Trial and Nike spill highlight mixed 1960s arc
A federal trial opened for Ernest Avants in Natchez over the 1966 slaying of Ben White, tied to a plan to lure Martin Luther King Jr. There is also news of a vast Nike shoe drift from a California ship, a snowball attack turning fatal, and Zippo’s legal fight against imitators, with figures on casualties, shipments, and timelines.
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Ernest Avants
Ben Chester White
Mississippi
Avants
White
Homochitto National Forest
Martin Luther King
Natchez
King
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Tenn
Alaska
Pacific Ocean
California
Nike
Curtis Ebbesmeyer
Washington State
Louisiana sinks under growing ground shift threat
In New Orleans and surrounding parishes the Mississippi River silt settles and compacts, causing homes and streets to crack and tilt. Experts note 6 to 20 inches of subsidence in two decades, worsened by drought, drainage work, and levee infrastructure, with solutions limited to site specific stabilization like mudjacking and underground soil management.
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Stalios C. Leres
Louisiana
North America
The
National Geodetic Sur
Vey
Roy Dokka
Louisiana State University
Center For Geoinformatics
Penland Dis
Stephen Leatherman
Florida International University
Leres
Orleans Parish Sewerage & Water Board
Rosalind Cook
Ray Nagin
Stalios C.leres
AIDS vaccine deemed ineffective in major test
San Francisco AP reports the experimental AIDS vaccine failed to provide overall protection in a large trial with 3,330 vaccine recipients and 1,679 placebo volunteers. The study found a strong signal of protection among black participants, with 78 percent fewer infections, though few blacks joined the trial. Officials caution that overall results do not support approval and more research is needed.
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San Francisco
Vaxgen Inc
Tom Coates
Aids Research Institute
University of California At San Francisco
Merck & Co
GlaxoSmithKline
Aventis Pasteur
Vaxgen
Brisbane
Calif
Thailand
Family criticized for not donating Jesica’s organs
In Raleigh the Santillan family faced backlash after Jesica Santillan, 17, died following a botched heart lung transplant and a second transplant. Doctors say organs from the failed procedures could not be reused due to medical factors. The family chose not to donate. Autopsy results are pending, with a final report due in six to eight weeks.
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Raleigh, N.C
Jesica Santillan
Jesica
Mack Mahoney
Duke University Medical Center
Thomas Murray
Hastings Center
Garrison
N.Y
Laura Wright
Charlotte
Duke
Mahoney
John Butts
North Carolina
Black Americans less supportive of war with Iraq
A Pew poll finds 44 percent of blacks favor war, the lowest among major groups. 66 percent overall support military action, with whites 73 percent and Hispanics 67 percent. Democrats and college-educated Americans also show less backing, amid economic fears and past mistreatment concerns.
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New York
Bush
Iraq
Nicholas Wiggins
East Stroudsburg
Pew Research Center
Congressional Black Caucus
The
NAACP
Kweisi Mfume
4-H Day Showcases Talent and Parliamentary Skills
4 H activities featured friendly competition with mock business meetings and Gavel Games where members acted as officers. Participants enjoyed music dance and dramatics with line dancing and a rocketry project noted. First place advances to Regional Club Days on March 29 at Baldwin High School.
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Ing
Stewart Wakeman
Langston Hughes School
Kanwaka 4-H Club
Matthew Kelso
Nottingham
Eudora
Kelso
Reagan Heikes
Homore
Lawrence High School
Cottonge
Baldwin High School
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Philadelphia
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Charles Bloom
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U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
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Zippo
University of New Orleans
Shea Penland
Mfume
Research Center
Cender
Jain Center
Journal-World Teen Advisory Board
Leah Hoelscher
Ashley Moran
Eudora High School
Samantha Box
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