Davis Trial Opens Over Angela's Fatal Escape Plot
In San Jose AP reports prosecutor Albert Harris Jr. asserts Angela Davis helped plan the August 7 1970 Marin County Civic Center shootout to free George Jackson. He portrays Davis as motivated by personal love not prisoner liberation.
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San Jose
Calif
Angela Davis
San Rafael
Albert Harris Jr
Miss Davis
George Jackson
UCLA
Jackson
Harris
Marin County Civic Center
New Mexico lawmakers cool to king call for special session
Gov Bruce King proposed a special session to fix primary election rules after a federal court struck down the filing fee for U S Senate candidates. Legislators said immediate action unlikely, shifting questions to Atty Gen David Norvell on fee applicability and paper ballot feasibility.
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Santa FE
N. M
New Mexico
Bruce King
King
U.S. Senate
Atty
David Norvell
Norvell
Protestants march on Stormont as Britain seizes Northern Ireland
More than 60,000 Protestant marchers flood Stormont amid a two day general strike demanding direct rule from Britain. The protest escalates violence with bombings, bread shortages, and clashes as William Whitelaw takes power, Faulkner and Craig lead the factions, and Portadown vigilantes protest Catholic enclaves.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Britain
Limavady
Londonderry
Trim
Stormont Castle
Brian Faulkner
London
Ulster
Irish Republican Army
Ireland
William Whitelaw
William Craig
Stormont
Craig
Faulkner
Irish Republic
Ulster Vanguard Movement
Confederation of British Industry
Portadown
County Armagh
Hussein Meets Nixon Seeks Support for Palestinian State Plan
King Hussein arrived at the White House and met with President Nixon to press for backing of a semiautonomous Palestinian nation on the West Bank and to request $40 million in new U.S. military aid. He planned private talks, lunch with Secretary Rogers, and a White House dinner, followed by a hospital checkup and US stay.
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Endre Marton
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Jordan
Hussein
White House
Nixon
West Bank
Oval Office
U.S
William P. Rogers
Walter Reed Hospital
United States
Israel
Soviet Union
Husein
Washington
Congress
Power line talks in New Mexico hearing days set
The New Mexico Public Service Commission scheduled four days of hearings on Public Service Co of New Mexico Line, a 160 mile 345000 volt transmission from the San Juan plant to Medanales, with a 20 route segment network and Sierra Club as only intervenor against the NM line.
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Santa Fe, N.M
New Mexico
New
San Juan
Arizona
New Mexico Public Service Commission
Public Service Co
Tucson Gas and Electric Co
Farmington
Sierra Club
State Planning Office
Tg&e
Medanales
Espanola
Los Alamos
Santa Fe
Taos
Las Vegas
New Mexico Democrats Gather in Albuquerque for Platform Convention
Democrats meet Friday and Saturday in Albuquerque to craft the 1972 state platform. The credentials committee convenes at 9:30 a.m. Friday at the Four Seasons Motel to certify delegates, then platform hearings at 5 p.m. and resolutions at 6 p.m. The convention starts 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Highland High School, with Chairman Mike Anaya aiming to finish by early afternoon.
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Santa FE
N.M
New Mexico
Democrats
Albuquerque
Four Seasons
Highland High School
Mike Anaya
Soledad Brothers cleared by all white jury in Mills slaying case
Juror says there was no case against Fleeta Drumgo and John Clutchette as the all white jury acquitted them 26 months after guard John Mills was killed at Soledad Prison. The trial linked to Angela Davis and the Marin County Civic Center shootout, with prosecutors alleging witnesses were promises of reward.
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Angela Davis
San Francisco
Calif
Soledad Brothers
Miss Davis
San Jose
San Rafael
George Jackson
Harris
Jackson
Soledad
California
Superior Court
Harold Haley
Haley
Jonathan Jackson
James McClain
McClain
William Christmas
John Callahan
Callahan
John Mills
Fleeta Drumgo
John Clutchette
Drumgo
Clutchette
Mills
S. Lee Vavaris
Marin County
San Quentin
Clatchette
Monterey County
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Angelas
Jonathan
Roswell and Vicinity
Austin
Tex
Barbara Jordan
Houston
Texas Senate
Senate
Miss Jordan
Commerce Department
Mountainaire
Regional Urban Affairs Council
House
Colin Frost
Dublin
Ian Paisley
Whitelaw
Vanguard
King Hussein
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