Surf's Up Along Southland Beaches Today
The Weather Bureau warns of 12 foot surf along Southland beaches today and Saturday with dangerous riptides. Lifeguards standby for emergencies as Cabrillo Huntington and other beaches see five plus foot waves rising to ten by noon. Hurricane Doreen farther offshore fuels swells while a heat wave eases slowly with storms in the Pacific Southwest and a forecast high near 93 in Long Beach.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
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Huntington
Long Beach
Doreen
Baja California
California
Pacific
Gulf of Mexico
Scandal Probe At UCLA Involving Officer Misconduct
UCLA faces a formal investigation after a former campus police officer is accused of rape robbery and extortion and questions arise about possible dereliction of duty by the police chief. The probe follows a confidential report to Chancellor Charles Young and was disclosed after an underground copy surfaced.
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UCLA
California Attorney General’s Office
Charles Young
Attorney General’s Office
Boyd Lynn
Strike Hits Wilmington Coke Firm
Fifty two members of the Oil Chemical and Atomic Workers Union walked off the job at Great Lakes Carbon Co forging the first work stoppage at the plant in 20 years. Located at 1420 Coil Ave the facility faced a wage demand of 90 cents an hour rise over three years along with health and company plans improvements. Negotiations stalled with wages 30 cents apart. Sacramento The Senate on a 21 3 vote Thur.
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Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union
Great Lakes Carbon Co
Coil Ave
al Chandler
Speeding trucker delighted by police stop on freeway
Truck driver Paul Stanley 47 says a police officer pulled his liquor truck over on the Pasadena Freeway and issued a ticket. A suspect, Willie Charles Savage 18, was reported to have a .38 revolver shoved into the truck during the stop. Savage was disarmed and arrested.
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Paul Stanley
Pasadena
Stanley
John L. Harrison
Willie Charles Savage
Savage
Wife hurt While Mate Is Asleep
A 22 year old housewife was choked unconscious and hurt early Thursday in the living room of her home in the Central District. Police said her husband woke at 6 am to find her on the floor after she had fallen asleep on the couch around 4 am. Entry was made by removing a window screen. The suspect is not the same person accused in another incident.
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Central District
Judge Orders Perez Held in Compton Assault
Compton Superior Court Judge William Ross ordered Huemes Perez held for arraignment on Aug 21. Perez, 26, faces seven counts, including assault with intent to commit murder, kidnapping, two sex offenses involving a 16 year old girl, burglary, and grand theft. The case stems from an alleged brutal attack on the physician’s daughter and the near fatal bludgeoning of her 86 year old grandmother.
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Compton
William Ross
Huemes Perez
Perez
Pesticide Lie Denied by Union
The United Farm Workers Organizing Committee denied charges that it planned a campaign to allege pesticides poisoned table grapes. Al Caplan, labor consultant for 11 table grape growers, claimed the union admitted a two year program to cast grapes as pesticide poisoned. A UFWOC spokesman called the accusation a lie.
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United Farm Workers Organizing Committee
al Caplan
UFWOC
Caplan
Los Angeles
Long Beach Man Dies From Wilmington Crash Injuries
Lawrence Fawcett 67 of 2914 E Fifth St Wilmington area died at Harbor General Hospital after a two car collision at D Street and Marine Avenue. J D Buchanan 59 of 2238 Grand Ave San Pedro suffered minor injuries.
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Long Beach
Wilmington
Harbor General Hospital
Lawrence Fawcett
E. Fifth St
D St
Marine Ave
J. D. Buchanan
Grand Ave
San Pedro
Rescued From Disabled Boat Off Malibu Coast
Sheriff's deputies from the Malibu substation responded to a radio distress call and rescued owner Erniet Tate and two others from crashing surf. The craft veered off course due to fog and possible equipment failure. Tate directed salvage crews to refloat the vessel and return it to port.
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Malibu
Erniet Tate
Tate
Rare Poison Spider Found in Alhambra
The Los Angeles County Health Department reports a deadly South American Violin Spider discovered 10 miles from its prior U S location. Spiders previously appeared only in Sierra Madre and were thought eradicated by chemical controls. Officials hope this Alhambra specimen is an isolated case.
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Alhambra
U.S
Los Angeles County
Sierra Madre
U S Eyes L A Hiring Practices
Assistant Secretary of Labor Arthur Fletcher began research on hiring patterns in Los Angeles trades and said he will demand a legal commitment from government contractors to hire minority workers. He stated that contractors bidding on federal projects will face goals, targets and timetables with good faith efforts in hiring qualified minorities and that contracts can be withheld from noncompliant bidders.
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Arthur Fletcher
Los Angeles
Fletcher
Burglary at Plush Poodle Clipped Cash During Break-In
Police said burglars forced an air vent at the Plush Poodle on Atlantic Avenue 2495 and took 130 dollars in cash.
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Atlantic Ave
Parents Face Charges Over Youth Campout in National Forest
Garden Grove parents Nell Avery and Richard and his wife face charges of contributing to the delinquency of minors after allowing sons Donald Avery 15 and William Gerold 14 to camp alone in Tulare County national forest areas for weeks. The boys were detained after theft reports at Stony Creek Campground Kings Canyon National Park. Gerald said they camped near the ranger station without adult supervision and that rangers indicated no law against minors camping solo. He posted bail for himself and wife. the Gerolds will appear in Visalia and Westminster courts in August.
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Garden Grove
Tulare County
National Forest
Visalia
Nell Avery
Magnolia St
Richard Nicholas Gerold
Dewey St
Donald Avery
William Gerold
Stony Creek
Kings Canyon National Park
National Parks
Gerald
National Parks Office
Los Angeles
Westminster Municipal Court
Three Friars Club defendants surrender in card cheating case
Three of eleven men indicted in the Friars Club card cheating conspiracy surrendered to the U S Commissioner in Los Angeles on Thursday. They were released on bond. Maurice H Friedman Manuel Jacobs each posted 5000 dollar bonds while Nathan Ross posted 2000 dollars. Indictments filed Wednesday allege unlawful possession and use of secret federal grand jury transcripts in the Friars case.
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Grant Cooper
Friars Club
U.S
Los Angeles
Nathan Ross
Friedman’s
Man Under Water for Half Hour in Sunland Rescue
After an hour battle with swirling water and debris, firemen pulled construction worker Julian Padilla from a flooded 10 foot ditch. Padilla 54 of Van Nuys was flown to Pacoima Lutheran Hospital in serious condition with chest injuries. He was trapped after a cave-in on a sewer line as water poured from a ruptured main.
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Sunland
Julian Padilla
van Nuys
Pacoima Lutheran Hospital
Padilla
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