Mississippi vines spark hope for wine production
Dr. Jean P. Overcash of the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station predicts a bright future for Muscadine grapes and wine in Mississippi after four years of grape growing research across the state including a Perry County vineyard at Beaumont. He notes climatic limits for Concord grapes and explains that half of local grapes are Concord-like and half Muscadine with high disease resistance and flavorful juice.
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Jean P. Overcash
Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station
MAFES
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Beaumont
Perry County
Overcash
Boris Stojanovic
Concord
California
New York
Arkansas
South Carolina
Overbush
United States
Judge orders Gilmore shot by firing squad in Utah
A Utah judge set execution for sunrise Dec 6 for Gary Gilmore, ordered to face a firing squad. Death penalty opponents planned coordinated federal efforts to stay the sentence, while security around the Utah County Courthouse remained tight.
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Gilmore
Provo
Utah
Gary Gilmore
America
J. Robert Bullock
Bullock
Tom Jones
Robert van Sciver
American Civil Liberties Union
ACLU
van Sciver
Utah County
Atty
Noall Wootton
National Cities backs heroin maintenance pilots
The National League of Cities endorses heroin maintenance experiments while opposing full decriminalization of all drugs. The stance highlights urban policy debates on treatment versus decriminalization across municipalities.
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National League of Cities
Dismissal Ordered in Final Allied Case Over Ill Witness
Federal charges were dropped Wednesday against Hugh Ellard the last Allied Equipment defendant indicted years ago in a probe of kickbacks to Mississippi county supervisors. U S District Judge Harold Cox cited witness Lloyd Eubanks illness preventing testimony and earlier dismissals of co defendants.
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Mississippi
U.S
Harold Cox
Kosciusko
Hugh Ellard
George County
Lloyd M. Eubanks
Ellard
Allied Equipment Inc
Harvey Jarrett
Jarrett
Eubank
Allied
C.W. Anderson
Jackson
Horace Ashford
Six seek Bay St. Louis finance commissioner seat
Six candidates qualified for the December 11 Bay St. Louis finance commissioner special election to fill the vacancy left by Clarence Ladner. Voters will also decide on pay raises for the mayor and commissioners, with potential runoff if needed.
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Bay St. Louis
Clarence Ladner
State Motor Vehicle's Comptroller's
Jackson
Larry Bennett
George Lipscomb
William Frisbie
Tommy Egloff
Robert Mark Soloman
Joseph Buccola
Diamondhead
Bay
Hancock County Chamber of Commerce
White House gate crasher attempt ends with charges
Steven B. Williams, 38, of Santa Fe New Mexico, climbed from his truck after trying to smash a White House gate. He suffered minor injuries and was charged by the Secret Service with destruction of government property. He shouted that he wanted to wake the president before he kills everyone. President Ford was in the Oval Office and offered no comment.
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Santa Fe
N.M
White House
Williams
Secret Service
Ford
Oval Office
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