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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1969
Page
3
Homicide detectives questioned Sharon Tate acquaintances as they pursue clues in the Benedict Canyon massacre. Police report no new prime suspect since William Garretson and say narcotics aspects are under investigation while drug finds are unconfirmed by authorities.
The report details Sharon Tate, 25, a rising actress once told she could be safe with her Army father’s protection, killed in a mass murder at the Polanski home. Lt Col Paul Tate, her father, faced the tragedy as he prepared funeral arrangements and awaited retirement after 20 years in service.
County officials including Coroner Thomas Noguchi and Supervisor Burton Chace moved to ease tensions from prior disputes. They backed plans to hire new staff immediately and fund a new coroner building near the LA USC Medical Center with a lease-back method estimated at four to five million dollars.
Los Angeles County departments face a 1.6 million budget cut ordered June 30 with salary allowances sliced pro rata by 4/10 of 1 percent. Travel budgets drop $100000 and key losses hit Superior Courts by $16,007 and the Assessor's Office by $13,307. ranges run from $115 for the Air Pollution Hearing Board to $221,971 for the Sheriff's Department.
A $8 319 331 federal grant to the Economic and Youth Opportunities Agency of Los Angeles excludes Long Beach Pasadena Sierra Madre and the Altadena Compton Health District areas. Senator George Murphy announced the award noting County coverage but city exclusion.
Two Los Angeles County employees were arrested in connection with a year-old holdup at the Security Pacific Bank on 2703 S Figueroa Street. Melvin Leroy Long, 23, a print shop supervisor for the Social Services Department, and Ronald Van Pendergraph, 22, a county warehouseman, were jailed in lieu of bond. Long faced a warrant for allegedly simulating a gun and forcing a clerk to yield 1440 dollars on August 9, 1968. Van Pendergraph was charged with driving the getaway car.
Inmates at Los Angeles County Jail alleged abuses including verbal and physical mistreatment, insects in food, stale bread, and long waits in overcrowded areas. A hunger strike that began Aug 1 dwindled to one inmate. authorities investigate grievances while noting some credible claims.
County employment rose to a June high with 65,543 on the payroll, including 6,531 temporary positions. Personnel Director Gordon Nesvig said May's 64,348 had been the previous record, and June figures exceed last year by more than 7,000. The budget aims for 68,000 by fiscal 1969 70.
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