Leary's 30-Year Sentence Upheld; LBJ Reiterates Vietnam Policy

NEW ORLEANS--The Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Friday upheld the conviction of LSD advocate Timothy Leary.

The former Harvard lecturer was sentenced to 30 years in prison and fined $30,000 by a federal judge after being convicted on two marijuana charges in Laredo, Tex. March 13, 1966.

The jury at that trial deliberated 45 minutes and then convicted Leary of transporting marijuana and failing to pay the tax on it.

His daughter Susan was also convicted of failing to pay the tax on the marijuana, and she drew an indeterminate sentence in a federal corrections institution.

In his appeal Leary claimed that he should be freed because the use of marijuana gives him "a profound religious experience."

Leary visited Cambridge last May and dressed in guru-like white robes told an audience at M.I.T. that LSD was "a way-of-life and a sacrament" because a sacrament "is something that gets you high."

He and Richard Alpert were fired by the University in 1963.

LBJ on Vietnam

SAN ANTONIO, TEX.--President Johnson said last night he would meet with Ho Chi Minh tomorrow and immediately stop the bombing if this would lead to "productive discussion."

The President also said that dissent at home will not turn him from his course in Vietnam.

Johnson did not seem to break any new policy ground in this major summary and defense of his position in Vietnam, broadcast nationally by television and radio networks.

"The United States is willing immediately to stop aerial and naval bombardment of North Vietnam when this will lead promptly to productive discussion. We would assume that while discussions proceed, North Vietnam would not take advantage of the bombing cessation or limitation."

Johnson's determination, in a speech prepared for the National Legislative Conference, was summed up in four words, "we shall press forward."