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...students who participated in the sit-in, however, will face disciplinary action, Paul E. Gray, assistant provost, announced at a press conference late in the afternoon...
...provost Jerome B. Weisner appeared briefly at the sit-in about 3:30 p. m. to read a warning telling the demonstrators that they were blocking the passage...
...Gray said that yesterday's sit-in did not affect the normal operation of M. I. T. Both the controversial Center for international Studies and Instrumentation labs, where most classified defense research is done, were open...
Secretaries and personnel from the eight administration offices blocked by the sit-in worked in offices "elsewhere on the campus." Gray said. The offices, which include those of M. I. T. president Howard W. Johnson. were locked when the demonstrators arrived...
Gray called the demonstration "obstructive at times" and said student and faculty members were present at the sit-in possibly to identify demonstrators. The observers were members of the Student-Faculty Advisory Group which was set up two weeks ago as a consulting body to the M. I. T. administration...