State Won't Demand Death Penalty for Sirhan
Prosecution will not seek execution for Sirhan Bishara Sirhan who killed Senator Robert Kennedy. The team led by Chief Deputy D.A. Lynn Compton will not demand the death penalty but will let the jury choose between life imprisonment and death. An agreement had been reached that Sirhan plead guilty to first degree murder for life, but the judge rejected it.
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Mary Neiswender
Sirhan Bishara
Sirhan
Robert F. Kennedy
New York
Atty
Lynn Compton
Compton
Herbert V. Walker
USC
Leonard B. Olinger
Martin Schorr
Orville Richardson
Kennedy
Olinger
Right to Obscenity in Home Upheld
A Long Beach column answers reader questions about city demolition of Chestnut Avenue apartments to build a Civic Center. The city will relocate tenants with city staff aiding relocation and subleasing to a low income family at 25 percent of income, with the federal government covering the balance.
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Chestnut Avenue
Long Beach
E.S
Ocean Boulevard
Broadway
John Williams
Beach
Heart transplant completed at St Luke's in Houston
Haskell Earp, 47, of Skokie Ill, received a human heart after surviving 65 hours with a mechanical device. The donor was Mrs Barbara Ewan, 40, of Massachusetts. Dr Denton A Cooley led the 23 hour operation, saying the artificial heart will temporize until a donor is available.
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Houston
Tex
Haskell Earp
Skokie
Ill
Massachusetts
St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital
Denton A. Cooley
Barbara Ewan
Lawrence
Mass
Forgotten killer escapes Mexican death row after 10 years
Dykes Askew Simmons Jr., 40, dubbed the forgotten killer, fled Monterrey’s Neuvo Leon prison in a woman disguise after 10 years awaiting death. He traveled to Los Angeles via San Antonio with help, claiming to have aid and saying he and his wife will soon join him in California. His attorney cited ongoing legal efforts.
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Dykes Askew Simmons Jr
Simmons
Neuvo Leon
Monterrey
Los Angeles
San Antonio
Tex
International
Supreme Court rules reading and viewing in private protected
The court held states cannot criminalize possession of obscene material in the home while allowing limits on public distribution. Justice Marshall cited Atlanta bachelor Robert Eli Stanley, jailed for three stag films, as asserting privacy rights to read or watch what one pleases. Some justices opposed the search warrant use for gambling material.
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Washington
The
Supreme Court
Thurgood Marshall
Marshall
Atlanta
Robert Eli Stanley
Potter Stewart
William J. Brennan Jr
Byron R. White
Atlantan
Long Beach Sprockets Offer Bicycle Club Entry
Mrs E M T of Long Beach asks about local clubs. The Long Beach Sprockets invite joining with a $3 yearly single fee or $5 for families. Members must be at least 16, though children may ride with parents. Naples Cycle Shop lists other LA and OC clubs at 5544 E Second St, GE 8 5220.
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Long Beach
E.M.T
Naples
Second St
Los Angeles County
Orange County
What happened to Dave Garroway after Today
Dave Garroway now 56 lives a semi secluded life in New York City and has appeared only in a few television commercials since leaving NBC. A month earlier his wife Pamela committed suicide, leaving him to care for their three children. He is not listed in Chicago or New York listings and his resignation from the popular program is noted with his statement about years on air.
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Dave Garroway
F.R
Long Beach
New York City
NBC
Renee
Pamela
Garroway
Chicago
California lawmakers push plan to end property tax
Democratic Assemblyman Bob Moretti unveils a bill to abolish the property tax in California and replace lost revenue with higher income and bank and corporate taxes. He says bonds would still be paid off and city taxes vanish once bonds retire, while charitable deductions would be limited.
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Sacramento
UPS
California
Ronald Reagan
William T. Bagley
R-San Anselmo
Bob Moretti
D-Van Nuys
Moretti
U S Hint of Troop Pullout From Vietnam Emerges
Secretary Rogers signaled possible unilateral U S troop withdrawals from South Vietnam though no immediate plan exists. He urged potential mutual withdrawal this year and noted the Nixon administration would not demand full North Vietnamese withdrawal before reducing U S forces.
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Washington
UPI
William P. Rogers
U.S
South Vietnam
Rogers
Nixon
Defense
Melvin R
Johnson
Congress
El Toro cave in kills 8 year old boy
The 8-year-old son of a Marine officer at El Toro Marine Corps Air Station died after a cave-in while playing in a wash behind a housing area. Russell Brown was trapped as he and a friend explored the wash banks. A base rescue team pulled him from the earth and he died of suffocation at the dispensary.
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el Toro
Marine Corps Air Station
Russell Brown
Donald J. Brown
Men’s Faces on Money Spark Jealous Reaction
A quip notes that men are shown on currency while women merely seek to hold the money. The remark frames money as a prize and jokes about gendered attitudes toward wealth and recognition.
Move to Oust Hugh Burns Under Way
Labor power stressed by Bridges as political moves unfold across pages A-3 and A-6. Model Cities changes proposed on A-4. Laird discloses Soviet testing of triple warhead rockets on A-5. Tomorrow’s paper previews Nancy Fair McIntyre’s picnic and cookbook writing on the weathered edge of the issue.
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Hugh Burns
Nancy Fair Mcintyre
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