Wilkins Retires as NAACP Leader at 75 in St Louis
Roy Wilkins said farewell to NAACP leadership after 22 years at the 68th annual convention in St Louis. He will be succeeded Aug 1 by Benjamin Hooks and vowed to remain active in the civil rights struggle. President Carter sent greeting praising him as a voice for calm and reason.
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Wilkins
Missouri
Joseph P. Teasdale
St. Louis
Benjamin Hooks
Federal Communications Commission
Carter
Minnie
Fifth Psychiatrist Gives Testimony For Van Houten
In Los Angeles UPI Leslie Van Houten’s retrial hears Dr. Michael Coburn testify the Manson group shared folie a famille a syndrome causing uncontrollable impulses. He says she was psychologically crippled during the LaBianca murders, opposing Dr. Fort’s views. Trial nears jury verdict.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Leslie van Houten
Charles Manson
Michael Coburn
Miss van Houten
Leno
Rosemary LaBianca
Coburn
Cas
Joel Fort
Maxwell Keith
Stephen Kay
Kay
Keith
Sharon Tate
Bel Air
Manson
Tate
Search For Girl Scout Killer Slows in Locust Grove
The hunt for Gene Leroy Hart, 33, accused of killing three Girl Scouts in June 1976, has slowed as Oklahoma authorities reduce trooper presence from 50 to 15 and call off National Guard air support and search dogs.
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Locust Grove
Okla
UPI
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
National Guard
Pennsylvania
Gene Leroy Hart
Hart
Mayes County
Lori Lee Farmer
Michelle Guse
Doris Denise Milner
Kenneth van Hoy
Assi
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Savoy Chapel
London
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Ft. Harrison and
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