Rape convictions in New Bedford spark mixed reactions
In Fall River and New Bedford, two more Portuguese immigrant men were convicted of aggravated rape in a Big Dan's tavern case, while two were acquitted. 5,000 marchers protested, seeing the verdicts as a potential ray of hope for victims. Portuguese communities alleged bias.
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Fall River
Mass
Ole
John Cordeiro
Victor Raposo
Big Dan's Tavern
New Bedford
Vwirattin Menetangaid
Priscilla Trudeau
New Bedford Rape Crisis Center
Big Dan
Darlene Wheeler
Coalition Against
Massachusetts
New
Jose Medeiros
New Bedord
Medeiros
Estes claims LBJ ordered killing of federal official
Billie Sol Estes testified before a grand jury that Lyndon B Johnson ordered the 1961 murder of Henry M Marshall, a federal agriculture official shot on his Franklin County farm. Anonymous sources quoted by Dallas Morning News and Dallas Times Herald support the claim, while two former Johnson aides deny it and stress Estes is not proven credible.
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Dallas
Billie Sol Estes
Lyndon B Johnson
Estes
Johnson
Dallas Morning News
Dallas Times Herald
Bryan College Station Eagle
US Department of Agriculture
Henry M. Marshall
Marshall
Franklin
Malcolm Wallace
Robertson County
Lady Bird Johnson
Ex-police officers on trial for alleged rape at Lynn bar incident
A Newburyport report says a woman claiming rape by two Lynn police officers was described by a teenage ex-roommate as drunk and kissing one officer before the alleged assault at Ye Olde Ox Bar. The witness said threats to arrest and a coercive request to lie were used.
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Newburyport
Mass
Edward Jackson
Annee Poellnitz Jr
Lynn
Dungamea
Stephen Harden
Francis Lappin
Fall River
New Bedford
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Center Court
Jacki Sorensen
Ann Roger
YWCA
Paul Javor
Parker/Hunter Inc
Melodie Austin
Ted Jacobs
Judy Kias
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Sisson Modeling Agency
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