CRIME: Godfathers to Dynamiters

In Atlanta, six days after dynamiters did $200,000 worth of damage to the interior of the Reform Jewish congregation's Temple, a massive effort by city police and far-ranging squads of FBI brought indictments against five local residents who, if not the actual bombers, were deemed to be in on the deed. The indictments, brought under a state statute that carries a maximum penalty of death, marked the first successful police effort against the bands of stealthy racists who have rocked the South with 83 bombs, seven of them against Jewish institutions, since...

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