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16th Street Church Bombing — Part 22
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» Bho.FBI believes it has identified the killérs-of-tour
children in a Birmingham Negro church bombing last
ear and the slayers of three civil rights workers in
ississippi, an FBI spokesman said in Washington to-
ay. esidents, and-dames
fe A spokesman said the agenvy tc en jan, Miss.,
is trying to gather enough evi- ; Negro. a
dence to ge to court in both, They had driven to Neshoba,
cases. County from Meridian to inves-
“The statement came as the! tigate a church fire on the day
r
EBL defencied itself against! they were gtresi=d a
charges that the bureau is in-. SCORES ‘OF FBI agents joined
Gffective in civil rights cases. | state and local officers in the
E'Mhe Sixteenth Street Buptist! Seazch for the killers. Some Mis-!
Church was bombed while Sun.! SiSSIPP! officers claimed that the,
} FBI withheld -information from |
day School services were being: them,
conducted there on Sept. 15,. A federal grand jury at Bi- '
1963, __ | Joxi, Miss., investigated the
4 a ‘i deaths of the three men but |
“THE CIVIL rights “workers’ did not return _any, indi
disappeared after being ar: ments dictaront Ad
rested on a traffic charge at: 0 indictments were
Philadelphia last June 21 and. {ured charging five law ‘of |
released on bond, ‘Their bodies| fiers, including Neshoba Sheriff
were found in a dam Aug. 4, | kawren Bain with denying
Th bi
e bombing victims were aiid bee
Carole Robertson, 16; Carol pe
Denise MeNair, 11; Addie Mae ee be
Collins and Cynthia Dianne’
Wesley, hoth 14. No arrests or
have been made in the case. ts 5, COL? ion state. public
‘The three civil ri safety ‘ditector, “predicted that)
ie Size oMthre-rewar ar eventaally;
[inaicate page, name of
newspaper, city and state.)
THE BIRMINGHAM NEWS
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