Prisoner R B Brown Turns to Art in Morgan County Jail
R B Brown, 53, a Morgan County Jail inmate serving time for attempted burglary, has spent decades drawing and sketching while behind bars. He works mainly in pencil, inspired by a past career drawing maps, and recently had works shown at a Spirit of America festival with support from local artists and the Decatur Art Guild.
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Words of Wisdom Religious Billboard
In Louisville Kentucky a church billboard outside Walnut Street Baptist Church displayed the week's saying A closed mouth gathers no foot reinforcing a cautious message to parishioners and passersby.
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Walnut Street Baptist Church
Delta Cotton Fields See Rise in Herbicide Use
Availability of more selective herbicides and reduced hand labor have driven a notable increase in herbicide use to control weeds across the Mississippi Delta cotton regions.
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Mississippi Delta
Ex-Paratrooper Fails English Channel Swim Bid
Dover England AP reports 43 year old former U S Marine paratrooper Harry Hinken of Arlington Virginia failed for the second straight time to swim the English Channel. After 10 hours and four minutes in the water he quit exhausted though his effort was hampered by polio leaving him paralyzed from the waist and forcing him to swim only with his arms.
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