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Monday D-Day for Manson
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 7 – Hippie “high priest” Charles Manson, charged with masterminding the slayings of actress Sharon Tate and six others, will appear in Los Angeles Superior Court Monday for setting of a trial date. Haggard, disheveled and complaining […]
Manson Tactics – Legal Ploy to Unite Accused
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 6 – From his County Jail lodgings, Charles Manson still directs his loyal hippie “Family” with the verve of old, while plotting a courtroom coup which might have stunning repercussions. It becomes clear now that, far from […]
Manson Asks Superior Court To Dismiss Multi Slaying Charges
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 6 – Charles M. Manson, long-haired leader of a hippie-type cult, wants Superior Court to dismiss murder-conspiracy charges against him in seven slayings last summer on grounds there is insufficient evidence to link him to the killings. […]
Manson Planning Courtroom Coup
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 6 – Even in jail, Charles Manson still directs his loyal “family” while he plots a courtroom coup which could get him out from under charges that he directed the Sharon Tate mass murders. Until now, Manson […]
Women in Love: Susan Atkins
THE KILLING OF SHARON TATE by Lawrence Schiller (New American Library, 126 pp. $1). The eyes of a terribly frightened girl are on the cover; the title is printed in orange on black. In a slash of yellow across the […]
Tate Murder Informant’s Trial Put Off to at Least March 30
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 4 — Susan Denise Atkins, wearing a purple minidress with a “V” neckline that plunged to her waist, had her trial for the Tate-LaBianca murders put off yesterday until March 30 at the earliest. Miss Atkins, 21, […]
Susan Atkins’ Murder Trial Postponed
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 4 – Wearing a purple minidress with a “V” neckline that plunged to her waist. Susan Denise Atkins Tuesday waived her right to a quick trial and will face seven counts of murder in the Tate-Labianca killings […]
Hippie Cult Figure Found In Film Scene
INDEPENDENCE, Calif., Feb. 4 – One of the minor figures in the Charles Manson hippie cult case is back in Inyo County jail, awaiting court action on a charge of receiving stolen goods. He was Bruce McGregor Davis, transported from […]
‘Informer Susan’ Wins Trial Delay
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 3 – Wearing a purple dress with a deep plunging neckline, Susan Atkins, the informer in the Tate-LaBianca murders, today won a delay in her case until March 30 in Los Angeles Superior Court. Smiling and appearing […]
Witnesses To Refute Susan, Manson Claims
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 3 – Charles Manson, accused mastermind in the slayings of actress Sharon Tate and six others, said in an exclusive jailhouse interview Monday that none of his “family” members will back up the story told by informer […]
Manson Doubts Case Will Get To Court
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 3 – Charles Manson asserts that he will get the whole “bag of tools” he needs for prying his path through the complexities of the courts, IF his case ever progresses to the point of trial. But […]
Drug Expert Says Manson Tripped On Sex, Mysticism
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 1 – A University of California drug expert said accused murderer-guru Charles Manson and his love cult “family” weren’t tripped out on narcotics, but on sex and mysticism. Dr. David E. Smith, founder of the free clinic […]
Jailmate’s View: Manson Shows Himself Superior
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 1 – In a large room sprinkled with blue-clad men, a slender, muscular figure holds the rapt attention of a five-men audience. With a deft, slashing movement of his arms, followed swiftly by a well-executed face-high kick, […]
Manson Clan is Not Doing Well
CHATSWORTH, Jan. 31 – Things haven’t been going well for the “family” of Charles Manson since his arrest in the Sharon Tate and LaBianca cases. Take, for example, the plight of Manson clan member Bruce Davis when he agreed to […]
Manson Will Tell It All – In Song
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 31 – Charles Miles Manson, the long-haired hippie leader charged with masterminding the Tate and LaBianca murders, will tell his story to the world in song — not words — he said Friday in an exclusive interview […]
Ashland Police Seek Manson’s Whereabouts When Uncle Killed
ASHLAND, Ky., Jan. 30 — Where was Charles M. Manson — a key figure in the slaying of a Hollywood starlet and four friends — when his uncle was stabbed to death here last May 27? Police Chief Lewis Mutters […]
Judge Curbs Defiant Manson
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 29 – Charles Manson, complaining he hasn’t had enough time to prepare his case, hasn’t been allowed to talk to witnesses and has been harassed by deputies in his County Jail cell, refused Wednesday to enter a […]
Manson, Planning Defense, Said Readying Surprise
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 28 – In the law library of the Los Angeles County Central Jail, a short, slight man pores over legal tomes and makes notes. It takes a lot of time. He has only a fifth-grade education and […]
Beausoleil Retrial Set for Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 24 – The retrial of 21-year-old Robert Beausoleil for the July, 1969 slaying of Malibu musician Gary Hinman, 34, will be held in Los Angeles, Superior Court Judge William B. Keene ruled Friday. Keene turned down a […]
No Public Funds for Defendant
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 24 – No public funds will be used to pay attorney’s fees for Susan Denise Atkins, charged with the murders of actress Sharon Tate and seven others, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge said Friday. Presiding Judge […]
