Confederate widows still receive Southern state pensions
A UPI survey finds 89 Confederate widows still receive state pensions, with Alabama leading at $335 monthly. Georgia and Florida each have 13 widows. Georgia pays $110 and Florida $190 monthly. Louisiana protects one widow under a law tied to remarriage. Other states like Texas, Mississippi, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia pay smaller amounts, with many widows also drawing Social Security.
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Atlanta
UPS
Alabama
UPI
South
Louisiana
Jerry R. Traylor
Traylor
Georgia
Florida
Texas
Arkansas
Mississippi
South Carolina
North Carolina
Virginia
Judge denies dismissal for Joan Little
Judge Henry A. McKinnon rejected claims that jury selection biased against blacks women and the young in the Joan Little case. He noted no intentional discrimination and promised improvements to the county jury process while defense pressured for grand jury witness subpoenas. Little, a construction worker, is charged with killing jailer Clarence Alligood during her Beaufort County confinement after a break in incident.
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Henry A. McKinnon
Joan Little
McKinnon
Miss Little
Clarence Alligood
Beaufort County
Cab drivers attend NY diction class for clearer speech
Thirty Times Square cabbies sat through a seminar by Wagner College instructor Jerry Cammarata to learn to refine speech without losing identity. He demonstrated altering “-ah-” and “-ar-” sounds toward a Midwestern pattern, aiming to reduce “substandardisms.” Some drivers questioned the need, while others watched as the room grew quiet.
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William Goldschlag
New York
UPI
New York City
Nathan
Times Square
Jerry Cammarata
Wagner College
Oxford
Cammarata
Brooklyn
Midwest
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