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Earlier this month President Johnson received three women from McComb, Miss., at the White House. They told him that their homes had been bombed because they had helped white civil rights workers during the summer and they asked him to help them. The President, they said, seemed to be near tears when they left, and he promised...
...McComb: Three white men arrested and charged with at least two recent bombings...
...McComb: A fourth white man arrested in connection with 11 bombings of Negro homes and churches...
...went on to offer a $5000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the bombers. Signers of the ad included the McComb Chamber of Commerce, the Lions Club, the Rotary Club, and the Jaycee...
Three days ago members of the white community voiced their fears. A large ad in McComb's weekly newspaper began, "We are no longer dealing with the question of segregation. We are faced with the possibility that the life of this community is at stake...