Word: spock
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ACROSS Milk St. from the Post Office Building where Dr. Benjamin Spock's case is being heard stands a sign that reads in large green letters: "Boston Five." A second look reveals smaller letters that complete the title of a branch office of The Boston Five Cents Savings Bank. But the anonymous adman who decided to capitalize those two particular words inadvertantly provided a sort of marquee for the drama of the so-called Boston Five and their fight against government prosecution for illegally counseling draft resistance...
Lawyers for Dr. Benjamin Spock and four co-defendents charged with illegal activities against the draft continued their attempt yesterday to have the conspiracy indictment against the men dismissed...
...reply to a request by Leonard Boudin, Spock's attorney, for more particulars, assistant U.S. attorney John Wall told the court: "All Mr. Boudin has to do is go to the Bureau of the Census and ask for the name of every male person between 18 and 35, and he'll know who's been counselled" to break Selective Service laws...
Attacking the Justice Department's interpretation of the Selective Service law, Leonard Boudin, Spock's attorney, maintained that Congress never intended mere non-possession of a draft card to be a crime. Even if the regulations of Selective Service were violated, he continued, it would be "an extraordinary delegation of power to the Selective Service System" if every violation were considered a criminal...
Although 1,000 demonstrators accompanied the five men to Post Office building on Jan. 29 for their arraignment, only a few television cameramen greeted them yesterday. The only remarkable event outside the courtroom resulted when a giant crane overturned on Congress St. during the hearing. Spock strolled over during the lunch recess to inspect the wreckage...