15 Charged With Prison Brutality in Arkansas
A federal grand jury in Little Rock returned 46 indictments charging 15 people with brutal treatment of inmates across four Arkansas penal institutions from 1964 to 1966. Former Tucker Prison Farm superintendent Jim Bruton appears in 19 indictments alleging punishment by electrical shocks and whippings. Additional indictments target Cummins Prison Farm officials tied to a 1967 sit-down strike incident in which guards fired birdshot, wounding 24 inmates. Gov. Rockefeller praised federal action after 30 months of administration efforts.
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Little Rock, Ark
Arkansas
Jim Bruton
Tucker Prison Farm
State Penitentiary
Tucker
Bruton
Pulaski
Mississippi
Gary L. Haydis
Cummins Prison Farm
Cummins
Lawrence EB. Hudson
G. W. Thompson
Thomas O. Morton
Winthrop Rockefeller
J. Smith Henley
U.S. District Court
Justice Department
State Board of Correction
Clymer Social Notes Highlight Local Gatherings and Bruton Probe
Mrs. Carol Compton hosted a 1 pm luncheon for Breakfast Birthday Club members Doris Neckers Irma TenHaken Blanche Legters Hazel Legters Gertrude Gravink Florence Legters and Minnie Ton. A family gathering at Minnie Legters home included Stephen Hogenboom Nellie Ruslink and several relatives from Cleveland Jamestown Edinboro Toronto and Rotterdam while legal notes recount Bruton resigning Tucker superintendent post in 1966 amid inmate brutality allegations and a later dropped charge after unconstitutional Arkansas law.
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Carol Compton
Doris Neckers
Irma TenHaken
Blanche Legters
Hazel Legters
Gertrude Gravink
Florence Legters
Minnie Ton
Minnie Legters
Stephen Hogenboom
Cleveland
Ohio
Nellie Ruslink
Jamestown
Edward Ruslink
William Hogenboom
Joshua Hogenboom
Edinboro
Nettie Legters
Owens
Letter to the Editor condemns hit and run and mocks a critic
A reader thanks the driver who hit a dog and fled, then criticizes speed on the road and poor signals. A second letter from Rev Floyd Martin argues theology and scripture with George Cooklis, followed by a Field Service student’s family update from Corry to Geebung Australia and a note on East Germans arrested trying to flee Berlin.
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George Cooklis
Journal
God
Cooklis
Garden of Eden
Adam
Jesus Christ
Cookles
Jim Stahl
Corry
Geebung
Australia
Robert Davidson
Wayne Street
AFL
Berlin
Free Jurists Investigative Docaines
West Berlin
Crystal Coal Co. Fuels Stokers Furnaces in Corry
Crystal Coal Co located at 4 Maple Ave Corry Pennsylvania issues contact for coal fuel stokers furnaces. Phone 658-8175.
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E.F.M
Crystal Coal CO
Maple Ave
Corry
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Be Vito
Vera M. Schneider
R.D
Valley
Corry Ambulance Service
Warren General Hospital
Richard DeSimone
Anto
Spring Creek
Joka
Clymer
Herman
Marcia) Brouwer
Rotterdam
Netherlands
Wilbert Ruff
Marinus Rhebergen
Toronto
Canada
Howard Rhebergen
Clarence Frack
Sam
Mohawk
N. Y
Kelvin. Kronemeyer
Lester
M. J
Hubert Brown
Gilbert Tons
Jerome Brown
Mt. Clemens
Mich
Muskegon
Theresa Rhebergen
Lucile Bensink
Detroit
Mackinaw Bridge
Wisconsin
Chicago
Gordon Newhouse
Sons of
Kenmore
Amy Newhouse
Floyd Martin Portage
Honolulu
Fiji Islands
Sydney
Brisbane
Mum
Peter
Lynn
Ray
Heather
Golf Classic
Corry Savings
North Center Street
Corry, Pa
Eeacher Federal Depot
Ineurancs Comporetien
Brentwood
Rossin’s
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