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Officer Will Retire After 7 Years of Airing ‘Dirty Linen’
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 28 – For the last 25 years, Lt. Bob Helder has worked for the Los Angeles Police Department; claiming no other credit than “being a good cop.” He has had to be. Helder occupies what some say […]
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 […]
Three Arraigned in Plot to Kidnap Consul General
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 12 – Three persons were arraigned Monday in Los Angeles federal court on charges they plotted to free a convicted airline hijacker and another man from Los Angeles County Jail by kidnapping a consul general. A U.S. […]
FBI Arrests Girl, Foils Plot to Kidnap Foreign Diplomat
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 10 – FBI agents arrested a Manson family girl Saturday to foil what they said was a jail-hatched plot to kidnap a foreign diplomat here. Maria Theresa Alonzo, 22, still bearing the “X” mark that Manson followers […]
Manson Ex-Followers Married Inside Folsom
FOLSOM, CA, Jan. 30 – The bells were ringing at Folsom Prison but they weren’t touched off by an escape attempt. They were wedding bells. Catherine Share and Kenneth D. Como, both former apostles of Charles Manson, were one of […]
Active Week at Prison: Suicide, Escape and Attempt
FOLSOM, Jan. 30 – Folsom Prison had its share of incidents this past week — a suicide, an escape, and an escape attempt. Friday night, guards in the security housing unit discovered the body of an inmate sitting on the […]
Jury Seated, Prosecution Opens in Willett Murder Case
SANTA ROSA, Jan. 24 – Dist. Atty. John W. Hawkes began outlining his case to the jury in the James Willett murder trial today. The prosecutor’s opening statement and testimony from the first witness got underway this morning after attorneys […]
Press Hit, ‘Gag Rule’ Imposed in the Willett Murder Trial
SANTA ROSA, Jan. 20 – A defense demand for change of venue on grounds of recent prejudicial publicity prompted Superior Court Judge Kenneth Eymann to impose a strict gag rule in the James Willett murder trial Friday. Public Defender Marteen […]
Murder Suspects Plan to Wed …in Jail
SANTA ROSA, Jan. 17 – Nancy Pittman exchanged loving glances yesterday with her fiance, Michael Lee Monfort. The two will be married soon, a friend said, in an unusual double wedding ceremony. In the Sonoma County Jail. Miss Pittman, 25, […]
Manson Case Seeks Office
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 14 – Former Deputy District Attorney Vincent T. Bugliosi, who prosecuted the Charles Manson “family” for the Sharon Tate murders, announced yesterday he is a candidate for the Democratic nomination for state-attorney general. Bugliosi resigned his prosecutor’s […]
Manson Attorney Sues LA County For Big Fee
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 13 — Attorney Irving A. Kanarek has filed suit in Superior Court seeking $49,150 for his courtroom representation of convicted murderer Charles Manson in 1969. Kanarek said in his suit that Los Angeles County owed him the […]
Kanarek Pay Rejected
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 — The Supreme Court today rejected the claim of an attorney who represented Charles Manson at his Los Angeles murder trial for compensation out of public funds. Manson chose Irving H. Kanarek as his lawyer after turning […]
Two Attorneys Sue Reporter for Silence in Manson Leak
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 2 – When reporter William T. Farr got an exclusive story during the Manson Family murder trial, despite a court gag rule, six attorneys came under suspicion as the possible source of the leak, and Farr went […]
Manson a ‘Loner’ at Folsom
FOLSOM, Calif., Oct 25 – Charles Manson, described during his Los Angeles murder trial as having near-hypnotic influence over his followers, now is a “loner” convict who rarely leaves his cell at Folsom Prison, according to a spokesman. “Manson pretty […]
Kanarek Says Bugliosi Leaked News
REDONDO BEACH, Oct. 17 – Defense attorney Irving Kanarek Thursday named Vincent Bugliosi as one of the men responsible for news leaks during the Charles Manson trial. Speaking to members of the SouthWest Press Association in Redondo Beach, Kanarek called […]
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 […]
