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and H. Rib BROWN are en the Natinnat Euacntive C-anril -of
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How many "voteu" will be tallied is conjectural but net the
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of all American troops and mancy from Vietnam. .
23-26 March - 8:30-10 p.m. EST, National Educational TV
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of"Trial--The City and County of Denver vu. Loren R. Watson. 'I The
documentary marks the first time that the complete scope of a single
trial is examined on an American television program.
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The program is brokcn into four 90-minute mrtions to cor-
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respond with the trial's four days.
As a result, the usual NET
schedule has been prcemptcd.sa that thcse portions may be prcsentcd
on successive nights (Monday through Thursday) from 8:30- 10 P. m.
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Loren Watson, the defendant in'& trial, was a;'rdstcd
by a
Dcmrcr patrolman and chatgcd with resisting and interfering with a
police officer.- 'The issue has national impltcrrtians, involving
police and Panthers, fhc Amcrican system and the blackman, " notes
Don Dixon, NET'S director' of public affairs orogramming.
is really a microcosm, reflecting one of our country's mast critical
concerns."
The antagonism bctwoen Watson and thc Dcnvcr policd
forms a subcurrent within'the trial and is a basis of Attorney Leonard
Davies' defense of Watson.
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"We wanted to represent the ritual drama of Amcrican justice, ''
saya pradrtcer Rabert M. Fresco. T h e r e l o r e , everything within 'the
_trial is placed chronologically in the documentary. I' Within f m t days,
Fresco has intct8perscd interviews with Watson, Davfes, Jnrlpc? ?,ita
Wcinslricnk, Aasistant City Attorney WriEht Morgan, proseetitor in this
case, and police afficcr Robcrt C. Cantwell, who made .the charge -
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