Texas rest home raid uncovers alleged prison for mentally disabled
FBI opened a civil rights probe after state and Wharton County officers raided a three bedroom Houston area home. Elmer Tompkins and Lillian Gobert face false imprisonment charges for allegedly holding 13 adults, aged 28 to 50, in a garage with no sanitary facilities while Gobert collected their checks. Tompkins is jailed on 60,000 bond. Gobert has not been arrested.
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FBI
Robert Franck
Tworsons
Spanish Camp
Wharton County
Elmer Tompkins
Lillian Gobert
van Nuys
Calif
Tompkins
Court may move Kent gym case to Supreme Court
May 4th Coalition seeks another halt on Kent State University gym annex construction. The 6th Circuit rejected a stay as the coalition plans appeals to the Supreme Court or a federal appeals court. Protests and arrests occurred at the site with sentences issued in Ravenna.
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Kent State University
US Supreme Court
Theodore Meckler
May 4Th Coalition
High Court
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Cincinnati
U.S. Interior Department
National Guard
Meckler
Potter Stewart
Coalition
William T. Whitaker
Ohio Supreme Court
U.S. Senate
Brage Golding
KSU
Senior citizens showcase at Ohio Fair despite neglect at booths
Ohio officials say senior citizen crafters face weak sales at the Columbus Building as fairgoers overlook handmade wares, with sales potentially down 30 percent. Daily activities include performances by seniors from 10 a.m. to noon, a noon dancing contest, and crime prevention talks. Walter Moore, 79, of LaRue, performed with the LaRue Harmonizers.
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Ohio
Elizabeth Bjorn
Bjorn
Ohio Commission On Aging
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