Word: connor
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...compared only to the ten plagues of Egypt, as Lindsay once claimed in jest, the autumn of 1968 is clearly the time of all ten. There are more than a few who blame Lindsay himself for spreading the plague. Said Dominick Peluso, executive assistant to Frank O'Connor, Democratic City Council president and an archfoe of the Republican Mayor: "Lindsay has taken New York from a city in crisis to a city in chaos." The summary is typical, though hardly just; Lindsay's record is one of remarkable success and serious shortcomings against overpowering odds...
Michael O'Connor, AWOL from the army since September 14, spent his third day of sanctuary in the M.I.T. student center yesterday...
Gerry Stein, a member of the Sanctuary Community, said that the New England Draft Resistance Group (NEDRG) put O'Connor in touch with the M.I.T. Resistance. Stein explained that the M.I.T. Resistance had been planning a sanctuary for over three weeks. However, the NEDRG, fearing interference from the F.B.I., did not release the name of the AWOL until a few minutes before the sanctuary began...
...Connor said that he himself first became interested in seeking sanctuary after attending B.U.'s Marsh Chapel last October during the vigil for AWOL Army private Ray Kroll. He had gone AWOL last spring for 50 days "purely for selfish reasons--just to get out of it myself...
...Connor's biography, prepared by the M.I.T. Resistance, stated that he was forced to enlist in the Army in order to avoid prison for possession of marijuana...