Defense of Finch and Thiele to open Monday in LA bribery case
Los Angeles Superior Court will hear the defense of former Detective Inspectors Harry P. Finch Jr. and James A. Thiele on conspiracy bribery and solicitation charges. Jury selection ran four weeks as prosecutors rested after detectives testified. evidence centers on an alleged $400 monthly shakedown of Dr. Garland and a potential $1,500 to $3,000 bribe for Garland’s trial outcome.
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Don Maddock
Harry P. Finch Jr
James A. Thiele
Los Angeles
Howard Ziemann
Joe Carr
Albert C. S. Ramsey
Ted C. Sten
Thomas W. Cochran
Robert Shaw
Jay Q O. Garland
Thiele
Faculty vote backs separation of LBCC from district
In a 75 member Long Beach City College meeting, faculty endorsed separating LBCC from Long Beach Unified School District, with only two voting against. Assemblyman Grant said AB 608 is dropped this session. The meeting also formed two committees to push separation both locally and state-wide.
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Jim McCaule
Long Beach City College
California Junior College
Long Beach Unified School District
LBCC
California Junior College Faculty Association
American Association of University Professors
William E. Keeley
Liberal Arts
William S. Grant
LHCC
Presley C. Dawson
Dawson
Trailer Firm Looted in Burglary on Kong Beach Blvd
Police reported Friday a burglary at Buyer Trailer Sales located at 6668 Kong Beach Blvd. The incident involved the theft of $105.15 in cash and keys were taken during the break in.
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Kong Beach Blvd
Keys
MTA and PE clash over red car lease terms
The MTA and Pacific Electric Railway faced deadlock over a long-term lease for red car operation as a state utility hearing continued in the Veterans Memorial Building. PE officials argued terms were not compensatory while MTA cited a $145,000 annual loss and potential savings from bus replacements.
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George Weeks
MTA
Ernest R Gerlach
Gerlach
Minister Receives 9th Award for Patriotism Honor
The Rev. Wendell Tredick, pastor of First Presbyterian, won his ninth national Freedoms Foundation Award for a sermon on patriotism. The Valley Forge group cited him for outstanding patriotic effort. Previous honors included the 1953 George Washington Freedom Award with a $5,000 prize. Other area winners included Grayson Controls Division of Robert Shaw Fulton Co, editor Joseph A. McMillan, Santa Ana College, and Franklin D Roosevelt Junior High School Compton. Dave Garroway and Arthur Godfrey were praised for contributing to public understanding of the American way.
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Wendell
Tredick
First Presbyterian Church
National Freedoms Foundation
Valley Forge
Mr Tredick
Freedoms Foundation
Grayson Controls
Robertshaw-Fulton Controls Co
Joseph
Rubber Workers to Meet at District Five Convention
Peter Bommarito international vice president of the United Rubber Workers will address 125 delegates at 9 30 a m today during the UAW District Five convention at the Lafayette Hotel. Ike Gold international secretary treasurer will speak at 2 p m today and international president George Burdon will speak Sunday. The union plans contract talks next month with Goodyear Firestone U S Rubber and B F Goodrich.
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Peter Bom Marito
United Rubber Workers
Bommarito
UAW
Lafayette Hotel
Long Beach
Ike Gold
International
George Burdon
Goodyear, Firestone
U. S. Rubber
B. F. Goodrich Co
URW
Visitors welcomed aboard Navy destroyer DeHaven
Visitors will be welcomed aboard the Navy destroyer USS DeHaven at Berth 201 Pier A near Pierpoint Landing from 1 to 4 pm today and Sunday. Guides will be furnished for visitors. Attractions include continuous demonstrations and a sea power movie.
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DeHaven
Pier A
Pierpoint Landing
Bus Service On E 10th Street To Resume March 5
Grover Markham of Long Beach Motor Bus Co announced Friday that bus service along E 10th Street will be reinstated March 5. The route extension, authorized by the State Public Utilities Commission, restores the pre revision line along Easy Avenue and Tenth Street, with a 40 minute schedule from Third Street and Long Beach Boulevard to Tenth Street and Park Avenue and 20 minute service as far east as St Mary’s Hospital.
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E. 10Th Street
Grover Markham
Long Beach Motor Bus Co
State Public Utilities Commission
Easy Avenue
Tenth Street
Third Street
Long Beach Boulevard
Park Avenue
St.Mary's Hospital
Long Beach Progress Edition Praised by State Leaders
Gov Edmund Brown Sens Kuche Engle and four others laud Long Beach The International City in a special Progress Edition of The Independent Press Telegram. They congratulate the Port of Teng Beach on its 50th anniversary as the four page edition promises stories and dramatic harbor pictures with order blanks for extra copies.
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Long Beach
Independent
Edmund G. Brown
Thomas Kuche
Clair Engle
Teng Beach
Brother Ray Covington Flies to Aid Murder Probe
Torrance machinist Ray Covington 30 flew to Dallas Friday night to talk with Texas authorities about a Fort Worth druggist murder. He and his brother Mickey 33 had confessed but he traveled without a police guard, while homicide detectives accompanied him to Long Beach Airport. He was released from jail Friday afternoon.
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Torrance
Ray Covington
Dallas
Tex
Texas
Fort Worth
Mickey
Covington
Long Beach-Compton
PAC
South Gate
Lynwood
Lakewood
County Board of Supervisors
Fourth Wins Trophy Nike unit tops Long Beach area
The Fourth Missile Battalion, part of the battalion assigned to the Nike air defense system, was named the top active Army National Guard Nike missile unit in national readiness tests. Based in Long Beach Torrance and Playa del Rey, the unit, under Maj. Neil E. Allgood, maintains Nike batteries and earned the 1960 Commander’s Trophy. Battery commanders include Capt. Ronald M Salveson and Lt. Richard G Wilde with posts in Bellflower and Long Beach.
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Long Beach
Opera
Playa del Rey
Army National Guard
ANG
U. S
Neil E. Allgood
Ninth St
Nike
Torrance
Utt's Wife On Federal Payroll Amid California House Members
Government payroll records show Charlene Utt, wife of Congressman James R. Utt of Orange, is employed in his congressional office. She earns a monthly salary of $223.87 as part of a seven-member California delegation employing spouses.
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James R. Utt
Orange
House
California
Charlene
Concert Listings in Long Beach Tap Municipal Venues
Today in Long Beach features the Municipal Band concert at Concert Hall and the Barbershop quartets at Convention Hall and Municipal Auditorium. Cal Tjader leads jazz at Long Beach State College theater. Stage shows Gays and Dolls and The Reluctant Debutante run at local venues.
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Municipal Band
Lime Age
Long Beach
Anaheim St
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Long Beach State College
Lbsc Press Club
Edward A. Check
Stevely Ave
D.A
Finch-Thiele
Garland
Witnnesses
Raymond
Henry
Warren Jordan
el Reno
Ave
Brooks
Algy Jandry
Finch
Las Vegas
J.C. District
Dale Taylor
Draper L. Kauffman
Marshall FE. Dornin
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Hama
Kauffman
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Dornin
Helena
Naval Postgraduate School
Monterey
Calif
Patricia O'Connor
St. Anthony's
James Dow
Jordan
Richard White
Poly
E. D. Yeomans
Defese
D. R. Lewis
Railway Company
Lloyd Bulloch
Statler Hilton
Los
Angeles
Betty Sommer
St. Anthony and
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White
Art York
Southland
Bullock's Downtown
Scott Griswold
Air Pollution Control District
James Selover
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Glenn Irvin
Chamber of Commerce
George Trammell
Downtown
Don Gill
Los Altos Association
Jorville Newhouse
Veterans F
Harry +McCord
Civitan Club of
Poe
Dave Garroway
Arthur Godfrey
The
Foundation
L.B. Praise
Brother
Hazel Merrill
Press-Telegram
Werner W. Sell
Merrill
Willard
Chicago
L.B
Spring Street
Redondo Avenue
Army Air Defense (Command
Utt
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