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Bomb Plot Case Draws National Protest Involvement
Two members of the National Caucus of Labor Committees Steve Fraser and Dick Borgmann were arrested April 9 1969 in Philadelphia on explosives and conspiracy charges. A National Commission of Inquiry is called to probe the frame-up and police methods ahead of potential trials as activists organize a defense at a December 17 forum in Columbia.
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National Caucus of Labor Committees
Steve Fraser
Dick Borgmann
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Police Department
Labor Committee
Temple
Penn
Justice Department
FBI
National Commission of Inquiry
Paul O'Dwyer
Kate Miller
Jack Speigel
United Shoe Workers of America
Chicago
Young Lords
Noam Chomsky
Columbia
James Shenton
Frederick Dupee
Paul Milkman
Fraser-Borgmann Defense Committee
Hamilton Hall
Columbia Fraser-Borgmann Defense Committee
Stuart Bernsen