Justice Dept Finds No Impropriety in Texarkana Hearing
Texarkana AP report says the Justice Department found no improper action in the Watson Chapel desegregation hearing led by U.S. District Judge Oren Harris last month in Pine Bluff Arkansas. Dr Mitchell Young, leader of opposing groups, vows possible suit against Harris and claims broader government distrust.
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Texarkana
Harris
John Warnock
Camden
Young
Unified Concerned Citizens of America and
Freedom Inc
U.S. Atty
John N. Mitchell
Warnock
Jerris Leonard
Civil Rights Division
Justice Department
Brian K. Landsberg
Supreme Court
United States
Congress
Legal Secretary Mrs. Prescott Addresses Phi Beta Lambda
Mrs. Leon Prescott, legal secretary with fifteen years of experience, spoke to the Phi Beta Lambda Chapter on the duties of a legal secretary. An honored Texarkana Business College graduate and co valedictorian, she currently works for Graves and Graves in Hope.
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Leon Prescott
Phi Betha Lambda
Prescott
Texarkana Business College
Graves & Graves of Hope
Mixed Jury to Hear Black Panther Case
A mixed jury of five Negroes and seven whites begins hearing testimony in New Haven in the trial of Black Panther Chairman Bobby Seale and Ericka Huggins on charges of kidnapping resulting in death and aiding and abetting murder plus conspiracy. George Sams Jr. pleaded guilty to second degree murder and is a key prosecution witness. The Panthers say Sams acted alone and that local members were coerced under threat.
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Peter Cowen
Associated Press
NEW Haven, Conn
Black Panther
Bobby G. Seale
Ericka Huggins
Seale
Sams
New Haven
George Sams
Panther Nation
Panther
Panthers
Huey P. Newton
California
Rackley
Lonnie McLucas
Huggins
Colorado
Public praise from FHA state adviser to The Star
A letter from MRS NANNIE LOU WULFF March 8 1971 Arkansas state FHA adviser commends The Star for its publicity of Hope FHA Chapter activities. She thanks teachers Mrs Helen Clark and Mrs Estelle Spearman and notes sharing clippings with National FHA and U S Office of Education.
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the-Star
Homemakers of America
Hope
Hope Fha
FHA
U.S. Office of Education
Helen Clark
Estelle Spearman
Nannie Lou Wulff
Arkansas Association
Future Homemakers of America
Grant for Head Start Reaches Bison School District
The Health, Education and Welfare Department approved a nine thousand eight hundred seventeen dollar Head Start grant for the Bison School District to serve Cleveland County headquarters. Panther statements about trials reference Sam and Rackley case details and Panters history with Huey Newton. Seale and Panthers face multiple court actions, with several arrests and guilty pleas in related Rackley case proceedings.
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Washington (Ap
David Pryor
D-Ark
Health, Education and Welfare Department
Bison
Cleveland County
Calley juror overcomes illness amid My Lai trial
FT. BENNING GA AP A juror in Lt. William L. Calley Jr. murder trial was taken to Martin Army Hospital for stomach pains and released for day two of deliberations. Maj. Harvey G Brown, 33, fell ill and was escorted by a bailiff. Deliberations proceed with a six man panel in a guarded room as prosecutors and defense prepare for verdicts on four specifications of mass murder and related charges. Meanwhile in Hope Arkansas, the Hope Star notes public service commission rule proposals affecting promotional practices by utilities.
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FT. Benning
Calley
My Lai
Reid Kennedy
Brown
Charlie Company
Kennedy
Aubrey Daniel
Col
Clifford Ford
Charles McIntosh
Walter Kinard
Maj
Carl Bierbaum
Ronald Salem
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Little, Rock, Arkansas
Little Rock
State Public Service Commission
PSC
Vedie
GO Krogering For
the Kroger Co
Kroger
Ln Eeumarerele Kroger
Elus
Joan Parkers
U.S
Country Club
Hamburger
U.s.govt
Texas
Hollywood
U.S.D.A
Avondale
Jennie Lee
Ballard Sweetmilk
Washington
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