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Rifle-Toting Machinist Arrested Before LBJ Visit
A Buffalo machinist Gordon H. Smith was arrested with a .22 rifle at work an hour before President Johnson’s scheduled Niagara Falls motorcade. He claimed rights under the Constitution and said the weapon was a poor day to bring to work. Police noted two clippings in his pocket and that he claimed leadership in the Army of the Minute Men, a right wing group he did not belong to.
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