The New Orleans States-Item endorsed Harry Connick for District Attorney in the Democratic Primary in 1969. They ran a series of front page editorials - and here is their first from October 30, 1969:
Here is one of the reasons why they ran that editorial (from the same newspaper):
Here is the next one from November 4, 1969:
And, November 5, 1969:
And, November 6, 1969:
Here is a news story about the race from November 6, 1969 with some interesting information on crime in New Orleans:
Garrison wouldn t debate his opponents (see above) and so he bought television spots. This is also from November 6, 1969:
Garrison won the election:
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Attorney General Eric Schmitt could find himself involved in wrongful conviction cases. Traditionally, the Missouri Attorney General’s Office whether led by a Republican or Democrat has had a blanket policy of opposing any requests for relief in wrongful conviction cases. The crime bill waiting Gov. Mike Parson s signature could change that.
If Missouri’s elected prosecutors have evidence that a person has languished in prison for decades wrongfully, they don’t have the power to ask for a new trial.
That’s what the Missouri Supreme Court ruled in March, after St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner filed a motion for a new trial for Lamar Johnson.
Penn Jones was the first conspiracy theorist to promote so-called mysterious deaths, and he wrote a series of books (Forgive My Grief) on that theme. Argosy magazine, in March 1977, published a major article on that theme and they started with Rose Cherami:Many conspiracy books (Crossfire by Jim Marrs; High
There are no statements on file from Mack Manuel, and so we know nothing about his identification except what was remembered by Fruge in 1978.
Interestingly, Fruge told the HSCA that Cherami said the men were Italians, or resembled Italians (what does that mean?):
But, did Fruge not ask Cherami the names of the people she was traveling with? It would seem like an obvious question, no?
Could Sergio Arcacha Smith have been in that car with Rose Cherami? It s highly doubtful. Others will probably disagree with me: You mentioned Arcacha in your topic line. We re basing this identification of Arcacha on an ID made some 3 1/2 years after the fact, by a bartender no longer alive to answer questions, after Arcacha s name and picture were all over the Louisiana and Texas news media. And if true, it would suggest that Arcacha led a double life: a quiet family man selling air conditioners in Texas, but secretly driving late at night around Louisiana, involved with strippers, drugs and wo