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Indictments in Ole Miss desegregation rioting case
A federal grand jury in Oxford Mississippi indicted four men on charges of interfering with a federal marshal and attempting to obstruct court orders in the September 30 riot that accompanied the University of Mississippi desegregation. Indicted are Melvin Bruce Phillip Miles Kline May and Richard Hinton. two other potential defendants had true bills declined. They face up to three years and fines up to five thousand dollars if convicted on the main charge. Trial is set for May.
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Oxford, Miss
Univ of Mississippi
Army
Edwin A. Walker
Haatey
Melvin Bruce
Decatur
Phillip Lloyd Miles
Kline Lamar May
Prichard, ‘Ala
Richard’ Hays Hinton
Lucedale, Miss
James H. Meredith