Younger Vows Fight For Pretrial Publicity Rights
District Attorney Evelle J. Younger vows to press for broader pretrial publicity in the Sirhan Sirhan case after the Supreme Court refused to hear his appeal. He warned courts will issue more publicity restrictions, warning of contempt threats but stopping short of disobedience. The Jan. 6 Los Angeles trial date looms as he urges a test of legal philosophy on free press versus fair trial. The DA and court repeatedly cited the Sheppard precedent on publicity and its impact on juror impartiality.
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Evelle J. Younger
U.S. Supreme Court
Sirhan Sirhan
Younger
Los Angeles
Sirhan
Supreme Court
Robert F. Kennedy
District Attorney
District Attorney’s Office
Free Press
Superior Court
Los Angeles County
California Cour of Appeal
California Supreme Court
Samuel Sheppard
Glue Sniffing Teen Dies During Lunch Hour
A 13 year old boy, Jesse G. Escobar Jr., died during lunch hour near Hollenbeck Junior High School in East Los Angeles while sniffing airplane glue. A witness saw him lean against a building and fall. a can was found nearby. He was about six blocks from the school at the time.
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Jesse G. Escobar Jr
Los Angeles
Hollenbeck Junior High School
Young Escobar
Port Area Man Found Fatally Shot
Jack Edward Hansen, 24, a Wilmington laborer, was found shot to death in his apartment Monday. Detectives said the slaying was discovered by his mother, Marie Willett, who found him lying in the living room. He had been shot several times in the head, possibly with a .22 caliber pistol, and the gun cabinet in a nearby bedroom had been broken into with several weapons removed. The killing is believed to have occurred between 2 a.m. Sunday and 6:45 a.m. Monday.
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Jack Edward Hansen
Wilmington
Harbor Division
Hansen
Marie Willett
Wilmington Blvd
Denni
Long Beach OEO Grants Funds for Counseling Service
The Office of Economic Opportunity approved a $60,000 grant of rep rogrammed funds to the Long Beach Commissioner Economic Opportunity Hosmer R Long Beach announced Monday. The grant will be supplemented by $47,961 in local funds for the commission's Family Counseling Service to aid low income residents over the next 12 months.
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Washington
Office of Economic Opportunity
Long Beach
Economic Opportunity
Hosmer
Commission
Fire Claims Life of Two Young LA Sisters
In south central Los Angeles a late night fire killed Carla Shepherd aged 5 and Kimberly aged 4 in a second floor apartment closet. Five fire units responded after neighbors failed to rescue the girls. Damages were about 3000 dollars as investigators examine the blaze.
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Los Angeles
Carla Shepherd
Kimberly
Los Angeles City
Adelene Livingston
Judge Upholds Los Angeles 5 Percent Tipplers Tax
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Kenneth N Chantry upheld the 5 percent tipplers tax on alcoholic beverages sold in the city. The decision rejects Century Plaza Hotel Co suit claiming state exclusivity on beverage regulation. The tax aims to raise about $6 million to offset a deficit in the 1968 69 city budget.
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Los Angeles
Three men charged in USC student’s death
A murder complaint was issued against George E. Williams 21 George William Jordan Jr 26 and Douglas L Turnbeau 30 for the knife slaying of freshman Brian G Clay in front of a USC fraternity house Robbery was believed to be the motive and bond was opposed by Deputy District Attorney Dino J Fulgoni.
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Brian G. Clay
USC
Frrmally
George E. Williams
George William Jordan Jr
Douglas L. Turnbeau
Dino J. Fulgoni
Young Clay
Fremont High Chief Granted Medical Leave Amid Unrest
Robert Malcolm principal of troubled Fremont High School in Los Angeles was granted medical leave after clashes with the Black Students Union. Richard Browning, a white vice principal, became acting principal as the school awaits a black successor. The 95 percent black campus closed after last week's BSU confrontation.
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Robert Malcolm
Fremont High School
Los Angeles
Malcolm
Black Students Union
Richard Browning
BSU
Car Kills Woman 65 Crossing Long Beach Street
An elderly woman, Mrs Freda I Lansing 65 of 2867 Lomina Ave, died after being pinned beneath a car at Spring Street and Los Coyotes Diagonal. The driver Alvira L Koep sel 55 of 389 Tulane Ave turned left onto the Diagonal as the victim crossed in a crosswalk. Police reported she died en route to Community Hospital after 4 11 p m. In Orange County, services are pending for Richard Thomas Erd mann 21 of 1855 Los Leones St who died from a one car crash at Knott and La Palma Avenues Buena Park.
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Freda I. Lansing
Lomina Ave
Cmmunity Hospital
Spring Street
Los Coyotes
Richard Thomas Erdmann
Los Leones St
Long Beach Woman Dies in Pacific Coast Highway Crash
A 36 year old Long Beach resident Lois Arlene Mosley was killed in a head on collision on Pacific Coast Highway near Brookhurst Street Huntington Beach. An unidentified man and woman in the second vehicle were seriously hurt.
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Long Beach
Lois Arlene Mosley
E. 55Th St
Brookhurst Street
Huntington Beach
Bradley decries violence in U S political change call
Los Angeles mayoralty candidate Thomas Bradley told USC's Great Issues Forum that no major economic or social change has occurred in the United States without violence. He urged leaders to confront violence and address air and water pollution, proposing jail or shutdowns for polluters.
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Los Angeles
Thomas Bradley
U.S
Great Issues Forum
USC
America
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