Six Held After Rash of Pills Found at Mahanna Ave Home
Six people were jailed awaiting arraignment on drug charges after a narcotics raid on a Mahanna Avenue residence in Long Beach where officers seized more than 1,700 pills. Investigators reported prior complaints of drug activity and found two loaded pistols inside the home.
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Long Beach
Mahanna Avenue
Marianna Ave
Barbara Leona Stuhr
Harold Edwin Oliver
Lynn Patrick Adair
W. Ocean Blvd
Thomas Wayne Wright
Banner Drive
Ralph Lynn Thornburg
Colleen Marie Cregar
Walnut Ave
Kevin Long
Miss Cregar
Public Safety
Firebomb Suspected in West Long Beach Plant Blaze
Fire officials believe a torch started a spectacular blaze at the Selectile Co marble slab plant on West 17th Street. The 11 p.m. fire, contained in 30 minutes by five engines, forced hundreds to retreat as flying embers dropped near adjacent apartments. Police say the building, used for storage, may have cans of gasoline and oil inside and note a prior arson fire at the same site two months earlier.
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West Long Beach
Selectile Co
17Th St
Magnolia Avenue
Leonard V. Foster
Paramount Family of 3 Flee as Trailer Burns
A Paramount family of three escaped injury Sunday morning but their 40 foot house trailer was destroyed by a fire that may have started inside. Neighbors assisted and fire crews prevented spread to nearby structures.
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Paramount Family of 3 Fiees
Trailer Burns
Paramount
Rosemead brawl leaves 17 in custody and a trailer burned
A Rosemead house party erupted into a melee early Sunday injuring five and leading to 17 arrests. Deputies say the incident began with noise complaints at 2:30 a.m. and escalated as beer cans flew and a trailer at 15115 Vermont Ave. was set ablaze. The trailer and its contents were a total loss valued at $700. Witnesses reported hearing something thrown through a window before the fire.
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CNS
Sheriff’s
Antonio de la Cruz
Vermont Ave
de la Cruz
Angela
Bertha
Los Angeles
Fishing Boat Runs Aground Near S F
A sports fishing boat carrying 10 persons ran aground in dense fog on Duxbury Reef 15 miles northwest of San Francisco. All aboard reached shore safely. The vessel Sports Fisherman sank within half an hour. Coast Guard reports skipper Orval Bussey of Berkeley. No further identities available.
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San Francisco
Duxbury Reef
of Here
Coast Guard
Orval Bussey
Berkeley
Long Beach Beachcrowd Thins Amid Red Tide and Strong Waves
Near record crowds at most Southland beaches contrasted by a sparse Long Beach turnout blamed on a red tide odor. Lifeguards logged more than 300 rescues as Huntington Beach faced eight foot swells and a cruiser collision near Golden Avenue.
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Southland
Long Beach
Belmont Shore
Los Angeles
Golden Ave
One Dies Two Hurt In Orange County Car Crash
An Orange County man died and two others were injured when a car left Live Oak Canyon Road near El Toro Road, ran into two trees, and rolled down an embankment. Elmer C Besaw, 48, was killed, while driver Gerald Robert Johnson, 31, was not cited. Injured were William P Maple, 29, and Peter C Baron, 36, treated at Orange County Medical Center.
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Orange County
Elmer C. Besaw
Britton Way
Anaheim
Orange County Medical Center
Gerald Robert Johnson
Huston Ave
William P. Maple
Woodcrest Ave
Fullerton
Peter C. Baron
W. Gage Ave
County Air Chief Defends Auto Smog Role Study
Los Angeles County air pollution chief Robert Chass rejected calls for more research to prove cars as the main smog source. He responded to Seymour Calvert of UC Riverside who argued for further information to guide programs on smog.
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Los Angeles
CNS
Los Angeles County
Robert Chass
Seymour Calvert
University of California
Riverside
Calvert
Burglars Hit Rug Cleaners for $6490 in Loot
Long Beach police reported that Cremer's Rug and Upholstery Cleaners on 1740 W Cowles St was broken into during the night. Cash of $450 and about $3,000 in other items were taken, including a General Telephone desk phone and a $435 answering device. items valued with the truck bring total losses to $6,490. Cremer said he could not yet price some items. The break in was reported at 7 am Sunday.
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Cremer
W. Cowles St
Long Beach
Murray Cremer
Boy 13 Hangs Self in Norwalk Youth Facility
Kenneth Mead, 13, was found hanging from the bars of his cell at the California Youth Authority south reception unit in Norwalk. He had been sleeping at 1:05 a.m. and was pronounced dead at 12:20 p.m. by the staff physician after being held since July 24 for absence from a foster home and possible grand theft auto.
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California Youth Authority
S. Bloomfield Ave
Norwalk
Kenneth Mead
Mead
Youth Authority
Sheriff's
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