Traffic deaths in California hit 13 year low in 1974
Preliminary figures show 3,983 people were killed in California traffic accidents in 1974 a 22 decrease from 4,905 in 1973 and the lowest since 1961 Highway Patrol Commissioner Dan Lanza credited the 55 mph speed limit and fewer miles driven for the decline He noted a significant rise in drunken driving arrests and Governor Reagan endorsed energy saving efforts while urging continued fuel conservation efforts and improved compliance with the limit.
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Sacramento
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California
Highway Patrol
Dan Lanza
Lanza
Walter Pudinski
Pudinski
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Patrol
Ronald Reagan
Record juvenile murder arrests hit new high in 1974
Los Angeles County Supervisor Kenneth Hahn reported 184 youths held for murder in 1974, a 48 percent rise from 1973, with 111 victims. He noted 1 603 homicides that year, up 13 percent from 1 413 in 1973, and urged tougher action against habitual criminals.
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Los Angeles
Kenneth Hahn
Hahn
County Asked to Hire Outside Lawyer for Kirkpatrick Appeal
Los Angeles County supervisors were urged to hire outside counsel to advise the Civil Service Commission during the appeal of firee Probation Department chief Kenneth Kirkpatrick. The plan covers evidence admissibility issues from a county task force investigation. Kirkpatrick, 59, was dismissed November 19. His Civil Service Commission appeal opens March 3.
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Los Angeles
Civil Service Commission
Probation Department
Kenneth Kirkpatrick
John Larson
Kirkpatrick
Larson
Five Orange County Residents Die in Mammoth Lakes Air Crash
Five Orange County residents perished when a Beechcraft Duke twin engine aircraft crashed east of Yosemite shortly after takeoff from Mammoth Lakes Airport. The dead include pilot Leroy Penhall 44 of Balboa and his wife Bonnie 45 plus James Knoble 40 Beverly 37 and Joyce Sigalos 36. Federal investigators examine wreckage as clear weather is reported at the time.
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Mammoth Lakes
Orange County
Yosemite National Park
Mono County
Leroy Penhall
Balboa
Bonnie
James Knoble
Anaheim
Beverly
Joyce Sigalos
Fullerton
Penhall
Sierra
Missing man tied to mystery sea death
Coast Guard officials say no trace has been found of Darrell A. Musguire, 19, who was reported missing at sea about midnight December 30, five miles south of Los Angeles Harbor from the 157 foot seismic research ship Sitkin. The Sitkin’s on duty commander is under investigation and has left town. he is not the ship’s regular skipper, Del Horton of the Coast Guard 11th District said.
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Coast Guard
Lomita
Darrell A. Musguire
Los Angeles Harbor
Sitkin
Stkin
Sit
Independent Press Telegram Classifieds Snapshot
January 4 1975 column shows pricing for delivery options in Long Beach California No full article text visible mentions daily and Sunday rates and carrier delivery details for single copy and Sunday only subscriptions.
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Long Beach
Asx
Plea in 1973 Inglewood slaying. two men plead guilty
Los Angeles men Cavitt and Reed plead guilty to manslaughter in the 1973 killing of Irving Watson in Inglewood. Secret Witness tip led to arrests. rewards total $2,000 plus a $1,000 pledge from the victim’s brother. Carmelita May awaits trial.
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Los Angeles
Inglewood
Irving E. Watson
Torrance
Tony Gerald Cavitt
Sherman Bernard Reed
I,pt
Leslie K. Watson
Long Beach
Watson
Carmelita May
Superior Court
Cavitt
Reed
May Woman
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