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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1979
Page
9
More than 100 Arlington neighbors attended the Board of Supervisors meeting to hearCharles Colson’s bid to rezone a church for Prison Fellowship headquarters. The board voted 4-1 against the proposal amid audience applause.
Detroit police say the Young Boys Inc. narcotics network used a fleet of vehicles and paid youths, many 17 or younger, salaries of 250 dollars weekly plus commission. 85 arrests followed a month long west side crackdown. ringleaders Raymond Peoples and Mark Marshall faced prior charges with limited success.
About 30 protesters disrupted a secret Klan meeting at a hall used by the American Legion and Castro Valley Women's Club. Klan members faced the demonstrators with clubs and shields until Alameda County sheriff deputies stopped the clash. One man, Jerry Jessee, 33, from Grover City, was treated for a head injury.
Representatives from religious and civil rights groups across the country formed The National Anti-Klan Network at a downtown Norfolk church. The group seeks non-violent actions such as a congressional investigation or a suit to outlaw the Ku Klux Klan, led by C. T. Vivian who chaired the conference.
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