Johnson desegregation judge shaped Alabama rights era
Frank Minis Johnson Jr., the Republican federal judge in Montgomery, built a legacy advancing black voting, jury, and employment rights while clashing with Gov. George Wallace. His rulings desegregated buses and schools, curbed prison abuses, and backed King’s marches, despite threats and a 1967 bombing of his mother's home.
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Chicago Daily News
Montgomery
Ala
Frank Minis Johnson Jr
Carter
FBI
Johnson
Alabama
George Wallace
Montagmery
Eisenhower
Martin Luther King Jr
James Curtis
Johnny) Johnson
Wallace
University of Alabama
South Alabama
State of
U.S
Washington
Ruth
Gov. Wallace
Trudeau and Margaret Trudeau reportedly near reconciliation
The Ottawa Citizen cited a friend saying Margaret Trudeau is seeking to cancel the separation agreement and spend more time with their three children, while showing less enthusiasm for her photographic career. The report notes possible strides toward reconciling with Pierre Elliott Trudeau.
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Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Margaret
Ottawa Citizen
Kennedy estate sold for museum plans in Rhode Island
Hammersmith Farms in Newport Rhode Island once hosted John Kennedy and Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy has been sold to Edward F Sughrue of Whitinsville Massachusetts for 825000. Sughrue intends to establish a Kennedy Museum at the 54 acre property once owned by the Onassis family.
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New York
UPI
Hammersmith Farms
Newport
R.I
Kennedy
Jacqueline
Massachusetts
Martin Stansfeld
Sotheby Parke Bennet International Realty
Jacqueline Onassis
Edward F. Sughrue
Whitinsville
Mass
Somoza Held At Miami Heart Institute For Blocked Artery
President Anastasio Somoza of Nicaragua is treated at the Miami Heart Institute after a mild heart attack. Doctors report one of his two main arteries is blocked by atherosclerosis and will be addressed with diet and drugs, avoiding surgery. He remains at the institute for several weeks.
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New York Times
Miami Heart Institute
Anastasio Somoza
Nicaragua
Somoza
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