Mississippi ex-Klansman on trial for 1966 Dahmer case
Samuel H. Bowers Jr., 73, former Ku Klux Klan imperial wizard, faces murder and arson charges for the 1966 firebombing death of Vernon Dahmer in Hattiesburg. Previous trials ended in deadlock. he also served six years for the 1964 Mississippi Burning killings.
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Ku Klux Klan
Vernon Dahmer
Gritz volunteers claim bombing suspect spotted near Andrews
Former Green Beret Col. James Bo Gritz says a volunteer in his 40 member search team saw Eric Rudolph, the Alabama abortion clinic bomber, in the woods near Andrews North Carolina overnight. Rudolph is wanted for a January 29 Birmingham clinic blast that killed a officer and wounded a nurse.
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Rudolph
Birmingham
Ala
Jim Gritz
Green Beret
James
Bo”’ Gritz
Bobby Steward
Nantahala National Forest
North Carolina
Suspect in embassy bombings stalls in Nairobi questioning
Mohammed Saddiq Odeh, identified by the FBI and Kenyan police, remained silent after three days of questioning about the Aug 7 bombings in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam that killed 257 and injured over 5,500. Reports linked Odeh to Osama bin Laden. Albright prepared to visit the victim cities.
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Kenya
U.S
East Africa
FBI
Pakistan
Osama bin Laden
United States
Mohammed Saddiq Odeh
Karachi
Dar Es Salaam
Tanzania
Albright
Notable milestones in American civil rights and history
The notes recount key events from 1587 to 1997 including Virginia Dare’s birth on Roanoke Island, Wilson’s 1914 neutrality proclamation, Tennessee’s 1920 ratification of the 19th Amendment, James Wilkins breaking color barriers in 1954, James Meredith’s 1963 Ole Miss graduation, a Sarasota court ruling in 1993 re Kimberly Mays, and Beth Ann Hogan’s 1997 milestone at the Virginia Military Institute.
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Roanoke Island
N.C
Wilson
United States
Tennessee
James E. Wilkins
James P. Mitchell
James Meredith
University of Mississippi
Sarasota
Fla
Kimberly Mays
Beth Ann Hogan
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Steven Brown
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Maria
Dickerson
Southeast Bomb Task Force
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Odeh
Madeleine
Coral Ridge
Allison Taylor
Savion
Cable & Gauge
Pointelle
Shell
Dillard's
Hintori
Genghis Khan
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