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...security pledge) was massively defeated by 90% of the delegates. The defeat was the first of a series of humiliations for National Secretary Michael Klonsky, 26, and Interorganizational Secretary Bernardine Dohrn, 27. The decision after an hour's debate was to UPI bar the "capitalist press" and prohibit any news conferences during the convention...
...rioter who fails to obey a lawful order or provide requested assistance. The police are free to deputize onlookers, who will automatically be guiltless if any person present is subsequently killed or wounded, provided no malice or premeditation is involved. The law allows officers to cordon off any area, prohibit the sale of guns or alcohol, impose curfews, and enter private dwellings when in fresh pursuit of a rioter or when searching for firearms or explosives. Violation of any orders under the law can mean a fine of $500, six months in jail, or both...
...deans and professors accomplishes very much toward the reduction of oppressive violence in the larger society. Be that as it may, it is clear that at the level of principle, universities face an insoluble problem: in order to function with even a minimum of critical independence they have to prohibit the resort to coervice tactics, and they cannot enforce the prohibition strictly without injustice toward a significant and valuable minority of their own members...
...Georgia Plan permits loans even to people who can offer no security at all. To circumvent banking regulations that prohibit such lending, Citizens & Southern set up a subsidiary called Community Development Corp. and capitalized it at $1,000,000. CDC approves the risky loans and advances the down payment if a customer cannot. Then Citizens & Southern steps in with the balance, and the down payment is handled as part of the total loan. Normal interest rates are charged, but the terms can be adjusted so that the borrower can meet his installments, which are usually no more than the rent...
Things calmed down after this somewhat. But President Quincy had to prohibit students from going to Concord to view the public prosecution of the students which was being carried on by the Grand Jury there...