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Governor Promises Thorough Probe of Unmarked Graves
Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller orders full exhumation of bodies from a grassy Cummins Prison Farm field while state police lead the inquiry. NAACP seeks Justice Dept. review amid claims of guards slaying inmates. reports describe shootings and buried convicts as unclaimed paupers.
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Cummins Prison Farm
Ark
Winthrop Rockefeller
Houston/Tex
Fresno
Calif
Arkansas Penitentiary
Arkansas
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
U.S. Atty
Ramsey Clark
Justice Department
Arkansas Legislative Council
Lincoln County Grand Jury
Rockefeller
FBI Laboratory
Washington
William Struebing
Criminal Investigation Division
The
State Police
Barly
Reuben Johnson
NAACP
Johnson
State Penitentiary Board
Struebing
Tion
Tucker
Cummins
Lord Sadler
Penitentiary Board
A. D. Nisler
Murton