Jury dismissed for age bias in marijuana case
A Washington judge voided a 21 member jury panel for a 2 year old man charged with marijuana possession after defense showed 15 members were over 50 and only one over 80. The case was dismissed for want of prosecution as the government declined to proceed. Separately, Sen Schweiker faced an alarm triggering incident at Philadelphia airport when an electronic scanner flagged his briefcase during a planned flight. Actress Claire Windsor died at 74 in Los Angeles after a long silent film career and later art exhibitions. Former Congressman Edwin Willis, 68, died in Louisiana. he led probes into the Ku Klux Klan and fought civil rights opponents. Mike Walker, 38, weighing 920 pounds, nearly died from a gall bladder attack while traveling for state fairs. doctors noted a long-term drug history and obsessive eating.
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Superior Court
Marty ‘I. Alexander
Michael McCoy
Alexander
Richard
Schweiker
R-Pa
Philadelphia
Allegheny
Claire Windsor
Hollywood
Seatlee
Miss Windsor
Good Samaritain Hospital
Los Angeles
Seattle
Edmund Barns
al Sulson
Bert Lyell
Lathe
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Buddy“Rogers
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Rogers
MGM
Windsor
Olga Cronk
Louisiana
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Willis
Tany
Ku Klux Klan
Hubert Shelton
Shelton
Klan
South
Stokely Carmichal
Rap Brown
Mike Walker
Dottors
Walker
Baton Rouge
Houston
Chicago aide acquitted in Panther slayings case
Edward V. Hanrahan, once an ally of Chicago Mayor Daley, and 19 codefendants were acquitted by Judge Philip Romiti on charges of conspiracy to obstruct justice linked to the 1969 raid that left Black Panther Fred Rampton and Mark Clark dead. The ruling came after a juryless trial that spanned nearly 14 weeks.
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Chicago
Edward V. Hanrahan
Twe Black Panther Party
Philip J. Romiti
Circuit Court
Fweed Hanrahan
Fred Rampton
Ilinois Panther Party
Mark Clark
Peoria
Werre
Hlanrahan
Hanrahan
Sirhan to appeal Kennedy murder conviction in high court
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan appealed to the Supreme Court seeking review of his 1968 murder verdict in the Kennedy case. His lawyers claim new evidence suggests he did not fire the fatal shot at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, and they challenge police search methods and legal standards used at trial.
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Sirhan Bishara
Sirhan
Supreme Court
Robert ¥. Kennedy
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Los Angeles
New York
Kennedy
Elis
California Supreme Court
Roger 8. Hanson
George R. Milama
California
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Fragmentary OCR text from a press page mentions a Sunday event and various garbled names. Readable bits reference a carrier and a schedule with dates, but concrete facts are limited. The readable items hint at a newspaper corner with notices or listings rather than a cohesive article.
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