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The Boston Globe from Boston, Massachusetts • 12

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The Boston Globei
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The Boston Globe Fiiday, June 13, 1S69 12 10 to 12 Year Jail Terms for Five Basque Priests 3 Defendants Deny Roxbury Slayings "banditry and terrorism" under which suspects are tried by military courts. By ROBERT E. WALSH Staff Writer ficers in the Summer of 1968. After the Bilbao sit-in, 2fi0 Basque priests signed a statement backing the fiv priests. Six priests in Barcelona Wednesday night abandoned a five-day sympathy strike in support of the five.

At least 100 persons, including 10 priests have been detained by police recently for involvment in the ETA, a hard core extremist group campaigning for an independent Basque state in northern Spain. The group was blamed for the murder of two police of Father Alberto Gabicago-gaescoa each received 12 year prison terms for ''military rebellion by carrying out illegal and subversive propaganda." Father Joaquin Amuriza, Father Julian Calzada and Father Nicolas Telleria each were sentenced to 10 years on the same charge. It was the harshest crackdown yet on priests who oppose the government of Francisco Franco and openly sympa- Reuters BURGOS, Sapin Five Basque priests who issued a manifesto denouncing police torture of Basque nationalists were sentenced to prison terms of from 10 to 12 years yesterday for promoting rebellion. A military court covictcd the five of inciting rebellion against the government, the army, the laws and "all types of authority." Father Jesus Naveran and thize with the Basque nationalists. The five issued the manifesto during a hunger strike in the bishop's office in Bilbao from May 30 to June 2 to protest 'incredible tortures" of suspected Basque nationalists by police.

The manifesto also accused police of arresting suspects at gunpoint and holding them for longer periods than permitted by law. It asked for an investigation by the International Red Cross, called on the United Nations to condemn alleged violations of human rights in Basque territory and protested a law against Defense counsel Jaime Co'rtezo argued the priests acted in good faith on the belief they were carrying out their duty and denied i-o five intended to promote rebellion. He asked for light sentences or acquittals. But the court, which met in closed session Wednesday ruled the manifesto was false, distorted, tendentious and subversive and intended to instigate rebellion against all authoritative institutions. North Korean Boat Captured by South 3 restaurants with only one thing in common: free parking.

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Late yesterday afternoon each of three defendants took the witness stand to make an unsworn statement to the jury. Alvin Campbell, 35; his brother Arnold. 33, and Dennis W. Chandler, 29, each told the jurors that they did not commit the crime for which they are charged. In their statements, the Campbells said there was no fight for the control of Federal money which was to be sent into Boston for the training of 500 hard core unemployed in Roxbury.

The brote-s and Chandler are charged with the murder of Guido St. Laurent, blind director of New England Grass Roots Organ-izatin; Carnell Eaton, and Harold King, a Cleveland resident, and assaulting with intent to murder Ronald Hicks and Frederick B. Rose. TH SEAND1IWIA as guests of S.S.Pierce Two weeks for 2 In Denmark, Sweden, Norway! Expenses paid including transportation, hotels, I was offered a four-year scholarship to Princeton University. Next to take the witness stand was Arnold Campbell who said: "I think my brother covered most of the points extremely well.

My name is Arnold Campbell, but what does that mean to ycu? "To my family I am a father, to my wife, a husband, and to the trainees in the program I was employment. I came from their ranks so I could relate to them. I had nothing whatsoever to do with this killing. Woolman's meant something to me because it had four things I believe are essential to good training skill, language, necessary to that skill, social skills to help the trainees get along with people, and stress-tolerance which tests people to determine how much stress they can take on a job. I am innocent.

CHANDLER SPEAKS Dennis Chandler said: "I'm not guilty of this crime. I never killed anyone. I never shot anyone. I know what I've been charged with and during the trial I made an outburst and I want to apologize for it now. But I am on trial for my life and I think it was a perfectly normal reaction.

"Mr. Cameron said I was a patsy and was getting $300 a week. But I worked seven days a week and 16 hours a day for it and that comes out to $2.50 an hour. I worked 112 hours a week. I think taking a responsibility is part of being a man.

"I knew of the good deeds Guido had done in' the neighborhood and I would like to state that I am not guilty of this crime." Island last night, 240 miles southwest of Seoul, military officials said today. The North Korean vessel was detected about 11 p.m. while sailing in disguise as a South Korean fishing boat near the island which is located about 70 miles off the nation's southwestern tip in the Yellow Sea. After a one-hour exchange of fire the Communist boat, believed to be carrying saboteurs, was subdued. It was the second infiltration attempt by sea by the North Koreans in six days and the third this year.

Early last Sunday morning, a rubber-boat dispatched from a North Korean speed boat was sunk by South Korean coastal troops while trying to land three armed agents near Bukpyong, 115 miles east of Seoul on the eastern coast. Just come In during Pierce's June "Danish Festival" featuring hundreds of superb foods imported from Denmark. No purchase necessary enjoy your and ask for your free sweepstakes entry lorm. Win a 2-week Scandinavian Carnival. Arrangements by AITS, item TIKI Vxttrr FALSTAFF Ports RIYJERA ROOM American International Travel Service.

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Cmdr. Albert S. McLe-more told a joint U.S.Australian investigating board the American way of putting a destroyer into plane guard behind a carrier is to employ a vessel already in a position aft of the carrier. He said all that is necessary for the destroyer then is a move forward or closer in to the carrier. McLemore went on to say that after the allied maneuvers began with the Melbourne as the command vessel in the South China Sea last week, orders came through that the U.S.

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A WORIDWIOE SERVICE OF TW CAMPBELL SPEAKS The assault and shooting deaths occurred at Negro headquarters at 370-A Blue Hill av. last Nov. 13 in the early morning hours. In part of his statement Alvin Campbell said: "I wish I was as articulate as Mr. Cameron (the prosecutor) said I was.

This trial has been a terrible ordeal for me. "I have followed the advice of my counsel during this trial. I've been accused of three killings and the assault of two others. I can't do anything else but deny these charges. Two of the people killed were friends of mine.

"I knew Guido St. Laurent and it was Carnell Eaton who hired me to work for the Woolman Systems (a firm which specialized in work in ghettos with the Federal government) I have been on trial here for something that I didn't do. "I have asked myself why would anyone want to do this and what should I do to defend myself. How do you defend yourself against something like this. I have sat there and listened to people say they knew me that never knew me.

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