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Newspaper
Daily Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1973
Page
3
The California Assembly awarded Cicely Tyson a special plaque for her honest portrayal in Sounder. Tyson, Oscar nominee for playing a black sharecropper's wife in the Deep South, expressed deep gratitude.
Paul Storey aged 16 described as leader of a Birmingham teen gang that attacked Robert Keegan with a brick stealing a few coins keys and five cigarettes. Storey along with Mustafa Ual and James Duignan were jailed for 20 years and 10 years respectively amid calls for tougher action on mugging.
In Gila Bend Arizona the manager of actress Sarah Miles died of a drug overdose, with an autopsy confirming lethal levels of the sleeping pill methaqualone. The inquest heard that Whiting may have suffered a head injury after blacking out, while Burt Reynolds and Miles faced questions amid accusations of rumors and speculation.
Robert V. Moss of the United Church of Christ urged total amnesty for all draft evaders deserters and those in trouble with the Selective Service System saying the biblical spirit of forgiving and starting anew should guide policy. He spoke on behalf of the National Council of Churches at a news conference in New York and noted veterans need improved benefits and job opportunities as many feel ignored by the government.
The state Supreme Court denied Timothy Leary’s petition for habeas relief after he claimed illegal arrest abroad and removal by a U.S. agent. The court also refused to halt his San Luis Obispo trial on 1976 escape charges. Leary argued international law and constitutional violations. officials insist on lawful extradition and arrest procedures.
Sirhan kin Sharif B. Sirhan, 49, brother of assassination figure Sirhan B. Sirhan, was arrested in Pasadena and charged with mailing a death threat to Israeli Premier Golda Meir via Secretary of State William Rogers. Charged under a federal extortion statute, he faces up to 21 years. The younger Sirhan remains serving life at San Quentin for Kennedy’s 1968 assassination.
A 71 year old woman identified as Geneva Ball of Provo was arrested after entering the Walker Bank branch in Provo dressed in red, brandishing a toy pistol and demanding 1500. She was arraigned on a robbery charge in City Court and a preliminary hearing was set for next Monday.
In Munich a boutique owner advertised to outfit five customers from head to toe if they arrived nude. Thirty eight nude men gathered before dawn and jammed the store at opening. The owner fulfilled his pledge and handed out clothes to 33 who waited outside, while police summonses were issued for street blocking as cars lined up.
Atlanta report says 25 year old Helen Mae Watt was abducted from her home by a stocking masked man in frayed jeans and sneakers. He placed her in the trunk of a Cadillac and drove to a motel lot to solicit a $200,000 ransom, then freed her after she screamed for help. Her brother Harvey Watt initially thought the ransom call was a joke as police arrived and rescued her.
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