Complex sentence: Because of "Nomad" and his connections to "avant garde" poetry Linick was actually present during the famous "Howl" trial in San Francisco in 1957; he watched coverage of Kennedy's assassination on Allen Ginsberg's TV in 1963.
Split into simpler sentences: Because of "Nomad" and his connections to "avant garde" poetry, Linick was present during the 1957 "Howl" trial in San Francisco. Hee watched coverage of Kennedy's assassination on Allen Ginsberg's TV in 1963.