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16th Street Church Bombing — Part 11
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| SFheev. Cross
ficial yoard of the church met
Tuesday night and vated to
launch its own fund-raising
tive.
Formation of a Rebuilding Fung)
eee
to the fund may be mailed lo Re-| chided.
building Pund, Citizens Federal
Sav ings and Loan Association, 1523
Fifth Ave. North,
Birmingbam radio and tele
vision stations WBRC and WBRC-
TV started a fund-raising cam-
paign to replace the shattered
windows of the sanctuary as a
memorial to the four children
Seven Orlando, Fla...
announced start of e non-sec-
tartan fund for use in rebuilding
the church.
IN THE British Isles. the Welch
rewspaper, Western Mail. urged
2 international campaign ty re-
wee one af the bombed-vut
stained gles windows The work
‘ould be dune by a Welsh artist
Expressions of grief for the
death and yifferint caused by the
bomb ringed the world
At Washington, all 10 mem.
hers of Alabama's congressional
delegation called the bombing
“a heartless criminal atrocity
and “a blot on the name of our
fair state.”
AFTER MARSHALL'S return to
ashington a Justice Departme:t
wkesman said a chasm exisis
detween while persons and Ne
geves in Birmingham. and they
se no communication with one
another.
When newsmen asked what was
the greatest danger in the city,
the spokesman replied he sup-
paused it was that everyone would
beain shooting at one another
School attendance, which
dropped sharply the day alter
the bombing, climbed sharply
Teewday. High school attendance
per, cept.:of the total
Fe atat
ministers |
SCHOOE OFFICIALS sald West
End attenglunce was 784. out ote
‘normal ‘ollment of 1,442 4.8
gain of 268 over Monday and the
largest namber in classes
‘elass-cuttiag began,
Meanwhile, a mass meeting
was told papers Incorporating
an organization of parents of
students baycotting schools are
ito be fled in Probate Court ,
1 today. at
WEST END Parents For Private
‘Schools, Incorporated, plans to
organize and operaie # private
hish school
State Rep Matculm Bethea
weted as spokesman after the
closed meeting, which he said
wus ultended by about 800 per-
sons. Fighty to #0 per cent were
parents of West End students, he
added.
Bethea said representatives of
the organitation have hired a pub-
lic relations firm and. certified
public accountant. and conferred
with Dr Austin Meadows, state
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