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Airplane hijacker and Mexican American activist Ricardo Chavez-Ortiz talking with reporters in Los Angeles, Calif., 1972

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Title: Airplane hijacker and Mexican American activist Ricardo Chavez-Ortiz talking with reporters in Los Angeles, Calif., 1972
Contributor: Cormier, Don
Date Created and/or Issued: May 30, 1972
1972-05-30
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description: TRIAL SET--Ricardo Chavez-Ortiz, left, accused of hijacking an airliner to bring attention to plight of Mexican-Americans, appears for arraignment at federal court with his attorney, Michael Hannon. He pleaded not guilty. Trial date is June 27.
Type: image
Format: b&w negative
Identifier: uclalat_1429_b694_271038F-1
ark:/21198/zz0002nk81
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: People
Frontier Airlines Flight 91 Hijacking Incident, 1972
Reporters and reporting--California
Mexican Americans--Civil rights
Crime
Chavez Ortiz, Ricardo--Trials, litigation, etc
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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