The Nation - News from May 14, 1986
Three white men accused of setting fire to a Philadelphia house formerly occupied by a black family were sentenced to prison by a federal judge. Vincent Callahan, 20, and Thomas O’Donnell, 22, who had pleaded guilty, each got a three-year term. George Stewart, 25, who had pleaded innocent, was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment. They were accused of setting fire last Dec. 12 to a house vacated by the black family after whites gathered in the neighborhood to protest their presence.
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