Mixed Verdict for 3 in Bombing Trial
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
A federal jury deadlocked over charges that three men carried out bombings and bank robberies in the Spokane area, but convicted them of lesser offenses. The jury did not reach a verdict on charges related to the bombing of a Planned Parenthood office and a newspaper, and a bank robbery and bombing. Robert Berry, Verne Jay Merrell and Charles Barbee were convicted of conspiracy, interstate transportation of stolen vehicles and possession of hand grenades in another incident.
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