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16th Street Church Bombing — Part 11
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e deplore ‘and. are ees
at high noon everyday! that.a place. dedicated to the
rniembers of the executive!
mittee of the ministers’ ‘as-)
ation met in a special called
ing at a downtown hotel Sun-
‘after the bombing of the,
teenth Street Baptist Church.
fhe tesolution calls for radio and
:Stations to join the churches
Ecalling Birmingham people to
fimute of silent prayer.
‘he complete text of their state
Eg: nt follows. _
OUR HEARTS ave broken by
the. wanton act of cowardly bru
fality in the bombing of the
ixteenth Street Baptist Church. :
fe want to express our compas
Ohate concern to the families
“ithe girls whose lives were
Shuffed out and to those who’ were
injured: We abhor this and other,
gels of violence.
FWe call upon every God-fear-!
% person to pray, to expect a
spiritual miracle of be
in our community
iad “We request of every citizen
retrain, by word or deed,
Bie id or dignity to’
jawful and malicious’ expres-‘
‘alons which tend to excite vio-
nce, hatred and; bitterness,
WE APPEAL TO those who:
fray’ have some bit of informa-}
‘tion which may be usetul in the}
apprehension of the perpetrators;
of this dastardly act to give this
information immediately to the,
‘authorities,
{.. "In humiliation before God, we
Sail upon every God-fearing ‘per-
ison regardless of race or creed!
warship of God was bomhed ‘and’!
we endorse the efforts of a
group of laymen who have‘
pledged to raise funds for the
funeral and hospital expenses of
the victims and to restore (he
house of worship damaged. ©. |
| “We assure” the law’ enforce-
Iment and Civilian Defense offi-
jcers of our. concern, confidence;
and ‘prayers ‘for them in,_their:
courageous efforts in. this “pres-,
lent situation," St,
rliness
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"to pause daily at high noon, wher-!
{ever he is, for at least one minute)
yor. We requaetttre t!
(Indicate page, same of
newspaper, city and state.)
bt THE BIRMANGHAN NEWS
THE BIRMINGHAM
POST -HEKALD
BUGUINGHAM, ALABAMA
Date 9/16/63
Edivon: ® SvAR PINAL
Author
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