Hooks Backers Prepare Move to Limit Chair Power
NAACP executive director Benjamin Hooks is reinstated effective today by Margaret Bush Wilson. Supporters, including Hazel Dukes, plan a meeting of 46 of 64 board members to curb the chairman’s authority. Wilson defended the action, citing that the purposes of the initial suspension had been served.
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Benjamin L. Hooks
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Margaret Bush Wilson
Hazel Dukes
New York State
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Wilson
Sign of the times jobless trucker seeks work in Beaver
Beaver Pa five hours daily for weeks George Mineard, 36, unemployed trucker and mechanic, wears a sandwich board saying I need a job. He has talked to thousands, unable to afford a new truck after an accident, losing his house and separation from his wife. He rejects most aid, walks 8:30 am to 1:30 pm past the Beaver County Courthouse seeking employment.
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George Mineard
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Beaver County
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Vera Mineard
Tylenol extortion suspect convicted of mail fraud
James W. Lewis was found guilty on six counts of mail fraud in a 1981 Kansas City credit card scheme. The 36 year old faces up to 30 years in prison with sentencing to follow a pre sentence report. He also faces a July Chicago trial for alleged extortion tied to the Tylenol cyanide murders.
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UPI
James W. Lewis
Chicago
Lewis
U.S
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John E. Ryan
Ryan
Willard B. Bunch
LeAnn
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