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It was one year to the day after the Dow demonstration, which had led to the placing of 74 students on probation. It was understood that no action would be taken against yesterday's demonstrator, because, one administration spokesman said, "no one had been substantially inconvenienced."
At present, almost 800 draft resisters and evaders are locked up in federal prisons throughout the country.* Whether they opposed war in general or the Viet Nam war in particular, whether they burned their draft cards or simply refused to go, each was convicted under the same clause of the...
"Anyone who tries to say that fewer than half the students in any high school in Southern California have taken pot doesn't know what he's talking about," insists Caldwell Williams, guidance counselor at Los Angeles' University High. Cub scouts in San Francisco discuss the pros...
Such tactics often prove remarkably successful. Last fall 800 Los Angeles County probation officers deliberately dragged their heels on the job, winning a reduction of case loads in the process. Far more dramatic is the current slowdown by Federal Aviation Administration air-traffic controllers, which has snarled airports in metropolitan...
Most common complaint of the travelers is that the trips are too long. But Probation Officer David Cook, director of the program, points out that it is only during the final week or two that real unity develops. "The raft is perfect for group therapy," he says. "You can control...