Armstrong, 65, was one of three men arrested for their roles in the Aug. 24, 1970, bombing that targeted the Army Math Research Center in Sterling Hall on the UW-Madison campus as a protest of Vietnam War. A fourth man wanted in the case, Leo Burt, has never been found. Researcher Robert Fassnacht was killed in the blast. Armstrong was sentenced to 23 years in prison, but his term was later reduced, and he was released in January 1980 after serving seven years.
Democrat Slush money for the Walker Recall, perhaps?
Wow, murdered a man and only served 7 years of a 23 year sentence?
I roomed at a fraternity house about one-half mile from where the bomb went off. I was in bed sleeping and the blast was so loud and frightening I jumped up and fell out of bed to the floor. Several of us followed the sound of sirens to about a block away where the police line stopped non emergency people. You could see the building was badly damaged and windows were broken for several blocks around it.
This blast sobered up most of the anti-war crowd in Mad City and demonstrations lessened.