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Billy Ruth (Jernigan) Benton 1945

Billy Ruth Benton was born on August 4, 1945 in Taylorsville, Smith County, Mississippi United States to Hazel Madell (Smith) Meadows and John Meadows, and has siblings Wanda G Meadows, Sherrie Madell (Meadows ) Meadows, Emma Frances (Jernigan) Hightower, Mary Ann (Jernigan) Leigh, Francis Milton (Jernigan) Phillips, and Brenda Joyce (Meadows) Owens. Billy Benton died in Jay, Santa Rosa County, FL.
Billy Ruth Benton
August 4, 1945
Taylorsville, Smith County, Mississippi, 39168, United States
Jay, Santa Rosa County, Florida, 32565, United States
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    Taylorsville, Smith County, Mississippi 39168, United States
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In 1945, in the year that Billy Ruth (Jernigan) Benton was born, on March 12th, a riot erupted at a Japanese internment camp in Santa Fe New Mexico. Two days earlier, white shirts with the Rising Sun on the back had been confiscated and the prisoners objected. Three leaders of the protest were removed and sent to another camp. Guards at the Santa Fe camp were armed with submachine guns, shotguns, and gun masks. On the morning of the 12th, prisoners began throwing rocks at the guards. When the "rioters" wouldn't disperse, the guards were ordered to use tear gas and batons. Four men were badly injured as a result.
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In 1969, one hundred countries, along with the United States and the Soviet Union signed the nuclear nonproliferation treaty (NPT). It called for stopping the spread of nuclear weapons, the peaceful use of nuclear energy, and the goal of nuclear disarmament.
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