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Nixon Censure Denied by Judge in Manson Trial
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 4 – A barrage of legal motions, including one to censure the President of the United States, threw the murder trial of cultist Charles Manson and three of his followers into an uproar today. The motions, all […]
Nixon Backs off From Calling Manson Guilty
WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 – President Nixon has backed away from an off-the-cuff comment that Charles Manson, the California hippie-cult leader, was guilty, directly or indirectly, of “eight murders without reason.” While Air Force One circled Washington for nearly a half […]
Manson Denied Mistrial Due to Nixon’s Remarks
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 4 – Superior Court Judge Charles H. Older yesterday refused to grant a mistrial for Charles Manson and three followers after defense attorneys complained of President Richard Nixon’s remarks about the case. President Richard Nixon Says Charles […]
Linda Kasabian On Stand For Third Day Of Cross-Examination in Manson Murder Trial
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 4 – Linda Kasabian, the prosecution’s key witness in the Charles Manson trial, withstood her third day of intense cross-examination yesterday without changing her story of the Tate-LaBianca murders. Earlier, a Miami woman testified Mrs. Kasabian, 21, […]
Manson, ‘Family’ Not Moved by Testimony
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 3 – The three long-haired girls in jail uniforms giggle and whisper at times while Charles M. Manson strokes his beard and makes funny faces at an artist drawing his picture. At moments, the defendants in the […]
Companion Calls Linda a Liar
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 3 – A woman with whom Linda Kasabian, chief prosecution witness in the Tate-LaBianca murder trial, lived after the killings testified today that Mrs. Kasabian was a “liar” and a constant user of narcotics. Mrs. June Emmer […]
Manson Family Still Makes Garbage Run
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 2 – The remnants of the Charles Manson family continue to live amid the bouldered slopes and sylvan caves and waterfalls of the Spahn movie ranch, about 30 miles from downtown Los Angeles. “We’re still singing, we […]
She Loved ‘Messiah’ Manson, Linda Says
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 1 – The star prosecution witness in the Tate-La Bianca murder case, whose testimony could send Charles Manson to the gas chamber, Friday testified she loved him and considered him “the Messiah, come again.” Twenty-one year old […]
Thought Manson Was ‘Love, Truth’ But Grew To Fear Him, Linda Says
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 1 – Linda Kasabian, whose testimony could send Charles Manson to the gas chamber, said yesterday she had “loved Charlie” when she first came to his “family” and thought he was what she always had been looking […]
Circuit Court Delays Extradition Of Watson
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 1 – The U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals Friday threw another two week delay into California’s attempts to extradite Charles Watson from Texas. Watson, charged in California’s Tate – LaBianca murders, began his ninth month in […]
Manson ‘a Second Christ’ to Linda, She Tells Jury
LOS ANGELES, Jul. 31 – The chief prosecution witness in the Tate-LaBianca murder case testified today that she felt cult leader Charles Manson was “the Messiah…the second coming of Christ.” The dramatic testimony came under grueling cross-examination of Linda Kasabian, […]
Manson Pal Watson Wins More Time
NEW ORLEANS, Jul. 31 – The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has at least temporarily blocked the extradition of a defendant in the Sharon Tate murder case, now being fried in California. The appellate court today agreed to hear […]
Linda Kasabian Testifies Manson Ordered Her to Kill Actor
LOS ANGELES, Jul. 31 – Cross examination of star prosecution witness Linda Kasabian got under way yesterday after the young woman testified Charles Manson gave her direct orders to kill an actor who lived in Venice. It was the first […]
Manson Case Attorneys Freed After Night in Jail
LOS ANGELES, Jul. 31 – Defense attorneys Irving Kanarek and Ronald Hughes, who represent principals in the Tate-LaBianca murder trial, were released yesterday from Central Jail where they spent the night for contempt. The two attorneys were cited for contempt […]
Linda Says Manson Sent Her To Murder A Friend
LOS ANGELES, Jul. 30 – Hippie leader Charles Manson instructed Linda Kasabian, chief prosecution witness against him, on how to murder a casual friend, she testified today as the hippie leader sat staring at her in Los Angeles Superior Court. […]
Linda Kasabian, Former Manson Follower, Testifies LaBiancas Given Assurance They Wouldn’t Be Harmed
LOS ANGELES, Jul. 30 – Accused murder mastermind Charles Manson told the slayers of Leno and Rosemary LaBianca, “don’t let them know that you’re going to kill them,” chief prosecution witness Linda Kasabian said yesterday. Mrs. Kasabian, one-time member of […]
Suit Filed in Frykowsky Son’s Behalf
LOS ANGELES, Jul. 30 – Another multi-million dollar wrongful death suit was filed yesterday against Charles Manson and four of his followers over the mass murders at the home of actress Sharon Tate nearly a year ago. The latest suit […]
Two Attorneys in Manson Trial Hauled Off to Jail
LOS ANGELES, Jul. 30 – Two defense attorneys in the Charles Manson murder trial were cited for contempt of court yesterday and hauled off to jail, where they were to spend the night. The lawyers are Irving A. Kanarek 51, […]
Horror Piles On Horror As Linda Goes On
LOS ANGELES, Jul. 29 – The dark, blood-stained clothing used in the murders of Actress Sharon Tate and four others in her Benedict Canyon home was introduced today as the grim story of the massacre murders continued to unfold in […]
Linda Tells Of Screams In Darkness As Death Struck Tate Mansion
LOS ANGELES, Jul. 29 – Screams pierced the darkness, Linda Kasabian said, as a man, blood streaming from his wounds, stumbled from actress Sharon Tate’s hilltop mansion across the lawn. “We looked into each other’s eyes for a moment, and […]
