Westside pharmacy owner killed in Willow Street gunfight
Dearth, longtime Long Beach pharmacist and Westside community leader, was shot during a holdup at his store near Willow Street. He died at the scene as two accomplices fled. Police sealed the area, flighted a helicopter, and questioned witnesses. Dearth is survived by his wife and children. funeral arrangements are pending.
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al Sturgeon
de Johng
Don
Jane Hamade
Dearth
Willow
Easy
Delta Avenues
Willow Street
David Stoltz
W. Willow
Charles Aba
Westside
Eloise Mitchell
Leasant
Eddie Barrett
June
Reagan proposes systematic transfer of authority to states
Reagan’s Chicago speech outlined a plan for a broad transfer of federal programs to state and local governments under a system of creative federalism. He claimed potential savings of over 50 billion dollars using 1976 spending levels, and listed specific programs with exact sums, while acknowledging the political risks and mixed reactions from Ford's campaign and various governors and economists.
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Ford
Reagan
Bloomington
Chicago
Oshkosh
Wis
Nofziger
America
New Hampshire
North Carolina
Florida
Illinois
Wisconsin
Doctors Slowdown Strains Southern California Hospitals
The slowdown in medical practice across Southern California reduces nonemergency surgeries as surgeons, anesthesiologists, and other specialists cut back. Hospitals report patient transfers to county facilities rise while public beds remain tight and costs soar. Authorities warn of potential patient harm, with mixed responses from unions and state officials.
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California
Los Angeles
County Health Department
Hospital Council of
Southern California
Council
Leon Hauk
San Gabriel Valley
Gerald Glantz
United Physicians of California
Sacramento
San Jose
Liston Witherill
Hospital Council
Banker's Wife Slain After Ransom Paid in Gulfport
Edwina Marter, 36, wife of Charles W. Marter, vice president of Quit National Bank, was found shot to death in a wooded area north of Gulfport hours after her husband paid a $25,000 ransom. Richard Gerald Jordan, 29, of Hattiesburg, was charged with murder and held without bail. one child survived unharmed. An FBI-led dragnet, roadblocks, and police searches followed the ransom drop.
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Gulfport
Miss
FBI
Albert Neeaise
Edwina Marter
Quit National Bank
Edgar Litte
Necalse
Richard Gerald Jordan
Hatdesburg
Jordan
Nevaise
Marter
Smog Threat Evokes Gas Fuel Debate Across California
A StateFPC debate warns natural gas limits could trigger a Los Angeles smog crisis this summer and intensify in 1977 1978 as large industrial gas users shift to fuel oil. ARB researchers caution about current sulfur emissions while noting gas is far cleaner than oil.
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Texas
California
Los Angeles
FPC
Southern California Air Pollution Control District
Bill Falkner
Quinn
APCD
Falkner
ARB
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Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Abernathy
TN Long Beach
Long Beach Medical Association
Memorial Hospital Medical Center
Carl M. Shy
Institute For Environmental Studies
University of North Carolina
South Coast Air Basin
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