Marathon trial goes on
CHICAGO (UPI)—U.S. District Court Judge Julius J. Hoffman Monday refused to issue a directed verdict of acquittal for seven men charged with conspiring to incite riots during the 1968 Democratic National Convention.
The refusal of the defense motion cleared the way for the last stages of the marathon trial.
Final arguments are expected to begin Tuesday.
The defense asked for the directed verdict with the argument that the government had failed to prove its case and that Hoffman should therefore free the "Chicago Seven" without sending their fate to a jury.
Testimony ended in the 19-
Poet, translator visits KU to teach and confer
W. K. Merwin, poet and translator, will arrive on campus today to teach writing classes and confer with individual student writers.
Merwin is the first of three poets-in-residence who will visit KU during the spring semester to present lectures and work individually with students. Also scheduled are Jack Anderson, a New York poet who will be on campus during the first three weeks in March and will present a public reading of his works March 12, and Diane Wakowski, a New York poet who will be here April 28.
Merwin will conclude his stay Feb. 19. He will give a public reading of his poetry at 4 p.m.
Feb. 17 in the Big Eight Room of the Kansas Union.
Merwin was educated at Princeton University and was the editor of Nation magazine for a short time. He has published six books of poems since 1952, the most recent two being "The Lice" and "The Moving Target." He has also published nine volumes of translations, among them "Poems of the Cid," "The Song of Rolland," "Voices" (poems by Antonio Porchia), and "Transparence of the World" (poems by Jean Follain).
week old trial after 193 witnesses testified and more than 20,000 pages of trial transcript were compiled.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Richard G. Schultz announced the prosecution wanted ten hours to sum up its case against the anti-war protest leaders accused of conspiring to incite riots during the convention. Chief defense attorney William M. Kunstler said the defense wanted five hours for its summation.
Hoffman granted seven hours to each side in which to make their closing arguments.
In arguing for directed acquittal, Kunstler said the prosecution had presented no "specific evidence" that there was a conspiracy.
Schultz answering briefly, said the government had proved "it was the plan of these men to bring people here for a violent confrontation with the police which would precipitate a riot."
The government also proven, he said, that the defendants used the facilities of interstate commerce to bring demonstrators to Chicago "in furtherance of the riot they planned."
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Grant given for cell study
The National Science Foundation has awarded the University of Kansas a $45,000 research grant in cell biology.
Eugene Bovee, professor of physiology and cell biology, will direct research for the two-year tenure of the grant, which began Feb. 1.
The grant was awarded to support research on the effects of chemical pollutants on mobility behaviors of one-celled plants and animals or protozoa.
Various chemicals, when placed in water with protozoa, can affect or damage their ability to move. Because many human cells are similar to one-celled animals, the chemical damage to protozoa can be related to possible damage caused by pollutants to human cells.
By using missile-tracking cameras attached to microscopes, scientists can make ultra-high speed films of the protozoa to watch for locomotive deficiencies caused by pollutants.
Alan Organ, graduate student from Philadelphia, Ronald Goddard, graduate student from Des Moines, and Mercedes Acuna, graduate student from Cuman, Venezuela, will assist Bovee in the experiments.
Navy patrol boat held by Cambodia
SAIGON (UPI) — A U.S. Navy river patrol boat inadvertently strayed into Cambodian waters last week and was seized by Cambodian forces, American headquarters reported Monday. The vessel and its five-man crew are being held.
Cambodian officials said the boat and the crew were taken to the Cambodian naval base at Chrui Changwar near Phnom Penh.
A dispatch from Phnom Penh, the Cambodian capital, said the boat was intercepted last Thursday night six miles inside Cambodia.
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