WLBT Newsfilm Collection
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MP_198001_D286_0784_ref.mov
Description: *Hearings before the President's Commission on Campus Unrest. State Adjutant Gen. Walter G. Johnson and two Jackson State College students testify. Shooting incident at Jackson State College in May of 1970 is discussed. Additional: Law Enforcement Officials, Miss. Highway Patrol, Jackson Police Dept.
Event: Commission on Campus Unrest
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MP_198001_D286_0785_ref.mov
Description: Dr. Robert Barringer, speaker at meeting of Girl Scouts, discusses drug abuse and alcohol abuse. Scene changes to interview with Heike Zenker, Information Specialist for West German Consulate in New Orleans. Additional: Drugs, World Affairs
Event: Drug and Alcohol Abuse/Zenker
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MP_198001_D286_0786_ref.mov
Description: *President's Commission on Campus Unrest hearing. Police Chief, M.B. Pierce, State Adjutant Gen. Walter G. Johnson and other law enforcement officials testify. Additional: Jackson Police Dept., Miss. Highway Patrol
Event: Commission on Campus Unrest
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MP_198001_D287_0787_ref.mov
Description: *President's Commission on Campus Unrest hearing. Atty. Gen. A.F. Summer, law enforcement officials and Dr. Margaret Walker Alexander testify. Additional: Miss. Highway Patrol, Jackson Police Dept.
Event: Commission on Campus Unrest
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MP_198001_D287_0788_ref.mov
Description: Roy K. Moore, FBI Special Agent in Charge of Jackson office, talks about crime rate and the training of law enforcement officials. Additional: Federal Bureau of Investigation
Event: Roy K. Moore, FBI
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MP_198001_D287_0789_ref.mov
Description: *President's Commission on Campus Unrest hearing. Atty. Gen. A.F. Summer, Charles Snodgrass, Bill Allain and Dr. Margaret Walker Alexander testify. Additional: Jackson Police Dept., Miss. Highway Patrol, Law Enforcement Officials
Event: Commission on Campus Unrest
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MP_198001_D287_0790_ref.mov
Description: Silent footage of Mayor Russell Davis addressing Jackson Rotary Club. Scene changes to Sen. John C. Stennis discussing military weapons. Scene changes to report by Miss. Research and Development Ctr. concerning the Miss. Gulf Coast one year after Hurricane Camille. More footage of Davis. Discusses law enforcement officials. Additional: Jackson Police Dept., Ingalls Shipbuilding Co., Miss. Test Facility, Economy
Event: Davis/Stennis/Research & Dev. Rpt.
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MP_198001_D287_0791_ref.mov
Description: Scenes of Progressive Care Unit at Baptist Hospital. (silent) Scene changes to Cliff Bingham providing weekly police report. Additional: Hospitals, Crime
Event: Baptist Hospital/Police Report
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MP_198001_D287_0792_ref.mov
Description: *Footage of eagle statue for top of Capitol Building. (silent) Scene changes to meeting of Girl Scouts. (silent) Scene changes to Atty. Gen. A.F. Summer making statement concerning President's Commission on Campus Unrest. Scene changes to reporter discussing property reappraisals. More footage of Girl Scout meeting. School desegregation is discussed. Scene changes to exhibit of Theodore Bilbo's political career. (silent) Additional: School Integration, Public Schools, Girl Scouts
Event: Eagle/Girl Scouts/Summer/City Cnsl.
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MP_198001_D288_0793_ref.mov
Description: Housing tour of slum area in Jackson. Reconditioned homes are shown. Additional: Poverty
Event: Housing Tour
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MP_198001_D288_0794_ref.mov
Description: City Council Meeting. Mayor Russell Davis announces Lavell Tullos as new Jackson Police Chief. Additional: Law Enforcement Officials, Jackson Police Dept.
Event: City Council Meeting
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MP_198001_D288_0795_ref.mov
Description: Tom Cook, Superintendent of Parchman State Penitentiary, is interviewed concerning the number of escapes from the prison this year. Additional: Prisons
Event: Tom Cook
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MP_198001_D288_0796_ref.mov
Description: Newly appointed Jackson Police Chief, Lavell Tullos, is interviewed. Additional: Law Enforcement Officials, Jackson Police Dept.
Event: Lavell Tullos
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MP_198001_D288_0797_ref.mov
Description: *Dr. John Martin, Superintendent of Jackson Public Schools, discusses school desegregation and elementary schools. Additional: School Integration
Event: Dr. John Martin
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MP_198001_D288_0799_ref.mov
Description: Vonda Kay Van Dyke, Miss America of 1965, addresses 4-H Club Leadership Conference.
Event: Van Dyke at 4-H Conference
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MP_198001_D288_0800_ref.mov
Description: *News conference with Fayette Mayor Charles Evers and Jimmy Smith, candidate for Mayor of Port Gibson. Employment opportunities for blacks, welfare and public schools are discussed.
Event: Evers News Conference
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MP_198001_D288_0801_ref.mov
Description: Dr. Shelton Applegate, Curator of Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, talks about fossil whales in Miss. Additional: Archaeology
Event: Dr. Shelton Applegate
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MP_198001_D288_0802_ref.mov
Description: *NAACP workshop dealing with problems of school desegregation of public schools. Additional: School Integration, Teachers
Event: NAACP Workshop
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MP_198001_D288_0803_ref.mov
Description: Sen. Dan Martin talks about losing pollution aid money from the federal government.
Event: Dan Martin
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MP_198001_D288_0804_ref.mov
Description: Henry Hederman, President of Jackson Chamber of Commerce, reads statement expressing concern for education in Jackson. Additional: Public Schools
Event: Henry Hederman
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MP_198001_D288_0805_ref.mov
Description: Heidelberg Hotel. Report on bridge tournament.
Event: Bridge Tournament
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MP_198001_D289_0806_ref.mov
Description: A.M. White, Chief Engineer of Miss. Highway Dept., discusses adding lights to interstate system through Jackson and progress of interstate construction. Scene changes to Cliff Bingham providing weekly police report. Scene changes to report on bumper stickers supporting Miss. Highway Patrol. Tom Cook, Superintendent of Parchman State Penitentiary, discusses improved facilities at the prison. More footage of White. Additional: Crime, Prisons, Highway Construction
Event: White/Police Rept./Hwy. Patrol/Cook
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MP_198001_D289_0807_ref.mov
Description: *Sen. John C. Stennis discusses school desegregation. Additional: Public Schools, School Integration
Event: Sen. John C. Stennis
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MP_198001_D289_0808_ref.mov
Description: Report on City Council meeting. Some footage of meeting where city budget is approved. Scene changes to airport where U.S. Forest Service employees board airplane. (silent) They are flying to Wenatchee National Forest in Washington to fight fires. Scene changes to Billy Joe Cross, Dir. of Miss. Game and Fish Commission, discussing land purchase transaction. More footage of City Council meeting.
Event: City Council/Forest Service/Cross
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MP_198001_D289_0809_ref.mov
Description: Silent footage of women walking downtown. Scene changes to John Cross, U.S. Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare, addressing meeting of school administrators. Scene changes to news conference with Alex Waites, Dir. of Miss. NAACP. He criticizes media for not giving more attention to the return of welfare funds to the federal govt. Scene changes to reporter discussing women's liberation movement. Additional: Public Schools
Event: Cross/Waites/Women's Liberation
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MP_198001_D289_0810_ref.mov
Description: J.W. Underwood announces resignation of School Superintendent, Dr. John Martin. Martin announces his resignation. Dr. H.S. Kirshman accepts assignment as acting Superintendent of Jackson Public Schools. More footage of Underwood. Additional: Jackson City School Board
Event: Underwood/Martin/Kirshman
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MP_198001_D289_0811_ref.mov
Description: Eagle on top of Capitol Building is shown.
Event: Eagle on Capitol Building
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MP_198001_D289_0812_ref.mov
Description: Dr. Gilbert Mason, Dr. H.S. Kirshman and Fred Larue discuss federal grant for Jackson public schools. Scene changes to news conference with State Rep. Robert G. Clark concerning welfare testimony. Scene changes to Presidential Advisor, Harry Dent, addressing Republican Leadership Conference. More footage of Kirshman. Scene changes to unidentified man providing directions to Miss. Memorial Stadium. More footage of Clark. Owen Brooks, Dir. of Delta Ministry, discusses welfare grant loss. More footage of Dent. Additional: Republican Party
Event: Mason/Kirshman/Larue/Clark/Dent
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MP_198001_D290_0813_ref.mov
Description: Sen. John C. Stennis discusses world affairs, including Vietnam War.
Event: Sen. John C. Stennis