Tucson eyes Spanish tone for 1976 bicentennial events
Tucson officials push a Spanish heritage kickoff for the national bicentennial. Councilman Emmett McLoughlin seeks a De Anza reenactment and coordinates with national coordinators. Local groups led by Rev Kieran McCarty and the Pioneer Historical Society plan through the Tucson Historical Committee.
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Tucson
Emmett McLoughlin
Charles F. Goodspeed
McLoughlin
Pioneer Historical Society
Goodspeed
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Gordspeed
William J. DeLong
En City
Magee Opens Rampage Disrupts Angela Davis Trial
San Quentin lifer Ruchell Magee, the “other defendant” in Angela Davis’s murder case, slugged his defense attorney and shouted at a judge before being removed to a holding cell. Charged in the Marin County courthouse gun battle, Magee faces life if convicted. jury sequestering plans were announced as proceedings resumed.
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Angela Davis
Guinb
Magee
Miss Davis
Marin County
Superior Court
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Robert Carrow
Rommel Bondoc
Carrow
Colvin
Veniremen
Harold J. Haley
San Rafael
Edwards Defends Police Probe After Southern University Deaths
Gov. Edwin Edwards denied claims of mob violence by police and pledged to prosecute officers if found to have fired on Southern University students during the campus deaths. A black investigating panel will review the incident amid racial tensions in Baton Rouge.
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Baton Rouge
Edwin Edwards
Southern University
Bvo
Reporter Farr Returned To Jail In Contempt Case
Los Angeles Times reporter William T. Farr was sent back to jail for an indefinite contempt sentence after accusing two unnamed attorneys in the Manson murder case of perjury in court. Judge Charles H. Older denied a stay, noting possible martyrdom or an under the table deal, as Farr faced iner hours in jail.
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LOS Angeles
Los Angeles Times
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Manson
Los Angeles County Superior Court
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Farr
Older
Mark EF. Hurwitz
Pontiac High School shooting leads to juvenile arrest
A 16 year old surrendered to Pontiac police and was charged in juvenile court with felonious assault for the shooting at Pontiac Central High School. Five students were struck, one in serious condition after surgery. witnesses identified the suspect from yearbook photos. The incident followed a confrontation between black and white students in the school courtyard.
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Pontiac. Mich
Pontiac Central High School
Capi
Ray Meggitt
Meggitt
Timothy Williams
James Lamear
Dale Miller
Shooting at Courtyard Sparks Schoolwide Tension Return
Police report two black youths fired a pistol in a courtyard at a school as 40 to 50 students watched. Wounded 16 year old Kathy Winton described hearing two loud Pops and bleeding from her leg. District official Clem Cleveland notes past tensions echoing but claims calm has returned.
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Lamear
Clem Cleveland
Cleveland
Kathy Winton
Consumers Union Backs Legal Marijuana Mexico Style
Consumers Union, the nonprofit product testing group, urged legalizing marijuana and replacing laws with controls on cultivation production and marketing. It calls for release of those jailed for selling or possessing marijuana and cautions no drug is harmless to all users while endorsing controlled maintenance programs for hard drugs and alcohol warnings.
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Washington
Ap) Consumers Union
Dog survives 30 foot plunge into San Francisco Bay
Daniel Brown’s truck on the San Mateo Bridge allowed his dog to jump into the bay. Tow operator Homer Ellen rescued the exhausted animal, lowering himself on a tow cable to reach the dog. Brown shouted that the dog is vicious, but the rescue succeeded.
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Redwood City
Calif
Daniel Brown
San Mateo
San Francisco Bay
Homer Ellen
Ellett
Brown
Mystery safe at Flamingo yields nothing new on Bugsy Siegel
In Las Vegas investigators opened the hidden floor safe beneath the Flamingo Hotel. The empty container sparked no clues about Bugsy Siegel or his associates. Officials noted the safe likely has no connection to Siegel’s 1947 murder.
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UPI
Murder Inc
Bugsy Siegel
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Riegel
Clark County Sheriff's Department
State Gaming Control Board
Art Tetfinger
Frank
Bugsy
Vasino
Beverly Hills
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