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Libel Suit Retrial Delayed In Montgomery Ad Case
A $500,000 libel retrial is delayed in Montgomery with three suits filed by city commissioners against The Times and several Negro ministers. Plaintiffs include Commissioner Frank Parks and others claiming the full page ad soliciting funds for Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. defamed them. Defendants include Rev. Ralph Abernathy Rev. Solomon Seay Sr Rev. F L Shuttlesworth and Rev. J E Lowery whose names appeared in the ad.
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Negro Ministers
Frank Parks
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Martin Luther King Jr
Ralph D. Abernathy
Solomon S. Seay Sr
F. L. Shuttlesworth
Birmingham
J. E. Lowery
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