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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Feb 17, 1965

Page

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undercover hero helps foil bomb plot in new york

In a covert operation, NYPD detective Ward Wood and a Canadian associate led a covert sting against four alleged plotters linked to the Black Liberation Front, accused of planning to blow up the Statue of Liberty, the Washington Monument and the Liberty Bell. The group, including Robert Collier and Walter Bowe, was arrested with dynamite and blasting caps after a cross border pursuit into Manhattan and the Bronx.

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Past Schemes of Destruction Lady Liberty Targeted Before

A New York AP history note recalls prior plots by small, determined groups aiming to destroy landmarks. The Statue of Liberty faced a dynamite plot exposure, with earlier damage from a 1917 munitions blast in New Jersey tied to German saboteurs, and references to other historic explosions shaping U.S. history including the Maine, Prep Day riots, and the Reichstag fire.

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Jury Rules Kaller Is Insane In Houston Case

A New Yorker accused of shooting a stranger at a Joneson hotel was ordered committed to Rusk State Hospital as criminally insane. The jury found Kaller insane after Watton was previously ruled insane. the defendant pleaded for the death penalty and questioned how to obtain it during the trial.

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