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[Newspaper Clipping: Flaming Cross Burns in Yard at Rayburn Home] (open access)

[Newspaper Clipping: Flaming Cross Burns in Yard at Rayburn Home]

Two newspaper clippings of an article about a cross burned in the driveway of Speaker Sam Rayburn's home, Thursday, July 26, 1956. The second clipping is a continuation of the content in the first clipping. The article includes information about an FBI investigation, Sam Rayburn's opinion on the act, and an editorial note condemning the supposed nature of the act.
Date: July 27, 1956
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Jim McConeghy by a Radar Station]

Photograph of Jim McConeghy standing in front of a sign that reads: "Air Defense Commands 683rd A. C. & W. Squadron," and a smaller sign that says: "Commander Major John T. Phillips." The back of the photo says that this is "Jim McConeghy standing near front gate of Air Force radar station."
Date: July 1956
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History