The bodies of three missing civil rights workers who disappeared here on June 21 were uncovered in a dam of a pond by Federal Bureau of Investigation agents about 6:30 p.m. Tuesday Aug. 4. Michael …

The full-scale exodus to the famed Neshoba County fairgrounds will be well underway this weekend. Mississippi’s “Giant Houseparty” officially opens Monday, although there will be programs …

July 16, 1964 If an accurate count could be recorded, this writer would say that the number of Mississippians who say they are going to vote for Barry Goldwater would be in the several hundreds. I …

July 23, 1964 A lawsuit for $1,000,000 on behalf of Neshoba County Sheriff Lawrence A. Rainey has been filed in Chancery Court here, naming Buford W. Posey, the National Broadcasting Company, …

Wonder if President Johnson has ever thought of the advantages of poverty. Can you imagine how much sin there would be in the world if everybody could afford it? —- One of the great …

Rainey, Price named in U.S. suit by COFO/Front page story on July 16, 1964 Neshoba County Sheriff Lawrence Rainey and Deputy Sheriff Cecil Price were served with a summons to appear in federal …

July 9, 1964 Art Richardson, left, Public Information Officer for the Department of Public Safety, receives another of the many phone calls while Bill Plante, center, and Phillip F. Oramous wait …

July 9, 1964 Sixteen “Civil Rights” workers visited Philadelphia, Monday of this week on what they described as “a personal investigation of the ‘civil rights’ movement and to observe …

July 9, 1964 Sorry to hear that Mrs. Walker Jones had to make a hurried trip to an eye doctor in Cincinnati this week. We hope it’s not serious and she’s back shortly and in better health than …

July 2, 1964 No conclusive evidence of what happened to the three “civil rights” workers who disappeared over a week ago here after being arrested for speeding has turned up yet, but rumors …

July 2, 1964 There have been about 80 of you newsmen in Philadelphia and Neshoba County since the three “civil rights” workers disappeared. It is unfortunate that it takes such a tragedy as …

July 2, 1964 Mayor Ab Davis Harbour of Philadelphia, in commenting on the possibility of a visit by people from other areas of the United States to engage in “civil rights” activities, had …

July 2, 1964 This editor was interviewed by Time magazine last Saturday and tried to give that national publication a true picture of our way of life and our citizens as a whole. Here’s hopes …

July 2, 1964 No conclusive evidence of what happened to the three “civil rights” workers who disappeared over a week ago here after being arrested for speeding has turned up yet, but rumors …

On June 21, 1964, three civil rights workers were murdered in Neshoba County. The trio had come here to investigate the burning of the Mt. Zion Methodist Church in the Longdale community off of …

There have been about 80 of you newsmen in Philadelphia and Neshoba County since the three “civil rights” workers disappeared. It is unfortunate that it takes such a tragedy as this to get you to …

Mayor Ab Davis Harbour of Philadelphia, in commenting on the possibility of a visit by people from other areas of the United States to engage in “civil rights” activities, had this to say on the …

This editor was interviewed by Time magazine last Saturday and tried to give that national publication a true picture of our way of life and our citizens as a whole. Here’s hopes the printed word …

“Let’s keep the peace and help in every way we can to solve this unfortunate incident,” said Sheriff Lawrence Rainey Wednesday morning. “I plead with the people of our county to cooperate …

Like so many other cities and towns in the state, Philadelphia has had its first experience with the so-called “civil rights’ groups, when the three persons who came here last Sunday supposedly …