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i Bee, ABBOTT HOWARD HOFFMAN Instant article also stated that Hoffman was one of a groun of New Yorkers who formed the Youth Inter- national Party, and that he was one of eight demonstrators indicted by a Federal Grand Jury on criminal charges arising from disturbances during the Democratic Cenvention in Chicago in August, 1968. The "Chicago Daily News", a daily newspaper published in Chicago, Illinois, in their issue of July 23, 1969, contained an article on page 26, headlined: "Yippie Leader Cleared Of Knife Charge". Instant article reflected in part as follows: "Charges of unlawful use of a weapon against Yippie leader Abbie Hoffman were dropped when city prosecutors failed to produce the switchblade knife police said they had found on Hoffman at O'Hare Airport Jast Sept. 17. Mass Arrest Court Judge Kenneth PR. Wendt dropped the charges Tuesday aftcr the city produced only a pocketknife with a 4-inch wvlade. Wendt said the knife apparently had been improperly described in the warrant against Hoffman. He (Hoffman) did not appear in court Tuesday". - 2* -