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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1971
Page
1
Country singer Merle Haggard, formerly a prisoner at San Quentin, performed a two hour concert for about 1000 inmates alongside his wife Bonnie. He recalled his 21st birthday behind bars and noted he served from 1953 to 1959 on a burglary conviction.
Seven policemen in five cities were shot and killed over the weekend. Philadelphia Commissioner ONeill blamed protestors for promoting anarchy. Other deaths included a marshal and trooper in Indiana, an officer in Greenville Washington DC, and a Maryland fatal shooting from an accidental gun discharge during a struggle with a kidnap suspect.
Bernadette Devlin toured Bay Area campuses and met Angela Davis in Marin County jail as she linked their struggles to international socialism. Davis faces murder conspiracy charges, with prosecutor Albert Harris blaming pretrial publicity for hindering public understanding of the case.
A 21 year old Compton man was shot to death early Sunday. Police say two suspects kicked down the door, forced the victim to floor, then fled. One suspect, 44 year old Minojos Sota, was arrested Sunday as authorities continued hunting the second man with a pockmarked face.
In Montevideo Tupamaro guerrillas freed diplomat Aloysio Dias Gomide after about seven months in captivity in exchange for ransom reportedly totaling over 250000 dollars. He and his wife Maria Aparecida arrived in Rio de Janeiro and thanked supporters as crowds gathered.
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