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James G. Butler, who won the first jury verdict in a civil thalidomide case and whose role in founding a local chapter of the NAACP caused controversy in Compton, has died. He was 84.
Two wooden pieces of furniture created by James Butler bear dates — 1875 and 1899. Butler, who at the time lived on Spring Street in Ludwick before it became part of Greensburg, may have used ...