Protest organizers vow no violence
Students seek Congressional support
WASHINGTON (UPI) — Striking college students, converging on the nation's capital from around the country, won some
Attempts to find warrant subjects not successful
Lawrence police have been unsuccessful at yet in their attempts to find two of the five persons for whom warrants were issued a result of disturbances April 13 at Lawrence High School, said Richard Stanwix, police superintendent.
Warrants for the arrest of Mark Dowdell, 20, and Jerry (Jake) Mumford, Lawrence freshman, were issued April 13. Since then, according to Stanwix, officers have been unable to locate the two. The two men however, have been reported seen at various times. Mumford has recently been seen by classmates while others have reported seeing him on campus.
Three other warrants were issued as a result of the disturbances with cases pending in municipal court for two of them. The other, a Lawrence High School student, has been remanded to juvenile court with no decision made as yet on his punishment.
The cases pending in city court are against John Spearman Jr. Lawrence sophomore and president of the Black Student Union, whose case is scheduled to be heard on May 18, and Ken White, 20, of 1722 W. 24th, whose hearing is scheduled for May 29.
Girl blinded by eclipse sees again
TIPTON. Ind. (UPI) — "I can see! I can see!" said Ann Turner, 15, blinded by a solar eclipse since March 7, who buried her face in her hands and cried.
Ann's sight suddenly returned Wednesday, one day short of two months after she watched the eclipse.
Her joyful experience was verified Thursday by an eye specialist who first examined her four days after she disobeyed instructions and stared at the eclipse from a window in her home.
Dr. Samuel Thompson said he would not call it a miracle, but certainly a "medical phenomenon."
Thompson, who said he saw burn inflammation and scars when he first examined Ann's eyes, said Thursday his latest examination also revealed the presence of some scars.
He said he believes Ann now has normal vision, but that he will examine her periodically.
Thompson said it definitely was not a case of hysterical blindness, not a hypnotic state and not fakery or phobia.
"I believe it was a miracle, through the doctor or by natural means," said Mrs. Coy Turner, Ann's mother. "It still has the touch of God's hand in it."
The family has received as many as 300 letters from individuals and organizations telling Ann that she has been included in their prayers.
Ann's father was in a near state of shock.
"I have the feeling but not the words to say it," he said. "We're just so thankful her sight has been returned."
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congressional encouragement today for their antiwar protests—including a mass rally here Saturday—but were cautioned to avoid violence.
The students buttonholed senators and House members in their offices and corridors on the eve of a swiftly arranged antwar rally planned by the New Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam and allied groups.
The Nixon administration, although showing signs of a more conciliatory attitude toward the antiwar protestors, stood firm today in its refusal to allow protestors to get too close to the White House during the rally.
Organizers of the war protest vowed they would instigate no violence, but then insisted they would demonstrate across the
street from the White House although a federal judge ruled it off-limits to them.
"We want to be nonviolent because we are about something far more serious than fun and games with the police in the streets . . . far more serious than side show violence," said David Bellinger of the Chicago Seven and one of the organizers.
Nevertheless, the New Mobilization Committee (New Mobe), coordinator of the protest, said it would go ahead with plans to assemble thousands of persons in LaFayette Square, a tree-lined park directly across Pennsylvania Avenue from the front of the White House.
If there is any violence, spokesman claimed, it would be initiated by police, and they warned
it would endanger members of Congress who would be in the forefront of the demonstration.
U. S. District Judge George L. Hart Jr. granted a Justice Department request Wednesday permitting the demonstrators to use the Washington Monument grounds, which is almost a half-mile south, on the other side of the White House.
Nixon met late this morning with heads of eight major universities to discuss the wave of student protest aroused by his war policies.
But Hart specifically ruled out LaFayette Square. The Secret Service had said President Nixon would not be adequately protected with a major demonstration so near.
cratic Leader Mike Mansfield met with several Montana students who attend eastern schools and said he told them that if they do not resort to violence, "they will be heard loud and clear."
In developments involving opposition to Nixon's Indochina policy:
On Capitol Hill, Senate Demo-
- Sen. Harold E. Hughes, D-Iowa, a leader in the effort to cut off funds for Indochina military operations, said at a news conference: "The only thing that can interrupt the march toward peace is blind violence that will provoke blind counter-violence."
- Sen. Birch Bayh, D-Ind., in a speech for a session with students, said he understood the "rage" and the "frustrations" of young people.
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