Supreme Court Lifts Nebraska News Ban in Murder Case
The Supreme Court unanimously reversed a Lincoln County Nebraska judge order banning publication of open court information in the Erwin Simants murder case. Justices shielded press rights while acknowledging fair trial needs, outlining limits on courtroom publication bans and urging case by case safeguards.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Nebraska
Warren E Burger
Lincoln County
Hugh Stuart
Erwin Charles Simants
Simants
Henry Kellie
Sutherland
Neb
Stuart
Nebraska Supreme Court
Harry A. Blackmun
Blackmun
Burger
California
William T. Farr
Charles Manson
Fresno
U.S. Court of Appeals
Chicago
High Court
Cleveland
Sam Sheppard
Longet Sabich split lovership before fatal shot case
Claudine Longet testified in Aspen that her affair with Vladimir Sabich had soured and they agreed to separate weeks before the March 21 shooting. She moved from the chalet with her children after the breakup, meeting Sabich in 1971, and disputed a diary’s location used as evidence.
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Aspen
Colo
UPI
Claudine Longet
Vladimir
Spider’ Sabich
Miss Longet
Sabich
George Lohr
Andy Williams
Miss Longer
Spider
Roy Griffith
Sadistic drug related slaying shocks Chicago family trio
Chicago police say Tyrone Thomas 30 Virginia 29 and daughter Michelle 6 or 7 were found slain in their South Side apartment. A 19 month old girl crawled nearby as officers recovered heroin paraphernalia and about 10000 dollars worth of drugs. Authorities describe the murders as ritual and sadistic with stabbing and throat slashing. No suspects yet.
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Chicago
UPI
South Side
Joseph DiLeonardi
Tyrone Thomas
Virginia
Michelle
DiLeonardi
Gays Plan Garden Rally Near Democratic Convention
A coalition of gay rights groups announced a July 11 march from Greenwich Village to Madison Square Garden and a rally to press for repeal of sodomy laws in 35 states and passage of broad civil rights protections. Arthur Goodman stated the demonstration targets civil rights gains, not the Democratic Party.
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New York
UPI
Madison Square Garden
New York State
Greenwich Village
Garden
Arthur Goodman
Gay Activists Alliance
Balloonist Karl Thomas Missing Over Atlantic Flight
Friends of balloonist Karl Thomas voiced confidence he remained aloft over the Atlantic but feared for his safety as Coast Guard searched after his radio failed following a Lakehurst departure. Thomas, 27, of Troy Michigan, aimed to be the first to cross the ocean by balloon, while his ground crew kept a radio on for updates and inflated the balloon during a weeklong delay.
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Flint, Mich
UPI
Karl Thomas
Atlantic
Thomas
Coast Guard
Troy
Mich
Ed Chruscial
Hamas
Chruscial
Lakehurst
N.J
Chryscial
Train Panama Limited Derails in Mississippi
A Amtrak Panama Limited passenger train derailed at about 8 30 a m between Goodman and Pickens Mississippi killing a man named Simon Evans 40 Durant and injuring more than 40 of 159 aboard. The nine cars left the track 70 mph wreckage trapped workers and crew escaped with injuries while passengers walked through a cotton field to buses for relocation. An investigation into the derailment was launched.
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Goodman, Miss
UPI
Mississippi
Goodman
Pickens
Charles Hall
New Orleans
J. W. Vinson
Memphis
Simon Evans
Durant
Evans
R. E. Roberson
J. R. Pullen
Water Valley
Canto
Vinson
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Crown
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