$12,000 Job Lured Ray to Alabama, Author Says
Look magazine author William Bradford Huie reports James Earl Ray was offered 12 000 to 15 000 to lure police away from the real killers and travel to Birmingham Alabama for a claimed mystery mission. The Memphis murder trial is set for November with defense and prosecution planning contrasting theories.
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School Bass Band Asked to Drop Dixie at Games
Valdosta Georgia officials urged Valdosta High School to forbid the band from playing Dixie at football games arguing it offends Negro pupils. Principal Charles Green said the matter is pending and noted the school with 802 pupils including 52 Negro students was integrated three years ago. He added the issue involves both the song and Confederate flag displays though there has been no major trouble.
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NAACP Legal Staff Resigns Over Steel Dismissal
The NAACP general counsel Robert L. Carter and the entire seven member legal staff quit after Lewis M. Steel, a white associate counsel, was fired for a New York Times Magazine piece critical of the Warren Court and racism. Steel’s firing drew defense from executive director Roy Wilkins who cited the use of his NAACP link in the article.
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