Manson clash erupts in courtroom slugging attorney
Charles Manson felled his lawyer with a punch in a fractious courtroom scene during the penalty phase of the Tate LaBianca murder trial. The cult leader then forced from the room as the shocked jury prepared to decide whether he and his three followers face life or the death penalty.
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Patricia Krenwinkel
Leslie van Houten
San Quentin
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Bernard J. Crowe
Irving Kanarek
Kanarek
Older
Crowe
Irving
Mayor seeks zone Ocean to bar oil drilling
Seal Beach officials plan urgency legislation to zone the Pacific Ocean and prevent new offshore oil drilling. Mayor Morton A. Baum says legality was checked with City Atty James Bentson and the move could force oil firms to seek variances for new wells. He objects to the State Lands Commission notification about Standard Oil’s wall plan on Island Esther and vows resistance.
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Seal Beach
Morton A. Baum
James Bentson
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State Lands Commission
Standard Oil Co
Island Esther
Lands Group
Commission
Houston T. Flournoy
Santa Barbara
Flournoy
Morton Baum
ACTION LINE answers questions on politics and divorce law
ACTION LINE explains the origin of political labels right and left dating to 7th Century French deputies and notes California’s irreconcilable differences divorce rule. An attorney says an unwilling spouse can delay but not stop dissolution, with further details on page A-3.
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D.L. Wilemington
Chamber of Deputies
Louis XVII
California
K.A.P
Long Beach
Action
CHICANOS ON THE MARCH ENDS AT EAST LOS ANGELES RALLY
Hundreds of South and Mexican Americans including contingents from Long Beach and Orange County begin a march that will culminate Sunday in a large East Los Angeles rally protesting police brutality. Organizers from the Chicano Moratorium Committee lead the vanguard with other groups joining from Long Beach, San Pedro, Pomona, Venice, western Orange County and Ventura. The march ends near Belvedere Park beside the East Los Angeles sheriff's station amid pledges by leaders and police to avoid confrontations.
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Orange County
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Pomona
Venice
Ventura
Oynard
Ventura County
Belvedere Park
Los Angeles Sheriff's Station
Ed Davis
la Virgin de Guadalupe Park
Kent Jury Report on Kent State Killings Destroyed
US District Judge William K. Thomas ordered destruction of a special state grand jury report on the Kent State killings after finding secrecy oath violations. Indictments remain intact as prosecutors pursue trials, while the ACLU questions whether fair trials can occur.
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Cleveland
UPI
Kent State University
Liam K. Thomas
Kent
High Rise Quake Peril Warns of West Coast Collapse
A Commerce Department study by Karl Steinbrugde warns that many modern high rise reinforced concrete frames in San Francisco Los Angeles and other western cities could collapse in a great earthquake. It cites Santa Rosa 1969 Caracas 1967 and Alaska 1964 events and notes codes lag behind new construction practices. The NOAA report does not define a great quake and compares Santa Rosa shocks 5.6 5.7 to the 1906 San Francisco event magnitude 7.0.
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Los Angeles
Karl ¥. Steinbrugde
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Santa Rosa
Callf
Caracas
Alaska
Steinbrugga
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Standard Oil drill approval shocks California coast
The State Lands Commission ended its offshore drilling moratorium by granting Standard Oil permission to drill on a man made island two miles off Seal Beach and approved geophysical surveys by Humble and Phillips. Critics say the move opens the door to more extraction despite safety assurances.
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Sacramento
State Lands Commission
Standard Oil Company
Seal Beach
Humble
Phillips Oil Companies
California
US Independent Laird seeks more Cambodia deliverymen item
US Independent Laird calls for 50 more deliverymen in Cambodia while noting 16 currently operate. The page ad hints at a dramatic shift in sexual behavior coverage and references a Senate chairmanship shift.
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Cambodia
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