The Reverend Philip F. Berrigan, serving a six-year prison term on charges of destroying draft records, and five others are indicted by a grand jury on charges of conspiring to kidnap presidential adviser Henry Kissinger and of plotting to blow up the heating tunnels of federal buildings in Washington. The "Harrisburg Six," as they came to be known, denied the charges and denounced them as a government effort to destroy the peace movement.
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Jan 12, 1971:
"Harrisburg Six" charged with conspiracy
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This Week in History, Jan 12 - Jan 18
- Jan 12, 1962
- Operation Ranch Hand initiated
- Jan 12, 1971
- "Harrisburg Six" charged with conspiracy
- Jan 13, 1962
- First Operation Farm Gate missions flown
- Jan 13, 1972
- Nixon announces additional troop withdrawals
- Jan 14, 1964
- Westmoreland appointed as Harkins' deputy
- Jan 14, 1968
- Operation Niagara launched
- Jan 15, 1962
- Kennedy says U.S. troops are not fighting
- Jan 15, 1973
- Nixon halts military action against North Vietnam
- Jan 16, 1964
- Johnson approves Oplan 34A
- Jan 16, 1969
- Agreement to open peace talks reached
- Jan 17, 1971
- South Vietnamese forces raid POW camp
- Jan 17, 1972
- Nixon threatens President Thieu
- Jan 18, 1950
- China and Soviet Union recognize Democratic Republic of Vietnam
- Jan 18, 1971
- McGovern begins his presidential campaign
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