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~ C 0 0 0 1 8 1 5 1 ~ ~ ~ -.. --. . . _ . I - .. I . . . . . .) -e. - . . . ! .. hippies. yippics, guctrilla tlicatcr and "the politics of ecstasy. " At one point, Schultz charged. "I know the game the witness is trying to play here, but Mr. Weinglass shouldn't d a y along with him. Both defen6e counrels protested that they were nut pldyinfz a game, that this wae "8etious business" to the witness and other defendants. 0 Latct that dap, William M. Kunstlcr, dcfrnsc cotinscl, charpcd the Government was ateparing to "launch an assault" aeainst the jiiry by seeking thc removal nf one of the jur8rs. He identilipd Mrs. Jcan Fritz, a Der Plaines, Illinois, houeewife, as the target. attorney Schultz conceded he had information about a juror which was currently being investigated and would report to the court when i t was camplctcd, This news apparently caused concern among thc defense since Mrs. Fritz is'considcred by the defendants as the juror most favorabl'c -to them. U. S. e The defendants seem always busy. In its 23 Dccembrr issiie, the N e w York Times carried a group photogranh of the "Sev(.n," rc- portinfi they had post4 for a greeting card thc day hcfnrc. message: "Make a NCW Year's Rcvolution - Join the Conspiracy.'' After Ihffman was hospitalizcd on 24 Dccrmbcr.,. t!w Judgc . frustrated rcncwed dcfcnsc attempts to obtain a 4-day holiday hrc.ak. by ordering a 26 Dccembcr hcaring to dctctnrinc? IItlffiiian's concli- tion (by a court-appointed physician). witness's right to be present so the trial could conjinnc and indicated thcy intended to call Chicago Mayor Daley as a witness on 26 Dccem- bcr. After hearing from thc doctor on Friday, Judge Hoffman rc- cessed the trial far thc weekend. Jurors. scqacstctcd i n a downtown hotcl, joincd with U. S. Marshals in a Christmas Eve Datty and exchanged gifts. familics a n Christmas Day. The cardhi Dcfcnse tcfuscd to waivc the They also made monitored telephone calls to thcir Abbie Hoffman rchirned to the stand on 29 Dcccmbcr, as color- ful as r v c r and apparently still a bit RroRgy from scdativcs (Tt ain't n i y cisual .stuff. M he said). Seemingly srrioiw for the first timc since Inkinn tlic onlh, Itoffman rccc.tnntctl. for cleft-nsc co~rn~cl Wringlaas .cvrnls loacbing to thc Yippic's rolc a t the Convcntion. llic t e r m ",Yippic?" is drrivcd from Youth International Patty, Iriit I-Toffinan said the party ncvct existed. *It was a !oiit-on' rot IIW iisccIia. 'I lie, claimed. spiracy when actually wc wcrc jnst a party whatc'cvervbody was having fun. " The so-called Yippic office and staff at 32 Union - "Evctybody would think we wore a bijz international con- . . '. . . . - I I I I