• Gluckstadt store closes, 1/11/96, 6B

• 14-year old arrested in newborn's death, 1A; 11/22/96, 1A; 12/24/96, 1B, 12/21/96

• Gulfport born NBA player in national anthem flap, 1A, 3/14/96

• Officials hope to create apartments in historic buildings, 3B, 7/28/96

• Anti-abortion rally first since 1993, 1B, 7/21/96
• Clarion-Ledger picketed after refusing anti-abortion ad, 3B, 9/4/96

• Decrease in abortions is misleading
  • Women going out of state, 1B, 6/30/96
• New law: 2 physicians fight law, join Pro-Choice Mississippi, 1B, 9/27/96
• New law: Dept of Health may not be able to enforce law, 3B, 6/28/96
• New law: Dept of Health OKs regulations, 1B, 7/11/96
• New law: federal judge blocks portions of law, 1A, 9/28/96
• New law: hearing before federal judge, 4B, 9/26/96
• New law: suit filed to impede law, 1A, 8/13/96
• New law: too strict? pro and con, 7/25/96, 9A
• NY group Priests for Life supporting local opponents, 3B, 8/6/96
• Political climate favors strong anti-abortion movement, 1B, 5/12/96, 9B
• Tough abortion bill goes to Fordice, 1A, 1B; 3/30/96, 3/21/96
• UMC training in abortion standards meets medical standards, 1A, 10/6/96
• Will rewrite law, 1A, 11/5/96

• Mississippians own 'stellar performances', 1E, 3/22/96

• Restaraunt review, 4E, 5/2/96

• Plans for Red Hills Ecoplex, an industrial park, 6B, 7/28/96

• Scores up slightly for state public school students, 8/15/96, 9A
• Test coachers Leonard and John Blanton, 1D, 4/17/96
• Test scores for all schools and school districts, 4A-5A, 8/26/96

• Collecting figures a big hobby, 1D, 11/4/96

• Tupelo
  • To transport 700,000 trees this year, 1A, 11/29/96

• New painkiller hits shelves, 1D, 1/25/96

• Inmate uprising is quelled, 1B; 9/13/96, 3B, 9/12/96

• Jackson truckers slain in New Mexico, 4B, 5B; 12/16/96, 12/15/96

• Slain JFD firefighter buried, 1B, 4/28/96

• Philadelphia family is a family of barbers, 6B, 12/29/96

• Opens in Jackson, 3B, 12/7/96

• Catholic Charities, 1A, 10/19/96

• Couple Jack and Pebble Gadd adopt Russian boy, 2/13/96, 3B

• Catholic Charities' Adopting Parent Outreach Program, 1A, 10/19/96
• Couples looking to foreign countries for adoptions, 1D, 3/4/96
• Mississippi Families for Kids' adoption picnic, 3B, 10/27/96
• Race-matching policies on way out, 1A, 5/30/96

• New plant in Jackson industrial park, 5B, 6/19/96

• State officials study U of Texas Law School ruling, 3A, 3/22/96

• State examines policies after U.S. Supreme Court action, 1A, 7/2/96

• Black women break glass ceiling into casino careers, 1A, 3/31/96
• Douglass Coalition honors black Fordice appointees, 3B, 10/4/96

• American dream lost, say 59% in survey, 1A, 4/22/96
• More black women look to military for career options, 1A, 4/17/96

• Black genealogy, 1E, 2/18/96
• Many expatriates returning to their roots in Mississippi, 1A, 9/21/96

• 4 state schools face accreditation problems, 1A; 10/12/96, 1B, 10/3/96

• Agricultural zoning robs cities of tax revenues, 1A, 4/19/96

• 1996 farm production in state totals $4.6 Billion, 8C, 12/27/96
• Agribusiness Council meeting, 8B, 11/15/96

• Cafe serving emu and ostrich meat, 8B, 11/22/96
• Easter egg hunt, 1B, 4/7/96
• Failure to remove Jim Buck Ross's name from museum, 3B, 4/5/96

• Annual Candlelight Memorial Service, 1B, 5/20/96

• 8 state youths receive Red Cross training in California, 1B, 8/18/96
• 807 Clinic in Vicksburg, 4B, 10/24/96
• Black ministers taking more active awareness role, 1A, 3/14/96
• HIV cases in Mississippi, 1B (chart), 8/18/96
• HIV home testing kits opposed by health officials, 1B, 3B, 10/15/96
• Mississippians learn AIDS crosses all boundaries, 1A, 6/16/96
• Mother-daughter symposium in Jackson, 1B, 10/25/96
• New HIV strain puts blood banks on alert, 1A, 7/15/96

• World AIDS Day
  • Candlelight vigil in Jackson, 1A, 12/2/96

• After botched IV procedure he seeks regulation of nursing firms, 1A, 5/28/96

• Dies at age 95, after life well lived, 1B, 2/26/96

• Devices can be deadly to children in front seat, 1A, 8/7/96, 11/2/96, 17A
• Hancock County lawsuit settled out of court, 3B, 5/18/96
• Interest rises after Musgrove's accident, 3/10/96, 5B
• Pat Fordice makes sure governor's car has air bags
  • After Musgrove's wreck, 1B, 3/1/96
• Safety advocates stress back seat for passengers under 12, 11/28/96, 21A

• Air-fare war, 5/3/96, 6B

• 172nd Air Craft Wing has emergency drill, 3B, 8/4/96
• 183rd Airlift Squadron's Dumbo/Jiminy Cricket insignia, 1A, 10/13/96
• Busy around the world these days, 1B, 9/4/96
• Colonel Maxey Phillips gets soggy farewell, 1B, 3/29/96

• May arise outside state, 1B, 12/3/96

• Jacksonians uninjured when motor explodes on takeoff, 1A, 7/7/96

• Franchise brings breath of fresh air to Jackson, 4B, 4/21/96

• Little time to take advantage of airfare wars, 4/10/96, 5B
• Many buying tickets early to avoid reinstated excise tax, 8B, 8/23/96

• Children flying alone, 1E, 7/26/96

• Former foes join forces to save rare fish, 1B, 7/20/96
• Remains an enigma to scientists, 1A, 7/1/96

• Biloxi
  • Restaurant review, 1/18/96, 4E

• Adkins Blvd site denial is challenged, 4/25/96, 7B
• Adkins Blvd site denial: chain looks at other Jackson sites, 3/22/96, 7B
• Atkins Blvd site: judge reverses ruling, 1B, 3/22/96
• Castlewoods store: late Summer construction, 4B, 4/27/96
• Despite roadblocks, Albertson's continues building plans, 5B, 6/12/96
• Ridgeland store to add 85 jobs, 4B, 4/17/96

• Jim Hill students want no sales within 400 ft of schools, 1B, 4/10/96
• Sales near schools decried, 5/9/96, 6B, 8B; 6/6/96

• Casinos top list of large purchasers, 2B, 6/2/96
• Technology helping underage drinkers produce better fake IDs, 1A, 3/2/96

• Moderation vs. abstinence for problem drinkers, 1E, 2/25/96

• Baby's body found in trash bin, 1A; 8/18/96, 3B, 8/17/96
• Bristow finishes successful 1st year, 1B, 1B; 10/8/96, 9/15/96
• Bristow's inaugural ceremonies, 1A, 10/19/96
• Graduation, Spring 1996, 1B, 5/12/96
• President Clinton Bristow's home needs major renovation, 1A, 4/17/96

• Provides custom-made suits for Jackson clients, 1E, 9/29/96

• Sues city and judge over arrest
  • Barking dog incident, 4B, 8/30/96

• Brookhaven
  • Student shot, fellow student held, 3B, 4/16/96

• Jackson attorney suspended for 6 months, 2/17/96, 3B

• Writer gives her papers to JSU, 2B, 3/7/96

• Fun vehicles can cause injuries, 1E, 10/13/96

• Drowning man pulled from Harvey House pool, 1B, 10/7/96

• Ex-MSU student gets 10 years for vehicular homicide, 3B, 10/23/96

• Survival guide, 1D, 3/27/96

• Struggling to survive, 1A, 3/28/96

• Urged for non-violent felons, 7B, 9/27/96

• Moves from Verona to Amory, 5B, 5/11/96

• Nursing homes setting up units for growing number of patients, 1D, 10/7/96

• Field day at Penal Farm, 1B, 7/3/96
• Thanksgiving meal for homeless, 1B, 11/29/96

• His book 'Undaunted Courage...'
  • Signing at Lemuria, 1E, 4/26/96

• In Jackson to gain support for Britain/US agreement, 8B, 9/6/96
• Turbulence forces New Orleans-bound jet to land in Jackson, 1A, 9/21/96

• State AG cooperates with Arizona in fraud prosecution, 3B, 8/20/96

• To shut down plant in Aberdeen, 3B, 5/12/96

• Jackson gains access to new fiber network, 5B, 7/2/96
• Jackson to get new fiber network, 10B, 10/25/96

• Sound the Alert Day, 1D, 3/26/96

• Lowers weekend fares to Dallas/Forth Worth, 1/19/96, 8B
• Phases out direct service to Nashville from Jackson, 1/10/96, 5B

• FBI investigation of pornography via CompuServe, 5/9/96, 6B
• Opposes speaker at United Methodist state conference, 1A, 6/1/96

• Most bingo earnings go into post's general fund, not to charity, 1A, 9/1/96

• Act lauded on 6th anniversary, 3B, 7/26/96

• 300 volunteers sworn in at ceremony in Jackson, 1B, 10/26/96

• FDA approval of new drug gives victims hope, 1A, 6/18/96

• Heritage Festival, 4B; 7/14/96, 5B, 7/13/96

• State trooper pleads guilty to selling stolen drugs, 3B, 10/5/96

• Elected president of Mississippi Bar Association, 1B, 2/27/96

• New book 'A Symphony of Animals', 1F, 11/24/96

• Memphis timber firm in leader in conservation in state, 1A, 5/11/96

• SEE Boy and Girl Scouts

• Butler, Snow...Lawfirm agrees on $9M settlement, 1A, 1/24/96

• 27 dogs seized at home of Tom and Tamara McCraw, 1B; 6/26/96, 4B, 6/22/96
• Tom McCraw convicted on 21 violations, 1B, 7/25/96

• David Henson accused of abandoning dogs, 3B, 5/25/96

• Catherine and Lawrence Twiss face charges, 1A, 2B; 5/4/96, 4/4/96
• Catherine and Lawrence Twiss fined and sentenced to jail, 1B, 8/21/96
• Oxford doctor takes starving lions
  • Mrs.Twiss disappears, 1B, 5/7/96

• Jim and Rhonda Cook awarded custody of Twiss animals, 3B, 6/10/96
• The Cooks open Yoknapatawpha Exotic Animal Refuge, 1A, 7/30/96

• 3 exotic primates found roaming in woods near Gulfport, 1B, 11/15/96
• Wild animals kept of farm in Sandtown community
  • Neighbors fearful, 1/14/96, 3B

• Attempt to triple city size meets opposition, 3B, 10/14/96

• Community hopes to incorporate to forestall annexation, 3B, 7/28/96

• Officials want to annex 100 more acres of rural land, 4B, 4/10/96

• Dispute over East Travillion School, 1A, 1B, 5A; 7/31/96, 7/29/96

• Annexed areas have been waiting 20 years for services, 1A, 7/1/96

• Stolen antiques seized; 2 Oklahoma women held in Vicksburg, 8B, 11/7/96

• Top-scoring school for grade 4 in state, 1A, 2/18/96

• Lawsuit claims cat started fire at Westchester Apts, 2B, 8/8/96

• Judge dismisses developer Steve Bryan's lawsuit against Madison, 1B, 3/30/96
• Locust Hill: circuit judge gives OK; mayor to fight, 1B; 2/14/96, 2/9/96, 4B
• Locust Hill: motions filed, 2/17/96, 3B

• Flowood
  • Restaurant reviee, 3/21/96, 4E

• His new book 'Dixie Rising...', 3G (Minor column), 12/29/96

• In Mississippi, 1E, 2/9/96

• Pays $2.5M fine for falsifying water quality reports at 2 state cites, 1A, 9/27/96

• Tupelo author's newest mystery 'Cruel as the Grave', 5B, 8/4/96

• Councilman says he was threatened over the phone by James Taylor, 2B, 12/4/96

• Daimler-Benz may reopen plant, 1A, 9/26/96, 10B; 9/27/96, 12B

• Camp Shelby and Grenada units merge, 3B, 3B; 8/19/96, 8/18/96
• Military Police 'Power Team' in Mannheim, Germany, 1B, 9/9/96

• Rankin County Y must relocate, 3/29/96, 6B

• Facing eviction from Reservoir facility, 1/19/96, 4B

• Fire at Tan Du grocery suspicious, 4B, 12/30/96

• Volunteer firefighter and another man charged in 6 fires, 2B, 7/27/96

• Arsonist George L Miller, 1A, 2/15/96
• West Jackson neighbors fed up with vacant house fires, 1B, 8/31/96

• To award grands worth $1.2 million, 1F, 7/7/96

• 1996-1997 season, 1F, 8/25/96
• Loss of NEA funds could cost arts in state $Millions, 1A, 4/20/96

• Owens Corning sues labs for giving false results, 1A; 6/24/96, 1B, 6/22/96

• State high court gets Yates case, 1B, 5/14/96

• Forrest County lake made accessible to disabled, 3B, 9/28/96

• For aged who need care, but not ready for nursing home, 1A, 1A; 11/10/96, 1E, 9/19/96
• Patients facing state funding cuts, 1A, 9/26/96

• Prowress on field pays dividends in later careers, 1A, 11/13/96

• Returns jet service to Mississippi Gulf Coast, 5B, 7/17/96

• Sunken treasure on display at Lee Michaels Jewelry in Northpark, 2/29/96, 12E

• Vicksburg
  • Celebrating Silver anniversary, 1F, 10/6/96
  • Hot Coffee Cups! exhibit, 1F, 2/11/96

• Sale of abandoned, wrecked or stolen vehicles, 5/2/96, 6B

• Firm negotiates purchases and leases, 1/12/96, 5B; 1/18/96, 7B, 8B; 1/13/96
• Ruled illegal broker, 2/22/96, 5B

• New JPD crimefighting aid, 1A; 8/16/96, 1B, 8/5/96

• Transaction surcharge cuts down little in usage, 4/2/96, 5B; 4/25/96, 7B

• Enthusiasts spend thousands on car stereo, 4B, 6/24/96

• 5 Madison County robbery suspects nabbed, 3/14/96, 6B
• Gulfport man takes children, flees police
  • Later arrested, 2B, 5/22/96
• Hattiesburg woman...lock up Sitton for life, his sister says, 1B, 3/2/96
• Pregnant Hattiesburg woman Donna Ware crushed
  • Illinois man arrested, 1A, 3/1/96

• Dale says expect rates to go up, 2B, 8/21/96

• More Mississippians leasing their cars, 10B, 10/25/96

• Today's cars require mechanics to develop new skills, 6B, 8/18/96

• Jackson Fairgrounds sale: sales better than expected, 1B, 6/2/96
• Parking lot sales examined, 4B, 6/29/96
• Patty Peck Honda's reverse auction of used cars, 1A, 3/10/96
• Spring Fairgrounds Sale, 1A, 5/5/96

• 2 Greenville men face auto tag scam charges, 5/9/96, 9B
• Hinds County tags to go up
  • Library and mental health funding, 1B, 9/10/96
• JPD goes after illegal tags, 1A, 8/28/96
• State residents to choose 1998 design, 1A; 7/18/96, 1B, 7/17/96
• Voters choose magnolia motif, 1A, 11/1/96

• City 7th in nation in thefts, study shows, 1B, 1/23/96
• Ex-auto thief gives theft prevention tips, 1A, 12/10/96

• Auto theft high; tougher penalities needed, 1A, 3/10/96
• Thefts keep car-window installers busy, 3/10/96, 15A

• Oldsmobile Cutlass most stolen car, 1/17/96, 5B
• Sports utility vehicles most popular with thieves, 4/27/96, 5B

• Customized cars very popular locally, 1D, 8/19/96
• Things they should know when teenagers start driving, 1E, 9/1/96

• 'Over age' high school graduate earns associate degree, 1B, 5/15/96

• Providing international tours to travelers interested in South, 10B, 10/3/96

• Residents oppose 145 acre development off Old Canton Road, 4B, 4B; 11/9/96, 8/23/96

• $3 Million burden to state's taxpayers, 1B, 11/4/96
• 2 legislative panels OK $2Million in funding, 1A, 2/21/96
• Appeals court upholds admission rules, 1A, 3/15/96
• Case finally coming to end, experts say, 3B, 10/31/96
• Chambliss argues against higher admissions standards, 3B, 11/5/96
• Chambliss asks court to block tougher standards, 3B, 3/30/96
• College Board seeking $18.5 Million to carry out ruling, 7B, 8/15/96
• House to vote on funding, 1A; 3/20/96, 1B, 3B; 3/21/96, 3/16/96
• Legslators may face contempt if ruling not funded, 1A, 1/25/96, 3B; 2/5/96
• MVSU/Delta State merger nixed, 3B, 3/22/96
• Ruling is doomed without funding, Layzell says, 1B, 1/18/96
• Senate panel OKs $31 Million in funding, 2B, 2/28/96
• Texas law school ruling could have effect on case, 3B, 8/16/96

• Ruth and Irwin Moore's yard in Fulton, 2B, 5/7/96

• Mississippi country singer/songwriter, 1D, 2/22/96

• Pentecostal revival in Tulsa to be beamed to Jackson, 1D, 4/17/96

• Babies, Jackson
  • Choosing a name, 1D, 1/22/96
• Babies, US
  • Plural births double nationwide, 1A, 3/30/96
• Bachelor Parties
  • Many grooms now opting for low-key celebrations, 1E, 6/28/96
• Back to school SEE School year
• Backstrom, James
  • Jackson County judge's trial on assault charges, 3B, 3B; 10/3/96, 9/30/96
• Bacteria SEE Enterococci
• Bail bonds
  • George Dale says his control of bond industry is 'limited', 3/14/96, 7B
• Bailey Magnet School
  • To focus on training for health care fields, 1B, 1/12/96
• Bailey, Willie SEE Jenkins, Christopher
• Baker, Terry
  • Lauderdale County tax protester given fine, house-arrest, 2B, 11/21/96
• Bald eagles
  • Biloxi
    • Move nest to Horn Island; begin family, 4B, 8/6/96
  • Moss Point
    • Expected to resume nesting after March storm, 3B, 7/1/96
  • Warren County
    • Land swap: proposed golf course in Flowood saves habitat, 1A, 7/15/96
• Baldness
  • Men find advantages to taking it all off, 1D, 4/11/96
  • Rogain and other OTC products: do they work?, 1D, 8/28/96
• Ball python SEE Python
• Ball, Simon and April
  • Ballet siblings to dance at Galloway Methodist Church, 1D, 4/10/96
• Ballard, Glen
  • Grammy for Morissette's songwriter/producer?
    • Natchez native, 1A, 1E; 2/29/96, 2/25/96
  • Mississippi House rescinds praise of Grammy winner
    • F--- word, 1B; 3/31/96, 3G, 3/14/96
• Ballard, Michael SEE Vicksburg, Mississippi
• Ballard, Teresa
  • No reprimand for Rankin water dept employee who took $500, 1/18/96, 2B; 1/20/96, 4B
• Ballard, Teresa SEE ALSO Pearl water department
• Ballenger, Vernice SEE Death row inmates
• Ballet Magnificat!
  • Performs 'A Christmas Festival', 11B, 12/15/96
• Ballet Mississippi
  • To present 'The Nutcracker' in Jackson, 1F, 11/17/96
• Band festival
  • 11 bands get top scores, 2B; 4/21/96, 3B, 3B; 4/25/96, 3B; 4/27/96, 4/20/96
  • Some schools miss event; conflict with tests, 1B, 4/24/96
• Bank robberies, Jackson
  • Capitol St Trustmark held up by lone robber, 1/20/96, 2B
  • Kidnapping/bank robbery: comedy of errors in west Jackson, 1A, 2/6/96
  • Robber escapes on foot, 3B, 10/19/96
  • Trustmark Bank on Cooper Road
    • 5 agencies cooperate in arrests, 1B, 8/9/96
  • Tustmark robbery foiled by dye pack, 1/12/96, 6B
• Bank robberies, Potts Camp
  • 4 suspects sought, 5/12/96, 10B
• Bank robberies, Tupelo
  • Deposit Guaranty
    • 2 Memphis men held after high-speed chase, 3B, 5/6/96
• Bank robberies, Vicksburg
  • Man Roy Deaton arrested, 2B, 3/2/96
• Bank robberies, Winona
  • Robber Willie Hemingway ruled insane, 3B, 6/5/96
• Bank robberies, Yazoo City
  • Jackson man Walter Lewis held, 4B, 9/10/96
• Banks, Danny
  • Carrol County sheriff faces embezzlement charges, 1B, 4/18/96
• Banks, Gulfport
  • Organizers seek $1 Million to open black-owned bank, 3/30/96, 4B
• Banks, Mississippi
  • Employment in industry drops because of mergers, 8B, 9/24/96
  • Executives appear before Legislative panel
    • Protection of state banks, 3/1/96, 5B
  • State receives special banking accreditation, 5B, 7/25/96
• Banks, Ricky
  • Court upholds judgement agains Leflore County sheriff, 2B, 5/22/96
• Baptist Children's Village
  • Reunion: A place to call home, 1B, 1D; 8/11/96, 8/10/96
• Baptist-affliated institutions
  • Gaining right to name their trustees, 1A, 12/13/96
• Barbecue
  • Outlets next to convenience stores face regulation, 8B, 9/27/96
  • Outlets next to convenience stores in Jackson face regulation, 1A; 9/7/96, 4B, 6/3/96
• Barbers
  • The Adkins family of Philadelphia, 6B, 12/29/96
• Barbour, Haley
  • Management style often clashes with other GOP leaders, 3G (Minor column), 5/12/96
• Barefield & Co
  • Celebrates its 50th anniversary, 5/12/96, 6B, 11B; 5/17/96
• Barkes, Mark
  • Police ruled he killed his brother in self-defense, 4B, 6/4/96
• Barksdale, Jim SEE Netscape Communications
• Barlow & Plunkett SEE Jackson/Hinds Youth Detention Center
• Barnes, A.L.
  • Minister mistakes daughter Alita for burglar, kills her, 1A, 1/1/96
• Barnes, Alita SEE Barnes, A.L.
• Barnett, Robert
  • Hinds County public defender charged with DUI, 1B, 1/21/96
• Barnett, Tim
  • NFL player, ex-JSU star, convicted of sexual assault, 1A, 8/10/96
• Barranco, Johnny
  • Former jingle writer produces 2nd album of children's music, 1D, 12/21/96
• Barrett, Paul
  • Appeal for retrial, 2B, 3/30/96
  • Free on bond to appeal 15-month sentence, 1A, 1/24/96
  • Hears sentence, 1B, 1/23/96
  • Seeking new trial, 1B, 6/14/96
  • Wins new hearing in federal court, 2B, 12/10/96
• Barrett, Richard
  • Appearance in New Hampshire protested, 1B, 1/16/96
  • Supports Buchanan for President, 1B, 3/7/96
  • Wants investigation into alleged arson of his home, 1B, 5/21/96
  • Will move out of integrated neighborhood into Rankin County, 1B, 1/8/96
• Barrett, Steven
  • Family says park ranger's death was not accidental, 2B, 10/1/96
• Barrier islands
  • Firm wants to drill for oil in National Seashore, 1A, 9/24/96
  • Lawmakers support drilling south of Mississippi Sound, 2B, 11/10/96
  • Natural gas drilling: 3-mile buffer proposed, 2B, 12/17/96
  • Natural gas production: public hearing, 1B; 12/16/96, 2B, 10/30/96
  • Proposed natural gas production, 2B; 10/5/96, 3B; 10/29/96, 3B; 11/8/96, 8B, 9/26/96
• Baseball
  • Church leagues: fellowship, not winning, 1D, 4/24/96
  • Jackson Generals' opening game
    • New mascot, 1A, 4/5/96
• Baseball, Hattiesburg
  • The Game is big in Hattiesburg, 1A, 4/18/96
• Baseball, Mississippi
  • Baseball fanatics for college teams, 1A, 4/9/96
  • Mississippi's baseball cities: where The Game is big, 1A, 4/18/96
• Baseball, Mississippi SEE ALSO Big South League
• Baseball, Pearl
  • Alderman wants lights out on church nights, 1/24/96, 4B`, 4B; 2/9/96
  • Construction of new playing fields delayed, 2/8/96, 10B
  • Fathers renovate girls' playing fields, 1B, 5/24/96
• Basketball
  • MSU beats Princeton; in Sweet 16 again, 1A, 3/17/96
  • MSU defeats Connecticut; 1 step closer to Final Four, 1A, 3/23/96
  • MSU in Final Four, 1A, 1A; 3/26/96, 3/25/96
  • MSU in Final Four: 1500 people greet returning team, 1A, 4/2/96
  • MSU in Final Four: could it mean money for the school?, 1B, 5/5/96
  • MSU in Final Four: good for business, 1A, 3/28/96
  • MSU in Final Four: loss to Syracuse; too many turnovers, 1A, 3/31/96
  • MSU in Final Four: pirated souvenirs, 1A, 3/27/96
  • MSU in Final Four: players in spotlight in Big apple, 1A, 3/29/96
  • MSU in Final Four: special section, 3/30/96
  • MSU in Final Four: ticket policy angers supporters, 1B, 3/29/96
  • MSU in Final Four: valuable tickets, 1B, 4/1/96
  • MSU is SEC champ, 1A, 1C, 3/11/96
  • SEC referee Gerald Boudreaux, 1A, 3/12/96
  • Unbeaten Lady Choctaws of West Tallahatchie High School, 1A, 3/4/96
  • Women's pro team draft
    • 9 Mississippians eligible, 1A, 5/29/96
• Bass Anglers Sportsman Society
  • National convention at Reservoir, 1A, 5/14/96
• Bass, Mary Ann
  • Family thought slain teen was with relatives
    • Stabbed 87 times, 1B, 11/23/96
• BASSMASTER Mississippi Central Invitational
  • Fishing competition in Jackson, 1A, 12/7/96
• Battle, Yolanda SEE Jackson Fire Department Training Academy
• Battlefields (Civil War) SEE Civil War
• Battlefields (Civil War) SEE Riverboat gambling, Warren County
• BB guns
  • Gun may have been fired into school bus, causing injuries, 1B, 1/30/96
• Beaches
  • Dead catfish a hazard on Coast beaches, 3B, 7/3/96
  • Erosion control may be stemmed by 2 natural marshes, 3B, 6/25/96
  • State wants to resume beach water testing, 1B, 9/19/96
• Beacon Baptist Church SEE Church fires
• Bean, Suzanne SEE Entrepreneurs
• Beard, Priscilla Ann
  • Her baby died in jail
    • She files lawsuit, 1B, 1/24/96
• Bearer bonds
  • Owners of 150-year old bonds sue to make state pay, 3B, 11/13/96
  • State Supreme Court says state won't pay owners, 5B, 12/20/96
• Bears
  • 130-mile trek of black bear to yard in south Jackson, 1A; 6/22/96, 3B, 6/19/96
  • Beekeepers push for solution to marauding bear problem, 1A, 12/2/96
  • Group wants to protect black bears as well as save beehives, 1A, 1/21/96
• Bears SEE ALSO Hattiesburg Zoo
• Beatles, The
  • A new generation of fans with release of '...Anthology, Volume 2', 1D, 3/19/96
• Beck, Jason
  • His death recalls that of Jason Hurst in simular circumstances, 1B, 7A; 7/4/96, 7/3/96
  • Nude Jackson teenager battles police, dies in street, 1A, 7A, 7/3/96
• Becker, Bruce
  • Man planning coast casino faces 9 charges in Missouri, 3B, 7/31/96
• Beckwith, Byron De La
  • His son asks court to speed up appeal, 1B, 10/5/96
• Being There: The Benefits of a Stay-at-Home Parent
  • Book by Isabelle Fox, 1D, 6/22/96
• Belhaven area
  • Residents agree to historic district designation, 4B, 7/24/96
• Belhaven College
  • Inauguration of Roger Parrott, 1B, 4/19/96
  • Is there football in Belhaven's future?, 1A, 12/30/96
• BellSouth
  • 400 job cuts, including 42 in Mississippi, 3/22/96, 7B
  • Cuts its basic rate beginning January 1, 8C, 12/27/96
  • Launches Internet access in New Orleans and Atlanta, 8B, 8/28/96
  • Lawsuit settled: millions eligible for refunds, 3/23/96, 5B
• Belmont Homes
  • Shares plunge 32.3% on profit sharing
    • Also CEO Kennedy has a lung tumor, 8B, 11/6/96
• Ben, Harrison
  • Ex-Choctaw official arrested
    • Dispute with Chief Phillip Martin, 2/11/96, 4B
• Bennett, Alec
  • Jackson man hospitalized after car hits pole, 3B, 7/3/96
• Benton County Public Schools
  • To be given financial adviser, 1B, 6/1/96
• Berkline Co
  • Recliner company to open plant in Baldwyn, 4/19/96, 7B
• Berry, Santonio SEE McGill, Pamela
• Best Nest Child Care Center
  • Gulfport center closes after 2nd injury to infant, 5/12/96, 6B
• Best Wok Restaurant
  • Restaurant review, 4E, 5/30/96
• Bestway Cleaners
  • Owners Buddy and Katherine Ward wounded in holdup, 1/5/96, 4B
• Bethesda Home SEE Wills, Bob
• Beulah Baptist Church
  • Blacks say they were denied admission to white Magee church, 1B, 6/8/96
• Bible
  • All of Holy Bible to be on video by 2010 AD, 1D, 6/15/96
  • Bible on tape fills need for busy people, 1D, 10/5/96
  • Children memorizing Bible verses at day care, 1D, 10/3/96
  • Women in Bible often overlooked, some say, 1D, 1/27/96
• Bible SEE Family Bible
• Bible belt
  • Just where and what is it?, 1D, 5/18/96
• Bible Factory Outlet
  • In Gulfport, 1D, 9/4/96
• Bible school SEE Vacation Bible School
• Bicycle trails, Hinds County
  • Land dispute delaying trail, 2/17/96, 4B
• BIDs SEE Business improvement districts
• Biedenharn family SEE Coca-Cola Company
• Big Black River casino site SEE Riverboat gambling, Warren County
• Big Brothers/Big Sisters
  • Funding shortfall: its future in jeopardy, 4B, 10/18/96
  • Selling piggy banks to fund program, 3B, 9/1/96
• Big South League
  • Fledgling Class A-caliber independent baseball league, 1A, 8/1/96
• Big Sunflower River Basin
  • Cost of drainage project raised to $82 Million, 1B, 8/7/96
  • Dredging project delayed, 1A; 6/17/96, 1B, 1/30/96
  • EPA and engineers at an impasse over dredging, 1B, 10/10/96
• Big Yuk
  • Oxford improvisational comedy group, 1D, 9/19/96
• Biggers, Jackson Cunningham
  • Corinth native is Anglican bishop in Malawi, 1D, 6/8/96
• Biggers, Neal
  • Judge's high profile cases: Ayers and Ecru school prayer trial, 3/10/96, 14A
• Biggert, Bobby
  • Davis's execution delayed, 3B, 9/21/96
  • Davis's execution set, 2B, 9/7/96
  • His widow sues over his killer's release from prison, 3B; 4/19/96, 4B, 4/17/96
  • Wife loses lawsuit against Parole Board, 1B, 4/20/96
• Bike trails SEE Bicycle trails
• Bill collectors
  • Dealing with collectors: people should know their rights, 6B, 8/26/96
• Bill's Greek Tavern
  • Restaurant review, 4E, 12/5/96
• Billboards
  • Madison developer Mark Jordan's ads rile Jacksonians, 3/14/96, 6B
• Billups, Teresa SEE Vulnerable Adults Act
• Biloxi Public Schools
  • Summer tutorial program, 4B, 7/2/96
• Biloxi, Mississippi
  • City Council pressures mayor on public safety center, 3B, 5/20/96
  • City to celebrate its 300th anniversary, 3G (Minor column), 12/8/96
• Bilson, Michael
  • Fortepiano musician, 1E, 10/25/96
• Bingham, Maurice SEE Church of Christ Holiness USA
• Bingo, Iuka
  • Ruling on Amvets operation, 2B-3B, 3/30/96, 11/20/96
• Bingo, Mississippi
  • Directory of state bingo halls, 7/28/96, 8A
  • Loophole in law: very little money going to charities, 1A, 3B, 7/28/96, 9/29/96
• Bingo, Tupelo
  • Ruling on VietNow Bingo organization's games, 2B, 11/20/96
  • Ruling on Vietnow organization's games, 3B, 3/30/96
• Birdwatching
  • Its Spring and prime time for birding in Mississippi, 1A, 1D, 5/2/96
• Birth defects
  • Expectant mothers told of importance of folic acid, 1A, 7/9/96
• Birthday parties
  • More and more being held back in the home, 1D, 5/15/96
• Births SEE Caesarian section
• Births SEE Plural births
• Bishop, Darcie SEE Mississippi Symphony
• Bishop, Kevin
  • Simpson County judge accused of having sex with teenager, 3B, 10/23/96
• Bistle, Russ
  • Biloxi councilman denies he struck teenager, 1B, 6/7/96
• Black bears SEE Bears
• Black Caucus
  • Showing new style and clout in Mississippi House, 1A, 3/25/96
• Black churches, Mississippi
  • Service and job training as well as worship, 3/31/96, 4B
• Black churches, US
  • Rash of church fires opens old wounds, 1G, 3/31/96
• Black colleges SEE Black universities
• Black History Month, 1996
  • Black genealogy, 1E, 2/18/96
  • Race relations: a measure of progress, 1D, 2/24/96
  • Why learn black history?, 1G, 2/25/96
• Black universities
  • JSU's Lyons urges support in Black History speech, 2/26/96, 3B
• Black's Chapel MB Church
  • Shares building and service with First Pentecostal, 1D, 6/1/96
• Blackburn Middle School
  • Computer course for parents, 4B, 11/27/96
  • Project STEP, after-school art program, 4B, 9/6/96
• Blackwell, Unita SEE ALSO Democratic National Convention, 1996
• Blake, Andy
  • Ridgeland man makes Indian-style bows and arrows, 1D, 1/30/96
• Blake, Donald
  • Man willing to go to jail to spare his wife, a new mother, in drug case, 3B, 4/13/96
• Bland, Earnest SEE Murder, Canton
• Blanton, Leonard and John SEE ACT
• Blaylock, Jimmy
  • Tupelo gorilla impersonator hosts New York TV show, 1D, 5/8/96
• Block grants
  • 11 Mississippi cities share public facilities grant money, 5B, 6/15/96
  • City Council to revised way funds are disbursed, 4B, 8/21/96
  • Jackson City Council criticized for handling, 3B, 8/20/96
  • Who will administer federal program in state?, 1B, 5/22/96
• Block grants SEE ALSO Recovery Lodge Inc
• Blood supply
  • Donors sought; supplies low, 4B, 7/30/96
• Blood supply, Mississippi
  • Long Labor Day weekend brings need for blood, 1B, 8/29/96
  • New HIV strain puts blood banks on alert, 1A, 7/15/96
• Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi
  • Agrees to repay $8.5 Million to customers, 1A, 8/28/96
• Blue, Sherri
  • Meridian tax consultant indicted on tax evasion, 1A; 7/17/96, 2B, 2/23/96
  • Mistrial declared; Blue's daughter has labor pains, 1B, 7/18/96
• Blue, Sherri and Brian
  • Charged with obstructing IRS, 2B, 3B; 9/19/96, 9/13/96
  • Convicted on tax evasion charges, 1A; 10/8/96, 3B, 9/24/96
• Blueberries
  • March freeze damaged quantity, but not quality, 2B; 7/19/96, 5B, 6/17/96
• Blues
  • Blues legend Bill Owens, 1D, 6/13/96
• Board for Community and Junior Colleges
  • Appointee Joanna Heidel: conflict of interest?, 1A, 3/27/96
  • Heidel appointment cleared by panel, 1B, 3/28/96
• Board of Education
  • Accelerated English: Board plans to drop course, 1B, 1B; 11/15/96, 11/14/96
  • Benton County and Coffeeville districts questioned on testing, 1B, 11/15/96
  • Cavitt and Harrison Ok'ed by Senate panel, 2B, 4/5/96
  • Debate over class size in elementary grades, 1B, 1B; 10/25/96, 9/21/96
  • Jackson pathologist Rick Cavett named to Board, 2/16/96, 3B
  • James Johnson of Biloxi is Parent of the Year, 3B, 4/9/96
• Boating accidents
  • 1 killed, 3 hurt on Pearl River at Coal Bluff, 1A; 7/6/96, 1A; 7/10/96, 3B, 7/5/96
  • Brandon man Keith Hawthorne killed on Pearl River, 2B, 5/13/96
  • Fatalities down, but accidents up on state waterways, 1A, 7/29/96
  • Jackson County: Gautier teenager, son of judge, charged, 1B, 3/26/96
  • Officials seek better safety in state parks, 1B;, 7/5/96
  • Safe fun urged for personal watercraft, 1B, 6/19/96
• Bogue Chitto River
  • Supervisors ponder problem of rowdiness, drunken behavior, 2B, 10/3/96
• Bolden, Silas
  • His dismissal upheld by Attorney General, 4B, 9/4/96
  • Sexual harassment charge against county shop manager, 1B, 6/27/96, 8B; 7/10/96
  • Sues to thwart Hinds County from hiring replacement, 4B, 7/26/96
  • Wants job back
    • His attorneys want DeBerry cited for contempt, 6B, 10/31/96
• Bolivar County Hospital
  • Merger with UMC, 1B; 7/5/96, 3B, 4/4/96
• Boll weevil
  • Regional spraying program may return, 3B, 12/4/96
• Bomb threats
  • Crystal Springs Middle School evacuated
    • No bomb found, 2B, 8/14/96
  • Crystal Springs Middle School: hoax by firefighter, 3B, 8/22/96
  • Rankin County authorities probe outbreak, 2B, 4/21/96
• Bombeck, Erma
  • Housewife-humorist dies, 1A, 4/23/96
• Bombs SEE ALSO Bomb threats
• Bombs, Copiah County
  • Police find 2 bombs in home of James Thompson, 3B, 7/4/96
• Bombs, Crystal Springs
  • Police explode seismic device found in vacant house, 2B, 8/18/96
• Bombs, Gulf Coast
  • Jackson County man Joseph Graves held in plot, 6B, 9/27/96
• Bombs, Jackson
  • Fake bomb forces evacuation of South State St, 1B, 8/24/96
  • Man faces charges after setting off device at Ready-Mix, 4B, 4/12/96
• Bond issues, Canton
  • 1996: Schools to begin bond process, 1A, 4B; 9/1/96, 7/23/96
  • 1996: voters OK $6.2Million bonds for high school, 1B, 10/16/96
• Bond issues, Clarksdale
  • 1996: 3rd time a charm: high school will be built, 1B, 5/27/96
• Bond issues, Jackson
  • 1996: Ditto proposes $30 Million bond issue, 1B, 2/20/96
• Bond issues, Jackson County
  • Vote on $13.8M school bond issue, 4B, 9/10/96
• Bond issues, Madison County
  • 1996: alderman close to approving
    • (Fire station, roads), 3/27/96, 4B
  • 1996: tops county election May 21, 1B; 5/21/96, 4B, 4/23/96
• Bond issues, Mississippi
  • 1996: Huge increase in bond payments worries Fordice, 1A, 1/5/96
• Bond, Rickey
  • Cleveland sanitation worker finds $13,550, returns it, 1A, 4/9/96
• Bonds
  • Huge increases in state bond payments worry Fordice, 1A, 1/5/96
  • State sells $60.5 Million worth of AA bonds, 8B, 8/21/96
• Bone marrow transplants
  • Donor spends Xmas with recipient's family in Vancleve, 6B, 12/26/96
  • Minority donors sought, 3B, 5B; 6/9/96, 6/7/96
• Bonus plans SEE Employer incentive plans
• Booker, Joseph
  • Gulfport abortion provider loses federal protection, 1/28/96, 3B
• Booker, Willie J SEE Moss Point Police Department
• Bookhart, Mary Alice
  • Ex-society editor dies at age 87, 2B, 8/28/96
• Books-A-Million
  • Civil Conversations program features Mike Moore, 5B, 5/21/96
  • Expansion and remodeling, 5B, 6/12/96
• Booster clubs
  • Many extracurricular activities in schools benefitted, 1A, 12/20/96
• Boshers, Martha SEE New Stage
• Bosnian conflict
  • 114th Military Police Company comes home, 1A, 1A; 8/15/96, 1A; 8/16/96, 8/14/96
  • 197 Seabees return to Coast, 4B, 7/16/96
  • 2 Guard units set departure, 1/3/96, 2B; 1/13/96, 3B
  • Brandon wife and daughter feel pain of Brian Redd's absence, 1E, 5/19/96
  • Death of James Goza brings his guardman brother home, 1/18/96, 6B
  • Employees scramble to fill in for guardsmen, 1/16/96, 5B
  • Family members extend tearful farewells to guardsmen, 1A, 1/5/96
  • Fordice throws pizza party for National Guard, 3B, 5/5/96
  • Life changed quickly for Guardsman Shane Parker, 1B, 3/11/96
  • Meridian National Guard troops sent to Hungary, 1B, 6/26/96
  • Mississippi Guard units due home end of summer, 1A, 1B; 8/13/96, 4/10/96
  • Vicksburg guard unit activated, 1A, 5/10/96
  • Vicksburg's 412th Engineer Command sent to Europe, 1A, 5/21/96
  • Yellow ribbons show Mississippi soldiers not forgotten, 1B, 3/25/96
• Bosnian conflict SEE ALSO Army National Guard
• Bostick, Bennie
  • Philadelphia pharmacist must give up license, 1B, 1/12/96
• Boston Marathon
  • Texas man Bruce Wasinger runs thru state on way to Boston, 1D, 2/1/96
• Boudreaux, Gerald SEE Basketball
• Bouie River SEE Strip mining
• Bounds Road
  • Byram
    • Residents claim bridge repair taking too long, 6B, 10/25/96
• Bounties (job program) SEE Jobs
• Boutwell, Jennifer SEE Walden, Kim
• Bowers, Cynthia
  • To co-anchor CBS Morning News, 1A, 5/9/96
• Bowling
  • Larwil Lane's jack-of-all trades Alan Brown, 1D, 3/6/96
  • Paradise Lanes in south Jackson is alcohol and smoke-free, 1D, 10/15/96
• Bows and arrows
  • Ridgeland man Andy Blake makes Indian-style bows and arrows, 1D, 1/30/96
• Boxing program
  • Jackson-funded program temporarily on hold, 1B, 4B; 10/10/96, 9/18/96
• Boy and Girl Scouts
  • 111 eagle Scouts
    • Silver Beaver Award, 2/17/96, 3B
  • Andrew Jackson Council's Oakley Training School program, 1A, 3/27/96
  • Troop 1 honors the late William Cabaniss Sr., 1B, 6/17/96
• Boyd Gaming SEE Riverboat gambling, Warren County
• Boys Choir of Harlem
  • To perform in Jackson, 1D, 5/4/96
• Boys State, 1996
  • Timothy Bourne of Hattiesburg elected governor, 3B, 5/29/96
• Boyster, Henry
  • Ridgeland man killed in crash of Nigerian airliner, 1A, 1B; 11/16/96, 11/9/96
• Boyz II Men
  • Pairing of youths to mentors, 4B, 11/16/96
• Bracey, Ricky
  • Teenager arrested in slaying of liquor store clerk, 2B, 5/27/96
• Bradley, Jeff
  • Details sought in slaying of Hattiesburg attorney, 5B, 11/3/96
• Bradley, Richard
  • State high court upholds $5Million judgment against his employer, 1B, 5/18/96
• Brady, Bruce
  • Brookhaven sculptor creates bust of Teddy Roosevelt, 3B, 6/16/96
• Brandon Agility Running K9s (BARK)
  • Therapy dogs at nursing homes, 1B, 12/22/96
• Brandon High School
  • Band uniforms recall 'Blues Brothers', 1B, 9/7/96
• Brandon Police Department
  • Officer Kirby's overtime: he makes more than the chief, 1A, 3/3/96
• Brandon, Jay
  • Space Science Involvement: APAC student wins Washington trip, 4B, 4/10/96
• Brandon, Mississippi
  • Aldermen oppose change in form of government, 4/19/96, 6B
• Brandy
  • McComb native wins National Music Award, 1/30/96, 2A
• Breast and Cervical Cancer Control Coalition
  • Department of Health, 1A, 5/8/96
• Breast cancer
  • Early detection is best protection, 1E, 10/20/96
• Brent's Drug Store
  • Woodland Hills store celebrates its first 50 years, 8B, 10/9/96
• Brice's Crossroads SEE Civil War
• Brick Oven Cafe
  • Restaurant review, 4E, 6/20/96
• Bridges, Jackson
  • Man injured falling through rotten bridge on M Evers BLVD, 1B; 1/19/96, 1/17/96, 4B
• Bridges, Madison County
  • 5 closed for repair, 4/11/96, 7B
• Bridges, Mississippi
  • Study says 22% of state infrastructure in bad shape, 1A, 10/10/96
• Bridges, Rankin County
  • Holly Bush Rd bridge to be replaced, 3/12/96, 4B
• Briggs, Eddie
  • Departing Lt Governor lauded in Senate, 1/5/96, 3B
  • He and partner buy Canton car dealership, 1G, 3/26/96, 5B; 5/12/96
• Brinkley Plaza Apartments
  • Demolition is applauded, 4B, 6/7/96
• Broadbent, Hydeia
  • 12-year-old AIDS victim carries message to Murrah, 1A, 1D; 12/15/96, 12/13/96
• Broadmeadow United Methodist Church
  • Assigned black minister John Cornelius, 1A, 6/12/96
• Broadmoor Baptist Church
  • Church van rammed by car on I-55, 1B, 6/12/96
• Broadwater Beach Resort
  • May be demolished by new owners, 8B, 10/1/96
  • Primadonna Resorts (Nev) buys Coast landmark, 1A, 7/23/96
  • Primadonna Resorts backs out of purchase, 1A, 10/24/96
• Brookhaven Public Schools
  • Police officers to provide security
    • Question on liability, 3B, 8/22/96
• Brooks Fiber Communications Inc
  • $10 Million fiber optic network in Jackson, 1/16/96, 5B
• Brooks, Garth
  • Tickets to his Jackson concert go fast, E section, 1B; 12/5/96, 3B; 11/10/96, 11/2/96
• Brooks, Melissa Lumpkin
  • Takes child custody fight to U.S. Supreme Court, 3B, 10/6/96
  • U.S. Supreme Court hears her child custody case, 1A, 3B; 12/17/96, 10/8/96
• Brown Elementary School
  • Possible merger with Rowan Middle School, 1A, 4B; 6/19/96, 6/15/96
• Brown, Alan SEE Bowling
• Brown, Jason
  • Calvin Shelton's cooperation with prosecution, 3B, 4/13/96
  • Murder trial of 4 defendants, 2B; 2/22/96, 2/21/96, 3B, 3B; 2/23/96
  • Teenage trio convicted in slaying, 2/25/96, 3B
• Brown, Jessie
  • Fellow aviator wants 2nd ship named for black pilot, 1A, 5/21/96
• Brown, Larry
  • Oxford fireman-turned-author, 1D, 12/24/96
  • Review of his latest novel, 2D, 10/16/96
• Brown, Michael
  • Arrested in shooting death of brother Greg, 2B, 3/18/96
• Brown, Ollie Mae SEE Smith, Jessie Milton
• Brown, Ron
  • Death in plane crash
    • Mississippians recall his personal touch, 4/4/96, 6A
• Brown, Vanessa SEE Moore, Christopher
• Brown, Walter
  • Jackson firefighter arrested for shoplifting, 2B, 6/9/96
• Bruce Campbell Airport
  • FAA funds pay for facelift, 3/20/96, 4B
• Brunini Grantham Grower and Hewes
  • 6 school law experts leaving firm, 3B, 11/6/96
• Brunini, Joseph
  • Retired bishop of Jackson Diocese dies, 1A; 1/12/96, 1A; 2/18/96, 1/8/96, 3G
• Brush fire SEE Grass fire
• Bryam
  • Some residents oppose construction of more churches, 1B, 12/30/96
• Bryan Tours SEE Habitat for Humanity
• Bryan, Hob
  • Legislator outshines collragues, 1/11/96, 5B
• Bryan, Steve SEE Apartments, Madison
• Bryant, Giles
  • Judge Graves urges quick retrial for Lindsey, 2B; 5/7/96, 3B, 5/1/96
  • Lindsey rejects plea bargain, 3B, 12/6/96
  • Lindsey trial: mistrial declared after detective's testimony, 1A, 6/13/96
• Bryant, Judy
  • 2 years after husband slain she works for victims' rights, 1A, 5/14/96
  • Tells of her frustrations with criminal justice system, 1B, 12/10/96
  • Widow of Giles Bryant wonders if suspects will ever be tried, 1B, 4/17/96
• Bryant, Mitchell
  • Walthal County escapee captured at Jackson gas station, 4B, 7/23/96
• Buddington, Randy SEE Mississippi State University---Nutraflora FOS...
• Budget, Mississippi SEE Mississippi budget
• Bugs SEE Insects
• Building Mississippi
  • The range of businesses calling Mississippi home, (tabloid insert), 2/25/96
• Building projects
  • $17 Million increase show Jackson's prosperity, 4B, 7/12/96
• Bullard, Marcus
  • MSU basketball star sentenced to 2 years in drug case, 1A, 9/14/96
• Burglary, Jackson
  • 4 teens arrested in failed burglary attempt, 2B, 12/12/96
  • Ellis Avenue/Robinson Road arrests, 4B, 5/9/96
  • JPD arrests burglar hiding in garage attic, 2/27/96, 4B
  • Making your home a tough target against theft, 1D, 7/18/96
  • Man mistakes daughter for burglar, kills her, 1A, 1/1/96
  • Numbers are decreasing, 2B, 7/1/96
  • Suspected burglar and car thief alludes JPD, 4B; 7/4/96, 6B, 7/2/96
• Burgoon, Jim
  • Leflore County attorney resigns, 3B, 12/4/96
• Burial insurance
  • Industry a 'disaster' waiting to happen, Legislature told, 1/25/96, 7B
• Burke, Annie Meaghin SEE University of Mississippi
• Burn Center SEE Mississippi Firefighters Memorial Burn Center
• Burns, Joseph
  • Sentenced to death in murder of Mike McBride in Tupelo, 5B, 9/8/96
• Bus service SEE JATRAN
• Bush (rock group)
  • At Mississippi Coliseum, 3/28/96, 10E
• Business and Industry Political Education Committee SEE BIPEC
• Business fire, Canton
  • Church's Fried Chicken fire suspicious, 2/8/96, 10B
  • Robinson Furniture and Appliances burns, 2/6/96, 4B
• Business fire, Greenville
  • 2 buildings destroyed; man injured, 2B, 7/28/96
• Business fire, Jackson
  • Numbers down from 1994, but monetary losses greater, 1A, 2/13/96
  • Recycling Services Inc on Mill Street destroyed, 1A, 4/12/96
• Business fires, Mississippi
  • Tragedies plague state; lack of building codes cited, 1A, 12/17/96
• Business improvement districts
  • Capital Center Inc wins passage, 1A, 7/4/96
  • Lawyer David McGowan sues city over fees on his property, 8B, 8/23/96
• Business/Industry/Teacher Exchange Day
  • Metro Jackson Chamber of Commerce
    • Job program, 8B, 9/17/96
• Businesses, Jackson
  • Picking a unique name, 5B-6B, 6/1/96, 9/30/96
  • Wellness programs for employees, 1A, 1D, 3/11/96, 6B, 10/27/96
• Businesses, Mississippi
  • Building Mississippi: range of businesses calling state home, 2/25/96 insert
  • Lack of planning for succession to next generation can hurt, 6B, 10/28/96
• Butler, Burl
  • Judge warns tobacco companies on 'foot-dragging', 1B, 2/21/96
• Butler, Mark
  • Retired geophysicist thinks meteorite crashed in Montgomery County, 1A, 8/30/96
• Butler, Michael
  • Marijuana smoker jailed to sober up for court date, 1B, 12/6/96
• Butler, Oscar
  • Indianola man awarded $1.5M in 1993 truck crash on U.S. 49, 4B, 11/9/96
• Butler, Sabrina
  • Mother freed in controversial death of her child, 1A, 1/22/96
• Buzz cut
  • Very short haircut is popular now, 1D, 7/15/96
• Byram
  • Fire station a possibility after donation of land, 4/13/96, 6B
  • Motorists say traffic light essential at Terry and Siwell roads, 6B, 9/12/96
• Byram High School
  • Last class graduates, 5/23/96, 8B

C

• Cabana, Don
  • Former Parchman warden writes book on executions, 2B, 2B; 8/25/96, 5/30/96
• Cabaniss, William SEE Boy and Girl Scouts
• Cabell, Jason
  • Jackson Prep football star, 1A, 11/22/96
• Cable television
  • Offerings vary widely in Jackson metro area, 1A, 4/27/96
  • Real life cable guy laughs off Jim Carey movie, 6/20/96, 7B
• Cade Chapel M.B. Church
  • Family Preservation Project, 4B, 5/11/96
• Caesarian section
  • Mississippi has 3rd-highest rate in US, 1A, 8/31/96
• Cafe Creole
  • Restaurant review, 4E, 10/3/96
• Cage, Clarence
  • 100-year old resident of State Veterans Home, 1E, 1/5/96
• Cal-Maine Foods
  • Jackson-based egg producer to have stock offering, 8B, 10/29/96
• Caldwell, Joseph
  • Leap Year baby, 1B, 3/1/96
• Calhoun, Credell and Peggy Hobson
  • What was the real purpose of their summer festivals?, 1A, 9/16/96
• Calhoun, Peggy Hobson
  • Claims guard blocked her from courthouse, 1B, 1/20/96
• Calhoun, Stephen
  • Clinton may faces child pornography charges in California, 4B, 6/25/96
• Call to Renewal
  • Interdenominational Christian group
    • Founder Jim Wallis, 1D; 10/24/96, 2B, 10/19/96
• Callaway, Christopher
  • President of Jackson Diocese's Catholic Youth Org, 1D, 5/4/96
• Calling All Men
  • Program helps fathers develope relationships with children, 5B, 5/23/96
• Calvary Baptist Church
  • Central Jackson church renews mission, vows to stay, 1A, 6/3/96
• Camp Kickapoo
  • Bill Waller won't disclose plans for site, 1/11/96, 6B
• Camp Shelby
  • Possible site for education and discipline training of inmates, 3B, 7/11/96
• Campaign funds
  • 1995
    • Cochran and Wicker took funds from tobacco companies, 1B, 2/6/96
  • 1996
    • New Sec of State Eric Clark seeks reform, 1B, 1/1/96
  • Trent Lott will be a player in any reform, 3G (Minor column), 11/17/96
• Campbell, Bracey SEE Mississippi University for Women
• Campbell, Tracey
  • Morton woman shot her daughter, then herself, officials say, 3B, 7/22/96
• Campbell, Will
  • Signs copies of his new book at Lemuria, 7B, 12/7/96
• Camps
  • Summer academic camps and enrichment courses for children, 1D, 4/29/96
• Canada, Joe
  • Ex-DJ given 6 years in child sex case, 3B, 3/22/96
• Canal Barge Inc SEE Trinity Marine Group
• Cancer SEE ALSO Department of Health
• Cancer SEE ALSO Lung cancer
• Candlelight Memorial Service
  • AIDS ceremony, 1B, 5/20/96
• Candlelight Vigil of Remembrance and Hope
  • MADD ceremony, 3B, 12/6/96
• Caning
  • Proponent Tom Cameron on 'Donahue', 2B, 2/20/96, 11/2/96
• Canton Flea Market, 1995
  • Seized clothing donated to charities, 2/28/96, 3B
• Canton Flea Market, 1996
  • Shoppers, start your engines, 1A, 5/9/96, 12E; 5/10/96
• Canton Gospel Homecoming
  • Fourth of July celebration, 1B, 7/5/96
• Canton Missions
  • Emergency shelter seeking more room, 3B, 4B; 6/17/96, 4/9/96
• Canton Police Department
  • Aldermen review Chief Wilson's personnel plan, 4B, 4/30/96
• Canton Public Schools
  • Bursting at the seams
    • Bond issue scheduled, 1A, 9/1/96
  • District gives rewards for attending school, 6B, 12/28/96
  • Hearing on site of proposed new high school, 2B, 11/5/96
• Canton, Mississippi
  • Citizens don't want Walnut St renamed, 3/2/96, 4B
  • City using religion to bridge racial gap, 1A, 11/11/96
  • Parks and recreation improvements, 4B, 4/5/96
• Capital Center Inc
  • City Council given extension on funds repayment, 1B, 3/21/96
  • City Council meets on how to respond to Auditor's demand, 2/29/96, 4B, 5B; 3/1/96
  • City Council, Hinds supervisors must repay $100,000, 1A; 2/24/96, 1B, 2/23/96
  • City Council: fails to agree on response to Auditor, 3B, 3/6/96
  • Dispute holds up city employees' paychecks, 1A; 4/4/96, 1B, 4/3/96
  • Excluding downtown businesses voting aginst its plan, 1/20/96, 5B
  • President Kim Kimbrough takes St.Louis job, 5B, 5/21/96
  • Renews push for downtown improvement
    • Eliminates businesses opposed, 3/5/96, 5B
  • SCLC calls for investigation, 4B, 5/15/96
  • Small business owners reconsider plan, 3/27/96, 5B
  • Supervisors seek withdrawal of Auditor's demand letters, 3/5/96, 4B, 4B; 4/2/96
  • Supervisors wanted say in choice of attorney in litigation, 6B, 6/6/96
  • Wants promise returned funds will be given again, 3/19/96, 4B
• Capital City Alternative School
  • New JPS facility
    • Former St. Joseph property, 4B, 9/17/96
• Capital City Classic
  • JSU vs. Alcorn: big bucks for Jackson, 1A, 11/23/96
• Capital City Commission II
  • Mayor appoints panel to guide city into 21st century, 1A, 12/28/96
• Capitol Cablevision
  • Contract negotiations with city way behind schedule, 4B, 11/27/96
  • Fiber optics system upgrade, 3/1/96, 5B
• Capitol Housing & Redevelopment Assoc
  • Renovating houses in west Jackson, 1D, 3/2/96
• Capitol Street United Methodist Church
  • Stained-glass panels to Parkway Hills, 1B, 8/10/96
  • To close its doors, 1A, 1D; 6/3/96, 3/2/96
• Car tags SEE Automobile tags
• Car thefts, Jackson
  • Map showing where thefts occured, 3/10/96, 15A
• Carbon monoxide
  • Undetected fumes from home furnaces can be deadly, 1A, 9/27/96
• Cardiomyoplasty
  • Surgery is a possible alternative to heart transplant, 1B, 7/23/96
• Cardona, Sonia
  • Honduran woman receives free surgery in Jackson, 1A, 9/25/96
• Cares Center
  • Center for troubled youth
    • Road Rally fund-raising, 4B, 6/14/96
• Caring 'N Sharing School
  • Canton school teaching Christian values, 1D, 2/3/96
• Carjackings, Jackson
  • JPD officer's son Claude Lee Smith Jr. found guilty, 4B, 5/29/96
• Carjackings, Ridgeland
  • 2 men sought in taking woman's car at gunpoint, 4B, 7/30/96
• Carley, George
  • Trial of Laurel teenager accused in 1994 slayings of parents, 5B, 12/6/96
• Carlton, Neely
  • Canton Legislator youngest woman ever to serve in state Senate, 1A, 1/1/96
• Carney, Pomp Temple
  • Indicted on Medicaid fraud, 1/5/96, 3B-4B, 9/17/96
• Carriage Hills Community
  • Children's newsletter, 4B, 5/22/96
• Carroll County Sheriff's Department
  • 10 candidates for sheriff post
    • Include Danny Banks, 4B, 9/22/96
  • Gray elected sheriff by 10 votes, 3B; 11/21/96, 4B, 11/20/96
• Carson, Jeff
  • Budding country star at Rodeo's, 10E, 10/31/96
• Carter, Craig SEE Summer Olympics, 1996
• Carter, Hilliard SEE Memorial Day, 1996
• Carvers of the Arctic Winds
  • Exhibit at Suite 103 Gallery, 1F, 10/13/96
• Carville, James SEE Mississippi Democratic Party
• Carville, James SEE Presidential election, 1996
• Cash-back programs (jobs) SEE Jobs
• Casino Summit SEE Gambling, Mississippi---Southern Gaming...
• Catastrophe fund (insurance) SEE Insurance, Mississippi
• Catchings, Bernard
  • Handcuffed man steals police car, escapes, 1/21/96, 2B
• Catchings, Thomas
  • McComb cabinetmaker turns his skills to making guitars, 1E, 7/28/96
• Caterers
  • Holiday season is busy time for Jackson caterers, 1D, 12/3/96
• Catfish industry, Mississippi
  • Growers lure consumers with new ads, 8B, 9/18/96
  • Production costs rise, profits go down, 11/14/96, 12B
  • UMC research: human aging process; insight into cancer, 1A, 7/16/96
• Catholic Charities
  • Adopting Parent Outreach Project, 1A, 10/19/96
  • In need of foster families, 1D, 6/19/96
  • Program working with juvenile offenders, 1E, 3/3/96
• Catholic Church USA
  • Shortage of priests, 1D, 12/31/96
• Cats
  • Most Obnoxious Cat nominees, 1E, 9/27/96
  • Spunky, a kitten, stranded in tree, 1A; 3/8/96, 1B, 3/7/96
• CCC SEE U.S. Civilian Conservation Corps
• Cellular telephones
  • Calls to emergency 911 cause routing problems, 1A, 8/25/96
  • Police uncertain free phones from Justice Dept worth the trouble, 1A, 9/11/96
• CelticFest '96
  • At Ag museum, 1B, 9E; 9/15/96, 9/12/96
• Cemeteries, Clinton SEE Clinton Cemetery
• Cemeteries, Terry
  • Vandalism of tombstones, 6/27/96, 8B
• Cemeteries, Wesson
  • Vandalism blamed on 3 children, 3B, 8/1/96
• Ceneteries SEE ALSO Clinton Cemetery
• Census Tract 25
  • Jackson
    • Survey to determine revitalization needs, 4B, 5/10/96
• Center for Community Development
  • Delta State University
    • Robinson named director, 2B, 5/25/96
• Center for the Study of Southern Culture
  • $1 Million gift from Chicago couple, 3B, 7/31/96
• Centerfold
  • Owner alleges police harassment in raid on dance club, 1B, 2/26/96
• CENTRA
  • Method of checking for fraud upsets Rep Cecil Simmons, 1/17/96, 3B
• Central High School
  • Jackson
    • Classes divided in 1955 hold reunion, 1A, 5/12/96
• Central Mississippi Correctional Facility
  • 720-bed prison has open house, 1B, 10/9/96
  • Counterfeit check printing scam, 1B, 9/26/96 1B; 10/5/96
  • John Donnelly named superintendent, 3B, 11/6/96
• Central Mississippi Dulcimer Festival
  • At Lefleur's Bluff Park, 4B, 9/13/96
• Central Mississippi Industrial Center
  • Gluckstadt
    • 3 new industries, 5B, 6/1/96
• Central Mississippi Marriage Covenant
  • Clergy combat state divorce rate, 1B, 9/27/96
• Central Mississippi Trail Ride SEE Dixie National, 1996
• Central Parking Systems SEE Steel Magnolia
• Central Presbyterian Church
  • Not allowed to build on site in Byram, 4B, 12/5/96
• CEOs SEE Corporations, Mississippi
• CF MotorFreight
  • QUALCOMM, computerized satellite tracking system, 1/13/96, 5B
• Chair caning
  • Tommy Singletary of Jackson, 1E, 2/16/96
• Challenger (space shuttle)
  • Mississippi teachers recall day of tragedy, 1/28/96, 14A
• ChamberPlus SEE Metro Jackson Chamber of Commerce
• Champion, William SEE University of Mississippi---Law school
• Champs for Christ
  • Christian cheerleading group in Pearl, 1D, 3/23/96
• Chancery Court Building
  • Smokers evicted from court building doorway, 2/24/96, 4B
• Chaplains SEE Prison chaplains
• Charities
  • State proposes tougher laws to regulate charities, 1B, 12/18/96
• Check-cashing companies
  • Controversy in state Legislature, 1B, 2/11/96
• Cheerleaders SEE ALSO State Cheerleading Championship
• Cheerleaders, Pearl
  • Champs for Christ, 1D, 3/23/96
• Cheswood Park subdivision
  • Buyout for Southside Plaza saddens residents, 5B, 6/13/96
• Child abuse, Jackson
  • 'Most heinous crime'
    • Since 1991 15 children under 5 killed, 1A, 6/17/96
  • Man Charles Tatum charged in scalding death of 2-year old, 3B, 5/24/96
  • Metropolitan Crimes Against Children Task Force, 1A, 10/1/96
• Child abuse, Mississippi
  • New law encourages citizens to report abuse, 1B, 4/22/96
• Child abuse, Scott County
  • 3 arrested in death of Michael Edwards, 4, 2B; 6/26/96, 3B, 6/25/96
• Child care centers
  • Infant left in Frankie's Kiddieland, 1A, 3/2/96
  • KinderCare settlement opens doors to diabetic children, 1A, 9/22/96
  • State considers raising licensing fees, 3B, 7/11/96
• Child care centers SEE ALSO School uniforms
• Child care, Mississippi
  • Working Mother magazine says state's care among worst, 1A, 7/26/96
• Child pornography
  • Clinton man Stephen Calhoun faces charges in California, 4B, 4B; 7/18/96, 6/25/96
• Child support
  • Bill would revoke all licenses for dead-beat parents, 1A; 2/8/96, 1B, 1/29/96
  • Critics say state's system designed to fail
    • Suffer the Children, 1A+, 2/25/96
  • Dead-beat parents scar their children, 1A, 2/26/96
  • Deadbeat dad number 1 Earl Hosey indicted, 1B, 4/11/96
  • DHS reports non-custodial parents owing $1000+ to credit bureau, 1B, 8/20/96
  • Employment Security Comm and DHS cooperation, 1A, 3/9/96
  • Ex-convict Franklin Mann wins appeal, 1/2/96, 2B
  • Family Master (judge) hears array of situations, 2/25/96, 10A
  • Gallery of Mississippi's most-wanted deadbeats, 2/26/96, 6A
  • Greenville physician Louis Hood ordered to pay $48,805, 1B, 10/19/96
  • SEE ALSO Mississippi Legislature, 1996---Deadbeat...
  • Texas man Ralph Willis pleads no contest, 8B, 12/18/96
• Child Support Recovery Act
  • Facing mixed judicial reaction, 1B, 7/26/96
  • Law ruled illegal, 1B, 7/3/96
  • Law's new teeth finds deadbeat parents, 1A, 10/27/96
  • Physician L. Franklin Hood pleads guilty, 1B, 7/26/96
• Children's Advocacy Center
  • German shepherd Vachss has inoperable cancer, 1B, 10/14/96
• Children's clothes SEE Clothing exchanges
• Children, Mississippi
  • Raising a spirited child, 1D, 6/20/96
  • State ranks 49th in caring for children, 1A, 6/3/96
• Chimney sweeps
  • Busy this time of year, 1B, 11/24/96
• Chimneyville Crafts Festival
  • Looking for that special something?, 1F, 12/1/6
• China Garden
  • Clinton
    • Restaurant review, 4E, 9/26/96
• Chinese New Year
  • 3-week celebration, 1A, 2/19/96
• Chinn, Ricky
  • No arrests in July slaying of man on Watkins Drive, 1B, 1/8/96
• Choctaw Indian Fair
  • Honoring Choctaw tradition, 7/18/96, 10E
  • Opens amid sorrow of slaying of 3 in Nanih Waiya, 1A, 7/18/96
• Choctaw Indians
  • Federal agencies probe Agency spending, 1A, 6/2/96
  • Struggling to keep heritage alive, 1A, 1E, 11/3/96
• Chop shops
  • Restitution to auto theft victims may discourage chop shop owners, 1A, 11/30/96
• Chotard, M. Bennett SEE Veterans Memorial Stadium
• Christian counseling centers
  • Concept thriving locally, 1D, 12/14/96
• Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
  • Fund raiser for poor blacks, 5B, 9/22/96
• Christian Moving Service
  • Leslie Best, owner
    • Moving van, 1D, 5/16/96
• Christian music
  • A booming genre, 1D, 3/18/96
• Christmas decorations
  • Garden Park neighborhood in Jackson, 4B, 12/21/96
  • Shopping malls make decorations last many years, 1B, 12/26/96
• Christmas gifts
  • 'Some assembly required', 1E, 12/20/96
  • Extravagant gifts for when the sky's the limit, 1E, 12/6/96
  • Store-return policies differ, 8C, 12/24/96
  • This year's must have gift is Nintendo 64, 1D, 10/8/96
• Christmas parade, 1996
  • Brandy Norwood is grand marshal, 4B; 12/5/96, 10/16/96, 20E
  • Fewer cars allowed in parade this year, 6B, 12/6/96
• Christmas shopping, 1996
  • 1996 'season' is 5 days shorter, 8B, 11/26/96
  • After-Xmas shoppers find slim discounts, 1A, 12/27/96
  • Businesses seeking extra help for holidays, 10B, 11/21/96
  • Chimneyville Crafts Festival, 1F, 12/1/96
  • Christmas eve closing times vary, 1B, 12/24/96
  • Drowsy shoppers up at dawn at area stores, 1A, 11/30/96
  • Last minute countdown, 1E, 12/19/96
  • Last minute shoppers, 1A, 12/23/96
  • Shift focus and stick to budget: holidays less taxing, 1E, 11/29/96
  • Stores report fewer exchanges this year, 1A, 12/27/96
  • Take extra precaution by shopping safely, 1A, 11/26/96
  • Traffic reported up at Northpark and Metrocenter, 6B, 12/22/96
• Christmas trees
  • 1996 state crop looks strong, 4B, 11/10/96
  • Cities turn trees into mulch, 1B, 12/27/96
  • Mississippi Christmas tree in Washington, DC, 3B, 12/22/96
• Christmas, 1996
  • Bus, train and plane travellers, 1A, 12/25/96
  • Churches filled during Christmas season, 1D, 12/21/96
  • Employees work schedules a dilemma during holidays, 6B, 12/22/96
  • Grittibanz, Swiss bread figures, 1D, 12/12/96
  • Holiday season is busy time for local caterers, 1D, 12/3/96
  • Holiday season is stressful time, 1E, 12/13/96
  • Jacksonians searching for that hard-to-find toy, 8C, 12/13/96
  • Mailing rush, 1B, 12/17/96
  • Poll: Family time more important than Jesus as reason for Christmas, 1D, 11/30/96
  • Shopping mall Santas, 1B, 11/8/96
  • Tussie-mussies: small Victorian bouquets, 1D, 12/19/96
• Christmon, Darryl
  • Named chief financial officer at Georgetown University, 1A, 12/10/96
• Christon, Haywood
  • Found shot, bound, tortured in trunk of car, 1/1/96, 3B
• Church contributions SEE Tithing
• Church fires
  • 1960s: interfaith, interracial group rebuilt burned churches, (Minor column), 7/7/96
  • 3 teenagers charged in Mallalieu United Methodist Church blaze, 3B, 12/13/96
  • 34 Mississippi counties receive federal grants to stop arson, 3B, 10/23/96
  • Americorps*Vista to assist communities, 1A, 7/26/96
  • Arson bringing together black and white congregations, 1A, 6/24/96
  • Beacon Baptist Church in Yazoo City
    • $20,000 raised for repairs, 1B, 8/10/96
  • Central Grove Church in Kossuth begins rebuilding, 1A, 6/30/96
  • Details of 7 recent fires at black churches in state, 6/23/96, 9A
  • Federal and state officials vow to stop fires, 3B, 6/20/96
  • Federal grant money sought to protect churches, 4B, 9/21/96
  • Fire at black Pinola County church was not arson, 3B, 7/16/96
  • Fire at House of Prayer in Greenville, 1B, 7/2/96
  • KKK leader says Klan not linked to Kossuth fires, 1A, 6/20/96
  • Kossuth fires: copycat suspected, 1A, 6/19/96, 8A; 6/21/96
  • Kossuth fires: evidence indicates single arsonist, 1A, 6/26/96
  • Kossuth fires: white Alabama teenager questioned, 3B, 7/18/96
  • Latest arsons ignite new wave of fear, 1A, 6/23/96
  • Lightning blamed for Lucedale fire, 5B, 7/4/96
  • Massachusetts students help restore Ruleville church, 3B, 4B; 7/12/96, 7/9/96
  • Members patrol grounds of 2 rural churches, 3B, 7/9/96
  • Mississippi churches aim to keep peace with prayers and patrols, 1D, 6/29/96
  • National Council of Churches probes fires in South, 5/16/96, 6B
  • Noxubee County: First James Creek Baptist Church, 1B; 9/8/96, 2B, 2B; 9/9/96, 9/7/96
  • Public legislative hearing lead by Ed Blackmon, 4B, 8/27/96
  • Reborn churches arising from ashes, 1A, 1B; 7/7/96, 7/1/96
  • Rep Blackmon urges stiff penalities
    • Will hold hearings, 1B, 7/21/96
  • Ruleville hears about federal initiatives, rebuilding funds, 2B, 7/13/96
  • State fire officials seek special division to fight arson, 2B, 9/25/96
  • State may increase charges in church burnings, 1B, 6/15/96
  • State ministers set up fund for burned churches, 5B, 7/4/96
  • Tougher state laws urged in burnings, 3B, 8/30/96
  • Truelight Missionary Baptist Church receives 1st federal grant, 1B, 9/7/96
  • Truelight Missionary Church gets $2000 from tobacco company, 3B, 10/14/96
  • Volunteers giving burned-out congregations money and aid, 1A, 6/27/96
• Church leagues (baseball) SEE Baseball
• Church music
  • Now synthesizers, guitars, horns used to enhance service, 1D, 8/31/96
• Church of Christ Holiness USA
  • 8-day convention in Jackson, 1B; 8/13/96, 1D; 8/12/96, 4B, 8/8/96
  • Maurice Bingham of Pearl is new bishop, 1A, 8/15/96
• Churches, Byram
  • Many churches being built
    • Some citizens are opposed, 1B, 12/30/96
• Churches, Jackson
  • Picking your place of worship, 1E, 7/21/96
• Churchill, Carl
  • Man from Iowa not allowed to run for Congress in Mississippi, 1B, 9/11/96
• Cigarette smokers, Jackson
  • Smokers evicted from Chancery Court doorway, 2/24/96, 4B
• Cigarette smokers, Mississippi
  • Teenage tobacco law called weak, 1A, 1B, 3B; 11/9/96, 10/31/96
• Cigarette smokers, Mississippi (Moore's lawsuit)
  • SEE Tobacco companies
• Cigarette smoking, Mississippi
  • State clamps down on smoking in prisons, 1A, 11/18/96
• Cigarette smoking, US
  • AG Moore pleased with new tobacco regulations, 1A; 8/25/96, 1G, 8/24/96
  • FDA regulations expected on nicotine, 1A, 8/22/96
  • Many more white teenagers smoke than black, 1E, 3/17/96
  • Quitting time: over-the-counter products and support programs, 1D, 9/16/96
• Cigars
  • Women beginning to smoke cigars, 1D, 2/26/96
• Circuit City Stores
  • Wants to build at County Line and I-55, 4/23/96, 5B
• Citizens Rally Against Crime
  • Holds services on high crime streets, 1A, 10/20/96
  • Jackson ministers unite, 1D, 5/1/96
• Citizens Rallying Against Crime
  • Churches going into west Jackson streets, 3B, 8/1/96
• Citizens Southwest
  • Critical of City Council behavior, 1A, 2/21/96
• Citizenship
  • 63 new Americans granted citizenship in Jackson ceremony, 1B, 7/10/96
• City attorney, Jackson
  • City Council wants more say in choice, 4B, 6B, 8/16/96, 9/26/96
  • Stone is retained by City Council, 4B, 12/20/96
• City code (Jackson) SEE Laws, Jackson
• City Council
  • 'Necktie for traitors' incident
    • 11/21/96, 1B
  • 2 women members say they are interested in Council presidency, 1B, 6/23/96
  • Anglin may not run for a second term, 4B, 12/14/96
  • Barrett elected first woman president, 1A; 7/22/96, 1B, 7/3/96
  • Calhoun vows he will control unruly episodes, 1A, 4/9/96
  • Citizens Southwest criticize Councilmen's behavior, 1A, 2/21/96
  • Clergymen call for harmony on City Council, 1B, 12/14/96
  • Council-mayor retreat proposed, 1A, 12/29/96
  • Ditto may cut public comment periods, 1A, 10/8/96
  • Does membership limit higher political career?, 1A, 6/28/96
  • Fears raised over belligerent spectators/speakers, 1B, 12/2/96
  • Grand jury criticizes lack of work, lack of order, 2B, 4/16/96
  • Hiring of 2 additional clerks opposed by some members, 4B, 6/22/96
  • Mary Robinson elected interim city clerk, 4B, 11/20/96
  • Mayor calls Council 'embarrassing', 7B, 12/18/96
  • New candidates for 1997 elections: Breazeale and Cain, 4B, 12/27/96
  • Pellegrine challenges Weaver for Ward 6 post, 4B, 5/25/96
  • Recreation funds: Audit Department studies possible misuse, 1B, 12/10/96
  • Recreation funds: correction made to Stokes' account, 1B, 12/24/96
  • Recreation funds: Stokes and Armstrong overspend, 1B, 1B; 12/17/96, 12/15/96
  • Security is increased at weekly meetings, 1A, 5/1/96
  • Time for a pay raise, some say, 1B, 3/25/96
  • Under fire for berating city employees, 1A; 9/4/96, 1B, 9/3/96
• City Council SEE ALSO Capital Center Inc
• City employees, Greenwood
  • Decision expected on overtime dispute, 4B, 7/25/96
• City employees, Jackson
  • 3% pay raise granted, 6B, 9/12/96
  • Debate over use of temp workers, 4B, 12/21/96
  • Ditto proposes pay raise for department heads, 2B, 7/17/96
  • Employee Assistance Program, 1B, 5/28/96
  • High level resignations leave vacancies in Ditto's office, 3B, 9/1/96
  • Higher pay scale sought for department heads, 1A, 1B; 7/24/96, 7/23/96
  • Proposed pay raise, 1A, 3B; 8/15/96, 5B; 8/13/96, 5/17/96
  • Proposed pay raise--some are not content, 4B, 8/16/96
  • Residency rule waived for Linda Taylor, 1B, 12/18/96
  • Temps exploited, 4B, 10/2/96
• City of New Orleans (train) SEE Railroads
• City/conunty funding issue
  • Deberry says Jackson gets its fair share from county, 1A, 8/24/96
• City/county funding issue
  • Ditto asks county supervisors for funding, 3B, 3B; 8/20/96, 8/18/96
• Civil appeals
  • U.S. Supreme Court studies Mississippi law, 1B, 4/2/96
• Civil rights workers
  • Group of youths touring South hear veteran civil rights leaders, 1B, 8/8/96
  • SCLC leaders Lowery and King speak at JSU, 1B, 9/21/96
• Civil War
  • Annual re-enactment of Siege of Vicksburg, 1B, 5/27/96
  • Commotion over proposed Big Black casino
    • Attention focused on battlefields, 1A, 9/2/96
  • Fall Muster at Beauvoir, 3B, 10/18/96
  • Memorabilia are big business, 8B, 9/8/96
  • Purchase of land at site of Brice's Crossroads, 3B, 4/27/96
  • Tishomingo family loses appeal on war relic damage by contractor, 3B, 4/24/96
• Civil War SEE ALSO Riverboat gambling, Warren County
• Civil War SEE ALSO Siege and Battle of Corinth Commission
• Civilian Conservation Corps SEE U.S. Civilian Conservation Corps
• Claiborne County Public Schools
  • Deficit forces teachers salaries to be cut, 3B, 3B; 8/16/96, 8/1/96
  • State freezes district spending, 1B, 4/9/96
• Claiborne County supervisors
  • State Auditor says they must comply with state laws, 5B, 12/13/96
• Clarion-Ledger
  • Announces new plans for local coverage, 1B, 1/7/96
  • Dave petty named executive editor, 1A, 12/14/96
  • Gill named business editor, 8B, 8/20/96
  • Ida Daley remembers living on new building site as a child, 1E, 10/27/96
  • Newspaper given community service award by Mississippi NAACP, 3B, 11/10/96
  • Simmons named assistant community editor, 1B, 4/21/96
  • Surveys tri-county area on education needs, 1A, 10A, 11/10/96
  • Time capsule sealed, 1A; 10/28/96, 1B, 10/27/96
  • Wins 17 MPA first-place awards, 3B, 6/23/96
• Clarion-Ledger All Star Seniors
  • Addressing state's problems? (essays), 1G, 1G; 5/5/96, 4/28/96
  • Jackson's brightest honored, 1A; 5/4/96, 1B; 5/3/96, 5/2/96, 6-7A
• Clark, Curley SEE Mississippi Democratic Party
• Clark, Eric
  • His shrewd dealing landed Golden Nugget Casino for coast, 3G (Minor column), 8/11/96
  • In protest over Clinton's abortion veto
    • Won't attend fundraiser, 5B, 8/15/96
• Clark, Eric SEE ALSO Campaign funds
• Clark, Henderson
  • Clarksdale police officer gets 6-month jail term, 1/11/96, 4B
• Clark, Kate Freeman SEE Lauren Rogers Museum
• Clark, Terri
  • Opens for George Strait at Coliseum, 1/18/96, 10E
• Clark, Wiley
  • Gulfport man in Paralympics Games in Atlanta, 3B, 8/13/96
• Clarke College
  • Vacant campus may be used as state hospital, 3B, 12/29/96
• Clarke, Alyce SEE Drug court system
• Class action lawsuits
  • Attorneys stand to gain big, 1A, 1/8/96
• Classical music
  • Small but devoted group of fans in Jackson, 1D, 12/16/96
• Clay, Johnnie
  • Prosecuted for zoning violation, 2/6/96, 4B
• Cliburn, Van
  • At St.Petersburg Orchestra concert, 1D, 2/29/96
• Clinton Cemetery
  • Historic city cemetery vandalized, 4B, 7/31/96
  • Woman, 47, and 3 youths charged with vandalism, 1B; 9/5/96, 6B, 8/3/96
• Clinton Fire Department
  • Presson is new fire chief, 4/26/96, 6B
• Clinton High School
  • Attache Choir wins Chicago competition, 3/19/96, 4B, 4B; 3/26/96
  • Contractor Roxco Ltd sues over construction delays, 1B, 12/18/96
  • New building opens to much excitement, 1B, 8/12/96
  • New high school to cost $2 Million more than expected, 3/29/96, 6B
  • Students using summer school to pick up extra credits, 1A, 7/10/96
• Clinton Public Schools
  • Alternative classes for problem students, 1A, 10/21/96
• Clinton Vocational Center
  • Missing GED exams, 4B, 5/18/96
• Clinton, Bill
  • Has the President kept his promises to the American people?, 1G, 9/15/96
  • Mississippi senators question president's policy toward Saddam Hussein, 7A, 9/5/96
  • State businessmen still don't get it when it comes to Clinton, 3G (Minor), 9/22/96
• Clinton, Mississippi
  • $200,000 upgrade to emergency radio system, 4B, 5/10/96
  • Children quiz local officials, 4B, 9/21/96
  • City is leading Mississippi's retirement drive, 1B, 7/22/96
• Clothesline Project
  • MSU exhibit focuses on domestic violence, 1B, 10/2/96
• Clothing
  • Paring your wardrobe down to just 12 pieces, 1D, 4/10/96
• Clothing SEE ALSO Workout clothing
• Clothing exchanges
  • Getting the best children's clothes for less, 1D, 3/5/96
• Cloverleaf Mall
  • Hattiesburg
    • Discount stores reviving mall, 8/4/96, 11B, 13B
• Clowns for Christ
  • St. Joseph Junior High students
    • Stations of the Cross dramatized, 1D, 4/6/96
• Clyde Beatty-Cole Brothers Circus
  • Performs in Flowood, 1B, 10/17/96
• Cobblestone Church of God
  • Foundation problems solved, 3/1/96, 4B
• Coca-Cola Company
  • Biedenharn family sells its holdings to Atlanta company, 5/23/96, 9B
  • Vicksburg sales center to be closed, 5B, 5/10/96
• Cochlear implants SEE Deaf
• Cochran, Commodore and Roy
  • Mississippi brothers both won Olympic gold medals, 1A, 8/4/96
• Cochran, Thad
  • Cochran/Lott Senate post contest: no real loser, 1A, 6/2/96
  • Joke by aide John Perkins concerning Olympic tickets backfires, 3B, 7/30/96
  • Not ready to concede Senate post to Lott, 1A, 5/30/96
  • Rivalry with Lott mild compared with historic parallels, 3G (Minor column), 6/2/96
  • Seeking no higher position if Dole elected president, 4B, 10/9/96
  • Senate Majority Leader post, 1B, 1G, 5/16/96; 5/17/96; 5/18/96 (all 1A); 5/26/96, 6/9/96
  • Took campaign money from tobacco company, 1B, 2/6/96
  • Wont' seek Republican Conference chairmanship again, 1B, 4/26/96
• Cody (dog)
  • Pearl PD drug dog has free root canal work, 1A, 3/30/96
• Coffield, James SEE Headley, Lana
• Colege Board
  • Fordice appointees: dispute taken to state high court, 1B, 7/4/96
• Coleman, David Gentry
  • Arrested after neighbor sees him on 'Unsolved Mysteries', 1A, 10/25/96
• Coleman, Dorothy
  • Court reinstates her lawsuit against 2 doctors, 4B, 10/30/96
• Coleman, William F.
  • Hinds County Circuit judge will take early retirement, 1A, 11/12/96
• Collage: a Celebration of the Arts in Pass Christian
  • Homeless Jewelry Project, 3B, 10/14/96
• Collection agencies
  • May be hired to colect fines owned Hinds County, 6B, 6/20/96
• College Board
  • Appointment system called 'archaic', 1B, 10/13/96
  • Cavett narrowly wins Senate OK, 3B, 4/3/96
  • Committee looks at options on legal counsel position, 3B, 8/7/96
  • Fordice appointees facing scrutiny, 1A; 3/29/96, 1B; 3/28/96, 3B, 3B; 4/4/96, 3/26/96
  • Fordice appointees withdraw after confirmation failure, 1A, 4/20/96
  • Fordice appointees: black candidates are available, 1A, 4/10/96
  • Fordice appointees: Board members split along political lines, 7/12/96, 9A
  • Fordice appointees: board president wants to avoid lawsuit, 1A, 5/17/96
  • Fordice appointees: circuit court blocks nominees, 1A, 7/10/96
  • Fordice appointees: Fordice claims victory, 1A, 7/9/96
  • Fordice appointees: Fordice insists on full Senate vote, 1B, 7/7/96
  • Fordice appointees: Governor delays new list of names, 1B, 7/25/96
  • Fordice appointees: governor is resolute, 5/19/96, 17A
  • Fordice appointees: group of state writers oppose nominees, 7A, 7/10/96
  • Fordice appointees: impasse with AG Moore, 1A, 6/27/96
  • Fordice appointees: issue back in hands of Senate, 1A, 1A; 7/12/96, 7/11/96
  • Fordice appointees: Judge McRae says vote from Florida illegal, 7/12/96, 9A
  • Fordice appointees: judge's ruling bars nominees, 1A, 1B; 7/3/96, 7/2/96
  • Fordice appointees: lawsuit challenging the governor, 1A, 6/29/96
  • Fordice appointees: Legislative committee system stood firm, 3G (Minor), 7/14/96
  • Fordice appointees: New appointees clear hurdles, 1B; 10/12/96, 3B, 10/11/96
  • Fordice appointees: new candidates, 1A, 1A; 9/21/96, 3B; 9/22/96, 9/20/96, 19A
  • Fordice appointees: new candidates clear 1st hurdle, 3B, 10/4/96
  • Fordice appointees: only 'crisis' is one Fordice created, 3G (Minor column), 6/30/96
  • Fordice appointees: race is reason for rejection, Fordice says, 1A, 5/10/96
  • Fordice appointees: SCLC asks AG Moore to nullify, 1B, 6/25/96
  • Fordice appointees: special legislative called, 1A; 6/29/96, 1B, 6/28/96
  • Fordice asks for return of names of nominees: a ploy?, 3B, 4/13/96
  • Fordice may be forced to name new members to get quorum, 1A, 1B; 6/18/96, 6/16/96
  • Fordice may re-nominate same white candidates, 1A; 5/4/96, 1B, 4/24/96
  • Fordice seats his choices
    • Invokes emergency powers, 1A, 1A; 6/22/96, 6/21/96
  • Fordice still reviewing options, 1A; 6/20/96, 4B, 5/8/96
  • Legal adviser Lloyd Arnold to resign, 7/18/96, 9A
  • PEER criticizes its accounting methods, 3B, 8/6/96
  • Senate balks at Fordice's picks, 1A, 4/6/96
  • Some upset over all-white appointees, 1A, 1B; 3/4/96, 2/24/96
• College education
  • Helping children select college can be expensive, 4B, 6/3/96
  • Mississippians know value of higher education, survey shows, 3B, 9/19/96
• College Football Hall of Fame
  • Payton and Montgomery inducted, 1A, 8/18/96
• College graduates
  • College career centers assist in job searches, 1A, 8/3/96
  • State urging native graduates to return, 1A, 3/11/96
• College Park Elementary School
  • Gautier
    • Strange behavior of fired substitute teacher, 4/7/96, 5B
• Collins Restaurant
  • Restaurant review, 5/16/96, 6E
• Collins, James
  • 13-year old Dale Archey arrainged
    • Judge is stunned, 1B, 5/7/96
  • Teenager Dale Archey follows his brother to prison, 2B, 9/24/96
• Colonial Heights Baptist Church
  • NewSong group performs, 1D, 3/9/96
  • Summer Spectacular, 1D, 7/27/96
• Color-Box Inc
  • New graphics-packaging plant in Pelahatchie, 1/3/96, 5B
• Colton, Johnny SEE Rape, Jackson
• Columbus Arts Council
  • Several items disappear at art auction, 3B, 9/17/96
• Columbus Police Department
  • Officer Keith Worshaim's 'cop card', 1A, 4/1/96
• Comets SEE Hyakutake (comet)
• Comfort Street killings SEE Tornes, Kenneth
• Comic books
  • No longer just for children, 1A, 12/3/96
• Comley, Rusty
  • Graduates from Ole Miss, gets Army commission and marries on same day, 1B, 8/3/96
• Commercial Parts & Services
  • Indianapolis company expands into Jackson, 1/20/96, 5B
• Commission for International Cultural Exchange
  • Egypt, France considering exhibits, 2B, 6/21/96
• Commission for Volunteer Service
  • Stage agency is opened, 1B, 7/31/96
• Commission of Judicial Performance
  • Wants circuit judge Lillie Sanders reprimanded, 1B, 6/12/96
• Commission on Judicial Performance
  • Investigation of Judge Frank Russell, 1B, 4/21/96
• Common Cause/Mississippi
  • National president Ann McBride speaks in Jackson, 3B, 11/9/96
• Communications Network Inc SEE WorldCom
• Communications towers
  • Hinds County tower owners may be charged franchise fee, 6B, 12/7/96
• Communion (religious rite)
  • Prepackaged communion: 'Remembrance Cups', 1D, 7/8/96
• Community centers
  • Jackson centers offering summer meal programs to youth, 4B, 6/19/96
• Community College Foundation
  • Wynne may have misued funds, PEER says, 1B, 1/18/96
• Community colleges
  • Enjoying enrollment boom, 1A, 10/6/96
  • Hiring of spouses raises questions, 1A, 10/28/96
  • Students' transfer to universities made easier, 1B, 9/28/96
• Community Empowerment Banking Initiative
  • $8.6M HUD grant to Delta, 1A, 12/20/96
• Community Expo 1996
  • Service organizations tout services, 4B, 9/20/96
• Community Federal Bancorp Inc
  • Up 26.3% on 1st day of trading, 3/27/96, 5B
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