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Hugh and Elizabeth Blackmer, both '65, were about a block from Harvard Square when they "saw a group of 10 or 12 kids coming at us, spread out across the sidewalk." Blackmer said the youths appeared to be between 14 and 16 years...
...groups passed each other, one of the youths allegedly shoved his shoulder into Blackmer. Blackmer said he turned around but didn't say anything. He said several of the youths turned and began jeering at them. "One of them said something," said Mrs. Blackmer, "--I don't know what it was--so I kicked...
...gang then attacked the Blackmers, knocked them to the sidewalk, and kicked them. Blackmer said he thought the beating lasted about a minute. He said the youths apparently moved off when they discovered that his wife, who was wearing pants, was not another male...
...Blackmer said he and his wife then went to talk to the policeman in the booth at the Square. "I said, 'can I talk to you,' and he said something like 'sure kid, start talking.' So he tried in his way to get the story out of me and I, being furious, tried to tell the story...
Such brief sketches, of course, are only caricatures. For example, Donal Holway of the CRIMSON, Richard Bertocci of the News Office, and Hugh Blackmer of the Yearbook are fine photographers in almost any situation. Warren Krupsaw is another, and his exhibit has the fullness and variety I expected...