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Defence attorneys for six student civil rights demonstrators, including John W. Perdew '64, now being held in the Sumter County, Ga., jail, have taken the first legal steps in their attempt to secure a writ of habeas corpus from the Georgia Supreme Court...
...students have been in jail since their arrest during a protest march Aug. 8. Four of them--Perdew, Ralph Allen, Don Harris and Zev Aelony--have been charged with incitement to insurrection, a capital offense in Georgia. The other two, Thomas McDaniel and Sallie Mae Durham, are being held on lesser charges. All the students except Aelony, a member of CORE, are workers for the Student Non-Violent coordinating Committee...
...case, the first in which civil rights demonstrators have been charged with a capital offense, is beginning to attract substantial publicity after a long news black-out. Sen. Harrison Williams (D-N.J.) spoke on the Senate floor last week about the case, and the two senators from Colorado, Perdew's home, have demanded FBI investigations...
...Kirkland House Committee announced plans earlier this week to sponsor a fund drive to aid Perdew's defense. The Committee set a goal of $5000, and indicated it will attempt to get other colleges in the area to initiate campaigns...
...last night's meeting, John Hartman '64, who has received several letters from Perdew since his arrest, described the case. He asserted that it is "symbolic of the violence and the threat of death for civil rights workers in southwest Georgia...