Trial of Klansmen Set for January in Athens
Six Ku Klux Klan members from the Athens area are slated for trial on January 11 on federal charges of conspiring to deprive Negroes of civil rights. Pre trial motions are scheduled for December 28 as defense seeks dismissal. Two defendants may have separate trials.
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Athens, Ga
UPI
William Bootle
Bootle
Jim Hudson
Joseph Howard Sims
Cecil William Myers
Athens Area
Madison County
Myers
Sims
Lackey
Lemuel Penn
Washington, D.C
Temperature extremes reported across the mainland
A UPI report cites the Weather Bureau noting the coldest reading of 30 degrees below zero at Brainerd and Bemidji Minnesota while the day’s high reached 87 degrees in Los Angeles California and Clewiston Florida.
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New York
UPI
U.S. Weather Bureau
Alaska
Hawaii
Brainerd
Bemidji
Minn
Los Angeles
Calif
Clewiston
Fla
Dynamite Bomb Wrecks Alabama Home of Wealthy Negro Family
A dynamite blast wrecked the carport of a $30,000 home of Charles Spears on the edge of a white Montgomery neighborhood. A 1962 Cadillac absorbed much of the blast, sparing Spears and his daughters. Police seek suspects as NAACP demands full investigation and a $500 reward is offered.
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Montgomery
Ala
Charles Spears
Spears
UPI
Alabama
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
F. P Brown
Cost of living rises in October as earnings fall
The Labor Department reports October living costs up 0.1 percent from September, with a 1.2 percent rise in the past year. Average spendable earnings of factory workers dropped, cutting purchasing power by about 77 cents from September.
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Labor Department
Arnold Chase
Bureau of Labor Statistics
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