Word: jails
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...impaneled in 40 minutes. And the defense version soon became clear: the priest and the seminarian were dangerous radicals who had attempted an armed assault on a store in which there were white women. The first witness, a chunky deputy sheriff, testified that when Daniels got out of jail he was met "by a nigger girl...
...rumor mills had him fighting with the rebels in Santo Domingo, stirring up guerrilla trouble variously in Peru, Colombia, Guatemala and Argentina. Other stories whispered that he had been demoted, possibly put in jail, maybe even executed. In his speech last week, promising to clear up the status of "el Companero Ernesto Guevara," Castro gave only the vaguest hints as to what that status might be. "The enemy has put out many guesses and rumors, sometimes confused, sometimes trying to confuse," said Castro. "Well, in a few days, we are going to read a document by el Compa...
Although he usually restricts himself to verbal combat, Farmer sometimes leads forays into the field. In 1961, his first year as CORE chief, he directed and rode on the first Freedom Ride--thereby earning himself a month in a Mississippi jail. During August of 1963 he narrowly evaded pursuing Louisiana Klansmen by hiding in a mortuary and slipping out in the back of a hearse...
...simply decided that example is the best sermon. Rather than talk about the evils of racial prejudice, he took a seat on the first freedom ride and ended up in jail. He was one of the most effective recruiters for Aaron Henry's 1963 FDP campaign in Mississippi. When Russian studies professor Frederick C. Barghoorn was detained in Russia, he organized the protest...
Judge Edward Weinfield, who has a reputation for toughness, said that he had been inclined to jail the two men, but was deterred by their "past exemplary records." Said he: "Bread cast upon the waters is returning to the benefit of each defendant." The benefit took the form of fines, which were ap portioned to each executive's ability to pay. Stephens earns $175,000 annually, and last year his company also set aside for him a "deferred reward" of 1,209 shares of J. & L. stock - now worth $77,500 - which he will collect when he retires...