EARL BERTRAND RUSSELL SENTENCED

89-YEARS-OLD EARL BERTRAND RUSSELL, THE BRITISH PHILOSOPHER, IS PICTURED WALKING IN LONDON SEPTEMBER 12 WITH HIS WIFE AND HIS SECRETARY, MR. RALPH SCHOENAMN. LORD RUSSELL WAS ATTENDING BOW STREET COURT IN ANSWER TO A SUMMONS RELATING TO PLANS FOR A MASS SIT-DOWN DEMONSTRATION IN LONDON'S PARLIAMENT SQUARE NEXT SUNDAY. EARL RUSSELL WAS SENTENCED TO TWO MONTHS IN PRISON FOR REFUSING A PROMISE THAT HE WOULD QUIT BREAKING THE LAW IN A CAMPAIGN AGAINST NUCLEAR WEAPONS. EARL RUSSELL IS PRESIDENT OF THE COMMITTEE OF 100. THE CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE GROUP OF THE CAMPAIGN FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT. AFTER SEEING A MEDICAL CERTIFICATE, THE MAGISTRATE REDUCED THE SENTENCE ON EARL RUSSELL TO ONE OF SEVEN DAYS IMPRISONMENT.
9/12/1961
RIS/STF.L. 14790 12961 VH. A-LIST.
ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO FROM LONDON