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16th Street Church Bombing — Part 2

105 pages · May 08, 2026 · Document date: Sep 15, 1963 · Broad topic: Terrorism · Topic: 16th Street Church Bombing · 104 pages OCR'd
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ed MO 157-416 his information. The article was not edited and is exactly - as he wrote it, -even including an error in which he‘ referred: _.. to the. bombed church as the 6th_ Avenue Baptist Church’ instead S of the 16th Street Baptist Church.» “8 "Enclosed herewith for ‘the Bureau is the article” - form the CATHOLIC WEEK 9/20/63 referred to above and one > -_ autostat of the article. It is noted that the CATHOLIC WEEK “ is published in Birmingham, Alabama, and the Birmingham -. ee Office may obtain desired number of copies there, ace It is noted that this same dssue of ‘the ‘CATHOLIC - WEEK carries also on page one an article captioned ‘PRIEST es REFLECTS ON MEETING A MOTHER SEEKING HER CHILDREN" written by Reverend EDWARD L, FOSTER, Director of the North Alabama __ Missions of the Catholic Church. The article reflects that. Reverend FOSTER visited the bombed church and entered the ~:~ pasement of the church and thus may have Bome pertinent in- formation to this investigation, . Father JAMES advised that he ‘did not actually enter the church but stayed around in front of the church during the time he was in the vicinity. He advised that Reverend FOSTER apparently arrived at the church after he, Father . JAMES, left. Father FOSTER resides at 3160 Highland Drive, South, Birmingham, Alabama. Birmingham should, if not * already done, obtain a copy of Father FOSTER's article and interview him concern- ing any knowledge he may have concerning instant matter. The interview with Reverend JAMES will be reported a in full on a 302 in investigative report by Mobile. .
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