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Charles Manson Keeps Tight Hold On Hippie ‘Family’
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 27 – Three months in Los Angeles county jail have only increased the hold of Charles Manson over his hippie “family,” who are accused with him of murdering at least seven persons last year. Mr. Manson, aged […]
Manson Family Member Faces March Hearing
BISHOP, Calif., Feb. 27 – A member of the Charles Manson family, Bruce McGregor Davis, 27, faces a preliminary hearing before U.S. Commissioner Boyd Taylor here March 10 following his arraignment on a charge of violating federal firearms laws. Davis […]
You’ll Die, Tate Case Figure Told
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 25 – Despite threats against her life, Shelley Joyce Nadell says she intends to testify as a key witness in the murder trial of Charles Manson and his followers. Mrs. Nadell, 31, talked in a copyrighted television […]
Tate Case Girl Files 2 Motions
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 25 – Patricia Krenwinkel, emulating the alleged mastermind of the Sharon Tate murders, requested permission yesterday to act as her own attorney to fight seven murder charges against her. Miss Krenwinkel, 22, who was indicted for the […]
Warrant Given Inyo Officials In Manson Case
INDEPENDENCE, Calif., Feb. 24 – A federal warrant charging Bruce McGregor Davis, a figure in the Charles Manson case, with a federal firearms violation, has been received by officials of Inyo County, where he is being held on a stolen […]
Manson Cult Woman Asks to Defend Self
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 24 – The fifth of six cultists charged in the murder of actress Sharon Tate and six others faced arraignment today in Los Angeles Superior Court and asked to be her own attorney. Following the lead of […]
Miss Krenwinkel Back in L.A. To Await Tuesday Arraignment
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 21 – A taciturn Patricia Krenwinkel Friday night was brought back from Mobile to face murder and conspiracy charges in the macabre murders of actress Sharon Tate and six others. Miss Krenwinkel, 22, stepped off of Eastern […]
Manson’s Way With Women in His Cult
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 20 – “You want to know what a ‘real’ woman is?” Charles Manson, accused mastermind behind the Tate and LaBianca killings asks. “A real woman is like this: She’ll tell you she loves you and will do […]
Tate Figure Arrested, Released
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 20 – Steven Grogan, accused by a defendant in the Tate-LaBianca slayings of going to the LaBianca home the night of the killings, was arrested in court Thursday by officers who said he appeared under the influence […]
Manson Associate Arrested on Drug Charges, Freed
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 20 – An associate of Charles Manson was arrested in a courtroom on suspicion of being under the influence of drugs Thursday when he showed up in what prosecutors suspected was a narcotic-induced stupor. He was not […]
Tate Case Defendant Labeled State Witness
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 19 – A Los Angeles attorney retained to defend one of six persons accused of the murder of grocery chain executive Leno LaBianca and his wife said Wednesday he views another defendant in the case as a […]
Author Denies Manson Was Target of Skit
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 18 – Charles Manson wasn’t lampooned in a skit played before judges and lawyers, the skit’s author said Tuesday. The real targets of the satire were members of the legal profession, he added. And, according to others […]
L.A. Police to Probe Tate-Type Massacre
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 18 – Los Angeles police Tuesday said they would investigate similarities between the so-called “ritualistic murders” of three persons in North Carolina and the massacre murders of actress Sharon Tate and six other persons. Although refusing to […]
Appeal Accusing Judge in Manson Case Is Denied
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 18 – The State Court of Appeal denied without comment Tuesday a petition which accused the judge who will try Charles Manson for the Sharon Tate murders of viewing a skit called “One Manson’s Family.” Marvin L. […]
California To Get Patricia Krenwinkel
MOBILE, Ala., Feb. 18 – Dist. Atty. Carl Booth says he will notify California authorities today that Patricia Krenwinkel plans no further efforts to block extradition to stand trial in the Sharon Tate mass murder case. Booth said Monday night […]
Manson Venue Change Denied
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 17 – A judge said Monday that publicity about the Sharon Tate murders would not make it impossible for Charles Manson to get a fair trial here. He denied a request to change the trial site. Manson, […]
Watson Directed To Return To California
McKINNEY, Tex., Feb. 17 – Charles Watson looked more like the high school football hero he used to be than the person charged with taking part in the Sharon Tate murders. When he arrived in the courtroom Monday he wore […]
Judge Saw Manson Lampoon, Plea Says
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 17 – A petition filed Monday in the State Court of Appeal charges the judge assigned to Charles Manson’s murder trial viewed a comedy skit lampooning the hippie cult leader titled “A Family That Slays Together, Stays […]
Watson Still Fighting Tate Case Extradition
McKINNEY, Tex., Feb. 16 – Charles Watson, a principal figure in the Sharon Tate slayings resumes his courtroom fight Monday against extradition to California. Attorneys for Watson, 24, of nearby Copeville, are seeking to invalidate Texas Gov. Preston Smith’s warrants […]
Principal Tate Case Witness Flees State
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 14 – Shirley Nadell, a principal witness in the Tate-LaBianca murder case, has fled California because of threats to her life, her attorney said Friday. Mrs. Nadell, 31, received the threats while in Sybil Brand Institute in […]
