TIMELINE 1963-1968
THE COLD SIX THOUSAND
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January - February 1966 "NEWSPAPER HEADLINES"
DOCUMENT INSERT: 1/26/66. Chicago Tribune headline and subhead:
BOLD WORDS FROM REV. KING:
"The primary objective of the Chicago freedom movement
will be to bring about the unconditional surrender of forces
dedicated to the creation and maintenance of slums"
DOCUMENT INSERT: 1/31/66. Denver Post-Dispatch headline and subhead:
JURY-TAMPERING CONVICTION UPHELD
Hoffa faces jail time
DOCUMENT INSERT: 2/8/66. Los Angeles Herald-Express headline and subhead:
FOES DENOUNCE HOOVER
FBI boss catches heat for attacks on King
DOCUMENT INSERT: 2/20/66. Miami Herald subhead:
RFK stumps for negotiated Viet settlement
Echoes Dr. King's pleas
DOCUMENT INSERT: 3/3/66. Los Angeles Times headline and subhead:
HUGHES DIVESTS TWA STOCK
6.5 million shares net $546,000,000
Excerpted from The Cold Six Thousand by
James Ellroy
Copyright 2001 by James Ellroy. Excerpted by
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