Monument honors black legislators in Georgia Reconstruction
A February 16 unveiling at the State Capitol will honor blacks who served in Georgia's General Assembly during Reconstruction. The Thirty Black Representatives, including senators from 1868 to 1870 expelled for color, are celebrated by the Georgia Black Caucus and Atlanta sculptor John Thomas Riddle Jr. Twenty one Black lawmakers now serve in the House and two in the Senate.
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Atlanta
Georgia
State
Black Caucus of
The
General Assembly
John Thomas Riddle Jr
House
Senate
Nicaragua Voters Boycott Municipal Elections Amid Protests
Voters nationwide abstain in Nicaragua’s municipal elections to protest President Anastasio Somoza. Reports describe deserted polling stations, guards dispersing demonstrators, and a rising call for Somoza’s ouster amid a month of strikes and violence.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Anastasio Somoza
Somoza
Pedro Joaquin Chamorro
Leon
el Paraiso
Election Board
Masaya
New fighting reported between Ethiopia and Somalia
Eastern Ethiopia saw renewed clashes as Somali government forces claimed heavy losses for Ethiopian troops at Negele and two Ethiopian camps destroyed. Ethiopia reported 70 Somali troops killed and 150 captured in a Karage operation east of Addis Ababa amid Western arms diplomacy and U.S. naval show of force in the Red Sea.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Ethiopia
Somalia
United States
Horn of Africa
Ogaden Desert
Negele
Sidamo
Mogadishu
Karage
Addis Ababa
Britain
West Germany
France
Italy
Soviet Union
U.S
Iran
Saudi Arabia
Carazo Opens Lead in Costa Rica Election Race
Costa Rica's opposition leader Rodrigo Carazo led 52 percent to 43 percent for Luis Alberto Monge from 866 of 5,097 precincts. A computer analysis suggested Carazo would win outright, though he refused to claim victory, citing respect for suffrage.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
Rodrigo Carazo
Carazo
Unity Coalition
Luis Alberto Monge
National Liberation Party
Middletown Area Meeting Schedule Friday Evening
Tomorrow's listings show Middletown City Commission at 5 30 p m in City Building Trenton Area Commercial and Industrial Development Committee at 7 30 p m City Lebanon Warren County Commission at 9 a m County Administration Building Monroe Village Council at 8 p m Village Hall Springboro Clearcreek school board at 7 p m Administration
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Grand Avenue
Brezel Boulevard
Gideon Avenue
Middletown
Ohio
City Commission
Butler County
Midddletown
Trenton
Lebanon
Warren County Commission
Springboro Clearcreek School Board
Mealie meal probe demanded in Zambia
A leading Zambian newspaper calls for a full inquiry into the mealie meal shortage. Government officials blame hoarding by merchants raising prices, while critics demand accountability.
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Zambia
Lusaka
Zambba
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Thomas C. Blaks
City Counselan
Bettie J. Arthur
Auxilio Sanchez
Granada
Conservative
Somoz
Troy Holbrook
Maergie Holbrook
Common Pleas Court Division of Domestic Relations
Hamilton
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Gerald R. Day Atty
First
Broad Street
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Swalien’s Realty Associates, Inc
Thomas C. Blake
Washington
Defense Department
6Th Fleet
Naples
Red Sea
Betty Dunn
Donald Dunn
Otio
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Comdair
Edward S. Robb, JR
Gerald R. Daly Atty
Klopf Audio and Video Company
Dayton
New City Building Fund
Breiel Boulevard
Bettie J. Arthur Clerk
Frate & Crate
Furniture Warehouse Showroow
Sermantown Rd
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Daniel Oduber
Monge
Econ
Omist
Liberation Party
Unity
Robert Vesco
Vesco
Odtuber
Monroe Monroe
Butler County Commissioners
High Street
Bonham Road
Shadowy Hills Drive
Fairgrove Avenue
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Board OF County Commissioners
Donald G. Schirmer
L. Logsdon
Arthur F. Reiff
Robert W. Bogan
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N. Main Street
Main Street
Franklin
Yright
Kroger Co
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Kroger Deli
Oxford St
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