Next steps on Jail issue confront Douglas County
Douglas County faces a divided vote after rejecting a 44 million jail expansion and mental health center plan. With 26 000 ballots cast the margin was 1542 votes 53 to 47 percent. Council will hear public input May 30 and weigh smaller expansions phased leasing portable units or reform options with the Jail No coalition urging alternatives before any expansion.
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Fishermen Among Kaw Catfish Fetch High Prices
The Kansas Daily Tribune notes a surge in catfish fishing with dealers buying eight hundred pounds in a day. Catfish weighed sixty to ninety pounds each, nearly a hundred pounds for a few, and prices reached twenty cents per pound, a mystery given the large catch.
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Hundred-Year-Old Lynching Tale From Valdosta Recalled
Miami Herald columnist Leonard Pitts revisits a 1920 Valdosta Georgia lynching of Hampton Smith and the murder of Hayes Turner and Mary Turner. He cites NAACP notes and Walter White’s account to underline the brutal mob violence and its legacy.
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Catonsville Nine burn draft files in protest
On May 17 1968 nine activists including Daniel and Philip Berrigan entered the Catonsville Selective Service office seized draft files and burned them. They were arrested and later sentenced to prison terms of 24 to 42 months. Also notes Cranmer declared Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn marriage invalid in 1536, and Aristides won Kentucky Derby’s first run in 1875.
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England
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Prohibition lifted opens door to legal sports wagering
Washington argues PASPA failed to curb betting as Supreme Court rules states may regulate and tax legalized sports gambling. The 6-3 decision shields states from federal command and foresees broader state action while leagues eye profits from new betting markets.
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Mark Cuban
Dallas Mavericks
George Will
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