Rights leader eulogized at Miss funeral
Mississippis civil rights figure Fannie Lou Hamer was honored at a Ruleville church service attended by 350 people. Andrew Young praised her grounding work in Delta activism and human rights, recalling his efforts to win her release from a Winona jail as he led a hymn after the eulogy. Stokely Carmichael praised her enduring purpose and impact on the movement.
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Left wins big cities in France runoff elections
In Paris the leftist Socialist Communist alliance gains control of major cities with 27 of 30,000 plus populations after two rounds, likely boosting chances for national power next year. Other reports note Chirac's Paris mayoral win and nationwide council gains for the left.
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Kidnap Plot Tracked by Tulsa Officials With Aerial Search
Tulsa County officials planned an air and foot search Sunday for a suburban housewife and her employee abducted three days earlier for a 500000 ransom. Suspect Larry Eugene Chanty, 32, was arrested near his mobile home six hours after the ransom pickup attempt failed.
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Mexico returns pot extortion money to Kentucky man
Mexican authorities returned fourteen thousand dollars in cash to a Kentucky man who said he used the money to buy his son's freedom from Mexican police charging him with a marijuana offense. The case led to the arrest of Matamoros officials including the city chief of police Ignacio Escobar, his commandant Oscar Villareal, and Jesus Rodriguez head of the state police bureau, with thirteen men jailed.
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