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CHICAGO, Il.(AP)—Four persons accused of fighting the draft system by pouring beef blood on draft records were found guilty Wednesday of conspiracy to destroy Selective Service records but were acquitted on three other charges. The four could face maximum penalties of $10,000 in fines and five years in prison on the conspiracy conviction. The defendants had adopted the name “The Four of Us during the trial in which they were accused of destruction of government property, mutilation of Selective Service records, interference with the Selective Service System and conspiracy to destroy the records. All four youths testified during the 7-day jury trial that on April 29 they poured beef blood on draft files in the Evanston, fil. draft office as a symbol of the deaths in Vietnam. They said they hoped to save human lives by interfering with “the war machine”.
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Chicago Daily Illini
Chicago, Illinois, US
Thu, Dec 02, 1971
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