Second Mistrial Bid Denied in Sirhan Kennedy Trial
A second motion for a mistrial was denied in the Sirhan Bishara Sirhan trial after a Los Angeles newspaper front page speculated judge Herbert Walker overruled a guilty plea deal. Judge Walker said the sequestered jury could not have read the story. Police Officer Travis White testified Sirhan was not under influence when the Kennedy shooting occurred, though he was frightened in the pantry area. The courtroom also traced the pistol’s path from the Watts riot era to the Kennedy shooting night.
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Sirhan Bishara
Kwax
Los Angeles
Cooper
Aus
Defense Today
Travis White
Sithan
Robert F. Keneady
White
Sirhan
Ambassador Hotel
Eo KH
Watts
Sen. Kennedy
George Plimpton
Jack) Gallivan
Largest LSD seizure nets four arrests in Glendale, 1965
Glendale police seize eight thousand LSD tablets valued at eighty thousand dollars, arresting David A. Weaver Fred Freel and York McGavin from Glendale area. Last owner claims the drug was to kill a dog. In a separate courtroom scene, Sirhan case witnesses describe the gun and its journey through several hands before the Kennedy shooting.
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Glendale
Califfornia
David A. Weaver
Fred Freel
York McGavin
Oman
United States
Navy Reserve Fleets Brought to Active Duty Amid Air Flaw
Admiral charges navy air reserve units sent to active duty after the Pueblo capture were unfit for deployment due to aircraft deficiencies. The report cites fighter and bomber squadrons deemed unprepared for combat roles amid ongoing fleet readiness concerns.
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Navy Air Reserve
Washington
Navy
Pueblo
Frederick H Michaelis
Vietnam
Michaelis
Airliner missing. 85 aboard in Gambler Special
In pre dawn darkness Tuesday a DCH airliner dubbed a Gambler Special disappeared near Hawthorne Nevada with 85 aboard. Nevada Air Patrol and Esmeralda County deputies led a snowbound search as planes and ground crews faced 30 inches of fresh snow and rugged mountain canyons.
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Nev
Burbank
Long Beach
James Helm
Nevada Owil Air Patrol
Helm
Esmeralda County
Lee G. Gozart
Press-Telegram
Cozart
Ee & A
Wild Clash as UC Regents Envoys Named for Europe
Amid a chaotic student strike at a major university a violent clash broke out between militants and police. Dozens were arrested and several injured as windows broken and vandalism spread through Sproul Hall. The dispute intensified as 200 teachers joined the picket line and campus security used mace amid sporadic fighting. In Washington, President Nixon named three new ambassadors to key European posts, including Jacob Beam in Moscow and Walter Annenberg in Britain, with John Eisenhower appointed to Brussels. all require Senate approval.
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Nixon
U.S
Jacob D. Beam
Soviet Union
Walter H. Annenberg
Great Britain
John L Eisenhower
Bel- Bian
Sargent Shriver
France
Senate
Ronald L. Ziegler
Beam
Czechoslovakia
Moscow
Llewellyn Thompson
Navy probes death of first aquanaut Cannon during deep sea dive
The Navy linked Cannon's death to possible air failure risking suffocation as autopsy discussed. Three other divers from the 610 foot dive were reported in excellent condition. Funeral services occurred in Chula Vista and burial set for Williston. The habitat was surfaced and will be towed to Long Beach while technicians seek leaks before resuming the man in the sea project.
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Navy
Cannon
Chula Vista
San Diego
Williston
Fila
Elk River
Long Beach Naval Shipyard
Aoeee
Bus collision at crossing kills 13 near Puebla
In Puebla area about 80 miles southeast of Mexico City a passenger train struck a bus at a crossing. Police said 13 people died and 20 were injured. Witnesses claimed the bus driver raced the train to the crossing.
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Puebla. Mexico
UPI
Mexico City
Draft Call Stays High for April
Washington reports the Selective Service System was asked to draft 33,000 men in April, with 30,600 for the Army and 2,500 for the Marines. This follows high calls earlier in the year as officials plan to release reservists and National Guardsmen from 1968 calls after the Pueblo crisis and Tet to Vietnam. January sought 26,800. February 33,700. March 23,100.
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Washington
Peniaton
Selective Service
Pentagon
Korea
Vietnam
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