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TRIALS Hung Jury For the eleven days of his trial, Byron De La Beckwith, 43, accused killer of Mississippi N.A.A.C.P. Leader Medgar Evers, performed more like a circus clown than a defendant in a first-degree murder case. Constantly shooting his French cuffs, he propped his feet up on a nearby chair, swigged soda pop, glowered at Negro news men, hallooed to white spectators, was once restrained by a bailiff from saun tering over to the jury box to chat with his peers, and with the exaggerated Southern courtliness upon which he so much prides himself, even offered cigars...
...Evers' home, saying, "I've got to find where he lives in a couple of days." A young woman said that she had seen a car similar to Beckwith's parked near Evers' house 50 minutes before the shooting. But because the bullet that killed Medgar Evers was too badly shattered to produce positive results in ballistics tests, the state never did prove that it had been fired by the rifle in the sweetgum grove...
While Byron de la Beckwith is still on trial in Jackson for the murder of Medgar Evers, Lewis Allen was shot-gunned to death last Friday night in a small Mississippi town--Liberty. Allen, 42-years-old and a father of four, was active in voter registration for the Student Non-violent Co-ordinating Commitee. As a SNCC worker, he must have known the dangers he was facing in Mississippi; Allen witnessed the killing of a fellow SNCC member, Herbert Lee, in 1961. Last March four other voter registration workers were wounded by gunfire...
...riots seared the front pages of the world press, outraged millions of people. Everywhere, King's presence, in the pulpit or at rallies, was demanded. But while he preached nonviolence, violence spread. "Freedom Walker" William Moore was shot and killed in Alabama. Mississippi's N.A.A.C.P. Leader Medgar Evers was assassinated outside his home. There was violence in Jackson, Miss...
...Women of the Year: Mrs. Medgar Evers and Mrs. John F. Kennedy...