Southern Governors Elect First Black Chairman At Rally In Alabama
The Southern Governors Conference recessed after electing Melvin H. Evans of the Virgin Islands as its first black chairman, succeeding George C. Wallace of Alabama. Florida’s Reubin Askew was named vice chairman. Texas' F Dolph Briscoe invited the 1974 meeting to Texas. The meeting addressed energy policy, crime justice, and highway safety measures.
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Point Clear
Ala
Southern Governors Conference
Texas
Melvin H. Evans
Virginia Islands
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Evans
Council of State
Florida
Reubin Askew
F. Dolph Briscoe
Briscoe
Wallace
Christiansted
St. Croix
Virgin Islands
Howard University
Washington, D.C
Ex-Roscot VP To Give Testimony
Former Glenn W. Turner vice president Jimmie Earl James testified in the federal mail fraud trial. He said he was fired for pressing distributors to build selling forces and for forwarding complaints of product shortages. James helped recruit Ben A. Bunting and hoped for Turner presidency but Bunting advanced instead. The court showed films depicting Turner's rise and the manufacturing of mink oil cosmetics.
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Jacksonville, Fla
Glenn W. Turner
Pyramid Sales
Jimmie Earl James
Greenville
N.C
Turner
F. Lee Bailey
James
Ben A. Bunting
Malcolm Julian
Koscot Interplanetary Inc
Erator
Bunting
Koscot
U.S. District Court
Gerald Troff
South Carolina
Wisconsin
Orlando
Bailey
Boston
Julian
Fern Park
Fla
Clyde C. Cobb
Maitland
Hobart Wilder
Winter Park
Harry Atkinson
W. Leroy Beale
Jess O. Hickman
Crime Increases In Southern States
FBI figures show crime up one percent in the South in the first half of 1973 while the West falls five percent and the North Central declines one percent. Violent crimes rise across the South with murders up nine percent and forcible rapes seven percent. Property crime holds steady.
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Atlanta, Ga
FBI
North Central States
Columbia
S.C
Savannah
Amarillo
Tex
Austin
Corpus Christi
Election Officials Urged to Undergo Training in Deep South
Delegates from four Deep South states met in Columbia for a conference on election procedures and voter registration. More than 100 attendees from North Carolina South Carolina Georgia and Alabama pressed for mandatory training for all election officials and poll watchers. They could not agree on eliminating voter registration with proponents arguing it would boost participation and opponents warning it could invite fraud.
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Columbia
Deep South
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
League of Women Voters
Camels Survive Sahara Winter Without Water
Camels in the Sahara Desert can endure an entire winter season without drinking water. Their adaptations allow them to conserve fluids and endure arid conditions.
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Sahara Desert
Hospital chain weighs new facility near Charleston
Dr. Thomas H. Frist Jr of the Hospital Corporation of America announced the firm is considering building a hospital in a sizable city not far from Charleston. He spoke as ground was broken for a new hospital in North Charleston.
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Charleston
Hospital Corporation of America
Thomas H. Frist Jr
Baptist Leadership Clinic Set for Aiken Area
Local Baptist men will participate in a Leadership Training Clinic at First Baptist Church of Aiken on October 4 from 7 to 9 p.m. Leaders include Ben Connell and Jay Chance of the Southern Baptist Brotherhood Commission in Memphis, and James L. Beacham of Columbia, director of Royal Ambassador work for South Carolina Baptists.
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First Baptist Church of
James L. Beacham
Columbia
South Carolina Baptists
Man Confesses Fire on Fathers House Over Dominoes Beating
In Greenock Scotland a man admitted to setting fire to his father's home after saying his father and brother beat him at dominoes. Police investigators reported the confession and motive.
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Greenock
Scotland
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Lloyd Bentsen
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Bentsen
William Waller
Mississippi
Wendell Ford
Kentucky
Committee On Law Enforcement and Justice
Robert H. Clement
Department of Transportation
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Roscot
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Macon
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Portsmouth
Raleigh
Shreveport
Scotts
Coward-Corley Seed Co. Inc
Your Garden Center
Park Ave
Dial
Friedman
St. Christopher
Friedman’s Jewelers
Jewely
Laurens
Aiken
Southern Bell Telephone Company
H.C. Couch Jr
Southern Bell
Couch
Navy
Coach
Nita
Baptist Set Leadership Clinic
Elliott
Laurens N.W
Laurens Street
Kodacolor
Ros Reve
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Aiken Bus CO
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