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Bahamas News Roundup: Guilty plea and train college vote
American attorney Joseph Wharton pleaded guilty on June 14 to assaulting an immigration officer at Oakes Field airport and was fined 56 dollars. The Saturday Evening Post highlighted Blind Blake, a blind musician, on June 22. Gwendolyn Bullard, 34, was arrested June 16 for the murder of Albert Harris at Lyford Cay. preliminary hearing set for June 25. The Bahamas House of Assembly voted June 17 to close the Oakes Field Training College, reallocating funds to scholarships for Bahamians abroad. Adina Adelaide Burrows married Hallen Walgreen Darville on June 14 at Shirley Street Gospel Hall.
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Joseph Wharton
Oakes Field
Wharton
Nassau
Saturday Evening Post
Blake
Albert Harris
Lyford Cay
House of Assembly
Oakes Field Training College
United Kingdom
Adina Adelaide Burrows
Hallen Walgreen Darville
Shirley Street Gospel Hall
Ignatius Burrows
George Town
Exuma
Garnett Darville
Shirley Heights