Grand Jury Questions County Audit Feasibility
Long Beach civic leader Joseph F. Bishop says the county cannot sign off on a comprehensive audit due to lack of an willing outside auditor. He argues taxpayers deserve verification by an independent standard and compares the county to a giant firm too large for internal review. The county’s internal audit department lacks scope for all departments, he adds.
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Joseph F. Bishop
Walker's
Long Beach
Bishop
General Motors
Ammunition Truck Blows Up in Elath Sabotage Claim
An Israeli Army ammunition truck exploded on the Elath docks injuring 42 and killing 18. Palestinian groups claimed credit, offering differing sabotage versions, while an Israeli spokesman said the blast appeared accidental. The incident occurred at Israel's Gulf of Aqaba port, with ongoing claims from two guerrilla factions.
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Elath
Israel
Gulf of Aqaba
Ain
Pacer Es
Amman
Palestine Armed Struggle Command
Popular Democratic Front
Action Line column origin questioned by reader
A reader asks who started the ACTION LINE columns and cites widespread similar features in newspapers. The response notes Watch Q, with further discussion continuing on Page A-9, Col. 1 regarding contract voidability when fraud or misrepresentation affects a Buick station wagon purchase.
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E.B
Long Beach
Marijuana Roundup and Senate Debate Highlight A4 Page
The notice outlines a marijuana roundup with Senate debate and references undercover work in high school. It notes Democratic Party centers to hear consumer complaints and a Navy officer who spent five years as a prisoner and rejects international prisoner of war rules.
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Senate
Democratic Party
U.S. Navy
Rescuers Dig Out Tot Entombed in Mudhole
A two year old boy trapped in a narrow irrigation shaft in a tomato field was rescued after nearly seven hours of tunneling by more than 50 volunteers in Miami. Deputies aided the effort as the child received treatment for exposure and possible fractures at a local hospital.
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Owen
John Reynolds
Miami
UPI
Fair Skies Predicted, Weather Forecaster Reverses Outlook
The forecast for Southern California shifted from a drizzly storm to fair skies. Met officials now expect mostly sunny conditions with light to moderate winds through today and tomorrow.
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California
Reagan unveils tax plan with 40 percent property tax cut
Reagan previews a new tax proposal promising a 40 percent cut in property taxes for residents of low cost housing. He asserts a Democratic challenge to his reelection bid and claims Republicans can regain the State Assembly as he touts anticrime legislation.
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Los Angeles
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
State Assembly
California
Assembly
Jesse Unruh
Inglewood
Sam Yorty
Families Flee From Flooding in Northern California
Dozens of families abandoned homes near the river as a Pacific storm ends after 16 days of heavy winds and rain. Flood levels reach the highest since 1940 with levee breaks flooding farms in Butte County. Mudslides close U.S. 101 and an old wooden building collapses in Auburn.
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Sacramento
River
California
U.S. 101
Auburn
The wife with dishpan hands now suffers push button fingers
A quirky note describes a wife once troubled by dishpan hands as she adapts to modern push button fingers, hinting at a humorous or satirical household change.
Typhoid on Luxury Liner Oronsay Aboard
News of typhoid aboard the British liner Oronsay traveling from London to California and Vancouver. The vessel carried 900 passengers and crew. Six crew members in Los Angeles and San Francisco hospitals were found to have typhoid, not flu, highlighting the disease and its carrier dynamics.
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Vancouver
UPS
London
California
Oronsay
Los Angeles
San Francisco
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