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ir ■*•■** * * . • v. ■ ■ ■■ • ■ Conspiracy conviction given Klansman THE BATTALION Wednesday, September 8, 1971 College Station, Texas Page 7 HOUSTON bT>—A federal jury here Friday convicted an admit ted member of the Ku Klux Klan of plotting to blow up radio sta tions in California. Jimmy Dale Hutto, 24, of sub urban Pasadena, was also con victed of two counts of federal gun violations. He said he will appeal. The six-man, six-woman jury took just 3M> hours to find Hutto guilty. Sentencing was set for Oct. 12. Hutto was charged with con spiracy to destroy transmitters of radio stations in Los Angeles and San Francisco owned by the Pacifica Foundation. He is also under indictment in state court here, charged with blowing up the transmitter of the Houston Pacifica station in 1970. Hutto was also convicted of buying and possessing a pistol despite the fact he had been committeed to a state mental in stitution at one time. Federal laws forbid buying or possession of a gun by a convicted felon or a person judged mentally in competent. FBI agents arrested Hutto and Russell Rector, 18, and Ronford Styron, 20, last Jan. 15 as the three men drove west from Hous ton, allegedly toward California. Rector and Styron testified they were also members of the local United Klans of America Klavern and were recruited by Hutto to blow up the transmit ters of the Pacifica stations. They testified they decided not to go through with the plot, but instead notified the FBI. J. B. Stoner of Savannah, Ga., an attorney long identified with Klan cases, represented Hutto. He told the jury in final argu ments Tuesday the government was trying to destroy the Klan. In asking for a conviction, Asst. U. S. Atty. Ellis McCul lough told the jury, “The most dangerous animal in the urban guerrilla war is the terrorist. Fortunately there are not too many of them yet. But it’s you and me that are going to be in the middle if the victims start fighting back.” 1 dead, 10 wounded Violence mars rock festival WATSONVILLE, Calif. <A>) _ Rock festivals that lure thousands of fans to small towns should be banned, a sheriff said Tuesday after a Labor Day rock festival ended in violence, with one motor cyclist dead and 10 more wound ed. About 3,000 youths had listen ed all day Monday to music in an apple orchard just outside this coastal farming town 75 miles south of San Francisco. At dusk, some 19 motorcyclists and 250 youths began fighting with knives, wooden boards, chains and bottles, deputies said. Cyclist Peter Montera, 26, of Long Beach, Calif., died of stab wounds in the heart. Deputies said nine other cyclists were in jured and a woman was treated for a drug overdose. “I think if we banned this type i I SPECIALS GOOD WED., THUR., FRI., SAT., SEPT. 8, 9,10, 11, 1971 USDA CHOICE BEEF BONELESS^ "SHOULDER ROAST PlCNlCS ’ HICKORY SMOKED _ fi ^ 6 TO 8 BTi ir -w LB.AVG. ' OSCAR MEYER All SLICED BOLOGNA . .x 49‘ HAMS =1...M 1 ?. RIB STEAK ...™ 98' GROUND BEEF SLICED CHEESE = ™67‘ BREADED SHRIMP rr...x $ l s * SWISS STEAK . — 78 e WIENERS . ~“T 48' 1 : DELICATESSEN & SNACK BAR WISCONSIN CHEDDAR BAKED HAM... BBQ BEEF BRISKET • LB. "LEAN & TASTY" • •••••• ALBERTSONS BLEACH ROOT BEER . . 0A .°v“J !, . 0 ". l ". c '“. A '. ga, 39' SPINACH .“.“V” 6 “kY*! 00 PEARS 3”iM 00 BLACK PEPPER ... “ V L X33< DOG FOOD X W RELISH HEINZ -7 FLAVORS TO CHOOSE FROM 3 Vz *1 00 OLIVES JANET LEE SELECT RIPE OR PITTED ScANsM 01 r FRESH DAILY \ FROM OUR OWN -IN-STORE BAKERY 1 LAYER 8 INCH POPCYCLES CARROT CAKES TOMATOES"'|)Y i; Y3 3 MIXED MELONS.!l^f..l4f. 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Witnesses told deputies that about 30 cyclists drove up around 7 p.m. and refused to mingle in the crowd that has been listening to the Sopwith Camel, Comman der Cody and Festival of Light rock groups. The riders, men and women, said they belonged to a “week end family” that gathered for short trips and had just come from Yosemite National Park. Police said they parked their bikes and refused to let anyone near them. A witness told depu ties one youth shouted, “Let’s get the riders!” The cyclists formed a circle and reportedly swung chains and boards, and the fight was on, witnesses said. About 70 deputies, police and highway patrolmen arrived, arm ed with a machine gun, carbines, shotguns and with dogs. Using tear gas, they separated the mo torcycle band from the youths and took some 150 persons in for questioning. Youths meanwhile hurled apples at police, said Sher iff’s Lt. Marvin Gangloff. The injured were taken to Wat sonville Community Hospital, where two remained in serious condition and eight were treated and released, Gangloff said. “Both sides say the other side started it,” he said. “All we know is that the youths wanted to get the bikers.” The sheriff’s officers said they had not been able to determine who were the promoters of the rock fest or who owned the land where is was held. ®V.*W ■•*-••..58 lOddfOniS OJflO fU+j’ saartWO daif «?« badtiDaab Watson has brain damage, doctors say LOS ANGELES 6P)—A second physician testified Tuesday that Charles “Tex” Watson, on trial for the seven Tate-LaBianca mur ders, has brain damage probably caused by drug use. Dr. Richard Walter, a UCLA neurologist, supported testimony last Friday that Watson’s per formance and mental status were abnormal. Watson in testimony last week admitted the 1969 killings, but said he was under the influence of drugs and Charles Manson. Watson was a member of Man- son’s clan. 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