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Ogle Found Guilty,
Students Await Trial

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By Donn Kessler
Cavalier Daily Staff Writer

Daily Progress Photo By Jim Carpenter

Bud Ogle Boards The Mayflower

Former Council President Arrested During Strike

As a result of the student strike last
May, 21 students, one maintenance man,
a student's father, and a local teacher are
now awaiting trial in the local municipal
court for charges ranging from disorderly
conduct to unlawful assembly.

A total of 68 persons were arrested
during the morning hours of May 9 when
students blocked traffic in front of the
Rotunda in a "Honk-in" for peace.

Those arrested on University grounds
were under the jurisdiction of county
courts. All but one of the cases were
thrown out of court during the summer.
One person, Tom Dorian, was convicted
of destroying University property.

Witnesses Not Available

The people arrested on the streets,
however, were not as lucky. All of the cases
were postponed until June 22. At that time,
according to John Combos, City
Commonwealth Attorney, the court would
have decided which cases would be tried.

During the summer, Mr. Combos said, many
students complained that witnesses were not
available and asked for a postponement of their
cases. Twenty-five cases were postponed and
charges against some students were dropped.

Three cases were heard during the summer
months. In one case the charges were dropped
by the court. In the other two cases, however,
two students, Arthur Ogle, a former President
of the Student Council, and Robert Collector, a
fourth-yearman, were convicted of unlawful
assembly. Both cases are now on appeal.

No date has been set for the 25 trials that
were postponed. Although no more charges
have been dropped. Mr. Combos said that the
court might decide not to process certain of the
cases.

The cases, if and when they are heard, will
take place in the court of Judge Allan Spitzer,
the same judge who found Mr. Ogle and Mr.
Collector guilty over the summer.

Of the 24 students awaiting trial, three of
them were not University students at the time
of their arrest. They are Louis Bruno, a high
school student; Allan Layman, a student at
Blue Ridge Community College; and Lynette
Chane, a Madison College student.

Those University students charged with
unlawful assembly and failure to disperse are:
Derick Van Vetch ten Coupe, William Reason.
John H. Jay, Robert Jolson, and Robert Bird.

Also awaiting trial under the same charges
are William Earhart, Brewster Moseley, Bruce
Wine, Carroll Ladt, Charles Walker, and Arnold
Magi.

Daniel Layton III. Richard Michaels, James
Wondered, Daniel Sullivan, and Marion
Treas low are also charged with the same offense.

Awaiting trial for disorderly conduct are
Bobby Lee Cook, Jr. And Albert Haded.

Mr. Cook's father, Billy Lee Cook, is also
awaiting trial. Mr. Cook has been charged with
activity in a public place that could have caused
public disorder or endangered the public peace.

CAIRO (UPI) - President Gama Abdel
Nasser of Egypt, the unifying leader of a
divided Arab world And the greatest figure in its
modern history, died of a heart attack Monday
at the age of 52. His death raised the specter of
chaos in an area already deep in crisis.

President Nasser was stricken at Cairo
Airport while saying farewell to the ruler of
Kuwait, Sheik Saba al-Salim al-Sabah, one of
the Arab leaders who had attended the summit
conference Mr. Nasser called to end the civil
war in Jordan.

A medical report signed by five doctors said
President Nasser suddenly complained of
feeling dizzy And weak And began perspiring
profusely. At 3:15 p.m. (11:15 a.m. EDT) he
was taken by car to his home in the Cairo
suburbs where he died at 6:15 p.m.

"A number of doctors arrived immediately
And found his excellency to be suffering from
an acute heart attack which resulted from a
blockage of the heart artery," the medical
bulletin said.

"All necessary medical aid was administered
to His Excellency, including the use of
equipment to regulate the heart beat. But God's
will was stronger And he gave up the ghost at
6:15 p.m. During the administration of this
aid."

The body was moved to the Republican
Palace And placed in state there prior to a
funeral on Thursday.

President Nasser's death plunged the Arab
world into mourning. People wept here And in