"Eqbal Ahmad expresses his innocence and declares 'faith in judicial system'

DESCRIPTION
Newspaper clippings from the January 15, 1971 edition of The Chicago Maroon, including a report by Gordon Katz on the indictment of Eqbal Ahmad and five other defendants for involvement in a conspiracy to kidnap Presidential aide Henry Kissinger and to bomb the governmental heating system in Washington D.C. Another report, written by Jim Haefemeyer, discusses a campaign by the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) against Adlai Stevenson Institute at the University of Chicago, where Ahmad was employed as a professor.

ADDITIONAL METADATA
Date: January 15, 1971
Subject(s): Eqbal Ahmad
Language: English
Source: The Chicago Maroon
Creator: Gordon Katz, Jim Haefemeyer
Location: Chicago, Illinois

PROVENANCE
Holding Institution: Hampshire College
Collection: Eqbal Ahmad Papers at Hampshire College
Digitizer: Manan Desai
Item History: 2014-04-20 (created); 2014-05-02 (modified)

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