Mexico Asks U.S. to Hold Simmons Extradition Bid and Flight
Mexican prison officials seek U S custody for Dykes Askew Simmons Jr a 40 year old Texas laborer who fled Monterrey Nuevo Leon prison hidden as a woman He arrived in Los Angeles after fleeing on Sunday He fears a return to Mexico would mean death and alleges U S officials blocked his release citing State Department orders While Mexico delays action until Nuevo Leon requests extradition Simmons vows to prove his innocence and fight the case through legal channels
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Dykes Askew Simmons JR
Mexico
Simmons
Newsman
Nuevo Leon
Monterrey
Los Angeles
San Antonio
Tex
Dennis Fredrickson
U.S
Fredrickson
U.S. State Department
Bail forfeiture set at record 88 750 in LA narcotics case
The largest bond forfeiture in Los Angeles local history was paid after narcotics suspect Daniel B. Duran fled to Mexico. Stuyvesant Insurance posted 88 756.25 to county, freeing Duran who faced marijuana possession charges after a March 1967 seizure of two tons of drugs in Sylmar. Duran remains in Mexican custody.
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Los Angeles
Stuyvesant Insurance Co
Daniel B. Duran
Mexico
Duran
Victor Bene
Sylmar
California
Bone
Riverside County
Guadalajara
Bono
Los Angeles County
Stuyvesant
California bill seeks pay for airport impact homeowners
Sacramento reports a bill to fund payments up to 5000 dollars to homeowners whose property loss due to proximity to the international airport. Assemblyman Beverly introduces procedures for depreciation or condemnation claims tied to airport expansion. A stereo system valued at 229 dollars was stolen from a car of Hugh D. Harrell on 1505 East 1th Street.
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Sacramento
UPS
Los Angeles Board of Airport Commissioners
Robert G. Beverly
Manhattan Beach
Hugh D. Harrell
E. 1Th St
Yorty and Bradley Agree to Face-to-Face TV Debate
Los Angeles Mayor Sam Yorty and council rival Thomas Bradley agree to a televised and radio debate before the May 27 election. Bradley says a six-lawyer committee will arrange a meaningful format. Yorty rejects ground rules and any committee.
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Yorty
Bradley OK
Los Angeles
Sam Yorty
Thomas Bradley
Columbiating
KNXT
KNX
Bradley
CBS
U.S. Atty
Laughlin Waters
Final arguments begin in Sirhan trial for Kennedy murder
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan, the man convicted for the Kennedy assassination, faces final arguments in a 14 week trial in Los Angeles. Prosecutors and defense teams rest as more than 200 items including notebooks and photos are admitted into evidence. The jury will decide guilt and potential death penalty or life term after a three day closing phase. Sirhan's mother Mary expresses only a quiet, tragic view of the proceedings.
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Sirhan Bishara Sirhan
Robert F. Kennedy
Los Angeles
Sirhan
Kennedy
David Fitt
Grant Cooper
Emile Zola Berman
Russell Parsons
Atty
Lynn Compton
Herbert V. Walker
California
Seymour Pollack
New York
Test Pet Wolf for Rabies
Health officers and police awaited rabies test results on a pet Canadian timber wolf killed by police after escaping from its pen in San Pedro. The animal had bitten its owner Charles A. Chantland and had scratched children and attacked pets while quarantined since the previous Wednesday.
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Charles A. Chantland
W. 37Th St
Chantland
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