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Auction: Impounded Vehicles

A list and description of abandoned/unclaimed vehicles The auction will be held at the City’s Garage/ Impound Lot facility located at 4225-C Michael Avalon Street on Saturday, February 21, 2015 starting at 08:30 a.m.

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MLK’s secretary selling collection, including page from `I Have a Dream’ speech

RIDGELAND, Mississippi (AP) — The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s personal secretary is selling a collection from the early civil rights movement, including handwritten notes by King and a page from his “I Have a Dream” speech, what the auction house calls an unprecedented historical trove.

Maude Ballou worked as King’s secretary from 1955 to 1960, when King led the Montgomery Improvement Association and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.

Ballou, who turned 88 Friday, is selling the items Oct. 17 in New York… […]