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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1969
Page
20
In Los Angeles a judge ruled that extra chromosomes do not make a man insane. Raymond Tanner had pleaded guilty to kidnapping, beating and raping a woman in suburban Van Nuys.
In a murder case a defendant argued innocence by reason of insanity due to an extra Y chromosome. Judge Maurice Leader deliberated after six weeks of genetic testimony, noting no proven link between XYY and criminal behavior and urging further research before applying such science to insanity rulings.
Civil rights lawyer William Kunstler says six detention camps were set up under the 1950 McCarran internal security act. He visited Allenwood Pennsylvania and cited a camp housing draft resisters as possible. Justice officials deny the existence of such camps.
Aspen Colorado AP Leon Uris testified his quarrel with wife Margery preceded her Feb 19 gunshot death. A coroner jury postponed verdict after earlier ruling of possible self infliction. He described a test of wills and said threats against his life arose after he wrote Topaz.
The autopsy shows a .38 caliber bullet hit Mrs. Uris in the cheek and another entered her mouth, piercing the brain. A third bullet struck her purse. Uris described endless calls to friends that night and described his wife as deeply loved, though he believed she would not kill herself.
Thousands of oranges washed ashore along Ocean Beach in La Jolla California with locals scooping them up by the bucketful. Officials speculate the fruit may have come from trees swept to sea during recent floods. The item notes a stray line about want ads.
An American source says the Nixon administration will tailor any Vietnam action to fit public reaction and current events. Options include renewed bombing, but planners fear worldwide propaganda and want to avoid hasty moves while public support remains cautious. Defense Secretary Laird's trip underscores measured response.
Justice William O. Douglas granted a stay of execution to Robert Massie, 26, delaying the gas chamber in San Quentin, even though Massie said he did not want a stay. Massie was sentenced for the Jan. 7, 1965, killing of Mildred Weiss, 48, in San Gabriel during a robbery attempt.
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