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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1971
Page
5
Morning march toward the Justice Department drew many arrests as protesters clashed with police. Traffic on four Potomac bridges moved smoothly during rush hour, with police and military units on standby and helicopters overhead. earlier attempts to block major bridges into Virginia failed.
Dismissal sought in the Nixon threat case after Judge Gray ruled that government electronic surveillance without a warrant violates the Fourth Amendment. The decision centers on whether the wiretap was reasonable in wholly domestic national security matters. Hilliard’s trial, delayed by the ruling, focused on legality of the taps.
In Judge Tidward Daley's Superior Court the process moves slowly as 12 defendants are escorted in and out amid disorderly conduct charges. A youth pleads for mercy after 12 hours in custody while fines and brief jail terms loom. Demonstrators face bonds and shifting custody as officials contend with warrants and protests near the RFK Stadium and Washington Coliseum.
In Cairo Rogers arrives for four key talks as U S secretary of state aims to outline Washington's stance on the 1967 Security Council resolution and Egypt's Suez reopening. He presses for an unequivocal American position on Israel, Egypt, and Arab concerns while stressing Nixon’s push for progress amid regional tensions.
Southern California Oldtime Fiddlers Association holds monthly fiddle sessions at Signal Hill Community Center from noon to 5:30 p.m. Open to the public with a 50 cent adult donation for hall rental. SCOFA president Howard L. Moore says the club preserves pure old time fiddling, not bluegrass or country-western. Membership is $5 per year per family. For info, SCOFA writes to Wilmington address. national group exists via Don Lowe in Spokane with $2 annual dues. Also notes antiperspirant safety debate and a Bellflower tenant dispute.
A Garden Grove reader from the mail order sector defends six years of operation noting shipments to nearly every state and many foreign countries with no complaints. The letter argues against publications that label mail order firms as dishonest and urges fairness for honest sellers.
Federal grand jury probing the Capitol bombing is recessed until Thursday while judges weigh motions to release or compel testimony of the chief witness Leslie Bacon a 1 year old girl who faced questions about her role in plans to bomb the bank in New York City six suspects have pleaded guilty to bomb conspiracy and await sentencing Bacon was arrested in Washington under a grand jury subpoena as a material witness in the Capitol case and her lawyers seek release citing insufficient information for the subpoena
The Supreme Court 6 3 bypass allows juries to choose life or death, affecting 651 death row inmates amid pending appeals in 32 states. Governors plan cautious steps. Texas and Ohio outline limited immediate executions, while California, Georgia and others weigh post decision actions and constitutional questions.
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