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Carter Charged in KKK Shooting
Asa G. Carter, 32, a segregation advocate, was charged with assault with intent to murder in a Ku Klux Klan meeting shooting at a Birmingham neighborhood theater. Two men, J. P. Tillery, 24, and Charles Bridges, 54, were wounded. Bridges and Tillery hospitalized in varying condition. Carter, released on bond, denied involvement and claimed the meeting used the theater by the North Alabama Citizens Council, of which he is executive secretary. Police noted conflicting accounts from Tillery and others. The North Alabama Citizens Council is among militant anti integration groups in Alabama.
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Birmingham
Ala
Asa G. Carter
J. P. Tillery
Charles Bridges
Carter
North Alabama Citizens Council
Tuscaloosa
M. H. House
House
Tillery
Bridges