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Trial Date

The date for the trial has been set for March
20, 1971, The prosecuting attorneys will be Mr.
Evenson and Richard S. Callahan, Jr. John
Battle of Richmond and Leigh Middleditch, Jr.
will act as attorneys for President Shannon and
Mr. Hereford.

Mr. Evenson stated that it was too early to
establish developments or evaluate the charges
as they now stand. At this time, he said, the
case was in its "discovery" stage, in which
questioning of each party was being carried out.

Arthur Schulman, chairman of the American
Civil Liberties Union of Virginia and assistant
professor of psychology at the University,
stated that any action by the ACLU was now in
the hands of its state legal panel.

At its last meeting, the State Board
authorized its legal panel to enter into the case
in "whatever manner it found suitable." The
manner and time of involvement will be
determined by the cooperating attorneys and
has yet to be worked out.