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...John W. Perdew '64 was released yesterday from the Americus, Ga., jail where he had been imprisoned since Aug.8...
...three-judge federal court declared unconstitutional a Georgia insurrection law under which Perdew and four other civil rights workers have been held without bail. The court similarly struck down a law against "unlawful assembly," under which the rights leaders had also been charged...
...Perdew told the CRIMSON last night that he hoped to visit Boston and his home town of Denver during the next few days and then to return to the South to continue his work for civil rights. He said he did not know in which Southern city he would work. "I've been out of touch with the situation for three months, after all. "I'll go wherever I can do the most good," he said...
...judges' ruling released immediately Zev Aelony, 25, a former student at the University of Minnesota, who had been charged only with incitement to insurrection. Perdew, Donald Harris, 25, a Hutgers graduate; and Ralph W. Allen, a student on leave from Trinity, had been charged with rioting, assisting in escape, and assault with intent to murder, as well as incitement and unlawful assembly. The court fixed bail at $2000 each, and it was promptly paid...
...Perdew and the others will have to return to Americus Nov. 11 to face trial on two misdemeanor charges brought by the city. One charges the students with resisting arrest, the other with disorderly conduct. Perdew said he expected to be convicted, but thought he could lodge a successful appeal...