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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1997
Page
7
In Pulaski Tennessee population 9000 residents confront a history as Klan birthplace. Giles County United forms to oppose hate and organize peaceful protests delaying Klan marches. In 1990 a Martin Luther King Day rally is permitted to counter the Klan, drawing about 100 marchers and 50 counter protesters.
Martin Luther King III will lead the Atlanta based Americans United for Affirmative Action. He vows to push back against a national backlash to affirmative action as California debates Proposition 209 which seeks to end race and gender as hiring and admissions factors. the measure passed in November and is tied up in court.
Escaped convict Bill Tyrone Williams 20 sought to surrender after two days on the run in freezing temperatures near Valdosta Georgia. He knocked on doors asking to use a phone before local residents called 911. Williams, serving a life sentence, and companion James Eldrige Scott fled Lowndes County jail by scaling a 12 foot wall.
In Richland County South Carolina a kerosene heater caused an accidental mobile home fire before daybreak, killing six people including a 2 month old infant and injuring four others. Thirteen people were believed to be inside the trailer at the time. Firefighters found five victims in a rear bedroom and the infant in a distant bedroom. Investigators noted no smoke detectors were present despite the landlord claiming two had been provided. Assistant Fire Chief Anderson said one of three escapees reported hearing alarms.
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