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v _;.n.~.. THE 'WORLD TODAY ,. .,_ '. ., \ 'Catonsville Nine': Guilty BALTIMORE ( UPI)-A federal court jury found nine Roman C'atholil: pal:ifists, who were al:cused of destroying draft records, f.~ guilty on all three counts late yesterday after only one hour and ,.., •.. illil 25 minutes of deliberation. The defendants, on hearing the verdict, began to sing, "We '" ..., ~ shall overcome," the civil rights anthem. One man among the { spectators shouted, "Ltdies and gentlemen of the jury, you have just found Jesus Christ guilty." The two women and seven men, including two priests, could each be sentenced to a maximum of 18 years in jail and fined up to $22,000 each on the convictions of disrupting the ope rat ions of a draft board, destroying federal property and interfering with Kathleen Casey Ann Jimieson Linda Sue Compton selective service personnel in the performance of their duties. The "Catonsville Nine" entered the small Selective Service headquarters in the Baltimore suburb of Catonsville May 17, scooped two drawers full of records and burned them outside in a parking lot. Two of the nine, the Rev. Philip Berrigan, 45, a J osephite priest, and Thomas Lewis, 28, an artist, already are serving six year terms for pouring blood on Baltimore city draft records Oct. (~ 27. Weather May Stall Apollo launch CAPE KENNEDY (UPI) -The countdown for Apollo 7, the three man, 11 day test of America's moonship, entered its critical last hours "like a charm" yesterday with weather remaining the only question mark for today's launch. Dr. Wchrncr Von Braun, head of Saturn rocket development, said astronauts Walter Schirra, Donn Eisele and Walter Cunningham were "in a highly confident frame of mind, eager to go." Shahla Kaussari Judy Coffey Liz Culwell" "I have never attended a preparation for a space vehicle that has gone as smoothly as has this Apollo 7," said Von Braun. One of these charming young ladies will be crowned Notre Dame's 1968 Homecoming The nation's first manned venture into space in nearly two Queen. This year's winner wil1 also reign as ND's NCAA Football Queen representative; years was scheduled to roar aloft atop a 22 story Saturn I B and will participate in a nationwide contest offering scholarship and trip prizes. Voting rocket at I 0 a.m. CDT. will be Sunday night in the dining halls. The weather, heretofore expected to be good for the launching, may turn out to be a snag for the start of the 4 million mile earth orbital test for later flights to the moon. "The weather is a little bit of a question mark," said Von Braun. I Ieavy rain was falling on the spaceport as he spoke to newsmen. "The predictions arc good at the moment but there will be some shower activity in the morning. Should the shower situation THE indic<ttc that winds prior to launch may increase beyond the magic 18 knots figure, it may be necessary for the crew to leave the spacecraft." l.BJ Praises Humphrey-Muslde Tkket WASIIINGTON (UPI)- President Johnson, in his first outright OBSERVER Serving the Notre Dame and Saint Mary's CoUege Community political speech of the campaign, attacked Republican nominee Richard M. Nixon yesterday as a presidential candidate who Vol. Ill, No. 21 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1968 would pull the country "into another cycle of Republican reaction and inaction." In a nationally broadcast speech in behalf of Vice President Hubert II. Humphrey, Johnson also assailed third party candidate SLC Election Rules Set George C. Wallace as "a false prophet of fear." More than thirty prospective emerging from the meeting was George Koszis, Eugene candidates met last night in the Johnson highly praised the Democratic ticket of Humphrey less than the fifty some Hammond, Jim Fullin, Gregg Student Center Ampitheatre to and Sen. l;,dmu nd S. Muskic, nominee for vice president. He said estimated would be in the race. Scott, Stephen Goebel, Barney hear rules explained in the they were among the ablest and most active leaders ever to serve A full list of candidates in the Gallagher, Tom Taylor, Robert election which will fill six the nation. race includes John Dyer, David Vadnal, Anthony Scolaro, student slots on the University Roos, Ron Mastriana, John Richard Riehle, Paul lie ~aid the GOP candidates for president, vice president and congress had promised to dismantle what had been built under Student Life Council. Due to a Kirby, Gordon Hunt, Greg Buchbinder, James Bodary, Tom rule requiring resignation from Democratic administrations. Adolf, Ouis Wolfe, Tom Duffy, Krouk, James Albanese, Damien student government or student "They've proposed nothing more or less than to pull it back Carl Rak, Eric Sandeen, Armand Czarneck, Pat Kealy, Thomas union offices upon election, no into another cycle of Republican reaction and inaction," Johnson Gelinas, Peter Kelly, Greg Gore, Payne, and Pat Dov.d. Cabinet members or hall said. "And in doing so, they really promise to pull America apart." presidents attended the meeting as ca ndidates and only one Hunter Calls YD Meeting lie led into his comments about Wallace by saying there were Acting independently of the Senator Birch Bayh, and student senator has announced harsh political voices trying to divide the American people. officers of the Notre Dame Lieutenant Governor Rock need his candidacy. '1'he man who stood at the school house door, defying the Young Democrats, Breen-Phillips the help of Notre Dame law, is now pretending to be the apostle of order," the President Fisher Senator Robert Arnot, Senator Richard Hunter said last students. I also feel the student said in a reference to Wallace's attempt to prevent integration at Chairman of the Senate Student night that he would himself call picture for Humphrey is the U~tiversity uf Alabama. Life Council Elections a meeting of "interested young improving especially since his lie said he doubted that many Americans would be swayed Committee, laid down the rules Democrats" for next Wednesday recent speech on the war. "by empty rhetoric and violent appeals to motion." adopted by the Senate in a nigh I. Hunter outlined the Overall, though, we must act l.eMay Will "isit Vietnam meeting Monday night. Petitions purposes as organizational with now or forfeit our right to exist for Council candidates will primary emphasis on getting as an effective campus PEORIA, ILL. (UP I)-George C. Wallace announced yesterday require 250 signatures, with no volunteer groups going for organization." he is sending his running mate, retired Gen. Curtis LeMay, to more than SO coming from a individual state candidates. While sometimes mentioning Vietnam on a fact finding mission next week. candidate's own hall. A rule for Hunter, who also serves as Humphrey in an optomistic Tile third party presidential candidate said LeMay will solicit the SLC election also specifies chairman of Notre Dame tone, Hunter emphasized other the views of American servicemen, consult with military leaders that a full address be given with Students for Humphrey, has candidates besides his own. and report back to Wallace, who, in turn, will "report to the every signature as well as full been at loggerheads with the Regarding South Bend's American people." names of all who sign. officers of the Notre Dame Democratic Congressman John lie blew kisses to his hecklers in Peoria while supporters tried As to the election itself, YD's. The club, in turn, has yet Bradcmas, Hunter stated "We to drown out the taunts with cries of "We want Wallace." Arnot said that campaign to meet or establish committees must coalesce behind the "If you keep that up," Wallace told his tormentors at one expenditures would be limited on individual candidates. Hunter Brademas effort. Brademas point, "you won't get promoted to the second grade." 1l1e crowd to fifty dollars and that copies summed up his feelings saying stood with McCarthy and the cheered. of every piece of literature plus "Something has got to be done! minority Vietnam plank in "There arc the free speech folks," Wallace said of the hecklers. receipts would be required We can still be effective even Chicago and we, regardless of within 24 hours of distribution. "They know a lot of four letter words, but there's two they don't though the hour is late. our personal predilections, must know work and soap." The list of candidates Congressman John Brademas, stand with him now." PAGE2 FRIDAY. OCTOBER 11. 1968 Bizot Attacks Machine Calling for a mobilization of the features of the New Politics "the hard core disgruntled," Party, technicalities and vaguely Assistant Professor of English worded statutes which are ever Richard Bizot pictured the the servants of the present American political establishment," and "some signs parties as "essentially of a purge." undemocratic" and offered his New Politics Party as a refuge As ample justification for his for the disenfranchised dissenter. party's proposed "symbolic Bizot, chairmen of the party in protest" write-in candidacy of Indiana's third district, spoke Dick Gregory and Mark Lane, last night to an estimated sixty Bizot pointed to the two major people in the library auditorium, candidates. Their nomination he Gee Dad, it's a hologram! as part of the Student Union called a "thwarting of the Academic Commission's democratic principle," and their "University Lecture Series." pl,.atforms "cop outs." To "Old politics", according to demonstrate the inadaquacy of 3 ·D Photography Experiments Bizot, are outmoded because of voting for Humphrey on a their basis in "uncritical "lesser of two evils" basis, he Using a helium-neon laser on traveling in phase. The laser's the plate, and the viewer sees alliegiance to the party machine, said, "Put up Humphrey's loan from Bendix Missile narrow beam can be focused what to all appearances is the the systein of politican favors proposals not against Nixon's, Systems Division, Assistant with greater precision, and it original form itself-in full and patronage, an inherent love where they would look Professor of Electrical remains.

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