Saturation police leave Watts as alert is lifted
Chief Tom Reddin signaled peace return in Watts by withdrawing saturation forces and keeping 30 officers on patrol after a riot sparked by the Watts Summer Festival left three dead and 48 injured. District Attorney filed felony complaints against 10 held suspects as Black Congress warns of more violence.
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Watts
Tom Reddin
Los Angeles
Reddin
114Th Street
Gorman Avenue
Harold Yarnell
Yarnell
District Attorney’s Office
100Th Street
Success Avenue
Commodore Perry Childs
103Rd Street
Nathaniel Clarke Jr
S. Western Ave
Congress
County Urges Probe Into Hospital Delays
Los Angeles County Supervisors urged a thorough investigation into operations at the County USC Medical Center after complaints of long delays. Supervisor Ernest E. Debs called delays intolerable, citing five to six hours for emergency treatment and six to seven hours for prescription fulfillment, and questioned the hospital billing department.
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Los Angeles County Supervisors
USC Medical Center
Ernest E. Debs
Debs
L A Council Holds Line No Tax Hike In Budget Vote
In a stormy two hour session the Los Angeles City Council sided with no tax hike and tentatively approved a 54.7 million revenue package to balance the budget. The plan raises taxes on liquor by the drink cigarettes sanitation service and local sales by an 8 to 5 vote.
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Los Angeles
Louis R. Nowell
County Supervisors Reopen Debate on Property Tax Cap
County supervisors, after months of backing a 1 percent property tax ceiling, signaled a possible reversal. The shift centers on County Assessor Philip E. Watson and a Watson backed initiative to amend the state constitution and slash property taxes on the November ballot.
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Philip E. Watson
Sacramento
Burton W. Chace
Chace
Rare Samoyed Buck Stolen From Trailer Park
Ed White reports a three year old male Samoyed named Buck with blue eyes was taken at about 7 30 a m from a trailer park at 234 E 47th St. valued at more than 400 dollars. The dog is described as rare due to its blue eyes.
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James C. Carter
Evelyn Cox
Los Angeles
E. 103Rd St
William Morgan
Robert Lee Alexander
S. Broadway
Irma Lee Sykes
Compton
Ed White
Space 21
E. 47Th St
White
Buck
County Streamlines Vote Count System
Los Angeles County unveils a streamlined hand tally system to supplement a computerized count for the November election. Twenty five polling places per assembly district will hand count tallies, then phone results for president, senator, and congressman.
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Los Angeles
Washington
Sacramento
Burton W. Chace
Lindon S. Hollinger
Federal housing aid urged for public housing purchases
Supervisors proposed federal legislation to let tenants buy their dwellings in public housing projects. Kenneth Hahn urged applying 25 percent of rent toward ownership to finance the purchase.
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Los Angeles
Kenneth Hahn
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The
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Bremond
Paul J. Marin
Marin
Robert Winston Smith
Pomona
Smith
T.W. Burrington
77Th Street
Curtis Johnson
107Th St
Robert Louis Lindsay
L.A
Watson
Fred Mahon
McDonnell Douglas Corp
Long Beach
E. Ocean Blvd
Broadway
Santa Ana
Puritan Forever Young
Marina
Shelton Stroller
Santa Ana, Pomona
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Silver Spur Rd
Lakewood del Amo
Graywood
Pacific Coast Hwy
la Habra
Newport Center
Fashion Island
Fashion Square
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