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A preliminary
hearing date of April
19th has been set for
Earnest Lee Hargon
Hargon is accused
of killing his cousin
Michael Hargon and Michael's
wife Rebecca and son
James Patrick. Public
Defender Wesley Evans
was granted a motion
to have a court reporter
present at the hearing.
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District Attorney
James Powell says he
was willing to concede
having a court reporter
present for justice
court. (0:18)
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Voice stress
tests rejected by House
of Representatives
The Mississippi
House of Representatives
last week rejected a
proposal to authorize
law enforcement officers
in the state to use
a computerized voice
stress analyzer. Wayne
Sorge was at the capitol
for the debate which
included concern for
the rights of the accused.
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- Latest effort
to unionize in Mississippi
fails
Employees at
the Double Cote steel
coating facility in Jackson
rejected a proposal to
organize with representation
by the United Steelworkers
Union last week. The vote
was 67 to 26. The President
of the Mississippi AFL-CIO
Robert Shaffer says workers
in Mississippi are reluctant
to organize and tend to
give their employers the
benefit of the doubt about
problems they may have.
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At the Mississippi
Manufacturers Association,
John Bass and Jim Stringer
agreed that workers
in Mississippi are reluctant
to organize. (0:44)
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Union loses
effort to organize at
Doublecote of Jackson
The latest
effort to organize workers
at a Mississippi plant
has failed. Wayne Sorge
reports on the process
last week at a steel
coil coating operation
where the United Steelworkers
had tried to get the
company to go union.
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US House Passes
Broadcast Decency Act
Congress is
taking steps to implement
broadcast decency on
the public airwaves.
MPB's Scott Phillips
has this report.
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Commentaries
- Walt Grayson on
Greenville Writers (1:58)
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- Earlier this
month the US House of
Representatives passed
the Broadcast Decency
Act of 2004. 3rd district
Congressman Chip Pickering
authored several measures
in the legislation
The legislation
increases fines to 500
thousand dollars. It also
creates a three strike
rule for broadcasters
and requires the FCC to
address complaints in
a more timely manner.
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But opponents say the
legislation raises constitutional
issues of free speech,
like Free Policy Project
Director Marjorie Hines.
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Japanese
fiber banana
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Gardening Radio
from the Mississippi
State University Extension
Service serves lawn
and garden enthusiasts
Monday through Friday
with timely information
presented in a 2-minute
format.
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