Black Congressman Powell Dead At 63
Adam Clayton Powell a flamboyant former congressman dies at 63 in Miami after a long illness and complications from prostate surgery. He was the first black elected to Congress from the East and the first modern era member excluded by a House vote. Powell led Abyssinian Baptist Church and faced multiple legal and political battles including a 1967 ouster over finances. His death follows a Coast Guard airlift from his Bahamian retreat and a disputed estate among his wives.
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Miami
Adam Clayton Powell
Harlem
Jackson Memorial Hospital
U.S. Coast Guard
Bimini
Bahamas
Congress
Powell
House
Washington
New York
Constituenti
Supreme Court
House Education and Labor Committee
Charles Rangel
Black Power Movement
New Haven
Conn
Witnesses To Shooting Admit Thefts At Goetz Coal Co
Two youths involved in the Thanksgiving Eve shooting at Goetz Coal Co near here pleaded guilty in Venango County Court to burglary of gasoline and larceny for thefts on Nov 21 22. Ray Paul Lineman 18 of Van and Robert Lee Culbertson 21 admitted burglary and thefts tied to the gas thefts. A companion Jerome Reisinger was fatally shot Nov 24 during another attempted gasoline theft. Goetz owner and son and a company employee testified at a December coroner inquest they were armed due to multiple November thefts, including over 80 gallons. No one could be linked to the fatal shot.
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Franklin
Goetz Coal Co
Here
Venango
Gasoli
Ray Paul Lineman
Van
Robert Lee Culbertson
Lineman
They Call Her Hanging Judge in Supai Village
Mannie Sinyella, a Hualapi tribal member, serves as chief judge in Supai Village at the Grand Canyon foothills. She enforces bans on liquor and punishes brawlers as part of the reservation’s alcohol prohibition policy.
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Peach Springs
Ariz
Mannie Sinyella
Harrisburg 7 Jury Near Verdict Today
Harrisburg Seven jury in federal court may be near a verdict on kidnap bomb conspiracy charges against Philip Berrigan and six others. Deliberations have stretched seven days with defense motions for discharge and questions about juror progress amid discussions of coercion and possible bias.
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Harrisburg
Harrisburg Seven
Philip Berrigan
Paul O'Der
William Cunningham
Justice Department
U.S. District Court
R. Dixon Herman
Henry Kissinger
Washington, D.C
Draft Board
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