi's 26 year desegregation case would fund $246 million for academic programs at Jackson State Alcorn State and Mississippi Valley State over 17 years plus $75 million for capital projects and $70 million for public endowments. Critics question a 10 percent nonblack enrollment requirement before endowments can be controlled. Judge Neal Biggers Jr. will review the deal with possible court challenges ahead.
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Jackson, Miss
Jackson State University
Gregory Riley
Mississippi
University of Mississippi
Riley
Jackson State
Jake Ayers
US Supreme Court
Alcorn State
Mississippi Valley State
George Flaggs
Fredrick A. Johnson
Cleveland
Johnson
Mississippi Coalition of Black Higher Education
Powers
Ineva May
Pittman
Thompson
Neal Biggers Jr
Biggers
Smokey Bear Ad Campaign Urges Adults to Prevent Wildfires
Smokey Bear launches a new adult target ad with the line Only You Can Prevent Wildfires. The spot contrasts campfire scenes and a crime scene outline revealing a deer, urging viewers to avoid causing wildfires as part of a three year campaign funded by the National Association of State Foresters and the US Forest Service. National networks plan to air the commercial starting in May.
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Salt Lake City
Smokey Bear
Smokey
National Association of State Foresters
US Forest Service
Witness recalls horror of Sixteenth Street bombing debris
The Rev John Cross describes digging through church wreckage and finding four girls embedded in rubble as the murder trial of former Ku Klux Klansman Thomas Blanton Jr proceeds. Prosecutor Doug Jones cites FBI tapes and other evidence showing Blanton plotted the bombing with fellow Klansmen. Defense notes Blanton's outspoken segregationist views but says that does not prove guilt. Jury selection continues with eight white and five black members.
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Birmingham
Ala
John Cross
Sixteenth Street Baptist Church
Thomas Blanton Jr
Blanton
Doug Jones
FBI
Massachusetts Sets Emissions Rules for Power Plants
Massachusetts will become the first state to cap carbon dioxide from power plants under clean air rules set to take effect in June. The standards, announced by Gov. Jane Swift, limit mercury, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen oxide, apply to the six dirtiest plants that supply about 40 percent of the state’s electricity, with a 10 percent CO2 reduction target.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Jane Swift
Conrad Schneider
Clean Air Task Force
Enronmental
Swift
Bush
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