Four White Men Arrested In Slaying Of Educator
Four white men identified as Ku Klux Klan members were charged with murder in the slaying of Washington, D.C., educator Lemuel Penn on a rural northeast Georgia highway. The suspects, named as Lackey Guest Myers and Sims, were jailed on state murder warrants. federal civil rights charges carry up to 10 years and fines up to 3000 dollars. The case follows a federal investigation that continues to pursue justice as state officials pledge action if culpability is proven.
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Ku Klux Klan
Washington, D.C
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Lemuel Penn
Georgia
U. S
Girrard Hawkins
James 8. Lackey
Herbert Guest
Cecil William Myers
Joseph Howard Sims
H. L. Pulliam
Madison County
EBI
Penn
Washington
Lwx
Charles E. Brown
John D. Howard
Ft. Benning
Floyd Buford
U.S
Macon
Carl Sanders
Clete Johnson
Tennessee Democrats Nominate Bass for Senate Without Opposition
Nashville Aug 7 AP Tennessee Democrats renominate Rep Ross Bass for the U S Senate, facing two opponents who attacked his civil rights vote. Bass, 46, carried seven of nine districts, while other races show strong black voter mobilization and a Memphis attorney, A W Willis, winning the Democratic nomination for the General Assembly. Senator Albert Gore also won renomination for a third term.
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Tennessee
Democrats
Ross Bass
U. S. Senate
Bass
Congress
Frank Clement
M. M. Bullard
Fayette County
Mississippi
A. W. Willis
Memphis
Sen
Albert Gore
County School Heads Fight For Their Jobs
Springfield Aug 7 AP Illinois Association of the County Superintendents of Schools votes today on plans to replace small county superintendents with an area wide chief. Debates center on intermediate districts and preserving local authority amid calls for broader, higher pop‑based leadership.
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Illinois Association of Theounty Superintendents of Schools
Association
Illinois
Perrin
Stark ‘County
Deshane
Ray Page
Nine jailed Florida clergymen freed after four days
In Tallahassee nine clergymen six white and three Negroes were released from jail after four days of a 60 day sentence for unlawful assembly during a 1961 freedom ride. They flew to Atlanta and then home, calling the action a civil rights victory and an admission the case lacked foundation.
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Atlanta
Israel Dressner
Springfield
John W. Collier
Newark
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Tsrael Memorial Ame
John Rudd
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Cowboy actor Rogers undergoes neck surgery
Roy Rogers, famed Hollywood cowboy, had neck surgery to correct fused vertebrae after a fall from a horse. The 52 year old actor-singer is reported in satisfactory condition, with wife Dale Evans noting the condition developed about ten years ago.
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Roy Rogers
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Dale Evams
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