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FBI ordered
to investigate
shootings of
4 black women

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP)-The
FBI was ordered yesterday to in-
vestigate the shootings of four black
women after the acquittal of two of
three Ku Klux Klansmen in the case
prompted a night of firebombings,
brickthrowing and looting in a black
neighborhood.
Assistant U.S. attorney John Cook
said the Justice Department's Civil
Rights Division in Washington directed
that the FBI determine whether civil
rights had been violated and whether
further federal investigation was
warranted.
POLICE RESTRICTED access to a
four-block area in the city's heavily in-
dustrial, predominantly black Alton
Park section after scattered violence
was reported during a .seven-hour
period early yesterday.
Six persons were arrested on
suspicion of looting, authorities said.
The disturbances ended by about 7
a.m., but police asked people to avoid
the area if possible. Police beefed up
patrols in the area, put officers on 12-
hour shifts and canceled their days off.
AN ALL-WHITE Criminal Court jury
on Tuesday acquitted two of the Klan-
smen of state charges of injuring the
women, who were hit by shotgun fire
from a passing car as they left a tavern
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on April 19. A third Klansman, iden-
tified as the triggerman, was convicted
of reduced charges of assault.
"There are some people asking me to
keep the lid on, there are some who
want to tear the town down and there
are some who want me to lead a
revolution," said George Key, Chat-
tanooga chapter president of the
National Association for the Advan-
cement of Colored People. "My in-
clination is, of course . .. you don't han-
die these things through violence, you
handle them through the proper chan-
nels.".
He said Tuesday night's intermittent
rains had helped keep people off the
streets, but said, "There is a good deal
of concern that there'll be more of what
happened last night."
William Church, 23, who calls himself
imperial wizard of the Justice Knights
of the Ku Klux Klan, and member
Larry Payne, 26, were acquitted of four
counts each of assault with intent to
commit murder which -resulted in
bodily injury. Marshall Thrash, 30, who
testified that he fired the blasts to draw
attention to wooden crosses the men
had set afire at an overpass, was con-
victed of reduced charges-three of
assault and battery and another of sim-
ple assault.
T~flhl

Mr. Magic
With only a wave of his presidential arms, Jimmy Carter delivered
the goods to the parched citizens of Texas Monday night. In winding up a
speech to a gathering of Texas and Oklahoma Democrats at a Dallas, Texas
home, Carter said, "I asked Lloyd Bentsen, the Texas senator, what you
needed more than anything else ... a finelong speech? He said, 'No, Mhr.
President, what we need is rain.' And I said OK, we'll have rain," Carter
said, spreading out his arms. To the astonishment of the crowd, it began to
rain. Earlier, Carter inspected a 2,000-acre farm in Justin, where drought
has destroyed many acres of crops. "This is the kind of affliction many are
going through" around the country, Carter told the farmers. "Good luck,
God bless you, and I'll be praying for rain." At midday Monday, rain fell
over 20 to 30 per cent of north Texas. It was the first rain since spring for
most of the area. Q
On the outside
Skies are expected to remain mostly sunny today with afternoon
temperatures ranging in the low- to mid-80s. Tonight's low temperature
should dip to a very pleasant 70*.
Happenings
FILMS
AAFC-The Game Is Over, 6:30 p.m.; Celine and Julie Go. Boating,
8:15 p.m., Aud. A, Angell.
Michigan Media Summer Film Showcase-Art of Film: Role of Women,
Black Modern Art, Raymond Loewy, Frankenthaler, Patterns of Beauty,
7:30 p.m., MLB 3.
PERFORMANCES
Ann Arbor Summer Symphony-final concert of the 1980 series, 8:30
p.m., Hill Aud.
Michigan Theatre-Theatre organ concerts, 1-4 p.m.; Ann Arbor Circus,
7, 9 p.m., 603 E. Liberty.
MISCELLANEOUS
School of Metaphysics-life and health readings, 9, 10 a.m., 219
N. Main St.
Spartacus Youth League-"The Fight Against Gay and Women's
Oppression," 7:30 p.m., Assembly Hall, Union.
Michigan League-American heritage night featuring cuisine of New
York, 5-7 p.m., League.[Q
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Thursday, July 24, 1980
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