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                   Dr. Spock, 11 Others Are Arrested 
                   After Staging White Mouse Protest 
 
  Twelve persons were arrested yesterday on the White House 
grounds after they refused to leave while they prayed to protest
budget cuts sought by the Reagan Administration.
  A spokesman for the Secret Service said seven men and five
woemn were charged with unlawful entry and failure to leave the
White House grounds in the 12:30 p.m. incident.  The protest
occurred when the dozen, who were part of a group on a public
tour of the White House, stopped at the end of the tour at the
North Portal.  There they knelt in prayer and refused to move on.
  Among those arrested was Dr. Benjamin M. Spock, pediatrician
and author who was prominent in the anti-nucleardemonstrations of
the 1970s.
  According to organizers of yesterday's protest, similar
demonstrations are scheduled at the White House throughout June
in an effort to focus attention on the Reagan administration's
proposed budget cuts.