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...well you may grimace. Back there behind you are the invasion of Laos and Attica and the New Economic Policy and the Cooling of the Campus and U.S. vs. New York Times, and the Ali-Frazier fight and the White House Wedding and a rotten rock festival in Louisiana. Go to the top of the hill and follow the weedy trail through the five-barred gate to the back door, Sit down at home and rest until 1972. Father Time has lovely new treats in store...
...targets for class actions seem to be almost limitless. Current suits are challenging hamburger labeling practices, allegedly usurious credit-card finance charges and preferential air fares for youths. Last week seven Attica prisoners got a U.S. court of appeals to order an end to the maltreatment of all the prison's inmates by guards. Using unusually strong language, the court found that the cruelty described in prisoners' testimony "far exceeded what our society will tolerate on the part of officers...
Throughout the fearful day, New Jersey officials and inmates alike gradually abandoned hard-line demands in favor of safety and compromise. Shortly after the rebellion started, New Jersey Governor William Cahill appeared, to direct negotiations from a nearby command post. The prisoners were not as well organized as the Attica inmates; they were also less militant and inflexible in their demands. Both sides, it seems, remembered Attica...
...knows how many prisoners were involved, but they took over a wing of the prison that normally houses more than 500 men. As at Attica, state troopers and prison guards donned bulletproof vests and helmets in preparation for an armed attack on the inmates. Inside, prisoners drew up a list of 15 demands, covering improved food and medical care, educational and rehabilitation programs, religious freedom, increased mail privileges. Three newsmen allowed into the cellblock at the prisoners' request heard echoes of Attica in the inmates' demands. Associated Press Correspondent Carl Zeitz, one of the three, wrote later: "Inmates...
Grievance Formula. On Thanksgiving Day, prisoners shouted demands for total amnesty; that had been the principal obstacle to a settlement at Attica. They set fires inside the cellblock to dramatize their grievances. But behind the scenes, negotiations went on quietly. The armed assault was called off. Cahill's presence, which the men inside the prison learned about from radio announcements, probably contributed to a swift and peaceful settlement. The Governor said later that he would have done whatever was possible to avoid bloodshed. "I probably would have gone in myself." New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller had refused to travel...