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...David Benway, 37, of Excelsior, Minn., a salesman for a mail-order printing house, voted for Barry Goldwater in 1964. But in 1968, he explains, "I was in Chicago during the Democratic Convention. I took three days off and wandered around the riot zones and listened to McCarthy. I became very despondent about the machine, the whole state of affairs. I started listening to the kids and to McCarthy...
...maximum-security prison outside Attica, N.Y., lay dead or dying in the early morning drizzle. Last week, one year after the massacre, a nine-member special commission created by New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller issued its report* on what happened before, during and after the bloodiest prison riot in U.S. history. Headed by N.Y.U. Law Dean Robert B. McKay, the commission interviewed 1,600 inmates, as well as 400 guards and hundreds of state troopers and National Guardsmen. Among its blunt, plain-spoken conclusions...
...After the riots, nothing was done to prevent reprisals. Inmates were made to run naked through gauntlets of enraged guards, who had "anesthetized their humanity and become righteous vigilantes." Several days after the riot's end, doctors saw evidence of fresh beatings. The commission accused state officials of allowing rumors to spread -and of unconscionable delay in denying the false report that one hostage had been castrated and that others had their throats fatally slashed...
TIME's James Willwerth, who covered the riot, returned to assess conditions today. His report...
Peterson was well received by the crowd. He punctuated his speech with anecdotes and concluded to a standing ovation. In one of his humorous asides, he described his role in a "Pogo for President" riot in the Square during his undergraduate years...