The Nation - News from Jan. 27, 1985

A judicial council has dismissed a misconduct complaint filed against U.S. District Judge Miles Lord over his sentencing of two anti-war protesters to probation, and over Lord’s characterization of their protest as a “desperate plea to the American government to stop military madness.� The protesters were charged with damaging $34,000 worth of military computer equipment at the Sperry Corp. plant near St. Paul, Minn. Lord also drew criticism last year for sharply lecturing executives of A. H. Robins Co. while finalizing a settlement reached with users of the Dalkon Shield contraceptive device.