Jury Questions Kirschke Case In Downey Court
Jurors in the Kirschke case face questioning on reasonable doubt and circumstantial evidence as selection progresses. Prosecutor Harris challenges juror impartiality while defense cites full legal definitions. Kirschke, a deputy district attorney, stands indicted for the Naples Canal slaying of his wife Elaine Kirschke and her lover.
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Ramsey
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Elaine
Orville William Crankham
Stop-Work Peace-L Plan at Pentagon Stop-Work Peace-L Plan at Pentagon
A National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam announces a work stoppers and peace in at the Pentagon in Washington for the weekend of November 21-22. The coalition includes Blacks women students workers hippies draft resisters clergy and political organizations planning to clog entrances and hold pickets vigils and rallies around the Defense Department HQ. Lead organizers say thousands will converge. Dellinger notes unpredictable outcomes possibly including attacks on government buildings. Participants include H Rap Brown Abbe Hoffman Rev Thomas Lee Hayes Dick Gregory and others from groups like SNCC Women’s Strike for Peace and New Politics.
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Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
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Episcopal Peace Fellowship
Gary Rader
Oak Park
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Dick Gregory
Charles Owen Rice
Pittsburgh
Women's Strike For Peace
Conference of New Politics
Harris Kids Attend Court as Dad Prosecutes Double Murder
Assistant Attorney General Albert Harris, ill with tonsillitis, presided over juror questioning while his three freckled children sat in the front row of the press section. His wife Urstle and their kids Joanne ten Stephen eight John six observed. the family joked, and the children expressed interest in Disneyland over courtroom action.
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Jack Kirschke
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John
Urstle
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UC Fees Fight May Reach Polls
Newsmen report a survey showing 21 percent of all college students work 40 hours weekly to pay education costs and 48 percent rely on personal resources. In Los Angeles, activists push ballot action opposing tuition fees, arguing it violates constitutional guarantees of free admission and tuition for residents.
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Hell's Angels Honor a Deceased Member in Park Gatherings
About 200 Hell's Angels and other clubs gathered in a Golden Gate Park meadow to honor Charles C. Hendricks known as Chocolate George, buried earlier that day after dying in Haight Street motorcycle collision. Roughly 300 attendees, including hippies from Haight-Ashbury, shared music by the Grateful Dead while a double funeral escort moved the body to Cypress Lawn Cemetery.
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Reagan Signs Antisuperspy Wiretap Measure in California
California Governor Reagan signed a bill tightening laws against superspy wiretapping devices while preserving some police use. The measure bans the manufacture transport or sale of devices mainly for eavesdropping and bars recording conversations without consent. Other bills signed include pay raises for six constitutional officers and various education public safety and employment provisions effective January 1 1971.
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California Horse Racing Board
Battaglia Resignation Sparks Political Talk
Battaglia resigns, prompting talk of Reagan's prospects and a potential shift in California politics. Reagan calls Battaglia a trusted adviser and notes his loss, while Battaglia stresses a return to civilian life and possible future talks with Republicans about Reagan’s path.
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Reds Seek to Grab New Third Party
The New York Daily News reports government intelligence uncovered evidence that Communists aim to steer the National Conference for New Politics into a front for a new third party. The five day Chicago convention opens with Martin Luther King Jr. as keynote and may form a King Spock ticket in 1968.
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National Conference For New Politics
Chicago
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Navy approves one F1SL model for delivery in 1968
The Navy concluded one redesigned FILIB supersonic aircraft meets requirements and will begin deliveries in November 1968. Senator John Tower was informed by a letter from Deputy Secretary Paul Nitze that three models were tested and found unsuitable, with F111B No. 8 now in Fort Worth production and believed to have overcome earlier pilot objections.
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LBJ Beatable Even If War Ends GOP Says 1968
Washington GOP leaders contend President Johnson can be defeated in 1968 regardless of Vietnam peace. Rep. Gerald Ford and Rep. Melvin Laird cite economy, inflation, civil disorder, and crime as factors, expect de escalation, and warn South VietnamCeasefire negotiations may yield a stalemate while casualties rise.
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Ernie Hernandez
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Vietnam
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Rmich
Ford
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Melvin Laird
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House Armed Services Committee
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