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Seizure of Camera Triggers Press Outcry in Mississippi
In Crs on Mississippi the seizure of a photographer's camera by a U S attorney sparked a press rights controversy. Mississippi Press Assn president Elmus Harden called it a deplorable infringement while Jackson editors Frederick Sullens and Hodding Carter labeled the act outrageous and a helluva note. Harden urged amends, arguing no individual rights were violated yet decrying the action as a press violation.
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Crson
Miss
Mississippi Press Assn
Elmus Harden
Itawamba Times
Mississippi Press
U. S
W. C. Shoemaker
Jackson Daily News
Hodding Carter
Greenville
Federal Grand Jury
Grand Jury
Anetly
Frederick Sullens
Carter
Delta Democrat-Times
Harden
Sullens