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16th Street Church Bombing — Part 11

69 pages · May 22, 2026 · Broad topic: Terrorism · Topic: 16th Street Church Bombing · 69 pages OCR'd
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yBlasts Here ( Continuing State investigators. arrested itwo persons in connec- i Bi ingharh Po. Birmingham | be e Wallace lice Dept. knows ‘absolutely. noth: in Montgor ing about any arrests being Shortly before 1 ra. om today, Waltoce released this! minent’ in the bombing. Any,s +|announcement comes as @ com: te investigators have_ taken. into’ cu ay “Gndiplete surprise to holding two Persons ii ith th Ig “withheld in the interest he; continuing investiga- !_ Jones, Governor Waltace's whether the two persons were, lite ‘or. Negro; where they were |, where they were being , or where they were from. Fal! T can teil you is what was the governor’ s statement,” sani nes said he could not reveal! ich state’ investigators “had, made the arrests, or any infor fation beyond the govern jort’ statement.—+—> * - Tnminent’ ee, after 8:30 p.m. Bis on the. word that an. arrest j:the bombing. case was Ai last. made “within a few hours,” 4nd intimated that the _ arrest! ald scome, last night, some dragge al ay, toward] *alhered F the’ goverhor's ‘office, in Mont-| gomery. ‘group of newsmen met thé! nor, as. he flew into, the “at Montgomery,” comin; from -.a._‘speech-making . tri Hed Fla. fallace would not comment on the arrest at this time. He left) airport ‘and went ‘to the gov-; @fior’s. ‘mansion, ‘as’ tension fpouited and” omidpight, ap-! k the” governor's gffice. re. 8 = Set Up Cameras rr Col lace at the mation by télephone Newsmen- said state photogra-‘o! |S Jefferson ae phers ‘were ‘setting’ up’ ‘movie\fice lequipment at the governor's of fice, indicating! that the governor: was coming into } ithe mansion _shortl; ‘The. antiquiceiment puzzled Tacal law enforcement officers, who| [said they knew nothing of it, or id not comment at all. Al - Lingo, Allace’s Publi¢ jafety Director, was registered it: the St. Francis Motel in Bir- Imingham, but his room did pot ing aid at Kilby ‘Prisoit in‘ Mi nt ‘gomery but prison officials hey bad ‘no knowledge of _anyoi being held there in connection with the bombing. The governor's statement “did nat ‘make clear whether the. per- sons were being’held in connection with: the. bombing ofthe | 16th Styéet Bay The announcement referréd to any ot ae Tumber” s to the — “FBI ‘experts ‘Who “scoured the! office om wreck ‘age of the church deter- mined that the bomb was planted jin the basement of the building. It went off when. about 400 Ne- igroes were in the building. It touched off sporadic violence that fasted far into the left two more Negro youths ‘dead. | Negro leaders, headed by the | Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. called for restraint from Negroes and’ troops from the Federal: gov- ‘ the’ bomb hmenit claimed * “there: “had ftaw ay _ Negro” and ; }with President Kennedy following the bombing. As a. result, . Ken: nedy. sent in former. Army Foot ball Coach Earl (Red) Blaik ‘and ! former .Army ,Secretary Keungth | Rove try “to help’ fiegotate |
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