Moratorium activities launch in Long Beach area
Teach-In at Long Beach City College and a City Hall rally mark the start of December antiwar moratorium actions in Long Beach. Demonstrations target the American Electric plant in North Long Beach and the Naval Station picket lines with speakers from the Peace and Freedom Party and others.
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Long Beach
Long Beach City College
City Hall
Long Beach Naval Station
American Electric Camapalm
North Long Beach
Southland
Oceanside
Camp Pendleton
San Diego
LBCC
Yosef Miller
Steve Reinhardt
California Democratic Council
Peace and Freedom Party
C.T. Weber
American Electric
Paramount Blvd
New York City
City Investment Corp
17 Year Old Shot After Police Chase
A 17 year old boy pursued by police through Vernon was shot in the stomach Thursday as he appeared to reach for a gun. Dan Rayes was taken in critical condition to County USC Medical Center where he was booked for grand theft investigation. Officers did not confirm the youth possessed a gun. The youth was stopped by a motorcycle officer after speeding and running red lights. The shot was fired during a reaching motion.
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Vernon
Dan Rayes
County Usc Medical Center
Rayes
Area Earnings Rise Then Lose Value to Inflation
Manufacturing workers in the Long Beach-Los Angeles area posted a record average earnings of 145.25 in October, up from September and higher than October 1968 by 5.71 or 4.1 percent, but after price and tax adjustments real buying power fell. For a three dependent family the real earnings slipped about 0.19 percent, and for a single worker by 1.7 percent, using 1968 baseline comparisons.
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Long Beach
Los Angeles
U.S
No Contest Plea in Forgery Case Involving Santa Monica Official
Grace Q. Thomas pleads no contest to two counts of forgery at Los Angeles Municipal Court. Once executive director of the Santa Monica redevelopment agency, she was fired after an audit revealed $4,656 missing. The arraignment was before Judge Antonio E Chavez. The article also cites Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI trends and wage data for the region.
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Grace Q. Thomas
Opment
Los Angeles
Antonio E. Chavez
Kelly Named Acting Los Angeles Schools Superintendent
Robert Ellis Kelly 61, a 40 year veteran of the Los Angeles city school system, was named acting superintendent effective Jan. 16 upon Dr. Crowther’s retirement. The Board of Education selected him unanimously. Kelly has led business and educational services as deputy superintendent since 1953.
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Robert Ellis Kelly
Los Angeles
Jack P. Crowther
Kelly
Board of Education
Arthur F. Gardner
Gardena Officer Cleared in Doctor Slaying
A Gardena policeman was cleared of criminal responsibility in the fatal shooting of Dr. David A. Hodgson after a high speed motorcycle chase last August. The Los Angeles County grand jury declined to indict officer Ronald P. Bruce for manslaughter. Bruce testified he accidentally fired when his thumb slipped off the hammer during the chase. Hodgson had refused orders to stop and a toxicologist noted elevated methamphetamine in Hodgson's system.
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Gardena
Los Angeles County Grand Jury
Ronald P. Bruce
David A. Hodgson
County Usc Medical Center
Bruce
Hodgson
North Pacific storm roars ashore hitting California coast
A winter storm from the North Pacific swept Northern California with gale winds and heavy rain. Forecasters warned of icy drifts on Sierra highways and possible downpour levels of precipitation as the system neared Southern California.
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North Pacific
California
Sierra
Eureka
Point Arenas
Califor
Kidnapping Suspect Held Insane in Ramo Case
A judge ruled 23 year old John Santen insane after he was accused of abducting Alan Ramo from Beverly Hills on Sept 12. Santen, a merchant seaman from San Lorenzo, was committed to Atascadero State Hospital for an indefinite period and criminal proceedings stayed until cured. A $200,000 ransom was sought. Alan Ramo aided by police after the abduction.
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Beverly Hills
Simon Ramo
John Santen
San Francisco
San Lorenzo
Superior Court
James D. Tante
Atascadero State Hospital
Santen
Tante
Alan Ramo
Santa Monica
Ramo
Youth Stabbed in High School Fight in North Hollywood
A 15 year old boy Bradley Gold was stabbed in the back during a fight in front of North Hollywood High School. He remained in serious condition at Glendale Memorial Hospital. Three youths fled in a car.
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North Hollywood
UPI
North Hollywood High School
Bradley Gold
Glendale Memorial Hospital
NAACP Rally Planned in Student Convictions
The NAACP announced a mass rally for Sunday to remove the stigma of felony convictions tied to campus demonstrations at San Fernando Valley State College last year. Earl E. Raines Sr. called the 20 students convicted on felony counts, following the November 4, 1968 takeover, and defense attorneys condemned the convictions as racially biased.
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NAACP
San Fernando Valley State College
Earl E. Raines Sr
Raines
Morgan Moten
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