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==Bombing of Bussie residence==
==Bombing of Bussie residence==
On July 19, 1966, Bussie's Baton Rouge residence in the Kenilworth subdivision was bombed, but there were no injuries. Jules R. Kimble, a then 24-year-old proclaimed former member of the [[Ku Klux Klan]], who also claimed to have been the heir to a nonexistent fortune, told police that he had overheard three Klansmen plot the bombing of both the Bussie residence and that of Viola Logan, an [[African American]] teacher in Port Allen in West Baton Rouge Parish. Kimble said the plot was hatched in Kimble's [[New Orleans]] home but that he declined to participate in the execution of the plans. It was theorized that the bombing was inspired by Klansmen who favored a state grant-in-aid program to benefit white private academies which would soon mushroom in predominantly black sections of Louisiana with the arrival of court-mandated school [[Segregation|desegregation]]. Kimble was eventually booked with aggravated assault, impersonating a police officer, and carrying a concealed weapon before such was legal.<ref>[http://www.zoominfo.com/people/kimble_j._256835908.aspx J. Kimble: ZoomInfo Business People Information<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
On July 19, 1966, Bussie's Baton Rouge residence in the Kenilworth subdivision was bombed, but there were no injuries. Jules R. Kimble, a then 24-year-old proclaimed former member of the [[Ku Klux Klan]], who also claimed to have been the heir to a nonexistent fortune, told police that he had overheard three Klansmen plot the bombing of both the Bussie residence and that of Viola Logan, an [[African American]] teacher in Port Allen in West Baton Rouge Parish. Kimble said the plot was hatched in Kimble's [[New Orleans]] home but that he declined to participate in the execution of the plans. It was theorized that the bombing was inspired by Klansmen who favored a state grant-in-aid program to benefit white private academies which would soon mushroom in predominantly black sections of Louisiana with the arrival of court-mandated school [[Segregation|desegregation]]. Kimble was eventually booked with aggravated assault, impersonating a police officer, and carrying a concealed weapon before such was legal.