Largest cocaine seizure at LAX
Gerald C. Kott a 49 year old Mill Valley construction worker was arrested on arrival from South America for possession of cocaine in a case described as the largest seizure at Los Angeles International Airport. Authorities seized 30.8 pounds of cocaine valued at about 6.5 million dollars hidden in a girdle two suitcases and sections of fishing poles. He was held for federal arraignment and treated for a knee injury at USC County Medical Center.
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Gerald C. Kott
Los Angeles International Airport
Kott
Mill Valley
Columbia
South America
Sheriff's
Usc County Medical Center
Riverside boy missing after doughnut stop abduction
Riverside police scour the area for 7-year-old Wade Charles who vanished after a man allegedly offered doughnuts and soda to him and a 6-year-old girl near a waterfall at Mt. Rubidoux. Witnesses report a blue steel revolver in the suspect’s belt as officers describe a 5 foot 10 inch man in his 30s with brown hair.
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Riverside
Wade Charles
Wade
Mt. Roubidoux
Tall Man Rayfield Johnson Built His Own King-Size Life
Rayfield Johnson, 7 feet 5, survived circus sideshows and carny life as the "tall man" of Clyde Beatty and King Brothers. Now 54, arthritis and spine curvature limit him at Morningside Hospital, while he tends a small Riverside County farm and reflects on eight sons and two daughters.
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Rayfield Johnson
Johnson
Harlem Road Clowns
Morningside Hospital
Inglewood
Clyde Beatty
King Brothers
Riverside County
Perris
Bottoms tops with Man Watchers
Gloria Schallick reports on Man Watchers Inc. in San Diego, a group studying male physiques. Suzy Mallory leads a 1,000-member club promoting men as sex symbols, listing Burt Reynolds first for 1974 and detailing guidelines and reactions.
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Gloria Schallock
Associated Press
Man Watchers Inc
San Diego
Burt Reynolds
Ms. Mallory
Europe
Alan Alda
Jack Nicholson
John Newcombe
Cleavon Title
Robert Ordee
Larry Csonka
al Pacino
Casey Tibbs
Bobby Riggs
Ms. Mallery
San Quentin should be closed says Procunier
The outgoing California corrections chief Raymond Procunier calls for San Quentin to close citing severe isolation and violence. He recommends building two new prisons at a cost of 150 million dollars to house inmates like those at San Quentin and notes his impending retirement plans.
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Sacramento
California
San Quentin
State Department of Corrections
Raymond Procunier
Procurier
Precunier
Ronald Reagan
Procunier
Brown
Prison Revolutionary Movement
Soledad
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Lax
Douglas Charles
Riverside City College
Orlando, Fla
Charles
Mattie Adams
Mallery
Mallory
Beourdal
Garumemeaner Barton Warnted
Amerika Forever
Sradventuaily
Mane Mars
Socca Onder
Miiday
Hugh E. Sorenson
Enterprise Corp
South Ridge
Greenfield
Wis
Vacuum Cleaners
4Th St
Long Beach
Soledad Brothers
Marin County
Symbionese Liberation Army
George Jackson
Jackson
Fashions
Navy
ARROW
Park Avenue Hosiery Sale
Park Avenue Park
Wintuk
Skein
Orion
4Th - Long Beach
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