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...opening statement of Defense Attorney Ramsey Clark left no doubt as to who would be the central character in the trial of the Harrisburg Seven. Indeed, ever since the Rev. Philip Berrigan and his co-defendants were indicted on conspiracy charges 15 months ago, the man who informed on them has been hidden away in protected seclusion. Thus, when the call came last week for his appearance, a hush fell over the courtroom. Moments later, Boyd Douglas Jr., 31-ex-con, informer and the Government's star witness-walked through a side door and took the stand...
...offenses as impersonating an Army officer, assaulting an FBI agent and fraud, Douglas has spent most of the past eight years in federal prisons. Following a conviction for passing $19,215 worth of bad checks, he was sent to the Lewisburg, Pa., penitentiary. There, in 1970, he befriended Philip Berrigan, who is serving a sentence for destroying Selective Service records. Douglas was permitted to leave the prison during the day to attend classes at nearby Bucknell University. Soon he began to smuggle letters in and out of prison between Berrigan and Sister Elizabeth McAlister. Douglas subsequently delivered copies...
...System. In response to gentle questioning from Prosecutor William Lynch, Douglas told the court of his involvement with Berrigan. "I had become pretty sympathetic to Philip Berrigan's philosophy about the destruction of draft-card records," he said. "At that time, he advised me that he had several projects under study round the country. One involved the destruction of the utility system in Washington, D.C. He advised me he had been in this system-down in the tunnel system itself-with another individual. He said that he had been there posing as an electrical engineer. I told him that...
...Berrigan and six others are charged with plotting to kidnap Nixon advisor Henry A. Kissinger '50, raiding draft boards, and bombing government heating tunnels in Washington...
Clergy and Laity Concerned, the New York-based branch of the National Union of Theological Students and Seminarians, is coordinating Easter peace activities centered around the Berrigan trial in major cities. The group has planned press conferences for March 17 in Atlanta, Dallas, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New York and Boston to publicize the march...