Klansmen Charged in Georgia Murder
The four defendants Her bert Guest Cecil William Myers Jamies Lackey and Joseph Howard Sims were charged in connection with the shotgun death of Lemuel Penn near Athens Georgia. FBI noted possible federal civil rights charges while state murder charges carry potential death penalty. case tied to broader White supremacist violence in the era. Penns widow spoke with Attorney General Kennedy, expressing resilience as federal inquiry continues.
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Joseph Howard Sims
Clete Johnson
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Congo Chaos Worries Washington as Rebels Threaten Central Congo
UPI reports U.S. officials express dismay over a disintegrating Congo crisis with the National Army near rout by rebels threatening the central government. Undersecretary W Averell Harriman travels to confer with Belgian authorities for an emergency solution while Congo forces strike back. Government recaptures Baudouinville and Kabongo, marking major counterattacks after three months of revolt.
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UPI
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U.S
W. Averell Hare Timan
U. S
Unitess
Elisabethville, the Congo
Baudouinville
Kabongo
Underground A-Tests Set for Mississippi
The Atomic Energy Commission detailed plans for a small scale nuclear detonation on Sept. 22 at a salt mine near Hattiesburg Mississippi. A five kiloton device will be set off 2700 feet deep, with possible structural damages within about one and a half miles. Residents near the blast will be evacuated for a few hours while others are advised to stay outdoors.
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CORE Protests San Diego Bank
Four teen CORE protesters linked arms and sat in front of Bank of America headquarters in San Diego defying a court order. Harold Brown CORE chapter chairman led the demonstration, saying the fight for human rights cannot be stopped. No arrests were made but officials said criminal contempt charges will be filed Monday.
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Bank of America
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CORE
FBI Still Seeks Gun Used in Triple Killing
In Jackson Mississippi the FBI pressed on to locate the gun used in the three killings of civil rights workers Andrew Goodman James Chaney and Michael Schwerner. Bodies were being prepared for funerals and clues were pursued at a rural site while families awaited word and arrests remained unlikely.
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Tears but No Flowers for Chaney
James Chaney, a 22 year old civil rights worker, was buried at Rest Haven Cemetery near Meridian, Mississippi, with about 18 mourners and no flowers. His body and those of two white companions were found this week in a levee near Philadelphia, Mississippi, after disappearing in June. The ceremony was brief, led by Rev. John Barbour, and witnessed by many reporters as Chaney’s mother and brother mourned.
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Ruby Appeal Rejected by Trial Court
Dallas Texas judge Joe B Brown denied 15 bills of exception in Jack Ruby s appeal of his death sentence for the November 24 Oswald slaying The Court of Criminal Appeals remains the higher Texas criminal court Brown provided written reasons for denial and had no additional comment Wrestled into the text are unrelated classifieds lines about placing ads.
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Lee Harvey Oswald
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Joe B. Brown
Ruby
Court of Criminal Appeals
Appelate Court
Texas
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Oil Tycoon's Son Posts Bond For Epton in Harlem Trial
Albert Lasater Maher, 22, son of Houston oilman John Maher, posted 10000 dollars bail for William Epton Jr a Communist accused of urging Negroes to kill policemen and of advocating violent overthrow of state government. Epton indicted under a 1902 anarchy act with later Smith Act questions. hearing moved to August 13.
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Texas
Epton
Conrad J. Lynn
Albert Lasater Maher
John Fielding Maher
Houston
Wednessey
Tunnel Fire Empties L.A. Courthouse
Smoke from a tunnel fire near the County Courthouse forced evacuations of hundreds of County employees in Civic Center. The blaze fed on tar lumber and building materials and spread from a tunnel under construction to the underground courthouse parking area. About 90 firefighters arrived after 4 p.m. and the fire was under control by 4:30 p.m. Mrs. Eunice McCloud, 38, of Los Angeles, serving on jury duty, was treated for smoke inhalation at County General Hospital.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Civic Center
Charles, Baie
Eunice McCloud
County General Hospital
Santa Fe Reports 1983 Loss on San Diego LA Passenger Runs
Los Angeles authorities heard that the Santa Fe Railroad posted a 1983 loss of 257000 on its San Diego to Los Angeles passenger train services. Commission staff engineer Charles J Astrud testified the deficit would have grown to 566000 without income tax credits offsetting the loss.
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San Diego
California Public Utilities Commission
Charles J. Astrud
Commission
Ex-Convict Arrested After Racist Shooting in New Orleans
New Orleans police report an ex convict, 24, Frederick Fredericks, was involved in a racist shooting at a mid city shop. He was later taken to Flint Goodridge Hospital in satisfactory condition. The suspect claimed he had eaten several dimes prior to the incident.
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Goodridge
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Restaurant Visit Ends With Quiet Statement
A brief, unclear report notes a person visiting a restaurant, expressing limited interest in integration and stopping only to eat, with no further incidents or details provided.
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