Oklahoma death suspect Gene Hart finds local backing at fundraising dinner
Approximately 400 attendees at a northeast Oklahoma community center raised funds to aid Gene Hart, charged with three counts of first degree murder in the Girl Scout slayings. Attendees supported defense costs for expert witnesses and transcripts, with organizer Quannah Chuleewah reporting $1,161 raised and more events planned. Hart, a Cherokee, previously escaped Pryor jail while serving a rape sentence. The preliminary hearing was set to begin the following week after court denied defense motions to delay.
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Hart
Special District
Jess B. Clanton
Pryor
Quannah Chuleewah
Jane Doe rites for jump victim in Chicago
An anonymous victim known as Jane Doe, found on the 15th floor of a Chicago Housing Authority building after a fall, will receive a dignified funeral Monday in Oak Ridge Cemetery Hillside. Chicagoans contributed 600 dollars and a donor provided the grave site. two ministers and an organist donate their time for the ceremony.
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Chicago
Jane Doe
Cook County
Chicago Housing Authority
Remembering RFK Assassination at Ambassador Hotel
Celebrities and politicians gathered near Los Angeles to memorialize the 1968 RFK assassination anniversary. Sirhan Sirhan, serving a life sentence, is described as silent with a blank memory of the night. Attendees include Shirley MacLaine, Gov. Brown, Rafer Johnson, Roosevelt Grier, and the Kennedy family.
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Los Angeles
Robert F. Kennedy
Ambassador Hotel
Kennedy
California
Sirhan B. Sirhan
Soledad Prison
Sirhan
John van de Kamp
Ceive
Paul Schrade
United Auto Workers
Schrade
Shirley MacLaine
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Andy Williams
Rafer Johnson
Roosevelt Grier
Jackson seeks minorities in news media
Reverend Jesse Jackson urged the news media to open doors to blacks and other minorities to restore moral authority and believability. Speaking to over 400 broadcast executives at the AP Broadcasters Convention in Cincinnati, he said the press fails to reflect constitutional freedoms in practice, effectively disenfranchising Black Americans and distorting coverage.
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Cincinnati
Jesse Jackson
Associated Press Broadcasters
Art show at Murphyboro Junior High features student macrame
Phyllis Barringer, 13, hangs her macrame piece for the Murphysboro Junior High annual art show held in the old high school building at 2125 Spruce Street. The exhibit will feature between 300 and 400 works this week with additional details on Page 5.
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Phyllis Barringer
Murphysboro
Spruce St
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Jackson
China
Mikasa Fitz
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Carbondale
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Little Egypt
Grand Stand
Parade
Sears
Sears, Roebuck and CO
Wynnewood
Mediterranean
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