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| OUR FILE ONLY (Mount Clipping in Space Below) rite page, name af victims to be ne vwrapenper, city and state.) remembered. _ Five years ago Sunday, four i— children died in the bombing ‘of Sixteenth Street Baptist m church. oe ek ww Now, Birmingham minis- i ‘ters, have been. invited to | partitipaté in. a memorial |__ | | | I q i | 0 THE BIRMINGHAM NEWS service Sunday in observance ofthe fifth anniversary of the : tragedy. . Rev. John Porter, paster of Sixth Avenue Baptist Church, said the memorial service was” his “own bag,” and that he ; was secking as an individual” to organize the service... Rev. Mr, Porter also called on Mayor George Seibels and the Birmingham City Council to proclaim Sept. 1 as “A Day of Remembrance” for } Birmingham. —. ; Though plans are not com- oe: G-10-68 plete, Rev. Mr. Porter said’ the service would probably be cations Metro held in Kelly Ingram Park, Author: across from the church, — caitcee John W, Bloomer _——. BIRMINGHAM, ALADAMA THEN, PARTICIPANTS will lay wreaths on the steps of the church, at City Hall, and at the graves of the four ! girls killed in the bombing. er Though Rev. Mr. Porter did lctassitscavon: 157-352 not ask official endorsement 1. BIR NGHAM from the ministers, he did not ~ ask official endorsement .from pol yes tw stastatens the ministers, he did express” — hope that-the memorial ser- 7 vice would he “interfaith ‘al 4 i Gefirce: infggracial.”" 4