Two Harvard students were arrested for trespassing Saturday while participating in sit-in demonstrations at Easton, Md.
Acompannied by three Negroes from Easton area and two white students, The other Harvard student arrested, Yesterday Hartman maintained, A total of nine demonstrators were arrested this weekend near Easton, including four from the Boston area. Released on $300 bail each which was furnished the NAACP, the students will appear in Easton City Court Thursday. The 75 New England college students who participated were assembled by the Northern Students Movement Coordinating Committee. The Easton desegregation campaign is now in its fifth week. A spokesman for the demonstrators explained that they hope to stir up enough public pressure to force the Maryland legislature to pass a proposed Public Accommodations Bill. The legislation would classify restaurants as public accommodations, thus making restaurant owners liable to prosecution for discrimination under existing state laws. The demonstrators also seek public support for the creation of a biracial civic committee in Easton. Most demonstrators praised the "impartial" attitude of the police, the spokesman said.
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