Edith Roller – March 23, 1976 – Tuesday

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Got up at 5.30 so as to allow time to press some clothes

Put up my lunch, dressed, ate bkfst

I had purposely avoided talking about the Patricia Hearst verdict w/ Dor Bob O’Neill inquired how I felt about it when Dor was not in the room – I told him I was of 2 minds about it – I thought her life was ruined in any case but I did not think prison wd help anyone – on the other hand, as far as legality went, I believed she was guilty – later I heard Dor disc the case w/ Chuck Stiles, who has had much courtroom experience – as I suspected, Dor was much gratified by the decis. – Chuck blvd that Patricia would wd get a reduced sentence in return for giving evidence agst the Harrises

I pressed clothes for half an hr

Continued with the Mag Cd work on the Legal Dep Instructions – I had more diffic w/it + Dor had to help me sev. times – finally, aft working on it nearly 3 hours, we ran off a clean copy + delivered it to Maggie

At noon I went to a film of a Phil Donahue TV show featuring Dr. Meyer Friedman on stress as a cause of heart attacks.  To my surprise attendance was very slight.

Most of the aft I spent transcribing a tape of Charles Smith on mobile homes for the Idaho Power Co. proj. at Rock Springs, Wy. – it was an 11-p draft, double-space, but exc for length presented no problem

I exercised

Prepared dinner, etc. + washed dishes

Washed clothes as I expected to go to Lor’s tm aft wk – I washed underwear + some blouses + dresses

The msg from the Te

[Editor’s Note: Notes for the day end here – either a page is missing or Edith never finished the day’s notes as usual — e.g., no time stated when she went to bed, etc]