Elaine Brown, new leader of Black Panther Party
With Eldrigde Cleaver, Huey Newton and Bobby Seale gone, who runs the Black Panther Party? Now the dominant public figure is a winsome, 32-year old former teacher, Elaine brown, whose picture appears six times in the current issue of the party’s newspaper. The paper’s banner head reads: “Elaine’s birthday party celebrates a new day in Oakland.” Photo issued March 12, 1975. (UPI Photo/CB/Files)
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Today's birthdays include McGuire Sister Phyllis McGuire, who was born in 1931 (age 72); Eric Andersen in 1943 (age 60); the late Tim Buckley was born in 1947; and former Heart guitarist Roger Fisher in 1950 (age 53).
The weekly UPI Today in Music package for Feb. 8-14.
Today In Music: A look back at pop music
(Feb. 9) Today's birthdays include Carole King, who was born in 1942 (age 60); Wishbone Ash guitarist Ted Turner in 1950 (age 52); saxophonist Dennis "Dee Tee" Thomas of Kool and the Gang in 1951 (age 51); Holly Johnson, whose real first name is William,
