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...April 1968, five young Negroes in Benson, N.C., set fire to a rundown service station that was known as a Ku Klux Klan hangout. Damages came to less than $100, but last October the five youths were sentenced to twelve years apiece in prison. A month ago, Judge William Bickett frankly confessed that he might have been guilty of "bad judgment" in the cases of Percy Valle Barfield, 17, Frederick Lockamy, 18, Leo Stewart Jr., 19, Dubois Scotty Gather, 20, and Jesse Jones, 21. Bickett noted that a race riot had broken out in the Benson area before the time...
Probably hoping that Bickett himself will recommend a reduction in the sentences, Governor Robert Scott has yet to act on a plea for executive clemency. A biracial group called the "Committee for Equal Justice" is circulating petitions on behalf of the imprisoned youths...
Hardly had the week for the campaign been chosen when Governors fell into line from every corner of the country. Among the first to respond was Governor James Withcombe, of Oregon, and shortly after his enthusiastic endorsement came a message from Governor Theodore Bilbo, of Mississippi. Governor T. W. Bickett, of North Carolina, was among the first to respond, and Governor Simon Bamberger, of Utah, and Governor Lynn J. Frazier, of North Dakota. "I will issue a proclamation for Soldiers' Library Week at once," they wired...
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