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	TN Encyclopedia: LEONARD RAY BLANTON
		Ray Blanton, three-term congressman and one-term governor, was born in April 1930, in Hardin County and grew up on a farm close to the small town of Adamsville in McNairy County.
		Marie Ragghianti, a Blanton appointee and chairwoman of the Tennessee Board of Pardons and Paroles, was abruptly fired in August 1977, when she refused to release certain prisoners who, as later events proved, had bribed members of the Blanton administration.
		Blanton later claimed to be the only recent Tennessee governor who left office poor, and he was never convicted of receiving payments for pardons.
	tennesseeencyclopedia.net /imagegallery.php?EntryID=B049 (802 words)

	NewStandard: 11/23/96 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Ray Blanton, governor subject of scandal, dies at 66
		JACKSON, Tenn. -- Former Gov. Ray Blanton, who was ousted from office three days early in a cash-for-clemency scandal and later went to prison for taking a payoff for a liquor license, died yesterday of liver disease.
		Blanton, who was governor from 1975 to 1979 and a three-term congressman before that, had been in the hospital since Monday, awaiting a liver transplant.
	www.s-t.com /daily/11-96/11-23-96/a08wn062.htm (287 words)

	Ray Blanton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Leonard Ray Blanton (April 10, 1930–November 22, 1996) was the 44th governor of Tennessee from 1975 to 1979.
		Blanton was from Adamsville, Tennessee, and was from a farming family with road-building interests.
		Ray Blanton is buried in the churchyard of Shiloh Church, within Shiloh National Military Park (not in the Shiloh National Cemetery).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ray_Blanton (1106 words)

	The Final Days: Parallels Between Bill Clinton and Ray Blanton [Free Republic]
		Blanton was not charged in the case, but two aides were convicted of accepting money in return for approving paroles for prisoners.
		Blanton was convicted in 1981 of extortion and conspiracy for selling a liquor license to a friend while in office.
		Blanton was selling cash for clemency and a lot of his customers were murderers who did repeat crimes afterward including once again murder.
	www.freerepublic.com /forum/a3a507a0f030b.htm (1078 words)

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		Blanton's testimony, though credible, was not contrary to Gilbert's with respect to the rule nor did her testimony establish the promulgation of an oral rule against union solicitation by Gilbert.
		Blanton was questioned by Gilbert about soliciting for the Union when she was actually performing her work functions but contrary to the General Counsel, I do not conclude nor do I find such questioning in these circumstances to be coercive interrogation.
		In spite of the fact that Gilbert may have told Johnny Ray Blanton that any concsideration as a supervi- sor in the future would not be hindered by his present prounion sympathy, the latent message to Blanton was clear; forsake the union activity or bear the consequences of such disloyalty.
	www.nlrb.gov /nlrb/shared_files/decisions/284/284-135.txt (19805 words)

	John H. Fund
		Ray Blanton was born dirt poor in rural Tennessee in 1930, but his folksy charm and ambition got him elected to Congress in 1966.
		Pressure mounted for Gov. Blanton to be removed early and reached a fever pitch late on Jan. 15, 1979, after he finished a three-hour meeting with the announcement he had granted clemency to 52 inmates.
		The Blanton scandal was that rare case when investigators were actually able to prove a quid pro quo for pardons had taken place.
	www.jewishworldreview.com /cols/fund021501.asp (1113 words)

	NPR's Jazz Profiles: Ray Brown
		Grammy Award-winning double-bassist Ray Brown was a leader in defining the modern jazz rhythm section -- in addition to being a first-rate soloist.
		Raymond Matthews Brown was born October 13, 1926, in Pittsburgh, PA -- birthplace to many jazz greats.
		Ray would learn and practice those lines every day and while still in high school, he began plying his newfound trade in jazz clubs in and around Pittsburgh.
	www.npr.org /programs/jazzprofiles/archive/brown_ray.html (772 words)

	Mississippi Department of Education News Release
		In 1998, Ray was one of 14 teachers selected to participate in a two-week marine biology/geography study aboard the Navy research ship, U.S.S. Pathfinder, in the Mediterranean Sea, sponsored by the U.S. Navy and St. Norbert College's Ocean Voyager's Program.
		A graduate of the University of Southern Mississippi, she serves as the communications chairman for the Delta Kappa Gamma Executive Board and is a member of the Mississippi Alliance for the Arts and the National Arts Educators Association.
		She is married to Harvey Ray and has seven adult children, Phil Nelson, Mark Nelson, Blanton Ray, Craig Ray, Emily Tillman, Paige Mimms, and Holly Hudnall.
	www.mde.k12.ms.us /extrel/news/06TOYannounce.html (1730 words)

	Index Bi-Bl
		Blanton lost, but built the political organization that carried him to victory as governor in 1974.
		He won the Democratic nomination with 23% of the vote in a 12-candidate race and defeated Lamar Alexander in the general election.
		Blanton was the first Tennessee governor to recruit industry from overseas.
	rulers.org /indexb3.html (9201 words)

	Ray Brown: The Hard Bop Homepage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Ray Brown was born in Pittsburgh and moved to New York around 1945 and immediately became part of the musical establishment.
		He took part in a number of early bop recording sessions with Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, and others, and played in Gillespie's big band (1946-47).
		After leaving Peterson's trio in 1966 Brown settled on the West Coast, where he became active as a freelance and studio musician, recording frequently for the Concord label; he made two albums of duos with Jimmie Rowles and at least nine albums with the L.A. Four.
	members.tripod.com /~hardbop/raybrown.html (315 words)

	September 1999 Editorial
		For those not familiar with Tennessee politics, the late Ray Blanton was governor from 1975 to 1979.
		Blanton’s corrupt practices triggered numerous investigations, including one for the sale of pardons and paroles (the subject of the movie, Marie, starring Sissy Spacek).
		In fact, state officials ousted the governor three days before Alexander’s inauguration because Blanton and his lieutenants had locked themselves into a room and were issuing dozens of pardons wily-nily to murderers and other violent criminals who had managed to ingratiate themselves to the governor.
	etbj.com /archives/1999/ed101999.htm (1721 words)

	NPR : Pearl Harbor Veteran Works to Name the Fallen
		Ray Emory, a Pearl Harbor survivor and retired mechanical contractor, in his home office in Honolulu.
		Thelma Blanton of Kansas City, Kan., holds a picture of her late brother Payton L. Vanderpool, who died at age 21 at Pearl Harbor.
		He was buried as an "unknown," but through Ray Emory's work, Vanderpool was recently identified.
	www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=5041764 (677 words)

	Sundquist commutes four sentences, grants six pardons before term ends - Saturday, 01/04/03 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Clemency orders have been closely watched in Tennessee since Gov. Ray Blanton was ousted from office three days early in 1979 after issuing a rash of pardons and commutations that prompted a federal investigation.
		Two members of Blanton's administration were convicted of selling clemency for cash to prisoners.
		Blanton later was sentenced to prison on unrelated charges involving illegal sale of liquor licenses, but the convictions were overturned after he finished serving his time.
	www.tennessean.com /local/archives/03/01/27302979.shtml (491 words)

	Artists Discography
		When he died in 1942, Duke Ellington's 21-year-old bassist, Jimmy Blanton, had liberated the string bass from its traditional role as an accompanist.
		Two of Blanton's disciples, Ray Brown and Oscar Pettiford, carried forward his work of developing the bass into a solo instrument.
		Their duets echo the famous ones of Ellington and Blanton and demonstrate Brown's creativity and virtuosity on the Blanton model.
	concordmusicgroup.com /artists/?id=199 (98 words)

	Dyersburg State Gazette: Story: Man who murdered two wives again denied parole
		He served 23 months before the sentence was commuted by then-Gov. Ray Blanton in January 1979.
		Smith's commutation was one of the last 26 signed by Blanton during the last days of his term, actions that prompted the legislature to oust Blanton and allow governor-elect Lamar Alexander to assume office early.
		Blanton, who died in 1996, was never charged in connection with allegations of selling pardons to Tennessee inmates.
	www.stategazette.com /story/1117307.html (495 words)

	Ginter leads way / A's score five in the seventh to beat Giants
		He was cruising with a 2-0 lead and two outs in the fifth inning when Moises Alou - who had gone 3-for-23 on the Giants' just-completed road trip - unloaded one to dead center.
		Blanton then threw an errant pickoff to first, enabling Durham to go to second.
		He induced Blanton to bounce into a 1-2-3 double play.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/05/21/AS.TMP (680 words)

	TN Encyclopedia: FRED THOMPSON
		After Watergate, Thompson took up private practice in Nashville but returned to the state political limelight in 1977 when Marie Ragghianti, the recently dismissed chair of the State Parole Board, asked Thompson to serve as her counsel in a lawsuit against the administration.
		Supported by Thompson and his staff's legal work, Ragghianti provided testimony that brought to light a scandalous cash-for-clemency system within the administration of Governor Ray Blanton.
		The scandal eventually helped to force Blanton from office and led to the successful prosecution of several Blanton aides.
	tennesseeencyclopedia.net /imagegallery.php?EntryID=T089 (686 words)

	Obituaries
		He was the son of Gladys Barrett Blanton of Murfreesboro and the late Truman Blanton and was preceded in death by brother Truman Blanton Jr.
		A native of Rutherford County, she was the daughter of Ernestine Barrett (Jerry) Earp, of Murfreesboro, and the late Bobby Ray Climer and the late Charles S. Barrett.
		He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Beth Ammons Jones; daughter and son-in-law, Ray Ann and Don McCord of Eagleville; sons and daughters-in-law, Ken and Nancy Jones of McMinnville, Wayne and Teresa Jones of Murfreesboro; and seven grandchildren, Joel and Keith McCord, Adam, Nick, Jamisen, Zachary and Blake Jones.
	www.eaglevilletimes.com /Obituaries/obits2003.htm (4397 words)

	Amazon.com: This One's for Blanton: Music: Duke Ellington with Ray Brown (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The album was released a year after Duke's death, but with Ray Brown's passing it's a valedictory of sorts to the only bassist besides Blanton who would share a recording session with Duke exclusively.
		Ray is stronger (if that's possible) than ever--supplying mammoth cushions of sound in support of Ellington's harmonies as well as taking on at least as much of the melodic load as Ellington.
		It happened in Indianapolis,July 2;after playing golf (Ray Brown was a talented golf player,like Teddy Edwards and Sir Charles Thompson),Ray went to his hotel room to take a nap before his concert.He never wake up.So long,Mr Ray Brown,and thanks a million.
	www.amazon.com /This-Ones-Blanton-Ellington-Brown/dp/B000000Z03 (1363 words)

	TIME.com: Pardoner's Tale -- Jun. 6, 1983 -- Page 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		When Good Ole Boy Ray Blanton swept "into the Governor's office in the 1974 election, Marie's appearance and efficiency caught the attention of Blanton's legal counsel, Eddie Sisk.
		Blanton's aides found a girlfriend of a convicted murderer who was willing to say that Marie had stolen credit cards for shopping sprees.
		After withdrawing from the 1978 gubernatorial race, ex-Governor Blanton was sentenced to three years and fined $ 11,000 for taking kickbacks on state liquor licenses to political favorites.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,950899,00.html (727 words)

	September Obits 1997
		Born February 12, 1953 in Johnson County, he was the son of Willie E. Blanton and the late Geraldine Conley Blanton.
		Survivors include two sons, Billy Ray Tackett of East Point and Charles Blanton of Leander; one daughter, Billie Kay Blanton of Paintsville; one brother, Paul J. Blanton of Bonanza; three sisters, Linda May, Carolyn Sue Ward and Paul Kay Compton, all of Leander; and two grandchildren.
		Burial was in the Blanton Family Cemetery at the head of Conley Fork, under the direction of Jones-Preston Funeral Home.
	members.tripod.com /kahamilton/obits/september_obits_1997.htm (5413 words)

	Lamar Alexander
		When he was first elected, outgoing Governor Ray Blanton began issuing so many last-minute pardons it was widely assumed he had exchanged the pardons for bribes.
		With the cooperation of both parties (and a state Constitution that was vague on exactly when terms began or ended) the Democrats' Blanton was shown the door and the Republicans' Alexander took the oath of office three days early.
		After two undistinguished terms as Governor, Alexander became a lobbyist in 1986, and was named Secretary of Education under George H.W. Bush.
	www.nndb.com /people/367/000026289 (259 words)

	Phil Bredesen Governor, State of Tennessee
		Moisture within the home, caused by a faulty heating and cooling system, has caused interior walls covered with lead-based paint to peel and crack.
		The original windows of the home provide inadequate resistance to UV rays putting the collection of historic artifacts, art, furniture, fabrics and carpet within the home at risk.
		The electrical wiring in the home is not grounded, and bathroom and kitchen outlets are not equipped to protect against electric shock.
	www.tennesseeanytime.org /governor/Residence.do (334 words)

	SEVENTH GENERATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		EMAIL US Leonard Ray BLANTON was born on Apr 10 1930 in Hardin County Tennessee.
		He was elected as a member of State House of Representatives between 1964 and 1966.
		Betty LITTLEFIELD was born on Feb 14 1930.
	www.cafes.net /joeblanton/alexblan/d105.htm (124 words)

	:: Metro Pulse Online ::
		Here is a fun fact for you: Tennessee has had seven governors since 1960, and only three of them were born in Tennessee.
		Ray Blanton, Lamar Alexander and Ned McWherter were actually born in Tennessee.
		Buford Ellington and Winfield Dunn were born in Mississippi, Don Sundquist is from Indiana and Phil Bredesen is from New York.
	www.metropulse.com /articles/2005/15_52/ear.shtml (803 words)

	Home Page of Elizabeth Blanton
		The Heating of Gas in a Galaxy Cluster by X-ray Cavities and Large-scale Shock Fronts, B. McNamara, P. Nulsen, M. Wise, D. Rafferty, C.
		The Interaction of Radio Sources and X-ray-Emitting Gas in Cooling Flows, Elizabeth L. Blanton 2003, Invited Review, "The Riddle of Cooling Flows in Galaxies and Clusters of Galaxies," eds.
		Diffuse Gas and Low-Mass X-ray Binaries in the Chandra Observation of the S0 Galaxy NGC 1553, Elizabeth L. Blanton, Craig L. Sarazin, Jimmy A. Irwin 2001, ApJ, 552, 106
	people.bu.edu /eblanton (375 words)

	Fredericksburg.com -
		Esther V. Blanton, 97, of Ladysmith died Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2006, at her home.
		Survivors include four children, Elsie Taplett of Alexandria, June Thies of Springfield, and Ray Blanton and Robert Blanton Sr., both of Ruther Glen; two sisters, Kathryn David of Bethesda, Md., and Louise Hart of Annandale; 10 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; nine great-great-grandchildren; and her lifetime friend, Louise Gray.
		She was preceded in death by her husband, Reid Blanton; and sons, Carroll and Harroll Blanton.
	www.fredericksburg.com /News/FLS/2006/012006/01112006/159268 (323 words)

	Craig Sarazin's Home Page
		The Chandra X-ray Observatory image (false color) of the central part of the cooling flow cluster of galaxies Abell 2052, with contours of the radio emission overlaid.
		The radio source is in turn being confined by the X-ray gas (Blanton et al.
		The adaptively smoothed Chandra X-ray image of the central region of the cluster Abell 133 is shown in red.
	astsun.astro.virginia.edu /~cls7i (2013 words)

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