Mayer bribery trial reveals letter to City Investing
Testimony describes a May 14 1976 letter aimed to stop threats and conceal knowledge of a phase 1 B project. Coppedge Ballance and Mayer faced questions about bribery, payments, and a bank charter plan tied to Marina Pacifica and City Hall. Evidence included gold coins, taped conversations, and searches of Mayer properties.
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City Investing
Coppedge
Harbor Bank Development
William Dawson
Marina Pacifica
Spy trial reveals unclear reason for passing sensitive Pyramider data
Prosecution withholds why Royce faced charges over passing Pyramider project details to the Soviet Union. Defense claims the data were useless since the project was dropped and effectively declassified. Key testimony from FBI agent James E. White links Boyce to a spying operation. Robert Kelleher presides as trial proceeds, with questions surrounding security clearances and roles at TRW and the CIA.
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Royce
Soviet Union
CIA
TRW
William Dougherty
Boyce
Radio Shack
Lee
Mexico City
UC Riverside
State Department
Bovee
Granite Hill Drive
Mira Loma
Rancho Palos Verdes
U.S. District Court
Robert Kelleher Aml
Tessa
FBI
James E. White
TRW spy case details reveal secret doc thefts to Soviet agents
FBI described Boyce bragging of access to national security data and plans to profit by sharing with Russians. He allegedly leaked documents from TRW, hid pages in plants and liquor bottles, photographed files, and delivered material via Mexico City and Vienna routes. The operation lasted 1975 to 1976 as agents urged his exit from the firm.
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White
Boyce
United States
FBI
Lee
Soviet Union
Boye
TRW
Mexico City
Vienna
State Department
Missing Terminal Island inmate flees after errands
Grenville Smith a 39 year old inmate at Terminal Island federal facility failed to return Tuesday after leaving at 4 30 a m for errands in Long Beach and a stop at the downtown post office. He is described as 5 feet 10 inches tall weighing 170 pounds with long hair and blue eyes. He had been held since July for crossing state lines in a stolen car.
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Terminal Island
Long Beach
Grenville Smith
Smith
FDA to require three labels on ice cream products
The FDA sues new regulations ordering ice cream makers to label products as simple ice cream flavored ice cream or artificial ice cream. Labels will reflect real versus artificial content with effective dates in June and July, guiding consumers on authenticity and ingredients.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Navy ships upgrade to face Soviet threat and new life aboard
Navy Adams class destroyers gain Harpoon missiles to deter Soviet surface ships and guard convoys while upgrading crew comfort with air conditioning bunks and modern laundries. Since 1989, 16 ships remained active as older vessels were scrapped or mothballed due to budget limits and inflation delaying new construction.
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U.S. Navy
Navy
Congress
Carter may approve parts of water projects
President Carter may approve portions of about 30 dams and water projects after environmental safety and economic reviews. Rex Granum said the White House will decide on these proposals around April 15, with some items possibly retained and others dropped from the fiscal plan.
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Washington
Carter
Giastonite
Tuesay
Monica
White House
Rex Granum
Granum
Government travel waste revealed by GAO findings
GAO audit of 119 trips by State Department NIH and FAA employees found 18 trips violated approved travel criteria. About 15 percent of federal travel could be waste, potentially $375 million of $2.5 billion. Upper management travels for conferences while middle managers inspect programs. travel within the US dominates.
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GAO
Washington
Aes
Congressional
Jack Brooks
D-Tex
House Government Operations Committee
General Accounting Office
State Department
National Institutes of Health
Federal Aviation Administration
Brooks
FAA
Brouw Bea
United States
White House
Kentuck Fried Chicken manager wounded in robbery
The manager of a Kentuck Fried Chicken outlet in Long Beach was shot and wounded during a robbery at Seventh Street and Walnut Avenue. A suspect, about 25, entered with a grocery bag demanding money, firing a .22 revolver three more times before escaping with an undetermined sum. The manager, 40, remains in stable condition at St. Mary Medical Center.
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Kentuck Fried Chicken
Nissi
Long Beach
Sail Mohdikra Uthag Jattala
St. Mary Medical Center
Seventh Street
Walnut Avenue
Bohalein
Jattala
Bohnlein
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Therm
Don Eastman
Ballance
William Burnett
District ‘Attorney's Special Investigations Division
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Los Angeles
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Marina Patifica
City Hall
South Pasadena
Burnett
Planning Department
Charles Boyce
McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Co
Hustington Beach
Security Department
TRY
McDonnell Douglas Astronautics
Air Force
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Young Boyce
Gerald Ford
University of Kentucky
University In
Lexington
Terminal Island Trusty
Carson
Olive
Ondine
Am Memorial Hospital
Erift
Ca Dal A
Ca'lakewood
Marco
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