May 27, 1969

Illus

melee erupts as jury convicts all 12 Milwaukee protesters of burglary and arson; 4 defendants cited for contempt of ct; police called in to clear courtroom ordered to arrest demonstrating spectators if they could be identified

HR tentatively approves $20,000 limit on amt of Fed subsidy paid to farmer for holding down production; Adm spokesmen hold limitation is unworkable; Repr Mahon scores action; Reprs Conte and Findley led fight for limitation; Agr Dept reptd 16,430 farmers or corporate farms recd over $20,000 in '68, 5 over $1-million

Faquin bars new trial, holding Ray forfeited hit right of appeal when he pleaded guilty to King's murder; cites numerous state ct decisions to support his ruling; notes various appeals still open to Ray; Ray's lawyers withdraw charge that Forman had browbeaten Ray into pleading guilty

faculty movement arises to have program submitted to a referendum of all tenured faculty and others of professorial rank; referendum resolution also rejects talks that produced the program and stresses that resolution backers do not regard Faculty Sen as representing them in matters affecting basic structure and operations of coll; Gov Rockefeller says program has drawback of creating 2 separate freshman groups; Educ Bd members D I Ashe and Dr R J Azzari charge quota system; faculty member B Rawls denies program is quota system; Copeland says he reserves right to make recommendations to Educ Bd after Faculty Sen acts