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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Feb 17, 1972

Page

9

Priest testifies Pacheco asked last rites for slain wife

A Roman Catholic priest testified that Manuel Pacheco, a former LAPD officer on trial for murdering his estranged wife Anita Pacheco, asked for last rites a day after the shooting. The father described hearing her confession at Harbor General Hospital as she lay unable to speak, smiling briefly.

Pacheco Manuel Pacheco Los Angeles Jesus Alonso Wilnington Holy Family Church Superior Court Harbor General Hospital Anita Pacheco Father Alonso Pia Hia Alfred Thatcher

Acquittal in L A Draft Evasion Case Sparks Debate

Chicano activist Rosario Munoz, 28, was acquitted in Los Angeles District Court on a technicality after a nonjury trial. Judge Warren Ferguson ruled Munoz did not receive the right to appeal when the draft board denied the conscientious objector status he sought. Munoz, a former UCLA student and antiwar leader, faced charges of failing to report for induction in August 1969.

Rosario Munoz U.S. District Court Los Angeles Munoz Michael Tigar U.S Selective Service System Ferguson UCLA

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