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Identifier
20161450
Description
Image shows Louis Beam, 34, Grand Dragon of the Texas Ku Klux Klan, holding a document, surrounded by reporters. He will plead innocent April 17 to charges that he conducted military exercises on federal property on Lyndon B. Johnson National Grasslands near Decatur without a permit. His defense attorney Harry Walsh, Huntsville. The maximum punishment is six months in prison and a $500 fine. Published in Fort Worth Star-Telegram morning edition April 1, 1981.
Archival Date
1981-04-10
Collection Name
Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection
Collection Number
AR406-6-7480
Original Format
Negatives, Black & White
File Format
JPG
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Subjects
Interviews; Court Cases
Names
Beam, Louis R.; Ku Klux Klan; Lyndon B. Johnson National Grasslands (Wise County, Tex.)
Subjects
Interviews; Court Cases