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Thursday, Sept. 3, 1970
University Daily Kansan
Two on Student Newspaper Staff
FBI Names Wisconsin Bombing Suspects
MADISON, Wis. (UPI) — The Federal Bureau of Investigation announced Wednesday that four young men have been charged in federal warrants with sabotage, conspiracy and destruction of government property in the bombing last week of a University of Wisconsin research center.
The men were described by FBI agents as fugitives who apparently had gone underground after slipping out of the hands of authorities, who stopped them for questioning shortly after an explosion ripped Sterling Hall on the campus early on the morning of Aug. 24.
They include two Madison brothers and two staff members
"We don't have any idea where they are. We will have a hard long pull now that we've gotten this far."
of the student newspaper, the Daily Cardinal, at the university. One formerly was on the staff of a Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) publication at the University of Delaware, the FBI said.
Two Police Indicted; One for Fatal Shooting
AUGUSTA, Ga. (UPI)—A federal grand jury Tuesday indicted two Augusta policemen in connection with the May 11 riot in which police killed six Negroes.
Officer William Samuel Dennis was indicted for the fatal shooting of John W. Stokes, and Sgt. Louis C. Dinkins was indicted in the wounding of Louis Nelson Williams.
The government charged both officers with violating the constitutional rights of the Negroes by inflicting summary punishment without due process of law.
Dennis faces a maximum penalty upon conviction of life in prison and Dinkins, one year in prison and a $1,000 fine.
The biracial grand jury concluded that Dennis "wilfully" killed Stokes and Dinkins, a 10 year veteran cited for bravery earlier this year for searching a burning building for victims, "wilfully shot," wounded and intimidated" Williams.
Police Chief James C. Beck said the two officers would continue on duty unless found guilty in a trial. Their cases were expected to come up for trial at the December term of federal court
The riot erupted after the death of a Negro youth in a jail cell and spread over a 130 block area in the predominantly black section of Augusta. Sixty persons were injured and numerous businesses damaged or destroyed by fire.
FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover identified the four as Karleton Lewis Armstrong, 22, a former student at the University of Wisconsin; his brother, Dwight Allen Armstrong, 19, a high school dropout; David Sylvan Fine, 18, night editor of the Cardinal; and Leo Frederick Burt, 22, a summer session student. Burt also was reported to be on the student newspaper staff.
U. S. Attorney John Olson refused to say whether authorities had any clues to the whereabouts of the four men but an FBI agent said: "We don't have any idea where they are. We will have a hard, long pull now that we've gotten this far."
A research physicist was killed and four other persons were injured in the blast that shattered the six story building which housed the Army mathematics research center, the university's physics department, and equipment belonging to the Atomic Energy Commission.
The blast, believed triggered by explosives in a truck parked alongside the building, caused an
Senate Prepares To Ponder Bill
estimated $6 million damage. Investigators indicated a combination of fuel, oil and nitrogen fertilizer may have been used to make the explosive.
WASHINGTON (UPI) — The Senate adjourned Wednesday for a long Labor Day weekend and will return Tuesday to begin debate on a constitutional amendment providing for direct popular election of the president. Senate Democratic leader Mike Mansfield predicted there would be at least two weeks of debate on the House passed election amendment.
An affidavit filed in U.S. district court said a car containing the Armstrongs, Fine, and Burt was stopped by a Sauk County police officer as it sped northward from Madison shortly after the bombing. They were released after they told the officer they were university students heading for an outing at Devil's Lake, Wis. The car was traced to the Armstrongs' father, Donald, FBI agents said.
The affidavit quoted Maxim Sliter, a friend of the Armstrong family as saying that "Karl" and Dwight Armstrong said they were responsible for the abortive
aerial bombing of the Badger ordinance works near Baraboo, Wis., last Jan. 1.
"Karl and Dwight Armstrong advised Sliter that they were going to perpetrate further bombings in the near future and that these bombings would be done late in the evening so that no one would be hurt," the affidavit said.
The FBI said both Armstrong brothers contacted relatives in Madison asking that money be wired to them in New York. FBI agents said they found at a home in Madison a note from Fine, postmarked New York and addressed to an Eliot Siberberg.
"We (Dave and Leo) are in N.Y. with good contacts ready to head for Canada," they quoted the note.
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SUA MEMBERSHIP MEETING
september 8:00pm Woodruff
The purpose of the SUA membership meeting is to explain to students the opportunities for working in SUA during this school year. Each board member will present a short explanation of his area and the committee positions available. There will be an opportunity for students to ask each board member specific questions about his area and the responsibilities.