Huey Newton Lawyers Plan Broad Appeal After Manslaughter Conviction
Oakland lawyers for Huey P. Newton said they would appeal all trial issues after a jury found Newton guilty of manslaughter in the 1969 shooting of Officer John Frey. They will seek a new trial and bail pending appeal while noting contradictions in the verdict.
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Oakland
UPI
Black Panther
Huey P. Newton
Garry
Monroe Friedman
Newton
John Frey
Herbert Heanes
Shotgun Killing Jails L A Man
A Los Angeles man, George Rogers aged 52, was booked on suspicion of murder after the shotgun slaying of bartender Ruben Henderson, 37, at the Pug Cafe where he had been evicted. Rogers returned with a 20 gauge shotgun and fired outside as Henderson finished work.
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Los Angeles
CNS
George Rogers
University Division
Rogers
Ruben Henderson
Henderson
Berea Gunfight Victims Lead to Murder Charges
Fourteen held for grand jury in Berea racial shootout over Labor Day weekend. Eight white National States Rights Party members and six Black defendants face murder charges. bond set at 10000 each. Court capped with judges and legal teams from both sides.
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Richmonday
UPI
Berea
National States’ Rights Party
J. B. Stoner
Louisville
Nevill Tucker
Dan Taylor
Stoner
Birmingham
Ala
Turley
Teen Tries to Ram Police Car in Fatal Shootout
In CHATSWORTH a 16 year old, William A. Romanowski Jr., was killed after a car carrying five narcotics suspects tried to ram a police vehicle transporting them to a station. A 15 year old, Fred Bagley, was critically injured as Romanowski died and their car crashed. Police opened fire and pursued the suspects, with four other units joining the chase.
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William A. Romanowski Jr
Santa Susana
Fred Bagley
Simi
Romanowski
A. R. Panzica
D. P. Mahoney
San Fernando Valley
Bagley
Columbia Acts to Avoid New Unrest at Columbia
Columbia University will ask city courts to drop charges against most of the more than 600 students arrested during spring campus disorders. Acting President Cordier said 391 of 575 pending cases would be dismissed for trespass arrests, while more serious charges remain.
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New York
UPI
Columbia University
Andrew W. Cordier
Cordier
Columbia
Harlem Park
University
Harlem
Park
Extradition on Black Panther Wells Delayed in Portland
Warren William Wells of Oakland, a Black Panthers member, had extradition postponed to Friday after being arrested in northeast Portland on a two count attempted murder fugitive warrant. A district attorney spokesman said Wells indicated he would waive extradition while being held on 50 000 bail. The Alameda County warrant ties Wells to a shootout that wounded two officers and left Panther leader Bobby Hutton dead last April.
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Portland, Ore
UPI
Warren William Wells
Oakland
The
Black Panthers
Wells
District Attorney’s Office
Portland
Alameda County
Calif
Bobby Hutton
Militants Held After Black Rally In St Louis
Philip Hutchings national director of SNCC was jailed in St Louis on a charge of unlawful assembly following a weekend Black Liberators sponsored rally. Six other Negro militants including John Wilson Charles Koen Ralph Scales and three Liberators members were arrested as police cited inflammatory remarks. Koen blamed Mayor Cervantes and police for efforts to suppress black militants in the city and noted out of town speakers should be barred to prevent disturbances like Chicago.
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ST. Louis
UPI
Philip Hutchings
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Black Liberators
John Wilson
SNCC
New York
Black Antiwar
Antidraft Union
Charles Koen
The
Liberators
Cairo
Ill
Ralph Scales
Michael Herron
Frank Washington
Leon Dent
Koen
Alfonso Cervantes
Cervantes
Chicago
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L.A
Robert Turley
Kentucky
Integrated Citizens Committee
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Elza Rucker
Lexington
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