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refused to.help the cull leader. obtain a recording contract. Manson. is a_ self-styled soul singer. 2 Greg Jakobson, 25, reportedly a mutual acquaintance of Man- son and Melcher, testified brief- ly a short time before the indict-| ments were returned yesterday. Another key witness during yesterday's hearing was Danny ° DeCarlo, 23, one-time leader of a motorcycle gang, who lived briefly with Manson’s cult at both the Spahn Ranch and in Death Valley. Reliable sources said that DeCarlo told investigators he overheard members of Man- son’s group talk about commit-, ting the August murders. He was _a,.witness in the re- cent trial’of Robert Beausoleil, 31, on charges of stabbing musi- cian Gary Hinman to death July 25 in Topanga Canyon. The trial resulted in a hung jury and Beausoleil. also identi- fed as a Manson follower, will be retried next month. Miss Atkins has beep charged wita the Hinman murder tee __Testimony by three. female cull. members yesterday also was geared to overhearing con- versations about the Tate-La Bianca killings. Brought. hefore the jury from Sybil Brand Institute, where they are being held as material witnesses, were Nancy Pittman, 20; Rachel Morse, 19; and Di- ane Blaustein, 16. All were arrested on auto theft charges when police raid- ed Manson’s camp on the Bar- ker Ranca on Oct. 12. The trio provided the final testimony before the grand ju ry voted on the indictment. ‘Most of yesterday's hearing was taken up by the testimony of police detectives handling the two bizarre cases. Los Angeles police investiga- tors who testified were M. F. McGann, Danny Galindo, Har- old Dolan, Frank Escalante, Manuel Granado, Jerrome Boen, Bill Lee, R. M. Lucarelli, Frank Patchett and R. L. Calk- ins. Civilian firearms expert Ed Lomax also testified. In addition to the 26-year-old Miss Tate, victims of the Aug. 9! attack were Jay Sebring, 35, in- ternationally-known men’s hair stylist; Vaityck Frykowski, 32, Polish movie cameraman; Abi- gail Folger, 26, San Francisco sqgialite;.and Steven Parent, 18, an El Monte youth. “=