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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1969
Page
3
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan trial opens with defense motions delaying jury selection. Judge Herbert V. Walker presides as prosecutors and three defense lawyers prepare for the two-session day in the Los Angeles Hall of Justice. Only two of Sirhan’s lawyers attend the meetings.
Six people held in the Carson area on suspicion of the Dec 30 killing of Joseph Edward Clements were released from murder booking after the Long Beach DA declined to file murder charges. Not all were freed. some remain in custody on narcotics or robbery warrants. The suspects claimed self defense with Clements as the aggressor after a fight. Names include Curtis W. Garrett Tina Stoiber Tommy Hill Michael A. Newberry Ronnie L. Jackson.
Rolf Presunner, 46, a West Germany native living in Lakewood, was shot at a gas station on Norwalk Boulevard while fleeing a bandit. He died at Woodruff Community Hospital from three 22 caliber wounds. The holdup netted $7.60. Detectives found four spent shells near the scene and few other clues.
Smoke from a fourth floor penthouse at the Broadway Del Amo store in Torrance drew a 1 am alarm. Six city units responded but found only oil dripping on a hot manifold from an emergency generator that started automatically after a broken underground power cable caused an electrical short. The generator had a leaky oil gasket. No damage reported.
The Los Angeles City Council Finance Committee plans to sue the county for more funds for city run beaches. The county now contributes 100000 yearly toward 14 miles of beaches and 100000 to Santa Monica and Long Beach plus 120730 to Hermosa Beach. The committee ordered the recovery action to be filed next Monday.
A bench warrant for San Pedro developer Keith Smith was issued and canceled after he arrived with two attorneys at 3:30 p.m. in Judge Richard Schauer's Superior Court. Smith promised to appear at a contempt hearing on January 13 while his lawyers argued a communication breakdown. He faces contempt from missing a November 20 appearance related to foundations under investigation for more than 1 million dollars in funds and is appealing Oct 23 orders.
Attendance at Fremont High School in Los Angeles near normal as classes resume after Christmas. The school, a predominantly Negro institution, has a new principal Donald Bolton who replaced white principal Robert P. Malcolm after an extended medical leave. Bolton expects continued community involvement and no further trouble.
Refuse collectors found a cache of crudely counterfeited bills totaling about 200000 in a drum barrel Monday. City workers turned the bills over to police, who handed them to Secret Service agents for investigation and analysis.
The field of contenders for Los Angeles mayor grew as filing closed with Mayor Sam Yorty, Rep. Thomas M. Rees, Rep. Alphonzo Bell, and TV producer John F. Rourke among entrants. Also listed were Eileen Anderson, Baxter Ward, and councilmen John Ferraro Thomas Bradley Arthur Snyder Robert Wilkinson plus a broad mix of professionals and party affiliates seeking the April 1 primary.
A garbled OCR text hints at an election or allocation story involving Philippines and California. The readable bits mention relocation and a possibly planned event, with uncertain names and dates. The article appears to cover a political process but details are unclear.
Firemen rescued 22 occupants of a downtown Burbank hotel early Monday as 140 other persons fled to safety from a blaze on the second floor of the three story Addison Hotel. Two occupants were treated at Burbank Community Hospital for smoke inhalation and two more received oxygen at the scene.
A prosecution witness Wallace White testified Monday that he paid $21 000 to have Mayor Sam Yorty rescind a veto in a San Fernando Valley zoning case He and his partners lent Shepard 10 000 to influence approval of a seven acre Chatsworth zoning change from agricultural to multiple dwelling.
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