Tobacco tax protests and other 1990s headlines
About a thousand tobacco workers and industry staff protested President Clinton's plan to raise cigarette taxes to fund national health care. Demonstrators spanned several states, fearing reduced cigarette demand and family income loss. The pack tax would rise from 24 to 99 cents. Other items include a California supermarket settlement for mislabeling and the Rainbow Man case, Chrysler recalls, and a bank robbery conviction of a man who faked his death.
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Stars and Bars debate renews at Super Bowl in Atlanta
Atlanta faces possible protests as the Confederate emblem on Georgia’s state flag may be flown at the Super Bowl. Gov. Zell Miller and lawmakers clash over removing the symbol while ministers plan a Sunday demonstration and players weigh their stance amid wide international media attention.
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Mostly black jury to weigh Edgars slaying
In Jackson Mississippi opening statements began in the murder trial of 73 year old Byron De La Beckwith the white supremacist accused in Medgar Evers killing. The case marks a shift from earlier all white juries in 1964 as a mostly black jury prepares to hear the Edgars slaying.
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Jury makeup and verdict in Medgar Evers case recounted
The piece notes an eight to four black white jury possible due to voting rights efforts by Medgar Evers and others. It recalls Mississippi’s voter roll hurdles like poll taxes and literacy tests, the 1965 Voting Rights Act, and the reopened 1990 trial with new witnesses, including a woman who prosecutors say heard Beckwith admit to the crime in 1966.
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White House backs bills to boost telecom competition
The Clinton administration and Congress push to increase competition in telecoms with bills to allow regional Bell companies to offer cable programming and local phone service, backed by Assistant Attorney General Bingaman. A separate measure would phase out restrictions on long distance and equipment manufacturing, with a DOJ and FCC review and a waiting period before entry.
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