Biography
Mark Anderlik is a Montana labor and peace organizer. He took part in a Good Friday blood-pouring protest at Malmstrom Air Force Base in 1981. On June 5, 1982, Anderlik and Karl Zanzig climbed onto the Romeo-29 Minuteman missile silo near Conrad, Montana, scattered wheat seeds, and shared bread in the Silence One Silo action. After two days in pretrial custody, Anderlik was later sentenced to six months and served from September 13, 1982 to January 24, 1983 at Lompoc Federal Prison Camp. He later organized with UNITE HERE Local 427, the Missoula Area Central Labor Council, Montana Jobs with Justice, and the Western Montana Democratic Socialists of America.
Additional 1984 White Train detention
The contemporary Associated Press clipping in History Nebraska's White Train archive, dated July 27, 1984, individually identifies Mark David Anderlik among five people arrested and jailed in Conrad the preceding Thursday. The August 2 Nuclear Resister, printed page 4, dates the arrest July 26 and confirms their release on recognizance the following Monday, July 30.
The November 16, 1984 Exponent, printed page 6, carries the original AP sentencing report: Thursday November 15, Betty Rainville, three months suspended, 25 community-service hours and a $100 fine with $50 credit for five jail days. The December 3 Nuclear Resister, printed page 9, describes the remaining $50 fine and pending appeal. A prospective later contempt proceeding is not treated as proven imprisonment. This detention is distinct from his 1981 Malmstrom and 1982 Silence One Silo cases. His existing photograph is retained; the exact discharge day for his brief 1981 detention remains unresolved.
Separate 1983 Montana sentence stay and actual release
The update explicitly names Mark Anderlik and Karl Zanzig as actually released September 6, 1983 after serving almost thirty days for the Montana missile-silo protest. The July 10 arrest is not a first admission for that later sentence stay, and almost thirty is not an exact thirty-day completed counter. Zanzig’s separately verified August 10 admission is not copied to Anderlik. This is separate from the existing 1982 Silence One Silo and 1984 White Train cases.
