Key witness says police are being crucified in rights case
Virginia Van Shaw, key witness in a civil rights case against Los Angeles police officers, defended the two defendants and told reporters she felt the officers were being crucified. The trial, before U.S. District Court Judge Charles Carr, involves Lt Edgar Brown and Sgt Marshall Gaines facing conspiracy and civil rights charges in a home burglary tied to a narcotics probe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Virginia van Shaw
West Los Angeles
U.S. District Court
Edgar Brown
Marshall Gaines
van Shaw
Charles Carr
Angelo Dimente
van Shay
Asst
Larry Flas
Flax
Sam Yorty
Sel. Gaines
Skid Row
Dimenzo
L A probe on sirhan gun errors begins in la
Los Angeles police board plans to investigate alleged errors in testing the gun used in the Sirhan assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy. Barbara Blehr claims two guns were used and a test shot may have come from a different weapon, with the Civil Service Commission appointment under scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L.A
Sirhan
Los Angeles
Sirhan B. Lianrial
Sen
Robert F. Kennedy
Barbara Warner Blehr
Sihan
WeWayne A. Wolfer
Civil Service Commission
Elvilian
Los Angeles Police
Eine Laboratory
Hidward Davis
Davis
Wo Kness
Trial opens for 13 L A Panthers Tiarted
In Los Angeles the Black Panther Party group including former Deputy Defense Minister Elmer Pratt goes on trial on charges that include conspiracy to murder police officers. The courtroom fills as pretrial hearings unfold with references to past Panther activity and a pending parallel case in Oakland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Panther Party
Elmer Pratt
Los Angeles
I'uesday
Pratt
Murden
Panther
Watts
Oakland
UPI
Black Panther
David Hilliard
William J. Hayes
Huey Newton
Fidridge Cleaver
Algeria
Mall of Justice
Los Angeles Denies 12 Percent Electricity Rate Hike
City Council voted 10 to 2 to block a proposed 12 percent rate increase by the Department of Water and Power and ordered an independent study. The council urged more equitable rate distribution among residential, industrial, and commercial customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theos Angeles
Department of Water and Power
Also Mentioned on This Page
United Press International
the Civil Service Commission
Newport Beach
Bishop Fi
Sierra Nevada
Janes W. Tivans
Split Mountain
Big Pine
David
Lincoln Axe
Santa Monica
Waval Weapons Center
China Lake
Evans
Sacramento
Senate
Wolfer
Dooley
Motorola Ki
Quasarl
South State
Dooley’s Hardware Mart
L.A. Panthers
Charles Manson
Superior Court
George M. Dell
Ericka Huggins
New Haven
Conn
Bobby Seale
Kenneth C. Farr
Arr
U.S
Carlton
Garlton
American Tobacco Company
Grand Gentral Station
New York
N.Y
Paling C
Rego Kav. AD
Penneys
Renneys
Canoga Park
Carlsbad
Downey
Fullerton
Fashion Valley
San Diego
Lakewgood
Huntington Beach
Montclair
Orange
T Riverside
Ventura
Skap
Onompus
Phoc
Pikes
Gustom
Ise Penneys
Lakewood
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!