January 1971

FRIDAY, JANUARY

01

1971

Manson Trial Interrupted By Follower Of Defendant

Artist Found in Contempt for Manson Trial Outbreak

MONDAY, JANUARY

04

1971

Manson's Defense Attorney Charges Case A 'Political Trial'

TUESDAY, JANUARY

05

1971

Manson Innocent, Attorney Asserts; Calls Trial Political

Trial Delay Granted For Three Followers

Manson Yells at Attorney; Claims He's Hurting Case

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY

06

1971

Manson Trial Drones Toward Last Stage Before Verdict

Manson Loses New Motion to Fire Defense Lawyers

Manson Clan Member Gives Birth To Boy

SATURDAY, JANUARY

09

1971

Tate Murder Trial Goes To Jury Next Week

MONDAY, JANUARY

11

1971

Pal of Manson Surrenders in A Slaving Plot

Tate Trial Delayed Once More

TUESDAY, JANUARY

12

1971

Keith Pleads For Innocence Of Manson's Three Girls

THURSDAY, JANUARY

14

1971

Manson Prosecutor Asserts Defendants Are 'Guilty as Sin' 

Closing Arguments at Tate Murder Trial Interrupted by Charles Manson's Growls

FRIDAY, JANUARY

15

1971

Prosecutor Final Summation Calls Manson a 'Warped Megalomaniac'

SATURDAY, JANUARY

16

1971

Manson Fate In Hands Of Jury

SUNDAY, JANUARY

17

1971

Manson Jurors Finish Day of Deliberation

Manson Friends Fail to Show for Loitering Trial

MONDAY, JANUARY

18

1971

Tate Jury in Deliberation Sifts Mass of Evidence

TUESDAY, JANUARY

19

1971

Request by Manson Jurors to Visit Murder Scenes Denied

Manson, Girl in Court on 2 Other Murders

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY

20

1971

Tension Mounts as Tate Jurors Ponder Verdict

THURSDAY, JANUARY

21

1971

Manson Waits Fate, in Blast at Lawyers

FRIDAY, JANUARY

22

1971

‘I Want You To Burn,’ Manson Tells America

Tate Witness Missing; Warrant Issued

Musician Is Tate Penalty Witness

SUNDAY, JANUARY

24

1971

Manson Jury Recesses in 'Circus Mood'

MONDAY, JANUARY

25

1971

Manson and Three Girls Guilty

Manson, 3 Girls Found Guilty

Three Manson Girls Keep Vigil, Sew ‘Charlie’s Vest’

TUESDAY, JANUARY

26

1971

MANSON VERDICT ALL GUILTY!: First-Degree Conviction on 27 Counts

Until Charlie Gets Out Girls Vow to Continue Vigil

Manson’s Followers Loyal: Female Group Says He’ll Go Free

The Manson Story: Love and Murder

The 'Family' Knew No Wrong

Manson, 3 Girls Found Guilty on Mass Murder Charges

Mother Tells Life of Manson as Boy

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY

27

1971

Manson: The ‘Why’ Remains

Vine Street Can Claim ‘Manson Started Here’

Susan to Testify of Being Tricked Into Confession

THURSDAY, JANUARY

28

1971

Judge Denies Insanity Plea for Krenwinkel

FRIDAY, JANUARY

29

1971

Manson Strikes, Shoves His Attorney in Court

Tate Juror 'Mentality' at Issue in Trial

Death Is Unlikely For Manson, Followers, Attorney Says

PUNCHES HIS LAWYER: Manson Ejected From Courtroom

SATURDAY, JANUARY

30

1971

Hinman Murder Testimony Barred at Manson Trial

Manson Penalty Trial Shortened

SUNDAY, JANUARY

31

1971

Ex-Tate Juror Tells Ordeal: 'Could Only Sit and Sit and'

February 1971

MONDAY, FEBRUARY

01

1971

Officer Tells Death 'Threat' by Susan

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY

02

1971

Manson Codefendant Shouts As Father Testifies

Leslie Van Houten's Mother Testifies

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY

03

1971

Cult Girl Tells How Manson Gathered Flock

Eight Manson Followers Guilty of Trespass

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY

04

1971

‘Family’ Member Says Life With Manson Was a Game

Manson Girl's Acid Trips Detailed

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY

05

1971

Watson Declared Sane, Must Stand Trial

Watson Found Competent to Stand Trial in Tate Slayings

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY

06

1971

'Love Babies,' Not Manson, Called Leaders by Witness

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY

07

1971

Bomb Threat Revealed in Tate Penalty Trial

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY

09

1971

Susan Confesses Murder; Sobbing Halts Testimony

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY

10

1971

Susan Admits Tate, Hinman Killings

Susan Atkins Admits Tate, Hinman Deaths

First Confession Forced - Susan

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY

11

1971

Susan Now Doubts That Manson Is 'Divine'

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY

12

1971

Role in 8 Slayings ‘Was No Big Thing’, Susan Atkins Says

'Killings Ain't No Big Thing,' Susan Testifies

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY

17

1971

Tate Jury Given OK to Go Home After 7 Months

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY

19

1971

Miss Krenwinkel Testifies That She Killed Two

Krenwinkel in 'Protest' From Stand

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY

20

1971

Laughing Cult Girl Tells of Murders

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY

23

1971

Leslie Van Houten Describes Role in Murder of LaBiancas

Cult Girl Unworried About Death Penalty

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY

24

1971

Tate Prosecutor Called to Stand in Penalty Trial

3 Manson Girls Contradicted by Linda Kasabian

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY

25

1971

Judge Cuts Charges in Doping Case

Linda Kasabian Back on Stand, Sticks to Her Manson Story

Linda Kasabian Sticks To Tate Story

Manson Witness: He’s Guilty Too

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY

26

1971

Lawyer Says DA's 'Deal' Should Save Susan Atkins

Psychiatrists To Give Opinions On LSD Use

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY

27

1971

$100,000 Income on Miss Atkins’ Tate Story Told at Trial

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY

28

1971

Manson Accuses Witness of Having Role in Killings

March 1971

MONDAY, MARCH

01

1971

Charles 'Tex' Watson Arraigned For Murders

TUESDAY, MARCH

02

1971

Tate Defendant Termed Mentally Ill

WEDNESDAY, MARCH

03

1971

Manson Family Pair Pleads Guilty

Psychiatrist’s Report Denied by Manson Girl

Patricia Krenwinkel Says She 'Feared, Loved' Manson

Death Penalty Winning Favor

THURSDAY, MARCH

04

1971

Psychiatrist Tells Effect of LSD on Manson Girl

FRIDAY, MARCH

05

1971

Manson Used LSD As Tool?

Berkeley To Vote On Splitting Police Department; Radical Groups Support Plan

SATURDAY, MARCH

06

1971

Younger To Testify In Tate Case

SUNDAY, MARCH

07

1971

Former Attorney Claims Susan Atkins Should Live

Defense Lawyers Say Tate-LaBianca Case Cost Them Money, Standing

MONDAY, MARCH

08

1971

Lawyer: Susan 'Liked' Execution

TUESDAY, MARCH

09

1971

DA Knew of Atkins' Confession to Paper

WEDNESDAY, MARCH

10

1971

Manson Plotted Routes Of Murder, Lawyer Says

Expert Changes Mind On Manson Role

THURSDAY, MARCH

11

1971

Younger Called To Stand in Manson Trial, Tells Of Deal For Susan Atkins Confession

FRIDAY, MARCH

12

1971

Manson Tells Why He Has A Swastika

Manson Interrupts Confession Testimony

SATURDAY, MARCH

13

1971

Angered Manson Girls Ousted Again

SUNDAY, MARCH

14

1971

Judge Ousts Manson After Latest Argument in Court

MONDAY, MARCH

15

1971

Cult Girl Testifies She Was 'Willing To Kill For Love'

TUESDAY, MARCH

16

1971

Manson Girl, Left at Ranch, Says She Was Willing to Kill

Manson Cult Girl Reverses Grand Jury Testimony

WEDNESDAY, MARCH

17

1971

Manson Trial Ends After 9-Month Run

THURSDAY, MARCH

18

1971

Prosecutor Plans to Ask Tate Jury To Condemn Manson to Gas Chamber

FRIDAY, MARCH

19

1971

Hangout of Manson Clan 'Ruined by Publicity'

Jury Asked To Consider Manson's Innocence

SATURDAY, MARCH

20

1971

Manson Just Liked Girls, Jurors Told

SUNDAY, MARCH

21

1971

Tip Launches Search For Body of Missing Manson Trial Lawyer

MONDAY, MARCH

22

1971

Says Manson Witnesses Are Mentally Crippled

TUESDAY, MARCH

23

1971

Puzzling Question In Tate Case Remains Unanswered

Manson Delivers Bloodshed Threat

WEDNESDAY, MARCH

24

1971

Ranch Search for Missing Lawyer Fails

Five Manson ‘Family’ Members Change Pleas

'Girls Murdered Just For Love of Charles Manson'

THURSDAY, MARCH

25

1971

Bugliosi Says Final Decision to Kill Was Up to 3 Girls, Watson

Manson Girls Termed 'Bloodthirsty Vampires'

SATURDAY, MARCH

27

1971

Life-Death Fate of Tate Killers in Jury's Hands

MONDAY, MARCH

29

1971

Tate Lawyers Body Believed To Be Found

Manson's Disciples Vow Torch Death On L.A. Sidewalk

TUESDAY, MARCH

30

1971

Manson, Three Girls Receive Death Penalty

Manson and Three Girls Sentenced To Gas Chamber

Expected Death Penalty for Manson, Girls, Officer Says

Society Doomed, Manson ‘Family’ Members Assert

'Still Some Justice,' Says Sharon Tate's Dad After Verdict

WEDNESDAY, MARCH

31

1971

Manson Case Leaves Its Lessons Above The Arrogance And Sorrow

Manson Drama Has More to Go

April 1971

THURSDAY, APRIL

01

1971

Manson, Atkins Face Trial In Two Other Murder Cases

Sharon Tate's Father Happy With Verdict

Body Positively Identified

Tate Juror 'To Explain'

FRIDAY, APRIL

02

1971

Foreman of Manson Trial Jury Tells Views on Case

SATURDAY, APRIL

03

1971

New Trial Of Manson Will Drag

SUNDAY, APRIL

04

1971

Cult Leader, Friends Lose Court Claim

Ronald Hughes, Lawyer, to Be Buried Wednesday

TUESDAY, APRIL

06

1971

Nation's Death Rows Wait Decision Of Supreme Court

THURSDAY, APRIL

08

1971

Deny Separate Trials in Hinman-Shea Death Cases

MONDAY, APRIL

12

1971

The 288-Day Education of a Jurywoman

TUESDAY, APRIL

13

1971

Watson Plea Delayed For Additional Tests

THURSDAY, APRIL

15

1971

Death Row Built for Tate Trio

Defense Subpoenas Tate Jurors

FRIDAY, APRIL

16

1971

What Strange Power Did Manson Hold Over His 'Family'?

4 Sentenced in Tate Case

TUESDAY, APRIL

20

1971

Subdued Clan Leader, 3 Girls Sentenced to Die in Gas Chamber

Manson and Girls Doomed; Lawyer Says It's For Real

THURSDAY, APRIL

22

1971

Sharon Tate Body Photo Missing from Court Files

Manson Screams Himself Out Of Court

FRIDAY, APRIL

23

1971

Manson On Way Back To L.A. Trial

SATURDAY, APRIL

24

1971

Manson Trial in Two Other Deaths Declared Waste of Money

TUESDAY, APRIL

27

1971

Cult Chief, Three Followers Act Calmly

WEDNESDAY, APRIL

28

1971

Manson Girls Arrive At Prison Near Corona

Manson May Get Rough Treatment

THURSDAY, APRIL

29

1971

Ask Manson Trial Move, Hit Publicity

May 1971

SUNDAY, MAY

02

1971

Get Jail For Trying To Take LSD To Manson

WEDNESDAY, MAY

05

1971

Manson Lawyers Issue 'Sensationalism' Charge

TUESDAY, MAY

11

1971

Watson Pleads Innocence, Insanity in Tate Murders

WEDNESDAY, MAY

12

1971

Charles Manson Described as a ‘Totally American Product’

Bugliosi Defends Courtroom System

Death Row Active With Appeals

THURSDAY, MAY

13

1971

Supreme Right of Public

SATURDAY, MAY

15

1971

Manson Ousted From Court After Shouting At A Witness

SUNDAY, MAY

16

1971

Secrecy of Witness Considered

SATURDAY, MAY

17

1971

Secrecy of Witness Considered

TUESDAY, MAY

18

1971

Manson Judge OKs Secrecy on Witness

Manson Clan Dismissal Plea Denied

SATURDAY, MAY

22

1971

Orgies of Death

MONDAY, MAY

24

1971

Manson Family Legal Fee Paid By DA

THURSDAY, MAY

27

1971

Seek Delay In Hinman, Shea Trial

FRIDAY, MAY

28

1971

Susan Atkins Pleads Guilty, Gets Life Term

'Sexy Sadie' Admits Guilt In Murder

SUNDAY, MAY

30

1971

Jury Selection Begins in 2nd Manson Murder Trial

Bugliosi Tabs Manson 'Most Satanic Man'

June 1971

THURSDAY, JUNE

03

1971

Oust Manson 4 Times at Slaying Trial

FRIDAY, JUNE

04

1971

Subpoena Attorneys Over Possible 'Gag' Violation

THURSDAY, JUNE

10

1971

Second Manson Trial: All Miniature

SUNDAY, JUNE

13

1971

'Tex' Watson, Honor Student, Athlete: Accused Mass Killer's Profile

THURSDAY, JUNE

17

1971

Manson, Prosecutor Have 90-Minute Private 'Chat'

Bruce Davis Wins Stay in Shea-Hinman Death Trial

SUNDAY, JUNE

20

1971

The Manson Family: Through A Glass Darkly

WEDNESDAY, JUNE

23

1971

Manson Throws Button at Jurist

THURSDAY, JUNE

24

1971

Manson Girls Begin Protest 'Walk' On Knees

Manson 'Juror' Excused

July 1971

FRIDAY, JULY

02

1971

5 Children Abandoned In Desert

THURSDAY, JULY

08

1971

'Manson Family' Children Reunited With Mother

SUNDAY, JULY

11

1971

Attempt is Made on Life of Tate-LaBianca Witness

Prosecutor In Manson Trial Given Plaque

TUESDAY, JULY

13

1971

Judge Older Urges Ban on Defendant Representing Self

THURSDAY, JULY

15

1971

Plea Shift By Manson To Innocent

FRIDAY, JULY

16

1971

Manson Refuses to Give Direct Reply

TUESDAY, JULY

20

1971

Sharon Tate Trial Writer Held in Contempt of Court

WEDNESDAY, JULY

21

1971

Blame Manson Racial Hatred

THURSDAY, JULY

22

1971

Widow of Manson Case Figure Trial Witness

They Work Too Hard to Be Hippies!

SUNDAY, JULY

25

1971

Jury Members Selected for Another Manson Trial

MONDAY, JULY

26

1971

'Manson Gives Communes Bad Name'

TUESDAY, JULY

27

1971

Investigators Connect Blaze in Glendale Gun Shop to Shea, Hinman Murder Trial

THURSDAY, JULY

29

1971

Trial Slated to Start Today In $2,000,000 Murder Suit

'Silent' Newsman Ordered to Jail

FRIDAY, JULY

30

1971

Order Manson, Followers to Pay $500,000 in Death

August 1971

SUNDAY, AUGUST

1

1971

Watson Trial in Tate-LaBianca Case to Get Under Way Today

MONDAY, AUGUST

2

1971

Watson Trial in Tate-LaBianca Case to Get Under Way Today

TUESDAY, AUGUST

3

1971

Charles Watson Goes to Trial in Tate Deaths

County Questions Rule On Reporter Contempt

THURSDAY, AUGUST

5

1971

Prosecution Claims Motive In Manson Murder Trial

Barefoot Manson On Trial

Witness Tells of Hearing Shea's Screams in Night

FRIDAY, AUGUST

6

1971

Manson Pal's Jury Hears of Cries

Judge Ousts Manson After 3 Outbursts

SUNDAY, AUGUST

8

1971

Cult Member Identified as Key Witness

Travel Topics: Death Valley

TUESDAY, AUGUST

10

1971

Crude Knife Found Outside Manson Cell

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST

11

1971

MANSON CONFESSION; Tells of Order To Kill Hinman

12 Jurors Seated For Watson Trial

THURSDAY, AUGUST

12

1971

Officer Declines Comment on 'Confession' by Manson

Witness Claims Defendant Admitted Murder of Shea

Manson Family Member Tells of Shea Killing

FRIDAY, AUGUST

13

1971

Manson Slashed Hinman, Witness Says

Witness Says He Split With Manson Over Killings

SUNDAY, AUGUST

15

1971

Manson Says He Slashed But Did Not Kill Hinman

MONDAY, AUGUST

16

1971

Watson Trial To Open Today

TUESDAY, AUGUST

17

1971

Lawyer says Tex Did Kill But Was Only A Zombie

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST

18

1971

Watson 'Calm' During Tate Slayings

THURSDAY, AUGUST

19

1971

Linda Kasabian Says She Didn't Try to Stop Killings

Deputy On Stand In Grogan Trial

FRIDAY, AUGUST

20

1971

Prosecution Rests Case In Trial of Manson Cohort

SUNDAY, AUGUST

22

1971

Testify Watson Fingerprint Found at Scene of Slaying

5 In Shootout With Police; Four Captured

Weapons Raid On Store Foiled By Silent Alarm

MONDAY, AUGUST

23

1971

Ex-UW Woman Held In Shootout

Manson Cultists Captured After Blazing Gun Battle

Manson Cultists Held In Shootout

Manson Family Members Held

Manson Gang Held Following Gunfight

Dean Martin Daughter Testifies for Prosecution at Watson Trial

TUESDAY, AUGUST

24

1971

Actress Takes Stand At Trial

5 Held In Gun Raid

Manson Follower Hints Gun Raid May Have Been Prelude to Freeing Cult Leader From Prison

Manson Security Stays Same After Gunshop Raid

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST

25

1971

Watson Admitted He Killed Sharon, Witness Testifies

3 Alleged Manson Followers Charged In Armed Robbery

THURSDAY, AUGUST

26

1971

Jurors Told 'Tex' Watson Conducted Murder School

FRIDAY, AUGUST

27

1971

Threat Made to Grogan Trial Attorney

Prosecution Rests Case in 'Tex' Watson Murder Trial

SATURDAY, AUGUST

28

1971

Judge Orders Mistrial for Manson Follower

SUNDAY, AUGUST

29

1971

Judge Declares Mistrial in Manson Cultist's Case

TUESDAY, AUGUST

31

1971

Tunnel Plot to Rescue Manson

Blast Judge for Mistrial Decision in Grogan Case

Order More Protection For Busch

September 1971

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER

1

1971

Watson's Mother Says Son Fine 'Til He Went To California'

Mother Says Tex' Watson Was Her 'Pride and Joy'

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER

2

1971

Watson Admits Slayings, Denies Stabbing Sharon Tate

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER

3

1971

Tex Watson Shows Jurors How He Stabbed Victims

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER

4

1971

Doctor Says Watson Psychotic from Drugs

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER

9

1971

Deny Motion for Mistrial In 2nd Manson Murder Case

Claim Former Manson Aide Suffers from Brain Damage

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER

14

1971

Blaze Costs Manson His Jail Rights

Stephen Grogan’s Motion to Fire His Lawyer Denied

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER

15

1971

Indict Manson Girl Friend In Hinman Murder Case

Psychiatrist Testifies on Watson Mental Capability

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER

17

1971

Testifies Manson Boasted of Stuntman's Decapitation

Delay Case of 5 Manson Followers

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER

19

1971

Says Watson Telling Truth About Killings, Drugs Use

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER

23

1971

Ex-Girl Friend, Jailer Testify at Watson Trial

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER

24

1971

Watson Faked Insanity, Psychiatrist Tells Court

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER

28

1971

Watson Defense Counsel Counters State Witnesses

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER

29

1971

Watson Claims He Was Mistreated In Jail, Hospital

October 1971

FRIDAY, OCTOBER

01

1971

Watson Called Calculated Killer in Closing Argument

SUNDAY, OCTOBER

03

1971

Walter Scott's Personality Parade

TUESDAY, OCTOBER

05

1971

Kasabian Accused As "The Leader"

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER

06

1971

Prosecution Says Watson 'Directed Knife'

SATURDAY, OCTOBER

09

1971

Jury Gets Watson’s Case as 4-Day Arguments End

Testifies In Defense of Cult Leader

SUNDAY, OCTOBER

10

1971

Defense Rests Case in Manson Murder Trial

Rice To Act As Own Attorney

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER

13

1971

Watson is Guilty of 7 Cult Killings

At the End of the Road, Death

THURSDAY, OCTOBER

14

1971

Manson Rants from Cell as Prosecutor Sums Up

Find 'Tex' Watson Guilty; Sanity Phase Scheduled

FRIDAY, OCTOBER

15

1971

Continue Case In Arms Raid Of 5 Cultist

SUNDAY, OCTOBER

17

1971

Grogan Under Oath Denies Murdering Movie Stuntman

TUESDAY, OCTOBER

19

1971

Woman Hugs Watson at Trial, Gets Jail Sentence

Grogan Says 'Pooh Bear' Headed Cult

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER

20

1971

Manson Member Caught After Escaping

THURSDAY, OCTOBER

21

1971

Manson Cult Member Free for 7 Hours After Jailbreak

Manson Book Mixes Fact And Fancy

Follower of Manson Recaptured; 6 Seized

FRIDAY, OCTOBER

22

1971

Watson Sentenced to Die in Tate-LaBianca Deaths

SATURDAY, OCTOBER

23

1971

Chained Escapist Arraigned

THURSDAY, OCTOBER

28

1971

Manson Jury Deliberating In 6th Day

SATURDAY, OCTOBER

30

1971

Manson Jury In Isolation

SUNDAY, OCTOBER

31

1971

Steve Grogan Is Convicted Of Murder

November 1971

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER

03

1971

Manson Convicted of Murder in Shea and Hinman Cases

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER

04

1971

Charles Manson Convicted of Shea, Hinman Slayings

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER

05

1971

Manson 'Girl' Held in Contempt, Jailed

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER

09

1971

Grogan Death Decreed by Jury in Stuntman Slaying

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER

12

1971

Watson Given Death Penalty by Judge Who Strongly Opposes It

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER

19

1971

Manson Court Proceedings End With Whimper

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER

30

1971

Manson Given Life Term In Hinman-Shea Murders

December 1971

TUESDAY, DECEMBER

7

1971

Jury Acquits Newsman in Contempt Case

TUESDAY, DECEMBER

14

1971

Manson Goes ‘Home’ – Gets Death Row Cell

Manson Gets Life Sentence in Shea Killing

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER

15

1971

Manson Installed as San Quentin’s 97th Death Row Inmate

THURSDAY, DECEMBER

16

1971

Manson on Death Row, Begins Life Sentence

SATURDAY, DECEMBER

18

1971

Jurists Uphold Conviction of L.A. Newsman

FRIDAY, DECEMBER

24

1971

Judge Sentences Manson Follower to Life in Shea Killing