Biography
Sue Bethel was a Progressive Labor Party member whose arrest in January 1969 was reported by The Militant.
The Militant reports that Progressive Labor Party members Sue Bethel and Larry Larson were arrested during the January 1969 San Francisco State strike crackdown and convicted on June 20 of disturbing the peace, unlawful assembly and failure to disperse. Each received a one-year jail sentence with $10,000 appeal bail. The report does not establish that each actually served a year. The Militant, July 4, 1969, vol.33 no.27, original PDF page 10. Source: https://www.themilitant.com/1969/3327/MIL3327.pdf#page=10
The Militant’s June 20, 1969 San Francisco dispatch identifies Fitz-Gerald Ames as the judge who imposed the one-year jail sentences on Sue Bethel and Larry Larson after their convictions arising from the San Francisco State strike. Both conducted their own defense, and appeal bail was set at $10,000. The report establishes the imposed terms, without establishing that either served a full year. The Militant, July 4, 1969, page 10.
