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July 4, 2007

Former state Sen. John White dies at 70

The Clarion-Ledger, 7/4/7 Former state Sen. John White, D-Booneville, died at home Tuesday of complications from diabetes. White, 70, was an optometrist who had a practice in Baldwyn from 1965 to 2005. He also had an office in Booneville. White had lived in Baldwyn and Booneville. He and his wife, Ann, had moved to Saltillo…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
July 4, 2007

Martin trailing rival

The Clarion-Ledger, 7/4/7 An absentee ballot count today could determine if Phillip Martin’s nearly three-decade reign as chief of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians continues or comes to an end. With all eight Choctaw communities reporting Tuesday night, Martin trailed challenger Beasley Denson, a former Tribal Council member, in the runoff to the June…