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16th Street Church Bombing — Part 11
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MPhis was Birmingham ssi s ai vette
, the’ brink of disaster when the expiosion ‘shattered
youe has djed in a bombing Itself during the more
than 40 that have perplexed the city in recent years,
A few weeks age a young Negro was shot to death
‘ing mob reaction to the second bombing. of. Ne ro
lorney Arthur Shores’ home. it eh 7
CRACK NATIONAL INVESTIGATORS are , beanting
Ba ‘Jocal officials in the manhunt for the killer. © =~ 7
The Justice Department has assigned a’ special force
Bi agents, including bomb experts, to solve the
bing which heavily damaged the church and in-’
red,.15 other Negroes. ;
‘Two top aides of Atty, Gen. Robert F. Kennedy’ flew
F nto Birmingham Sunday night: Asst. Deputy Atty. Gen.
ph_Delan and John Nolan, the attorniey-aeneeal's
trative assistant.
person or persons responsible would be caught. ‘
The governor rushed State Safety Director Al Lingo .
d 200 State Troopers into the city Sunday ‘evening— -
“at the request of Mayor Albert Boutwell, Chief of
-Police Jamie Moore and Sheriff Mel Bailey—to, aug-
ment the overworked city police force, Birmingham
its of the National, Guard were, alerted by” Wallace. |
WN. ‘s TELEGRAM TO THE governor, . ‘the. oiticials
‘said that in view of hte ‘ ‘tragic and abhorent events in
Birmingham Sunday morning, we, anticipate’ a ‘great
deal-of unrest in our city, While the situation appears {o-
“te well ‘under control of Jocal.. law enforcement at. his.
the* possibility of further “trouble” exists." ci
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