Kunstler sees problems ahead for Patricia Hearst
Boston based attorney William Kunstler says Patricia Hearst faces tougher court tests after her first defeat. He noted the guilty San Francisco verdict and questioned the defense's future strategy amid ongoing Los Angeles charges against Hearst and the Harris couple for the Mel's Sporting Goods Store shooting. He warned of possible severance and commented on claims of fear being fabrications.
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Mother defends slain SLA member son amid Hearst verdict
Virginia Wolfe, mother of Willie Wolfe, says Patty Hearst's bank robbery conviction partially clears her son. She calls him a revolutionary not a rapist and describes him as a gentle man after Hearst testified she was forced into a sexual relationship with Wolfe.
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NOW will not endorse presidential candidate
Hartford based NOW plans a political year focusing on feminist planks and electing women locally and nationally. Karen DeCrow released an IRS protest letter against Catholic Church tax exemption, citing illegal political activity and urging removal of status if violations found. She targets ERA passage, naming Illinois as first focus, then Missouri and Indiana, with Florida and Nevada also on the agenda. Rosemary Dempsey and Lois Reckitt were elected eastern region co coordinators.
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Abortion Rights Debate Flows From NOW Picket
Feminist leader rebuts Bill Baird claiming NOW supports minors abortion rights. Baird and supporters picketed the NOW Eastern Regional conference over his Supreme Court case. Jeanne K C Clark says NOW supports the case but a miscommunication kept an amicus brief from being filed.
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Bill to decriminalize small marijuana possession in New York
Governor Hugh Carey privately circulates a rough draft bill in Albany to decriminalize possession of up to two ounces of marijuana and the transfer as a gift of up to one ounce while maintaining penalties for any sale. Outlines are sketchy and blur the public interpretation of the measure.
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Sixth graders fear presidency in bicentennial essays
In EAST HARTFORD Connecticut 20 sixth graders wrote essays about becoming president revealing fears of assassination. The Gov William Pitkin School assignment led by Michel Rosenfeld drew reactions noting a terrorist society and the students imaginations including a coffin ending and security guards.
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Matthew Sullivan
Mark Curtis
Elizabeth Palenza
Karen Martins
Carmine Esposito
Esposito
Eugene A. Diggs
Jeffrey Stickles
New York lawmakers clash over marijuana decriminalization plans
Senate and Assembly leaders from New York debate decriminalizing possession of small marijuana amounts. Ohrenstein and Gottfried push two ounce limits with varying penalties for sale and transfers. Republicans seek slower reform while aiming to keep penalties for selling to minors, and to redefine sale to require money or valuables.
Bowie Arrested On Felony Marijuana Charge In Rochester
British rock star David Bowie identified as David Robert Jones of London was arrested in Rochester on a fifth degree marijuana possession charge after about eight ounces were found in a hotel suite. He and three companions were released on bonds, with Bowie reportedly leaving town for a Massachusetts concert.
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Sabich Shot in Aspen. Longet Held in Inquiry
Valdimir Spider Sabich world ski champion was shot fatally at his Starwood home in Aspen. Claudine Longet, ex-wife of Andy Williams, was booked on an investigation of homicide charge. authorities pursue whether the shooting was accidental or intentional. Autopsy ordered, Longet advised of rights, and the case remains under review as Williams travels to join his children.
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