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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Dec 22, 1976

Page

5

Bell faces turmoil over private club memberships

Griffin Bell, nominated as attorney general, admits membership in three all white clubs with no black or Jewish members. Carter defends gradual desegregation stance while critics demand Bell quit clubs or withdraw his nomination. Bell later says he was mistaken about Carswell remarks and Carter seeks cabinet unity amid civil rights scrutiny.

Washington Griffin Bell Jimmy Carter Bell Atlanta Piedmont Driving Club Capital City Oglethorpe Savannah Carter Plains G. Harold Carswell Supreme Cewt Nixon Carswell New York News Senate South Reg. Parren Mitchell Congressional Black Caucus Mitchell Charles Wittenstein Anti-Defamation League Frank Carter Charles Gowan Bell's Charles Kirbo Jack Watson Capital City Club American Bar Association Seers John Shattuck The American Civil Liberties Union Florida Supreme Court William J. Brennan Jr Thurgood Mara

Woman found dead near San Juan Capistrano. boy nearby

Maria Padilla 22 was found shot on a brush covered slope north of San Juan Capistrano after her 11 year old son cried for help. Investigators said motive unclear as deputies searched the area near Ortega Highway and the San Diego Freeway.

Santa Ana San Juan Capistrano Orange County Vid Kiesman

Arson Suspected in L A Apartment Fire Killing Six

Fire officials say a deliberate blaze in a two story Los Angeles apartment house killed six people and injured 30, with a stillborn infant reported from the premature delivery. Residents smelled flammable chemicals before the fire, and investigators opened an arson probe as flames rapidly consumed four of the 20 units.

Los Angeles

Oil spill from Argo Merchant grounds off Massachusetts coast

The Argo Merchant ran aground near Cape Cod last Wednesday and broke up, spreading a 50 ft wide oil slick that drifted 70 miles toward Georges Bank. Coast Guard officials described it as a suspect vessel with rusty pipes and fittings, while Massachusetts sought disaster relief and federal scientists investigated seal colonies and fishing impacts.

Venezuela Salem Mass Chambers Arga West Germany Coast Guard James P. Stewart Stewart Argo Massachusetts Boston Thebes Shipping Inc Monrovia Liberia Thebes Michael B. Latti Ameriship Agency Inc New York Commonwealth of Massachusetts Ford Edward M. Kennedy D-Mass Torrey Canyon Santa Barbara Calif Richard Griggs Georges Bank Cape Cod Nantucket Train EPA

Skid Row Slasher case goes to jury

Vaughn Orrin Green wood, 33, faces nine Skid Row Slasher deaths from Dec 1, 1974 to Jan 31, 1975 and two other downtown homicides in 1964 in Los Angeles Superior Court. Judge Har C. Broady concluded final instructions as jurors retired to deliberate. Green wood is already serving time for assault and has prior Chicago cases.

Vaughn Orrin Greenwood Los Angeles Greenwood Chicago

Robbery suspects nabbed after Belmont Shore travel agency heist

Two suspects, Mark Anthony Salazar and Norma Lopez, were arrested after a Belmont Shore travel agency robbery. Police traced the get away car to a Lakewood apartment complex. two handguns were recovered. Salazar, 21, of Hawaiian Gardens, and Lopez, 29, Lakewood, were booked on robbery charges at Lakewood sheriff's station.

Sherif Hawaiian Gardens Belmont Shore Mark Anthony Salazar Brittain St Norma Lopez Alburtis Ave Lakewood Robry Long Beach Martha Ford Travel Service Second St Lefl Southwest Regional Interagency Southland Comlex del Amoulevard

Deukmejian Demands Brown State Death Penalty Stand

Sacramento AP. Senate Republican leader George Deukmejian pressed Gov. Brown to declare if he would sign or veto a bill restoring California death penalty. Brown refused, calling the statement political rhetoric as the high court had struck down the prior law. Brown questioned effectiveness and leadership.

Sacramento Senate George Deukmejian Long Beach Brown California Deukmejian State Supreme Court U.S. Supreme Court Deurkmelian State High Court State Senate

Stolen Goods Charge Jails Hammer Son of Industrialist

Julian Armand Hammer, 41, son of Armand Hammer, was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of receiving stolen property after detectives found a $200 antique slagger and a $2h ring at his Pacific Palisades home. The items were reportedly taken in a burglary. He was jailed with friend Jean Channell, 7, who faced suspicion of possessing dangerous drugs including LSD.

Armand Hammer Sheriff's Julian Armand Hammer Pacific Palisades Hammer Jean Channell

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