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News Briefs

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ATTICA BROS. SPEAKERS BUREAU

The formation of the Attic Brothers Speakers Bureau has been announced, and will serve as a means of educating the public as to what has happened at Attica, why it happened and what has been happening since. Organizations, community groups and schools can arrange for an indicted Attica Brother, observer to the rebellion or lawyers working on the defense to speak. The Bureau also has a color film, ?Attica?, which vividly portrays the conditions at Attica and the 1971 massacre. For information, contact Ann Clark, Attica Brothers Speakers Bureau, 1370 Main, Buffalo, New York 14209 (716) 884-4423.

FARAH STRIKE AND BOYCOTT

(San Antonio, Texas) On Dec. 6th, the Farah Manufacturing Company announced the closing of both its San Antonio plants, the third and fourth Farah factories to be shut down. Over 3,000 Farah workers, mostly Chicanos, have been on strike for union recognition and improvement of working conditions since May, 1972. The boycott has been on for over a year. The boycott and strike has cost the company over $14,000,000.

NEW NERVE GAS

(Pine Bluff, Arkansas) The Army plans to spend at least $200 million producing a new type of nerve gas at the Pine Bluff Arsenal beginning in 1977. The gas will consist of two non-lethal chemicals that for the deadly gas when mixed. This system will be employed in mortars and land mine. (The U.S. never signed the 1925 Geneva Protocol banning chemical andbiological warfare.)

BUCKLIN GETS TRIAL DATE

Richard Bucklin (military resister who recently returned to the U.S. from exile) has finally received a trial date. His court-martial will begin on Jan. 7, 1974, at Ft. Carson, Colorado. The trial is expected to last about two days and judging from what the judge has said, the politics of war and of amnesty will not be allowed in the courtroom. The defense just completed preliminary hearings (Article 39A hearings) and the judge refused the majority of motions filed by the defense. The hearings were to determine the issues which are allowed to be raised at the trial in January. A demonstration is being planned at Ft. Carson for the day prior to the trial's start. For more information regarding this case, contact: Dick Bucklin Defense Committee, 1460 Pennsylvania, Denver, Colorado 80203.