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Leary Captured!!!

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Parent Issue
Day
9
Month
July
Year
1971
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LEARY CAPTURED!!!

Timothy Leary has apparently been arrested by officials in Switzerland--and may soon be returned to jail in the United States. Details surrounding the arrest are very unclear. All we know at this time is that Tim and Rosemary flew from Algiers on their way to Copenhagen, but their plane made an unscheduled stop in Berne, Switzerland. They both registered as foreigners, as required by Swiss law, on June 21st in Berne.

Tim was arrested at a private home in the small Alpine village. Rosemary was not. Leary escaped from a California prison last year, with the help of the Weather Underground, while serving a six-month to ten year sentence for possessing the killer weed. The Swiss cops picked him up on a request from the U.S. State Department which expects Tim to be returned to the U.S. under the terms of an extradition treaty between the two countries signed in 1900.

An attorney for Leary in Switzerland reported that he would oppose his client's extradition to California on political grounds, arguing that Tim is seeking refuge in Switzerland because he is opposed to the Vietnam war. We 'll keep you posted as we get more information. . .