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Key Witness Recounts Night Of Tate Murders
LOS ANGELES, Jul. 29 – “I ran toward the house. There was a man who entered out of the door. He had blood all over his face. We looked into each other’s eyes for a minute and I said ‘Oh […]
Linda Kasabian Testifies for Prosecution in Manson Trials – Will Tell of Slayings
LOS ANGELES, Jul. 28 – Prosecution star witness Linda Kasabian took the witness stand yesterday and said she wanted to tell the story of the Tate-LaBianca murders because “I feel the truth should be spoken.” Mrs. Kasabian, a demure, pig-tailed […]
Linda Kasabian Describes Sex Orgy, Manson’s Power
LOS ANGELES, Jul. 28 – “If you’re willing to be killed, you should be willing to kill.” Quoting hippie cultist Charles Manson, the chief prosecution witness in the Tate-LaBianca murder case today detailed the power the leader of the Manson […]
Kasabian Story Told To Jury
LOS ANGELES, Jul. 27 – The state’s only alleged eyewitness to the Sharon Tate murders was scheduled to testify under courtroom guard today against Charles Manson and three female members of his “family.” Linda Kasabian, 20, who will be granted […]
Manson Displays Contempt as Murder Trial Begins
LOS ANGELES, Jul. 26 – Charles Manson used a razor blade and a pencil to demonstrate his absolute contempt for straight society as the prosecution opened its case in the Tate-LaBianca murder trial. The 35-year-old cult chieftain, wearing rumpled jail […]
Prosecutor Claims Manson Wanted to Spark Race War
LOS ANGELES, Jul. 25 – With a Beatles song spinning in his mind, Charles M. Manson ordered the murders of actress Sharon Tate and six others in hopes of igniting a black-white war, the state says. “To Manson, ‘Helter-Skelter,’ the […]
Manson Sought A Racial War
LOS ANGELES, Jul. 25 – Cultist Charles Manson tried to start a race war with mass murder on two bloody nights last summer when his followers killed seven persons, the prosecution charged yesterday in the Tate-La Bianca trial. Los Angeles […]
Link Massacre to Beatles Song
LOS ANGELES, Jul. 24 – The prosecution said today that Charles M. Manson, inspired by a song by the Beatles, ordered the murders of actress Sharon Tate and six others in order to start a “black-white revolution.” “He believed the […]
Judge Releases Manson Girl for Testifying
LOS ANGELES, Jul. 24 – Mary Brunner, the first member of Charles Manson’s “family,” the mother of his child and an admitted murderess, walked out of Los Angeles Superior Court Thursday a free woman. The Wisconsin University librarian, indicted for […]
Beatles Song Inspired Tate Murders, Says D.A.
LOS ANGELES, Jul. 24 – The state said today that Charles M. Manson, inspired by a song by the Beatles, ordered the murders of actress Sharon Tate and six others in order to start a “black – white revolution.” “He […]
Testimony to Start in Tate Trial
LOS ANGELES, Jul. 23 – Charles Manson — is he the world’s hottest lover or the world’s coldest killer? Beginning Friday, the — and especially seven men and five women sitting in the jury box — will begin to find […]
Judge Hears Testimony on Immunity in Hinman Case
LOS ANGELES, Jul. 23 – A Superior Court judge yesterday heard testimony on whether Mary Brunner, member of Charles Manson’s clan, was in fact granted immunity from prosecution for the murder of musician Gary Hinman. Judge Kathleen Parker recessed the […]
First Testimony Expected Tomorrow in Manson Trial
LOS ANGELES, Jul. 23 – Six alternate jurors have been sworn in for the Charles Manson murder trial and testimony is scheduled to get under way tomorrow. Trial Judge Charles H. Older granted the delay after the swearing-in on Tuesday […]
Testimony In Tate Case To Be Bizarre
LOS ANGELES, Jul. 22 – The state says it knows why beautiful actress Sharon Tate and six others were slain last August, and “the motive is even more bizarre than the killings themselves.” That motive, Deputy Dist. Atty. Vincent Bugliosi […]
Prosecution Opens Case In Manson Trial
LOS ANGELES, Jul. 22 – The Prosecution opens its case against the “Manson Family” Friday with a parade of witnesses including one young woman member of the hippie cult said to have acted as a “lookout” during the Sharon Tate-LaBianca […]
Reporter Subpoenaed by Defense in Manson Trial
LOS ANGELES, Jul. 21 – The Charles Manson trial took a new twist yesterday as the defense subpoenaed a newspaper reporter in an effort to find the source of one of her stories. The subpoena was served on Mrs. Mary […]
Manson Yells Defiance
LOS ANGELES, Jul. 21 – Cult leader Charles Manson took a verbal skip at the establishment Monday in the Tate-Labianca murder trial as the prosecution exercised peremptory challenges delaying final jury selection. Manson, 35, accused mastermind of the seven slayings, […]
Miss Brunner Seeks to Win Freedom
LOS ANGELES, Jul. 19 – Mary Brunner, 26, former University of Wisconsin librarian, will argue for her freedom from a murder charge in Superior Court Wednesday. Miss Brunner, a member of a clan of young persons led by Charles Manson, […]
Manson and ‘Family’ — Trial Begins This Week
LOS ANGELES, Jul. 19 – His long, brown hair hangs to his shoulders — snarled and unkempt, hiding his face. His beard, at times clean cropped but more often growing uninhibited by a razor, shields a youthful face. Spectators and […]
Lawyer Out In Tate Trial
LOS ANGELES, Jul. 18 – The youngest of the three female defendants at the Tate murder trial fired her “square” lawyer yesterday and replaced him with an attorney who has just been admitted to the bar and has never handled […]
