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Higgins Professor of Biology Emeritus George Wald and former Boston mayoral candidate Melvin H. King were among 12 demonstrators who yesterday entered the Boston offices of the New York-based Deak-Perera Inc., which sells pure gold Krugerrands, the South African currency...
...Deak-Peter officials told the protestors they would not be arrested and said the 12 would be free to spend the night in the store. The protestors left shorts after 5:00 p.m. promising that others would take their place this morning...
...spokesman for Deak-Perera said an official of the company would meet in private with a representative of the organization only on condition the protests cease Domenic M. Bozzotto, president of AFLCIO Local 26, which represents Harvard food service workers said that only a phone conversation had been offered, and that his group had decided to rejected he offer...
...before moving to Deak-Perera, protestors succeeded last week in getting South Africa's honorary consul in Boston, Richard K. Blankstein, to resign after protesting in front of his office...
...Christopher D'Elia, manager of the Boston Deak-Perera, said the store does not plan to stop selling the coins as a result of the protests. "I don't think [the protesters] are being very effective in reaching their goals," D'Elia added, noting that Deak-Perera sells few Krugerrands and that far more South African gold goes into jewelry...