Reddin Resigns as Los Angeles Police Chief
After announcing his retirement, William H. Reddin cites accomplishments such as a downward crime trend and a solved recruitment problem. City officials react with shock as a temporary appointment awaits civil service exams.
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Reddin
Autry
Law and Order
Billy Mills
Bradley
John Gibson
Louis Nowell
Los Angeles
Jesse Scott
NAACP
Ken Stewart
William H. Parker
Baxters Ward
Ward
Channel 5
Robert F. Kennedy
Am Ambassador Hotel
Betty
Los Angeles Music Center
UCLA
New York
Denver
Calo
Angeles City College
Six Offshore Drillers Sue U S Over Santa Barbara
Six independent oil firms filed a 230 million dollar damage suit in Washington alleging federal restrictions halt offshore drilling in the Santa Barbara Channel. The action cites liability for leaks and seeks damages linked to the 1969 oil spill and regulatory impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Santa Barbara Channel
U.S
Pauley Oil
Pauley-led
Union
Santa Barbara
Charles A. O’brien
Attorney General
California
O’brien
Channel City Club
Carpinteria
Union Oil Company
State Sues 7 Oil Firms for Asphalt Price Fixing
California Attorney General Thomas C. Lynch filed a federal suit in San Francisco charging seven petroleum refiners with rigging asphalt prices. Named defendants include Standard Oil Co. of California Chevron Asphalt Co Union Oil Co. of California Shell Oil Co. Douglas Oil Co. of California Wilco Chemical Corp. Edgington Oil Refineries Inc.
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Sacramento — State
Thomas C. Lynch
San Francisco
Standard Oil Co. of
California
Chevron — Asphalt Co
Union Oil Co. of
Shell Oil Co
Douglas Oil Co. of
Wilco Chemical Corp
Edgington Oil Refineries, Inc
Girl Six Men to Face Pot-Pushing Charges
A 22 year old Manhattan Beach switchboard operator and six male companions suspected of supplying Palos Verdes teenagers with marijuana will be arraigned today. The group faces charges related to distributing cannabis to teens in the Palos Verdes area.
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Manhattan Beach
Palos Verdes
Palos Verdes Estates
Vincent A. Thomas
Rosecrans Ave
Albert Joseph Stratton
Blossom St
Redondo Beach
Richard Louis Collins
el Camino College
Pacific Coast Highway
Hermosa Beach
Kenneth Eugene Hooten
Porterville
Teddy Daryle Seeley
Strand Ave
Carlos Riestra
Los Angeles
Army Mutiny Case Seeks Witnesses Over Prison Shoot
Defense wins right to call three GI witnesses in the mutiny case tied to a stockade shooting. The Oct event at the Presidio prompted 27 soldiers to be charged, eight sentenced, with protests claimed.
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Fort Ord
UPI
Halinan
Presidio of
San Francisco
Richard Bunch
Redwoods National Park gains status amid debate
The Sierra Club says petitions to save the redwoods are no longer being circulated as the Redwoods National Park, created Oct 2 1968, spans 58 000 acres along California coast from Crescent City to Orick. It surrounds Prairie Creek Jedediah Smith and Del Norte state parks which may be donated but the state has not decided. Some trees date back to before Christ and the park represents a compromise between Sierra Club aims and federal plans.
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P. V
Long Beach
Sierra Club
California
Los Angeles
Club
Redwoods National Park
Crescent City
Orick
Prairie Creek
Jedediah Smith
del Norte
National Park Service
VA explains rats killed to end pain at Long Beach hospital
Staff at the Long Beach VA Hospital defended euthanizing 89 laboratory rats after a rear building fire. Officials said no animals died in the blaze and fumes ruled out future use of the rats in research. First reports had claimed up to 200 mice and guinea pigs perished, but hospital staff denied those figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach Veterans Administration Hospital
Shortage of longshore gangs hits Los Angeles port
Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners heard that a crew shortage has cost ship operators between 2 million and 3 million dollars over six months. The port reports needing 61 more longshore gangs than the union can supply, with winch operator training and willingness to work impacting turnout. The commission urged the ILWU and Pacific Maritime Association to cooperate to relieve the shortage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners
John F. Parkinson
Parkinson
Los Angeles
Long Beach
California
Denial of Appeal in 1966 Granada Hills Slaying
California Supreme Court rejected Robert Douglas Hill's automatic appeal in the murder of Mrs. Phyllis Jane Black, a Los Angeles housewife killed August 3, 1966. Hill faced the death penalty after being convicted of raping and strangling her. five claimed errors were denied.
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San Francisco
California Supreme Court
Robert Douglas Hill
High Court
Hill
Norco Driver Killed In Orange County Raceway Crash
Gilbert Neilson, 18, died after a crash at 5:47 p.m. at the Orange County Raceway. The Norco resident lost control at 85 mph, the car flipped several times, and he died at Santa Ana Community Hospital at 7:40 p.m.
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Norco
Orange County Raceway
Gilbert Neilson
Santa Ana Community Hospital
Real Estate Tax Deadline Set With Penalty Warnings
Los Angeles County tax collector Harold J. Ostly says the 1968-69 real estate taxes must be paid by April 10 either in person at the Hall of Administration or by mail with a postmark by that date. A six percent late penalty will apply to late payments.
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Los Angeles County
Harold J. Ostly
Hall of Administration
Burglars Take Movie Projectors From Long Beach Home
Zolton Phillips of 483 East 56th Street told Long Beach police burglars forced a window at his home and took movie projectors valued at 622 dollars.
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Zolton Phillips
E. 56Th St
Long Beach
Floods Swell Levees Across Midwest and South Regions
Des Moines River at Estherville rises to record levels and threatens two to three more feet as National Guardsmen aid volunteers strengthening levees. In Sioux City a thousand students build dikes while Wa ter town prepares for river surge and nearby towns report dike breaches and evacuations. Severe weather prompts flash flood warnings across Kansas and Missouri as evenings bring rapid rainfall and rising waters.
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Estherville
Iowa
Des Moines
National Guardsmen
Ridders Buy Newspaper in Colorado
Boulder Daily Camera sold to Ridder Publications Inc subsidiaries. Paddock and Monroe families announce agreement in principle for Boulder Publishing Inc. sale. No changes in operation or management planned.
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Ridders
Colorado
Boulder, Colo
Boulder Daily Camera
Ridder Publications Inc
Boulder Publishingnc
Daily Camera
Paddock
Monroe
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Nicola Virginia Connery
20Th St
Sybil Brand Women's Detention Facility
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Arthur Norris
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