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16th Street Church Bombing — Part 4
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Stat! Reporter ‘> Rid, because of a Federal law/But yesterday was the first Tavel
Attorney General Robert F. hich presumes that any ex-|time anyone was killed. Trotter
ennedy yesterday ordered josive used in a bombing| Churches have been the tar- Tele Room
his chief civil.rights aide and as crossed ‘a state Ine. gets in seven instances, Holmes
two other top Justice Depart- They may also move when| The frequency of racially Gandy
ent officials into Birming-|3; is suspected that persons related bombings has in-
ham to spearhead a full in-jnave conspired to prevent|<reased since the city moved
vestigation of the Negrolothers from enjoying their |into an uneasy settlement of
church bombing that killed. constitutional rights. ' lractal differences last May
four children. _ The spokesman said a bomb- and with the desegregation of
is under FBI investigation] Four persons were injured
May 11 when the home of the
brother of the Rev. Dr. Martin |
A spokesman for the Justice o bombings|Luther King. and a Negro
epartment said that outside|{n that area—and Birmingham| motel were hit. On Aug. 20, a
bomb experts also were being has had nme nettle at bomb caused extensive dam-
brought in to aid the officials| necause of the eady accessibil-|88° © 4 Negro attorney's
and FBI agents who are assist-\ity of dynamite. home. It was again hit the
ng an ore|night schools desegregated.
ing local authorities. Birmingham ie Four days latee the bh
: -+,:mining center, explosives are e e home
Making the trip were Assist- ul. Experts |of the Negro businessman who
cheap and plen
ant Attorney General Burke|in their use are bumerous. |owns the motel was fired. And
Marshall, Assistant Deputy At-| Since 1947 thefity has been|last Tuesday a small concus-
torney General Joseph Dolan|rocked by at Igast 50 bomb- sion grenade vent off in a
d the Att , ings About half of these have|Negro neighborhood.
an nistr ti orney General's ad-|) von related to fabor disputes,; In the wake of the May 11
mi ative assistant, John| But in mord recent years| bombings, several persons, in-
Nolan. ' Negroes primdgrily have be-|cluding policemen, were in-
Marshall, who heads the De-.come the targPts. hureb jured in a riot. Tee ati 4
artment's civil righ ivi. The bombings of the church bombing again set o oting
sion, was the. ey figure inf arked at least the 21st time!which left one Negro dead ;
in the last eight years that and 20 injured. —T The Washington Post and A J
the mediations which broughty-———= _
/ UE me Ties Herald
Be. hee
less than five hours afte
news of the tragedy was re
ported here.
an end to the racial strife in
Birmingham last April and| ashingten Daily News —.
May. :
No immediate comment was{
expected from President Ken-|
nedy, who learned of the
bombing while aboard the
White House yacht Honey
Fitz off Newport, R. I .
- The spokesman said the At-
orney General is keeping his;
brother informed of the situa-/
tion as he has done in past}.
wacial crises, ok
An FBI spokesman: said
agents in Birmingham rushed
to the scene immediately and
several more will be arriving
from nearby cities.
He said the FBI moves in
automatically to assist in in-
vestigations of violence like
| the Birmingham bombing, but
fn this case the Department!
has specifically directed a
full investigation. —
Federal officials can step |
into such cases immediately
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