Ex-mayor acquitted, two men convicted in 1969 killing
Sunday, October 20, 2002
YORK, Pa. -- The former mayor was acquitted and two other men were convicted Saturday in the shotgun slaying of a young black woman during race riots that tore apart York in 1969, the verdicts all but closing the books on a crime that has haunted the city for more than three decades.
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