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Article: GRAND JURY CALLS SMITH'S 7 SCHOOL BOARD BACKERS.(FRONT)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
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- February 14, 1996
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Byline: ALETA PAYNE, STAFF WRITER
VIRGINIA BEACH -- Seven School Board members who voted to reinstate the school district's budget director have been called to testify before the special grand jury investigating the division's finances - six of them for the second time.
The seven voted to reinstate Mordecai L. Smith on a probationary basis last week. They are Elsie M. Barnes, Donald F. Bennis, D. Linn Felt, Robert W. Hall, Tim Jackson, Ulysses Van Spiva and Ferdinand V. Tolentino. Only Bennis had not appeared before the panel previously.
The four members who voted against Smith's reinstatement, Susan L. Creamer, June T. Kernutt, Karen O. ...