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...Chicago, a special grand jury set out to discover what really happened in the police shooting of Black Panther Leader Fred Hampton. After listening to no fewer than 41 witnesses, it eventually charged Cook County State's Attorney Edward Hanrahan with conspiring to obstruct justice by covering up for the police (TIME, Sept. 6). Hanrahan, who presumably enjoyed the acquiescence of past grand juries, is now attacking the indictment on the ground that the special prosecutor exerted undue influence on the jurors...
...that Oliver had told the truth about the boy's killing. When Eckhardt showed that the same test also indicated that Oliver harbored feelings of "tremendous hostility" toward the prosecution, a violent shouting match ensued between Eckhardt and Bailey in which Eckhardt accused Oliver of deliberately trying to obstruct the prosecution's case. When Oliver arrived at Fort McPherson, he gleefully told an Army driver: "I'm going to blow this case wide open." In part, he did. Colonel Kenneth Howard, the presiding officer, dropped the charge of killing...
...group circulating this year's rent control initiative petition has filed suit to prevent city officials from taking action "that tends to delay, hinder or obstruct the appearance of the rent control initiative on the ballot." Named specifically in the suit are the four Cambridge Election Commissioners, City Manager James Corcoran and Cronin...
...Bombed Buses. The most notable trouble spot was in Pontiac, Mich., where ten school buses were fire-bombed on the eve of the academic year. Last week the FBI arrested six people, including Robert Miles, grand dragon of the Michigan Ku Klux Klan, and charged them with conspiracy to obstruct federal-court orders. In all, 48 people have been arrested in Pontiac in connection with antibusing protests, and a boycott organized by white parents is still effective. During the week, the absentee rate in the city's schools held steady...
...grand-jury presentment, suppressed since April, was at last made public. It charged that Daley's heir apparent, Cook County State's Attorney Edward Hanrahan, had conspired to obstruct justice by covering up for the police and interfering with the defense of seven surviving Panthers accused of attempted murder. Indicted on the same charges were Hanrahan's assistant, who planned the raid, the eight policemen who entered the Panther pad and four other cops who subsequently became involved in the investigation. Police Superintendent James Conlisk was named as a coconspirator, but was not indicted...