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Gy pe %iese. Ae & ». eS ato Ss ais s¥e® ASS ‘ mA TSE 74 v et MONT. ald ar IAEA erty AU NY 100-161445 The article also stated that HOFFMAN was one of a group of New Yorkers who formed the Youth International Party, and that he was one of eight demonstrators indicted by a Federal Grand Jury on criminal charges arising from disturbances during the Democratic Convention in Chicago, in August, 1963. The "Chicago Daily News", a daily newspaper published in Chicago, Illinois, in its issue of July 23, 1969, contained an article on page 26, headlined: "Yippie Leader Cleared of Knife Charge". This article stated 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 last Sept. 17. Mass Arrest Court Judge Kenneth R. Wendt dropped the charges Tuesday after the city produced only a pocketknife with a 4-inch blade. Wendt said the knife apparently had been improperly described in the warrant against Holiman. he (Hoffman) did not appear in court Tuesday." 4. Arrests in Washington, D.C. "The Evening Star" in its July 30, 1969 issue on page B-l, carried an article entitled "Sues City,Officials; Yippie Says He Got Hepatitis in D.C. Jail", which stated as follows: "Abbie Hoffman of the Youth International Party Yippie) has filed a suit in U.S. District Court here against ederal and District officials, claiming he contracted hepatitis while detained at the D.C. Jail last year. "Hoffman, 31, of New York, said he got the disease when a blood sample was taken from him without his approval by persons at the jail. The suit claimed the needle or vial utilized was ‘infected and caused' him 'to contract hepatitis!. -15-