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Manson Security Eased A Bit
VACAVILLE, Sept. 18 – State prison officials have slightly relaxed security for convicted mass murderer Charles Manson, allowing him to mix with other convicts for the first time. “He has, in the last couple of weeks, been moved from ultra-maximum […]
Bugliosi Effort to Quash Perjury Charges Fails
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 7 – Attorney Vincent T. Bugliosi’s second attempt to have perjury charges against him dismissed prior to his Sept. 25 trial was turned down Friday by Superior Judge Earl C. Broady. Bugliosi and Daye Shinn, chief prosecutor […]
Former Disciple Tells About Life in Manson ‘Family’
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 28 — Some of the original members of Charles Manson’s “family” are still operating, says Brooks Poston, one of the very few Manson members who managed to escape Manson’s clutches. “The girls are in control of the […]
Sept. 25 Trial Set for Bugliosi, Shinn
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 28 – Los Angeles County Superior Judge Earl C. Broady Tuesday refused to dismiss perjury charges against attorneys Vincent T. Bugliosi and Daye Shinn, accused of denying under oath they gave information to newsman William Farr despite […]
Strange Legacy of the Sharon Tate Murders
Aug. 18 – On a lazy August weekend five years ago, they found the bodies – hacked, beaten, grotesque. The first four, including that of gorgeous movie star Sharon Tate, were discovered Saturday morning, Aug. 9, and while newspapers around […]
Decision Delayed on Shinn, Bugliosi Motion
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 17 – A move to dismiss perjury charges against attorneys Vincent T. Bugliosi and Daye Shinn was postponed Friday until Aug. 27, by Superior Judge Earl C. Broady, who said he needed more time to read briefs. […]
Jury Transcript Shows Basis for Indictments in Farr Case
LOS ANGELES, Jul. 12 – The 1973-74 Los Angeles County Grand Jury chose one version of Vincent Bugliosi’s involvement in handing information to reporter William Farr despite a court gag order over the lawyer’s own sharply different account, and pieced […]
Shinn Arraigned, Denies Perjuring Self in Farr Case
LOS ANGELES, Jul. 9 – Daye Shinn, a defense attorney In the 1970 Charles Manson murder trial, Monday pleaded innocent to charges he committed perjury three times in denying he gave newsman William Farr information despite a court gag order. […]
Judges Defend Jury Probe of Two Lawyers in Manson Case
LOS ANGELES, Jul. 4 – The defunct 1973-74 Los Angeles County Grand Jury spent its final eight days in a controversial investigation, questioned by some as redundant, which resulted in the indictment of two lawyers on perjury charges. The indictments […]
Bugliosi Surrenders on Indictment, Enters ‘Not Guilty’ Plea
LOS ANGELES, Jul. 2 – Times reporter William Farr was cleared today of contempt of the grand jury and of court for refusing to answer six questions put to him last week during investigation of perjury charges against two attorneys. […]
Bugliosi and Shinn Indicted on Perjury Charges in Farr Case
LOS ANGELES, Jun. 29 – Vincent T. Bugliosi, unsuccessful candidate for district attorney and for state attorney general, and Daye Shinn were indicted for perjury Friday by the Los Angeles County Grand Jury in the last official act of its […]
Theft Suspects Kill Golfer
LOS ANGELES, May 26 – A dentist was shot to death on the eighth hole of the Western Ave. Golf Course in Lennox Saturday during a robbery attempt by two young men with a rifle, police said. The dentist, Gilbert […]
Younger Dropped From Suit Filed in Farr Case
LOS ANGELES, May 23 – State Atty. Gen. Evelle J. Younger was dismissed Wednesday as a defendant in the $24 million libel suit filed by Irving Kanarek and Paul Fitzgerald, two attorneys in the 1970 Charles Manson murder trial. The […]
Attorney Says Bugliosi Is Liar, Unfit for Office
LOS ANGELES, May 8 – In a scathing personal attack, attorney George V. Denny III Tuesday accused Vincent T. Bugliosi, candidate for attorney general, of lying to the public, press and police and conspiring to fabricate false evidence. Denny told […]
Transcript Indicates Bugliosi Lied in Manson Case, Foe Says
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 24 – William Norris, a Democratic candidate for attorney general, Tuesday released a transcript of sworn testimony which he said “casts the gravest suspicions” that his primary opponent, Vincent Bugliosi, lied to the Manson trial judge when […]
11 Types of Slayers Now Face Death
SACRAMENTO, Sept. 25 – The death penalty will be mandatory in California for 11 categories of murder beginning Jan. 1, 1974, under a law signed Monday by Gov. Reagan. Some legal experts, including state Atty. Gen. Evelle Younger, say four […]
‘Manson’ Falls Short As Film Documentary
Sept. 6 – “Manson” is a sort-of documentary by American International on the murdering Charles Manson Family of California. It’s at the Kensington and Towne, rated “R” and twin-billed with the rerun “Wild in the Streets.” “Manson” uses television film […]
Murder Conviction Appealed
SAN FRANCISCO, Jul. 27 — Charles Manson “family” member Robert Beausoleil has filed a petition with the California Supreme Co. asking for a reversal of his conviction on a first-degree murder charge. Beausoleil filed a request for a hearing Thursday, […]
Notorious Ranch to Get New Life
LOS ANGELES, Jul. 15 – Just four years ago, Charles Manson and members of his “family” were sitting at the Spahn Movie Ranch, planning the Tate-LaBianca murders. For decades before August, 1969 the ranch existed in peaceful anonymity. In the […]
Sells Salon of Hair Stylist Slain By Manson Gang
LOS ANGELES, Jun. 3 – The late Jay Sebring’s hair-styling salon, once a hub of the Los Angeles jet-set, has been sold and will be converted to sales offices. The salon, at 723-729 N. Fairfax Blvd., was sold Friday for […]
