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Converting Enemies. Carmichael recalls his emotions during a sit-in one night in Parchman, Miss., one of the roughest of all Southern rural towns...
Batesville: Sam Echols, local Negro voter registration worker, arrested for perjury, tried, and sentenced. Now awaiting transfer to Parchman State Farm. Had filled out a voter registration form last month and stated in the form that he had never committed a crime. A year ago, however, was arrested for possession of liquor. Echols said he didn't know that was a crime. Lawyers are work on the case...
Another recent bill permits the transfer of local and county prisoners to the state penitentiary at Parchman, re-known as one of the roughest prisons in the country...
John Richard Russell, 58, was serving a life sentence for murder in Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman when he developed cancer in his left lung. His right lung was also diseased, though not cancerous, and an acute kidney inflammation made it clear that he had not long to live. Not surprisingly, Russell accepted the suggestion of Dr. James Hardy that he volunteer to be the first human being to receive a transplanted lung. At the University Medical Center at Jackson, Dr. Hardy gave Russell the left lung of a patient who had just died of a heart attack...
...been convicted, except for one who was dismissed as a juvenile. Four of the 163 paid fines of $200 and were released, another 55 are free on $500 bond. Four others are in Jackson City jail, 20 are in Hinds county jail, 80 are in maximum security at the Parchman State Penitentiary...