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Danville Register

Location

Danville, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 18, 1965

Page

12

Four Given Maximum Sentences For Thwarted Shrine Plot

NEW YORK AP reports a racially charged bomb plot failed to destroy the Statue of Liberty the Liberty Bell and the Washington Monument. Defendants Robert S. Collier 28 Walter A. Bowie 32 and Khaleel Sayyed 22 received maximum terms but with potential release by September based on records. The judge noted the harm to the civil rights movement and warned of unwarranted indignation toward the Negro community.

New York William B. Herlands U.S Stephen E. Kaufman Robert S. Collier Walter A. Bowie Khaleel Sayyed

Judge imposes maximum terms in New York dynamite case

New York City residents receive 10 year sentences after Judge Herlands calls the case extraordinary. Earlier, Miss Michelle Duclos is given a maximum five year term for smuggling 30 sticks of dynamite and three blasting caps from Canada. Herlands notes her cooperation as a star witness and says he will review or modify the sentences at a later court date in three months.

New York City Herlands Michelle Duclos Canada Miss Duclos

Montreal Trip Tied to Sabotage Plot by trio in court

Testimony linked Collier to a January Montreal trip seeking weapons and dynamite to draw world attention to the Black Liberation Front plan. Witness Miss Duclos, daughter of a Canadian war veteran, aided by Raymond Wood and another suspect, faced jury verdicts after an 18 day trial.

Carlos United Nations Collier Montreal New York City Raymond Wood Cuba Black Liberation Front Miss Duclos

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