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Group Defies KKK Paints Negro Church in Elm City
In Elm City North Carolina an integrated group aided by the Presbyterian Synod began painting a rural Negro church after an arson attempt. Highway patrol kept guards as two Rocky Mount youths Ronnie Howell 19 and Kenneth Owens 21 were arrested on conspiracy charges. Gov Sanford warned the Klan and promised police protection while volunteers stay in integrated Rocky Mount motels to redecorate the church over several days.
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KLM
N.C
Ku Klux Klan
First Presbyterian Church
Highway Patrol
R. Williams
Rocky. Mount
Williams
Ronnie Howell
Kenneth Owens
Howell
Owens
Wilson County
Dave Daniels
Elm City
Raleigh
James R. Jones
North Carolina Klan
Country Church
Jones
Granite Quarry
Presbyterian Synod of Catawba
Terry Sanford
Elo Henderson
Charlotte
Catawba Synod
Henderson
Rocky Mort