Ex-Convict Kills Himself After 40-Hour Siege
Paineville reports ex-convict Stanley Robinson, 27, who held six hostages for over a day, shot himself in the head as police closed in. A psychologist left the scene after unsuccessful talks, and Robinson had threatened to never return to jail. Police surrounded the house with rifles and tear gas as the siege ended with his death on a living room couch.
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Ayer
Robinson
Nerizel
Kolen
Bohind
Hertzel
State Penitentiary
Teenager Shoots Self After Family Dispute
Edward Vernon Herberger, 17, of 11556 Lathrop Ave Norwalk, was found seriously wounded in his abdomen after a Thursday shooting. He told deputies he wanted to die due to arguments with his parents and frustration over education, and was rushed to Carobll Hospital with a grave injury.
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Norwalk
Edward Vernon Herberger
Lathrop Ave
Carobll Hospital
Sheriff's
St. Francis Hospital
Annyiwood
Carpenter
Sgt
Downey
Los Angeles
Boeing
A! Airplane Co
Seattle
American Avia
Tion
Raymond H. Rice
North American
Air Force
Rine
North Atetican
On-Duty Policeman Shot During Party
A Downey incident linked a Downey police officer and a Bell officer to a party where Officer Clyde Freeman was shot and later died. Investigators questioned suspect Jim Dement 33 while other suspects and informants were tracked, and a related homicide inquiry followed as detectives pursued leads and evaluated alibis.
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Downey Police
Clyde Guard
Freeman
Downey
Sheriff's
Bell Pa
Downey Herberger
Bell
Hazel Lane
Ling
Chester Tifle
Alday
Ton
Lakewood Votes to Buy Water Firm Holdings
Lakewood City Council approved purchasing Lakewood Water and Power Company holdings in Lakewood and Downey for 194.4 million. Money comes from a 6.25 million revenue bond approved by voters a year earlier. The city expects to take over the system by next March 1. The firm serves 15,000 Lakewood residents and 1,200 in Downey. Lang Beach purchase would expand water service to 12,000 homes south of Carson Avenue.
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Lakewood
Lakewood Water and Power Company
Downey
Lang Beach
Water Company
Weystem
Carson BL
Across the Nation Portland Ship Fire Kills Four
A fire in the hold of an unfinished Portland landing craft building for the Navy killed four workmen. An electric spark allegedly ignited paint fumes in the hold. Victims were Willard Fr Akers 44 Joseph Gikling 43 Clarence Tucker 48 Norman Bucher 33, all of Portland. CAPE CANAVERAL AP preparations continued for an Army space flight to blast a small probe past the moon from the Juno IT rocket launch site.
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Portland
Ore
Navy
Gunderene Pinishers
Willard FR Akers
Hillsbury
Joseph Gikling
Clarence V. Tucker
Norman R. Bucher
Cape Canaveral
Four Die in Denver Private Plane Crash
A private plane en route to Ohio for a relative’s funeral crashed in a heavy snowstorm near Denver, killing Preston Joe Burkhart 39 his wife Columbine daughter Sandra Lou 14 and cousin Kathleen Morrison 39. The accident occurred after takeoff, narrowly missing airport buildings and a residential area. All victims lived in Aurora a Denver suburb.
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Denver
Ohio
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Preston Joe Burkhart
Burkhart
Columbine
Sandra Lou
Kathleen Morrison
Aurora, Cola
Three Boy Scouts Found Dead in Santa Rita Mountains
In a major Arizona search, the bodies of Mike Early, 16, Michael La Nowe, 13, and David Greenberg, 12, were recovered Thursday in the snowbound Santa Rita Mountains. They were missing since November 15 and were found in a saddle of Josephine Canyon near Mt. Baldy.
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Tucson
Ariz
Santa Rita
Josephine Canyon
Mt. Baldy
Mike Early
Michael la Nowe
David Greenberg
Air Force Chief Questions Russian Long-Range Missiles
Maj. Gen. Bernard Schriever said he does not believe Russia has an operational intercontinental missile. He added that Russia and the United States are not yet ready for long-range missile competition.
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Mglwaukee
UPI
Air Force
Ballish
Bernard Schriever
Trussia
Russia
Fear 21 Lost on Airliner
Madrid dispatch reports a fear engined airliner with 21 aboard missing near Madrid after leaving Vigo at 4 20 pm and due at Barajas at 7 05 pm. An Aviaca official says heavy overcast conditions over Spanish mountains raise the possibility of a crash west of Madrid.
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Madrid
UPI
Weat
Aviaca
Languedoc
Vigo
Barajas
Barred in Residential Zones Denies Two Church Permits
City Planning Commission denied special permits for two congregations to build churches in R-2 zones. Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints proposed at 180 E 36th St and a Baptist church at 200 FE, 6tld Way. Residents protested church use in residential areas, noting zoning restrictions and the need for permits.
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City Planning Commission
Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
E. 36Th St
Hancock and Signal Oil Firms Vote to Merge
Hancock and Signal Oil announce a share swap merger placing Signal as the surviving company. Hancock stock replaced by Signal shares. Hancock trade name retained for Signal operations. Board to include current directors of both firms. all Hancock employees to be retained.
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Hancock and
Signal
Signal Oi and Gas Co
Hancock Oil Co
Lafayette Hotel
Hancock
Sig- 3 Taly Quakesnal
Siena
Italy
UPL
California
Thuysay, Cnus
Yine
Samuel J. Mosher
Honed
Russell JT Green
John W. Hancock
Himenck
Cl Csive
Signal As
Read- He Independent Oil Company
West Coast
All Hancock
Mosner
Green
Regal
Loreron
Nevada
Arizona
State oil demand triggers across city state clash
City officials confront a formal demand from Attorney General Edmund G Browns office for an accounting and repayment of oil money potentially totaling millions. The action tests the boundary between tidelands and uplands and could affect harbor funding and upland income used for bonds and harbor development.
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Atty
Edmund G. Browns
OPDY
Raymond C. Kealer
Tidelands
Uplands
Jay L. Shavelson
Healg
Harbor District
Southern Pacific
Union Pacific
Richfield N] Corp
General Petroleum
Hancock Oil Co
Shavelsan
Silent Night Cha Cha Contest Murmurs in Weatherland
Local chatter riffs on a chaotic scene as a silent night cha cha fails to calm a crowd. The Weatherman's mournful reaction prompts teasing questions about rain and holiday tunes. A neighbor heckles a Christian novelty lane while a distant observer groans at festive noise. Bethlehem Bop references surface as the mood darkens.
Dizzy World Prompts Odd Gas Fear in Cats
A fragment notes a new gas that allegedly makes cats afraid of mice and references unrelated headlines about a man whose car was struck by two vehicles tied to a safe concern.
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Wo Tucks
Safe Concern
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Bill Carpenter
Herezel
Albed
James Finch
Nion
Jim Dentent
Noble Fian
Frances
Beoreane
Marc Tie
Jewel Brundage
Depotwoman
BU Carpenter
Prolm ‘Ley
Robert Hostetler
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Finch
City Jail
Sme
Dement
Thew
Elwood O Nelson
San Francisco
Hollywood
Water Firm Holdings
Drago
Bronx Zoo
James Oliver
Stephen Spencock
KBM
Boeing Co
L.B
Lis
Christnay
Bethlehem
Ren EL
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