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Glen Burnie's largest civic group is campaigning to push a faith- based homeless center out of its new building on Crain Highway, lodging numerous complaints to county officials since May. Emails and calls from the Glen Burnie Improvement Association about the Emmaus Center have prompted county inspectors to order a halt of most activities inside the center's location in the Steffey Building at 407 S. Crain Highway - including morning prayer and Sunday worship. The group now has services for about 15 to 20 people in an outdoor courtyard.
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Two months after [Rosa Parks]' arrest. [CIaudette Colvin]'s arrest-and several other Black women who had been similarly arrested-was revisited by some Black attorneys. That formed the basis of a federal class action discrimination suit especially since prior filings in state court "tell on deaf ears." Using Aurelia Browder (a Montgomery homemaker, one of the women who had been arrested) as the named plaintiff, attorney Fred Gray filed a federal case, Browder vs Gayle (W.A. "Tacky" Gayle. Mayor of Montgomery) in the U. S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama in February 1956. After the suit was filed, the city increased its pressure on the MIA. Dr. King and 90 of his followers were arrested and charged with conspiring to conduct a boycott. During the trial. Gray consulted wi...
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Two interesting presentations will be given at the next meeting of the Hacienda Heights Improvement Association. Ernie Salas, Leader of the Gabrielino Band of Mission Indians, will review local concerns and involvement of his tribe.
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LA HABRA HEIGHTS - A La Habra Heights Improvement Association meeting last week spun out of control, leading to possible criminal charges that the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office will have to sort out. Activist George Edwards, 42, made a citizen's arrest for battery against association treasurer Jeff Heintz, 52, and John Pearce, 67, a member of the same group. Those two then made the same arrest on the same charge against Edwards.
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The Jessup Improvement Association will elect three members to its board of directors during the Oct. 22 general membership meeting. Sign-in will start at 7 p.m., followed by the meeting at 7:30 p.m. Nominations will be accepted from the floor on election night or by calling Sharon Stafford at 410-796-7473, by sending an e-mail to Kathleen Grant at kmggrant@msn.com or by contacting a current board member. Nominees must be current members in good standing.
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To: ENVIRONMENTAL EDITORS Contact: Patrick Arthur of DuPont, +1-515-422-3955, pat.arthur@bio1.dupont.com
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In order to sustain the boycott, the MIA had organized an alternative transportation system, which gave the masses the ability to get to work for over a year, something that was crucial to the success of the boycott. In his San Francisco speech King explained this system and decision. He stated: "One of the first practical problems that the ex-bus riders [had experienced] is that in finding some way to get around the city. The first thing that we decided to do was to use a taxi, and they had agreed to transport the people for just 10 cents, the same as the buses. Then the police commission stopped this by warning the taxis that they must charge a minimum of 45 cents a person. Then we immediately got on the job and organized a volunteer car pool. And almost overnight over 300 cars were o...
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Back in the 1970s DeAnna Outlaw admired the efforts of her parents, George and Bonnie Kolb, as the couple helped found the nonprofit Westside Improvement Association. Now, the tables are turned.
