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KLAN MURDER TRIAL HALTED AFTER FIRST DAY By Steve Pope Philadelphia, Mississippi (June 16, 2005)The trial of the accused mastermind behind the 1964 murder of three civil rights workers in Mississippi was suddenly halted today when the defendant was rushed to the hospital. After listening to the testimony of Rita Bender, wife of Michael "Mickey" Schwerner one of the three victims, the defendant Edgar Ray "Preacher" Killen was taken to a Neshoba County hospital after suffering from high blood pressure. Killen, 80 who was out of the courtroom during Bender's testimony, but who could hear her testify from an adjacent...

An Open Letter to the Democratic Party By Frances Rice We, African American citizens of the United States, declare and assert: Whereas in the early 1600’s 20 African men and women were landed in Virginia from a Dutch ship as slaves and from that tiny seed grew the poisoned fruit of plantation slavery which shaped the course of American development, Whereas reconciliation and healing always begin with an apology and an effort to repay those who have been wronged, Whereas the Democratic Party has never apologized for their horrific atrocities and racist practices committed against African Americans during the past...

<p>The top Senate Democrat yesterday defended a colleague's assertion that Sen. Robert C. Byrd, a former Klansman, would have been a great leader during the Civil War.</p> <p>Sen. Tom Daschle said there was "no parallel" between Sen. Christopher J. Dodd's praise of Mr. Byrd and Republican Sen. Trent Lott's praise of former segregationist Sen. Strom Thurmond.</p>

Sen. Robert C. Byrd (D-W. Va) criticized President Bush yesterday for giving the United States the image "of a belligerent bully," and said Bush's contrasting handling of threats posed by North Korea and Iraq revealed major flaws in his foreign policy. Byrd said Bush appeared eager to apply his doctrine of preemptive military action against less powerful countries such as Iraq, but not against countries that may pose a nuclear threat, such as North Korea.