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Attempts are now being made to provide strong legal assistance for Claude L. Weaver '65, the Dunster House junior who was arrested in Canton, Miss., on Feb. 4, Alwin M. Pappenheimer, Jr. '29, Master of Dunster House, said yesterday. Weaver was charged with "conspiracy to intimidate a family" as a result of his civil rights activities...
Weaver and a co-worker, Edward Hollander of Baltimore, were arrested in Canton, Miss., a week ago for allegedly "conspiring to intimidate a family." Mrs. Charlean Smith, of Canton, claimed that Weaver and his companion verbally threatened the safety of her six-year-old child if she continued to patronize a local merchant who allegedly discriminates against Negroes...
George Raymond, director of SNCC's Canton project, said last night that the charges against Weaver and Hollander are completely false. He claimed that Mrs. Smith was bribed by local authorities to testify against Weaver and Hollander. "The white community tries to prevent us from making progress by seeking to discredit us among our own people," he said...
SNCC and CORE, the Congress of Racial Equality, are conducting a comprehensive civil rights program in Canton which includes selective patronage, voter registration, and the establishment of a community center for Negroes...
...Hoover Co. was founded by H. W. Hoover's strong-minded grandfather, who ran a saddle and harness factory in North Canton, Ohio. Despite his comfortable position in saddlery, the elder Hoover foresaw the obsolescence of the horse collar, began experimenting first with horseless-carriage accessories, then with "electric suction sweepers." Vacuum cleaners were by no means new; the first U.S. suction cleaner had been patented in 1869, and seven other models were on the market when the Hoover family began. But the Hoover Co. added an agitation bar to beat the dust out of rugs, leading...