Blues legend Tampa Red laid to rest with little fanfare
Chicago reports that blues great Tampa Red died about a month ago after a heart attack. He was aged roughly 73 to 81 and was buried without a headstone as memories of his peak faded. Once a king of race records, he faded into illness, poverty, and a quiet late life on the South Side.
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Chicago
Tampa Red
Red
Frances
Maceo Merriweather
Mem
South Side
Tampa
Busing Desegregation Moves On In Several Districts
Court ordered busing for school desegregation continues, with Los Angeles ending forced busing after a referendum and other districts like Pittsburgh reporting smooth years. NAACP officials defend busing as part of progress, while federal stance and state laws shapeongoing cases in St. Louis Ocala and beyond.
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Tom Atkins
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Los Angeles
St. Louis
Ocala
Fla
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
California
U.S. Supreme Court
William Rehnquist
California Supreme Court
Justice Department
NAACP
Atkins
John Wilson
William French Smith
Wilson
Reagan
Pat Crawford
Pittsburgh
Taxpayers Seek Kickback Repayment From Spiro Agnew
Suzanne Saul Reina Chassy and John A McMillen press their Maryland suit at Annapolis seeking 177500 to the state treasury and 120610 in interest claiming former Governor and Vice President Spiro Agnew took kickbacks from engineers tied to highway contracts.
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Annapolis
Spiro Tnew
Suzanne Saul
Reina Chassy
John A.mcmillen
Agnew
Gover
Maryland
Nixon
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