 Shoman, perhaps showing some partiality, calls it the "most exciting trial in Belizean history", right down to the verdict, delivered on July 7, 1970, and clearing Hyde and Shabazz.A relieved "Amandala" staff began making moves to develop the newspaper's technology.First, in 1971, "Amandala" purchased a Chandler and Price letter press to replace the Gestetner stencils used on the paper to that point.