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An extraordinary philanthropist
By BILL MINOR
Wed,03/10/04-11:00PM , 168 Reads
JACKSON - No matter how many millions of dollars he made, Warren Hood still called himself a "peckerwood sawmill operator." He died suddenly at home last week at age 87.
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Barbours torpedo bipartisanship
By BILL MINOR
Wed,03/03/04-11:00PM , 108 Reads
JACKSON - On the door of his House committee office, Rep. Steve Holland, D- Plantersville, has pasted a front-page story from a recent issue of the Delta Business Journal.

The bold type headline on the story says "Governor's nephews join Jackson lobbying firm."
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Powerful kept sons out of 'Nam
By BILL MINOR
Wed,02/25/04-11:00PM , 353 Reads
JACKSON - In his 1995 autobiography, Secretary of State Colin Powell said he was angry that many sons of the "powerful and well-placed" managed to "wangle" safe stateside slots in National Guard or Reserve units during the Vietnam War draft.
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Black farmers get overdue justice
By BILL MINOR
Wed,02/18/04-11:00PM , 271 Reads
JACKSON - As blues legend Robert Johnson sang "I got stones in my passway, and my road seem dark as night," Quitman County black farmer Henry Woodard had every barrier possible thrown in his way trying to get an Farmers Home Administration farm loan.
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