Cambridge Police Book Son of 'Cliffe President

The son of Radcliffe College President Mary I. Bunting is scheduled to appear in court this morning to answer a charge of disturbing the peace. The arrest of William Bunting '69 took place Wednesday night when Cambridge police say he interfered with their efforts to arrest a newsboy in an incident in Harvard Square.

The police account alleges that Bunting "fired persistent questions" about the arrest at Patrolman Woodrow Curtis as he grappled with David O. Jones. This attracted a crowd, and Curtis told Bunting to leave. Bunting refused, and was then placed under arrest. Bunting could not be reached, and Curtis, reached at his home, refused to discuss the matter.

According to the police, Jones, who had been selling The Daily World, a new Marxist paper, in front of the Harvard Coop, was blocking the sidewalk with his bundle of papers. When he was asked to move them, police say the young man spit at the officer and then ran. Curtis caught Jones, and while struggling with him, Bunting appeared and provoked arrest.

Jones charged afterwards that he complied with the officer's original demands and was then harassed and beaten for no apparent reason. He plans to file counter-charges accusing Patrolman Curtis of assault.

This was the first issue of The Daily World, a national Marxist paper replacing the semi-weekly Worker. Cambridge police have previously arrested salesmen of other newspapers such as Avatar.