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Clemon eventually became Alabama’s first black federal judge, joining the U.S. District Court that ruled in the school desegregation case, in the Northern District of Alabama. He stayed on the bench for nearly three decades. In what must have been a surreal moment, the descendant of Southern slaves.... |
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Image copyright ABC Image caption Mark Colvin was well known in Australia as a broadcaster, foreign correspondent and prolific tweeter. Veteran Australian journalist Mark Colvin died on Thursday, aged 65. Nick Bryant - the BBC's Sydney correspondent from 2006 to 2011 - pays tribute to a man he knew as both broadcaster and friend. |
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Four separate solar farms cover about 2,000 acres in Taylor County. The largest, on about 900 acres, will provide 146 megawatts of electricity to be distributed to five electric membership corporations.
A Middle Georgia woman whom author and radio host Garrison Keillor once took out a restraining.... |
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Waco Civic Theatre, 1517 Lake Air Drive, will present the musical “Rent” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and May 18-20. Matinees will be presented at 2:30 p.m. Sunday and May 21. Ticket prices range from $16 to $20.
For tickets or more information, call 776-1591 or visit Waco tornado history. |
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Pan African Bank owned by Chief Godfrey Kio Jaja Amachree was central to the establishment and development of Rivers State. Whilst I was working in the Nigerian High Commission, Chief GKJ Amachree himself invited me to come and work for him in his bank. |
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BULLS Garden Road near Charlestown is very familiar to most Lake Macquarie people. But what’s the real story behind it? Believe it or not, more than 100 years ago this road going south, off Dudley Road, went to Mr Bull’s famous exotic gardens, hidden in bush. Today, this major tourist attraction has long disappeared. |
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St John NSW Volunteer Recruitment Drive and Open Day 9am to 4pm, Warners Bay foreshore. First Aid and CPR demonstrations; vehicle and communications equipment displays; sausage sizzle. You will also be able to learn more about the various First Aid Courses provided by St John NSW, and buy a First Aid kit. |
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Dick Contino, whose energetic accordion playing and movie-star looks made him a teenage star in the late 1940s, but whose celebrity ebbed after he was imprisoned for evading induction into the Army, died on April 19 in Fresno, Calif. He was 87. His wife, Judy, confirmed his death. For a time, Mr. |
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Clara Brown-Draughn is a walking miracle. Defying multiple doctors’ diagnoses, she has been hit with more health challenges than the average human being. But the singer, songwriter and pastor’s faith in God has never waned. A gifted vocalist, she has sung with Gospel greats such as Rance Allen and Shirley Caesar. |
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FRIDAY, MAY 12. 9am: WAGGA RIVERINA LAPIDARY CLUB INC at 7 Small Street invites you to drop into the clubroom during a session and see what they do and how they do it until 3pm. Friday activities are wire-wrapping and silversmithing. Contact Cheryl Lynch on 6933 1112. |
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Borhan Osman. FOR the last month, American and Afghan forces have been engaged in a new offensive against an IS offshoot based in Nangarhar province in eastern Afghanistan. The Trump administration dropped what it boasted was the biggest non-nuclear bomb on the group’s hide-outs on April 13; a.... |
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