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St. GEORGE -- Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard told several hundred people attending a Town Hall meeting on polygamy in St. George Thursday that the 1953 raid on Short Creek was a "shameful mistake."
"I have to admit that," said Goddard as he addressed the crowded meeting in the Holiday Inn. "We're all privileged to be here tonight. It's an historic event. I hope we can break down decades of suspicion and hostility that created some very, very serious problems. Let's let the past be in the past."See the full content of this document
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Polygamists Get Town Hall Hearing
The government raid on Short Creek, Ariz., what is now known as Hildale, Washington County, and Colorado City, Ariz., was a public relations disaster for Arizona. Fathers were jailed, wo...
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