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REV. DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. ESSAY COMPETITION WINNERS ANNOUNCED

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From: US Fed News Service, Including US State News
Date: 20070112
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The city of Harrisburg issued the following press release:

Mayor Stephen R. Reed today announced the winners of the city's 23rd Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Essay Competition. The successful young authors were recognized at a special ceremony in their honor at the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. City Government Center, the only governmental head- quarters in the world to be named after the heroic civil rights leader. It was so named by an Executive Order issued by the Mayor in the early 1980's.

First begun by the Mayor in 1985, the annual competition has drawn more than 6,000 ...

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