SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4,1965 THE MTCAYf.A iv uAirl .'v ' aia- -.' a.ii.' lP LU..j i~.K£T I I u Nl~T Tl~ PAGE THREE P, Jur I O MONTGOMERY, Ala. () -- Three Ku Klux Klansmen were convicted yesterday by a white jury of criminal conspiracy and sentenced by a federal judge to 10 years imprisonment in the slaying of a civil rights worker. "In my opinion," Dist. Judge Frank M. Johnson, Jr. told the jury, "that was the only verdict you could reach in this case and reach a fair and proper verdict." A short time later, Johnson im- posed the 10-year sentences-the maximum prison terms-upon the three stunned defendants: Collie Leroy Wilkins, Jr., 22, of Fair- field, Ala., and Eugene Thomas, 42, and William Orville Eaton, 41, both of Bessemer. Wilkins, a stocky and crewcut former mechanic, had been acquit- ted earlier by a state court jury of murder in the March 25 slay- ing of Viola Gregg Liuzzo of De- troit. convicts r)nspirac) Klansmen jCharges The three Klansmen were con- victed under an 1877 statute of conspiring to violate the civil rights of Mrs. Liuzzo and other participants in a Selma-to-Mont- gomery march climaxing a viol- ence-marked Negro voting rights drive. When the judge asked the men if they had anything to say be- fore sentence was imposed, Wilk- ins and Eaton each replied, "I'm innocent of the charge." Will Appeal Johnson quickly pronounced the sentence in his rapid-fire voice. When he asked Thomas if he had anything to say, the defendant said, "No." Their attorney said the verdicts will be appealed. Appeal bonds of $10,000 each were set by the judge and the Klansmen were led away by a federal marshal to beging serving their sentences. They will be eli- gible for parole after serving one- third of the 10 years. Second Conviction It was the second guilty verdict in two days by white juries in trials growing out of Alabama ra- cial incidents. A jury at Annis- ton convicted a white man of mur- der Thursday in the slaying of a Negro and set the penalty at 10 years in prison. In Washington, Atty. Gen. Nich- olas Katzenbach said the convic- tions were "a victory for equal justice in the South." He said, however, that the Justice Depart- ment will continue working on proposed legislation aimed at in- suring equal justice by Southern juries. The prosecutor, Asst. Atty. Gen. John Doar, said of the jury's de- cision, "The jury did its duty." Earlier Deadlock' Defense attorney Arthur J. Hanes, the former Birmingham SUPPORT NORTH VIET NAM: mayor who had successfully de- fended Wilkins in his second mur- der trial, obviously was shaken and surprised at the verdicts. Hanes said that the judge's re- marks in refusing to accept a deadlocked jury about four hours earlier had "a great influence on the verdict.'' The jury foreman told Johnson shortly after 10 a.m. that no ver- dict had been reached and, "we are hopelessly deadlocked." Urges Verdict Johnson urged the 12 men to keep trying. "This is an important case," he told them. "You should consider that this case at some time must be decided." The defense attorney had been encouraged by the deadlock re- port and the length of the jury's deliberations. The jurors spent about 11 hours debating and dis- cussing the case after it was handed to them Thursday -- 28 hours and four minutes before their decision came. The jury deliberated exactly two hours and 38 minutes-including the final 17 minutes after lunch -following the judge's admonition and brought in the verdict at 2:08 p.m. Cautions Jurors After hearing the verdicts read separately by the court clerk, Hanes and his three somber cli- ents walked aimlessly around the corridor outside the courtroom. None of them said a word for about two minutes. The judge cautioned the jury- men against talking about their decision outside the courtroom. He said he had read of an Anniston juror disclosing how the balloting went. "That is not anybody's busi- ness," Johnson said. In the trial which began Mon- day, the government builts its cases around the testimony of FBI witness Gary Thomas Rowe, Jr., who testified that he was with the three Klansmen when they pursued Mrs. Liuzzo along U.S. 80. Zambia May Seek Arms Help Hint at Soviet Aid If Britain Fails To Invade Rhodesia LUSAKA, Zambia (AP)-Zambia's President Kenneth Kaunda sug- gested yesterday that he may call for Soviet troops if Britain re- fuses to invade neighboring white- ruled Rhodesia. The British flew war planes into Zambia during the day for defense but Kaunda said that was not enough. "If the British refused to send ground troops," he said, "we could ask the United States." He contended, however, that the United States is likely to follow Britain's lead, and added: "What is there left for us to do but go to the Soviet government?" He said this was "just a line of thought." Ideological War If the Soviet Union is drawn in- to the campaign, he added, "this would not only be a racial- war, CAPE KENNEDY, Fla. (P) -- The weather outlook, which had Gemini 7 astronauts Frank Bor- caused concern, brightened. man and James A. Lovell, Jr. re- laxed yesterday on the eve of one The forecast was for cloudy but of man's greatest space adventures satisfactory launching conditions -a two-week endurance flight at Cape Kennedy.' during which two manned ve- All systems in the four-ton hicles may fly within inches while spacecraft and the nine-story tall' orbiting at 17,500 miles an hour. Titan 2 rocket received thorough Success of the marathon mission checks and were pronounced in and the planned rendezvous with excellent shape. Fuel was loaded Gemii 6 would topple all man- in the power-producing fuel cells. in-space records and considerably, enhance America's confidence that Air Force Lt. Col. Borman and it can land astronauts on the Navy Cmdr. Lovell attended a two-' moon in this decade. hour mission review and then re- Most space agency officials feel tired to their "ready room" quar-1 there is slightly better than a 50- ters at the Cape to rest and study 50 chance that the Gemini 7 and the complex flight plan that calls 6 rendezvous can be accomplished for them to circle the globe 206: in mid-December. times in 329 hours, 30 minutes- The smoothest prelaunch prep- just 62 hours shy of 14 days. I i E All Systems 'Go' for Gemini 7 .I r 1 i arations in the history of the U.S. space program coasted without a hitch toward today's scheduled 2:30 p.m. EST launching of Gem- ini 7. *The Gemini 6 astronauts, Navy Capt. Walter M. Schirra, Jr., and Air Force Maj. Thomas P. Staf- ford, practiced rendezvous maneu- World News Roundup___ Russians Hit U.S. Policy, ChilNgtainHopes', but an ideological one." By The Associated Press Meanwhile, the Council of Min- MOSCOW - The Soviet Union isters of the Organization of Afri- launched yesterday its fourth at- can Unity voted last night to tempt this year to land an instru- break off diplomatic relations with ment package softly on the moon Britain Dec. 15 unless the Brit- and take a major stride ahead of ish crush the Rhodesian rebel- the United States in the race to lion by that date. put a man there. Economic Blockade If all goes well, the first soft The conference also decided the lunar landing in history should 36 member states would impose a take place around midnight Mos- complete economic blockade on cow time-4 p.m. EST-Monday, Rhodesia and cut off all com- when American astronauts are munications with that breakaway scheduled to be orbiting the earth British colony. All planes flying in the Gemini 7 capsule. to Rhodesia will be refused flying; rights over the African countries. The unmanned Soviet space sta- The ministers, after a five-hour tion, Luna No. 8, loaded with sci-- session, announced all Southern entific equipment, weighed slight- Rhodesian accounts would be ly more than earlier Soviet moon blocked in the banks. probes this year, 3,421.5 pounds. All travel documents issued by * * * the Southern Rhodesian govern- PARIS-President Charles de ment would be declared void. Gaulle and his five rivals in to- - - - morrow's presidential election of- ficially closed their campaigns last night with radio-television appeals for support. De Gaulle, running for a pop- ularly elected office for the first time in his 78 years, unbent enough to ask for a "demonstra- tion of confidence." * * * LINCOLN, Neb.-A federal court jury yesterday ordered Duane E. Pope, a college football star turn- ed killer, to pay with his life for a bloody Big Springs, Neb., bank robbery six months ago. Judge Robert Van Pelt ordered Pope executed in the electric chair on March 3, 1966 at 11:30 a.m. vers in a spacecraft simulator. Lovell and Borman were report- ed anxious to get started. The flight will be the most ex- tensive test yet of man's ability to physically and mentally with- stand long exposure to the space environment. Medical experiments have been given No. 1 priority. Borman and Lovell will wear new lightweight space suits which they plan to remove for several days during the flight, riding in their long underwear for comfort. Schirra and Stafford are to take off from the same launch pad on Dec. 13-nine days after Gemini 7 is airborne-to begin the historic pursuit. "We've got a good chance of doing it," said flight director Christopher C. Kraft, Jr. "There are three factors involved: How well the spacecraft 7 operates, how well we do with the checkout of Gemini 6 spacecraft and launch vehicle, and the weather." draft quota of 38,280 men in Jan- uary, including 8,980 for the Ma- rine Corps, in line with the build- up of U.S. military strength in Viet Nam. This compares with a December quota of 40,200. The December to- tal initially was 45,224 and includ- ed a request by the Marines for 5,024 but the Marine Corps re- quest was withdrawn. * * * WASHINGTON-The Army rul- ed yesterday that draftees will not be shipped from induction stations to Army reception centers between Dec. 22 and Dec. 27. The Army said the action was taken to buttress a policy which will spare young men from induc- tion in the two days before Christ- mas. UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. OP)- The Soviet Union chilled peace talk about Viet Nam with a de- nunciation yesterday of U.S. policy and an avowal of military and political support for Communist North Viet Nam. In a speech to the General As- sembly's Main Political Commit- tee Soviet delegate Nikolai T. Fedorenko virtually ruled out any role for his country in setting up peace negotiations. He spoke as British Foreign Secretary Michael Stewart return- ed to London from an unsuccess- ful mission to Moscow in search of a way to resolve the Vietnamese crisis at the conference table. Stewart Optimistica. Stewart told reporters at Lon- don Airport that he felt no opti- mism about chances for convening a Vietnamese peace conference at this time. He said also he had collected no evidence that a halt in U.S. bombings of North Viet Nam would improve the situation. Fedorenko's speech made no reference to U.S. offers to enter into unconditional negotiations with North Viet Nam, or British proposals for convening a new Geneva conference on Viet Nam. He said the Soviet Union sup- ported fully the demands of Ho Chi Minh, the North Vietnamese leader, for restoring peace. "The Soviet Union expresses its solidarity with the struggle of the Vietnamese patriots against Amer- ican aggression," he said. "It has been rendering and will render full political support and the. ne- cessary economic and military as- sistance to the fraternal Vietna- mese people." Blames. U.S. Intervention North Viet Nam terms include withdrawal of all U.S. troops, ma- terial and bases from South Viet Nam, recognition of the political independence of Viet Nam, and a political settlement along the lines demanded by the Communist Viet Cong. "Only the military intervention of the United States and some of their allies in military blocs is the single and main reason for the tragic events in Viet Nam," Fed- orenko said. He spoke in the committee on behalf of a Soviet resolution de- manding that armed intervention in the domestic affairs of one country by another "should be halted forwith and should not be permitted in the future." The resolution did not single out any country by name, but Fedorenko made clear that he considered it directed at the Unit- ed States. Denounces Policies He accused President Johnson's administration of daily expanding the scope of the war, thus follow- ing "a trend of escalation which is, no doubt, leading to a greater tension in the international situa- tion, and which is pregnant with exceptionally serious consequences, and not only for the cause of peace in Southeast Asia."_ Fedorenko said also that the United States was using South Viet Nam for armed attacks against Cambodia, and was carry- ing out aggressive military actions and intervening in the domestic affairs of Laos. In the Dominican Republic, he added, the United States was guilty of armed intervention in violation of the UN Charter. WASHINGTON-The Department yesterday Defense asked a 11 Make FOLLETT'S. 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