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Page Eight Sentenced for Raid on Draft Holys
CHICAGO AP Seven antiwar activists were sentenced to five years in prison for destroying Selective Service records. Three absent defendants, called fireheaders by a federal judge, were given ten year terms. Judge Edwin A. Robson condemned the May 25, 1969 draft board raid as violence and said penalties should deter similar actions. The seven defendants present received two five year counts to run concurrently, with their bonds denied. They have been jailed since conviction. The piece also notes a linguistic aside about the term dandelion.
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