Why Mystery Lingers in Manson Case as Trial Opens
Los Angeles jurors hear state evidence in the Tate and LaBianca murders as prosecutors seek the death penalty for Charles Manson and three followers. Prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi outlines a baffling motive while defense attorney Paul Fitzgerald signals a cautious, surprise approach amid largely circumstantial evidence.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Charles Manson
Sharon Tate
Leno LaBianca
First Marine Division begins Vietnam withdrawal
Lead elements of the U S 1st Marine Division start leaving Vietnam as part of Nixon phase four withdrawal. Leathernecks from two engineer battalions and one bridge company depart Da Nang for Camp Pendleton totaling 1 625 men. Some units to stay past Oct 15 as Vietnamization proceeds and 100 000 more Americans are to depart by spring 1971.
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Saigon
VPI
U.S. 1St Marine Division
Vietnam
Nixon
da Nang
Camp Pendleton
Calif
1St Marine Division
U.S
Ripcord
U.S. Command
U.S. 101St Airborne Division
South Vietnamese High Command
Leatherneck
A Shau
Guard stabbed to death at Soledad prison
The body of guard William C. Shull, 40, a white former Army sergeant, was found stabbed more than 40 times at Soledad State Prison. Officials say two or more assailants involved. The incident marks the fifth slaying this year at the racially troubled facility located in the Salinas Valley.
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Soledad
UPI
Soledad State
William C. Shull
C.J. Fitzharris
Salinas Valley
San Francisco
Nixon draft reform deferred until after election year
President Nixon’s plan to end all future student deferments will not be acted on in the current Congress. Rep. L. Mendel Rivers announced a subcommittee review and possible delay, with GOP leaders expressing caution before endorsing student deferment eliminations. The decision would assure deferments for college entrants next fall if it holds.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Congress
Rep. L. Mendel Rivers
Ds.c
House Armed Services Committee
Senate
Rivers
House
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
Veterans Administration
Martin J. May
Southern California
Weather Across Nation Brings Light Rain and Clearing Skies
A wide weather front covered the Mississippi to the Atlantic with light rainfall. New England saw fall skies and warm temps as Tropical Storm Becky dissipated but left moisture. Scattered showers hit the Great Plains and southern Rockies with gusty winds while the Northern Rockies enjoyed fair skies.
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Mississippi River
Atlantic Coast
New England
Becky
Great Plains
Rockies
Lompoc Record Officially Registered as Publication
The Lompoc Record is listed as a legal newspaper under Superior Court Decree No. 47065 and published by Lompoc Record Publications. Officials include President J Donald Adam Publisher and Secretary Treasurer Harry J Crompe Editor and Vice President Gaylen Jackson and others.
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Lompoc
California
Act of Congress
Lompoc Record
Lompoc Record Publications
Kenneth L. Adam
J. Donald Adam
Harry J. Crompe
Gaylen Jackson
Strikers in Liverpool reject government plea on perishables
Longshoremen in Liverpool spurned a government appeal to unload perishable meat and fruit amid a strike that threatens thousands of tons of imports. At a mass meeting 3000 members endorsed a shop steward resolution against moving perishables as Southampton dockers consider a Monday reconsideration.
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London
API
Liverpool
Britain
Southampton
National Union
Merseyside
Community events and notices from Lompoc area
The Sierra Club hosts a 10 mile beach hike from Jalama to Pt Concepcion with lighthouse tour Saturday meeting 9 a.m. at Jalama Beach. Loyal Order of the Moose and Mexican Social Organization announce Sunday events. American Legion and Red Cross schedule meetings and talks. column appears Fridays, tel RE 6 4567 before Wednesday 5 p.m.
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Sierra Club
Jalama State Beach
Pt. Concepcion
Dick Hymann
Lompoc
Order of the Moose
Women of the Moose
W. Laurel
Miguelito Park
Vicki Diaz
Sally Alvarado
Catalina Soto
Lompoc Valley
Coca Cola faces Senate inquiry over migrant workers housing
Coca Cola plans improved housing sanitation and recreation for migrant workers after congressional criticism of squalor in Florida citrus fields. J Paul Austin and J Lucien Smith testified as Mondale urged reform following a description of Coke farm labor practices and a Frostproof Minute Maid grove housing 200 workers.
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Washington
UPI
Coca-Cola Company
Senate Subcommittee On Migratory Labor
Florida
J. Paul Austin
Atlanta
Coca-Cola
J. Lucien Smith
Smith
Coke
Frostproof
Fla
Salinas lettuce strike ends with wage contract approval
The Teamsters strike in Salinas Valley ended after ratification of a new labor contract raising driver pay by 95 cents over three years and adding 39 cents hourly in fringe benefits. Valley losses were estimated at 1 million dollars daily, with lettuce prices soaring. a sympathy walkout in Santa Maria may end once growers agree to similar terms.
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Salinas
UPI
Teamsters
Salinas Valley
Fertile
Council of California Growers
John Steinbeck
Santa Maria
Bart Curto
Court frees Mary Brunner in Manson family case
Mary Brunner, 26, linked to the Manson family, is freed by Superior Court Judge Kathleen Parker after immunity requirements are deemed fulfilled. Brunner testified against Robert Beausoleil in the Hinman murder case, though she later recanted and reasserted statements, amid ties to Tate-LaBianca defendants Charles Manson and Susan Atkins.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Superior Court
Kathleen Parker
Mary Brunner
University of Wisconsin
Miss Brunner
Robert Beausoleil
Beausoleil
Charles Manson
Susan Atkins
Tate-LaBianca
Hinman
Manson
Young Briton 33 Becomes Grandfather in Grantham
Gordon Cant of Grantham England claims to be Britain's youngest grandfather at 33 after his eldest daughter Rosanna Kavanagh 17 gives birth to a daughter Wendy Cant. Cant and his wife Anne 34 have six other children.
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Grantham
England
UPI
Gordon Cant
Britain
Rosanna Kavanagh
Wendy Cant
Anne
Monagan Drops Conflict Bill Creates 100000 Study Commission
Assembly Speaker Robert T. Monagan abandons his conflict of interest bill and launches an 11 member commission with a 100000 budget to study the issue and report by late 1971. He says the panel will include state and local government members and seek rapid, thorough recommendations. The move comes as the state faces a court ruling invalidating parts of Jess Unruh’s 1969 disclosure law.
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Sacramento
UPS
Assembly
Robert T. Monagan
Monagan
Assembly Governmental Organization Committee
Ways and Means
Senate Rules Committee
Joint Rules Committee
Commission
Ford Foundation
State Supreme Court
Jess Unruh
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Bugliosi
Leslie van Houten
Patricia Krenwinkel
Paul Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
Mtss Krenwinkel
Tate
Abigail Folger
Jay Sebring
Voityck Frokowsky
Steven Parent
Frokowsky
First Marine Division
United Press International
Lompog Secord
Tim Conner
California Newspaper Publishers Association
International Press Institute
Inter-American Press Association
National Newspaper Association
Calfornia Press Association
Dr. Zhivago
Alice B. ‘Toklas Bod
By Bob Barnes
American Legion Post No. 211
The
Red Cross
Lompoc Hospital
Lawrence Harris
Migrant Housing Plan
Walter F. Mondale
Dminn
Philip Moore
Court
Krakatoa
Chitty Chitty
101 Dalmatians
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
David Lean
Boris Pasternaks
Doctor Thivago
Warner Theatre
North Woon Mwey
Walt Disney
Morse
Bill
Hugh Davies
Alice B. Toklas
Lompoc Theatre
Winchester - Goleta
Hotline
PLM
EE Laza
Broadway
Donovan RD
National General Pictures Presents
G.adchopper
Wwe
Jacqueline Bisset
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