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QPfje ©ufee Chronicle Volume 65, Number 106 Durham, North Carolina Friday, April 3, 1970 Federal jury indicts twelve on charges of conspiracy By John Kifner Weathermen, including national co-conspirators—Ted Gold and (C) 19 70 N.Y. Times News Service officer Mark Rudd, William Ayers, Diane Oughton—were found alon; CHICAGO-A federal grand jury Jeffrey Jones and Bernardine with a third unidentified male body yesterday indicted 12 leaders of the Dohrn. in the rubble of the townhouse. Weathermen, the militant element The other defendants were Terry which was owned by Wilkerson's within Students for a Democratic Robbins, John Jacobs, Linda Evans, father. Society, on charges of conspiracy Howard Machtinger, Kathy Boudin, The charges against the 12 and violation of the federal anti-riot Michael Spiegel, Judy Clark and Weathermen—crossing state lines act. Lawrence Weiss. with the intent to foment a riot and The charges grew out of "four Bench warrants for the 12 were conspiring to do so—are the same as days of rage1' and immediately issued by Federal those lodged against eight radicals ''demonstrations" the Judge Edwin A. Robson. in connection with disorders at the violence-oriented faction of The Weathermen faction has 196 8 Democratic National Students for a Democratic Society "gone underground" and several of Convention. staged here last October. its members are already being Chicago Federal Judge Julius J. sought by the police. In that case, concluded last Hoffman—whose handling of the Federal warrants charging February, seven of the defendants original Chicago conspiracy case unlawful flight to avoid prosecution were acquitted of the conspiracy Photo by Mike Lyie was marked by controversy—was have already been issued for nine of charge and five were convicted of President Sanford and Duke students discuss University issues at assigned to try the case: the defendnats, charged with having (Continued on Page 9} yesterday s breakfast in the West Union. The 12 young men and women skipped bond on local charges here, indicted yesterday compose nearly according to Assistant U.S. all of the central leadership of the Attorney Jack Schmetterer, those Meets students, workers being sought are all the defendants except Messrs. Ayers, Jones, and Robbins. Which way? Greenwich bomb Sanford assumes presidency Boudin is also being sought in The Weathermen take President Terry Sanford began connection with a bomb blast public relations, but he was upset here," Sanford continued. "I am their name from a line in a which destroyed a Greenwich his first day in office yesterday in that students thought there was Bob Dylan song "you don't joining students for breakfast at 7 concerned with every part of the Village townhouse believed to have "communication" between the University, and I want to say that I need a weatherman to know been used by the revolutionary a.m. in the Great Hall of the West students and Sanford. which way the wind blows." am always available through your group as a bomb factory. Also Campus Union. Later in the day. Sanford met The wind was strong Later in the day he met with the offices and the offices of the being sought in connection with the with the Employees Council in an administration." yesterday, but will be slowly townhouse blast is Cathy Employees Council and held a diminishing today. It will be informal coffee hour. Approximately 22 people Wilkerson, who was cited yesterday reception for faculty at the The Council is "one of the most sunny and cooler, with a high as one of 28 named but unindicted President's Home. attended the meeting, which in the upper 50's. creative approaches to keeping according to J. C. Wright, one of co-conspirators. About 50 students joined the open lines of communication" former North Carolina governor for the three officials of the council, The bodies of two other persons between workers and the was called "so that the Council and named yesterday as unindicted the "occasion." After eating with a University, he said. number of ASDU leaders, Sanford. the president could get "Employees are an important acquainted." followed by a half dozen reporters and essential part of operations and photographers, circulated Role-playing game through the dining hall shaking hands and making small talk. Duke's new chief executive remained after the meal to talk Traver will support in Symposium '70 with students and said he would eat breakfast in the dining hall often so Developed by students at MIT, represent different interest groups students could talk with him. "Perspectives East" will be held at Duke and in the Durham revised privacy bill Saturday from 1-7 p.m., in 209 community. Reactions to Sanford and the East Duke Building. The game, sponsored jointly by Breakfast Banquet were varied, By Mike Mooney set up by the administration and Tying all the events together, E. the Duke Symposium Committee with a number of students ASDU Editor ASDU to "negotiate a policy K. Hunter, architect and former and the Engineering Symposium expressing the feeling that the event A revised version of the amenable to both the students' Dartmouth professor, will be in the Committee, will be played by was simply for publicity purposes. administration's new privacy policy right to privacy and the University's Alumnae Room, East Duke students from the YM-YWCA, "We're used to this type of has been worked out by the privacy right to property protection," Building, from 2-5 p.m. Saturday ASDU, the Chronicle and other put-on," one student remarked. policy negotiation committee, according to outgoing ASDU for informal seminars. Hunter will student groups. Another said "he may have been according to ASDU president-elect President Bob Feldman. talk on his analysis of Duke's Problems to be considered in the well intentioned, but it didn't come Hutch Traver. Traver takes office next architecture. game include University expansion, across." Some reacted favorably. Traver said in an interview Monday. In its examination of the industrial pollution, and -the with comments such as "he looks yesterday he is "in favor of most of Traver said that the ASDU influence of technology of man's question of funds for University straight, but he might just make it." the bill." The compromise version executive committee has added an living space this weekend, facilities versus increased wages for A leader of one campus will now be considered at the April amendment which would "require Symposium '70 will present a University employees. organization said the breakfast was 7 legislature meeting. police to obtain legally drawn role-playing game where students (Continued on Page 8) good for publicity purposes, and The negotiation committee was (Continued on Page 9) Possibility of worker vote seen inWoodhalVs remarks "Nor do I necessarily advocate it," he AFL-CIO. Spokesmen for 1199D said that, in their By Ann Wightman added. Both Personnel Director William Linke opinion, there are two possible forms the Hospital Editor Reaction to Woodhall and Woodhall have denied knowledge of any election could take. Recent remarks concerning the Leaders of both unions trying to organize "secret talks." First, the ballot could be "a fair one" and unionization of Duke Hospital employees hospital employees— 1199D and 77—have Oliver Harvey, spokesman for 77, said last "include 1199D, which has a clear-cut made by Chancellor Barnes Woodhall have reacted to Woodhall's statement concerning majority of the non-academic employees at raised the possibility of a "vote of the week that there "is no way in the world that a possible recognition election for hospital I could have been making back-door Duke Hospital" in its union, the steering hospital workers" in the near future. workers. committee said. Speaking at a Lee House colloquium on agreements." —"^—~^—^— He added that "right Or, the ballot could give employees a March 11, Woodhall said, "I am not The steering committee choice between no union at all or just 77, a anti-union. About the middle of April, Local of 1199D has charged that A news analysis now," 77 has "to move for choice which would give the employees a 77 is going to ask for a vote of the hospital the statement is "positive • * some kind of exclusive "weak, hand-picked" union, one committee workers." proof that the University has been representation. Something is going to member said. President Terry Sanford, speaking in an negotiating a back-door agreement with 77." happen soon." The committee member added that he t interview with Chronicle editor Tom The committee immediately informed Harvey is an employee in the University's felt that the "administration would probably Campbell, said that he "certainly" did not Woodhall that 1199D "demands that any service department and chairman of the make all the election decisions," since he oppose the establishment of collective election that is held in April include Service Division of the Employees' Council knew of no particular North Carolina labor bargaining at Duke if the workers indicate 1199D," a local of the National Union of (no t the Maintenance Division, as was laws affecting hospitals and other similar they favor it. Hospital and Nursing Home Employees, reported in yesterday's Chronicle). (Continued on Page 11) Page Two The Duke Chronicle Friday, April 3, 1970 Diamondmen compile 4-4 mark over vacation By Bob Wesley Peltz Davies opened the next frame with thoughts were sharply quashed in inning. The Blue Devils came back singled, was sacrificed to second Despite the consistent hitting of a double and then came around on the ninth, however, as UMass with another score in the eighth to and then came home on Baglien's John Posen and Mike Davies, it a single by Baglien.