Harbor Bribery Trial Tape Reveals Starr and Rundberg
A Superior Court jury in the Harbor Commission bribery case heard a tape in which a Harbor Department lessee discusses a $200,000 to $300,000 payment and political contributions. The tape includes statements attributed to defendant Robert Starr and remarks about candidates and future campaigns. Witnesses testified about a $12 million World Trade Center lease on Terminal Island and concerns over noncompetitive bidding.
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Superior Court
Harbor Commission
Harbor Department
Robert
Nick) Starr
Starr
Karl Rundberg
Los Angeles
San Pedro
Keith Smith
Smith
National Metals Co
Harry Faversham
National Metals
Faversham
District Attorney's
Rundberg
Watson
Harbor
George Watson
C. Erwin Piper
San Sebastian Development Co
World Trade Center
Terminal Island
Boy Kills Friend With Safe .45
A 13 year old Anaheim boy, Jeffrey Lee Shively, was fatally shot Wednesday by neighbor Timothy Raymond Scranton, 11, who fired a supposedly unloaded .45 caliber pistol. Shively died at Garden Park Hospital after being hit in the throat. Scranton took the gun from his home without his brother Richard Gearon’s knowledge.
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Anaheim
Jeffrey Lee Shively
Jean Pike
W. Shadow Lane
Garden Park Hospital
Timothy Raymond Scranton
N. Lorena Dr
Richard Gearon
Timothy
Jeffrey
Two Die as Planes Ram Over Tarzana
A Cessna 150 flown by 43 year old instructor Carl Pitcock and 25 year old student Bruce James Schuyler collided with a WWII B26 bomber near Tarzana. Pitcock and Schuyler died when the small plane crashed, while the B26 made a safe emergency landing at Van Nuys Airport with minor wing damage. Pitcock, a Van Nuys Skyways Inc. instructor from Panorama City, had six years with the firm.
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Carl Pitcock
Bruce James Schuyler
van Nuys
Pitcock
Panorama City
Schuyler
Granada Hills
van Nuys Skyways Inc. Fr
New Coroner's Building Eyed for Los Angeles County
The Los Angeles County retirement board would fund a new 3 million dollar coroner building at County USC Medical Center grounds. Chief Administrator Lindon Hollinger told the Board of Supervisors a pension fund plan would finance the facility, under discussion for 11 years. The building would house modern labs for the busy medical examiner coroner's office.
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County Retirement Board
Los Angeles County
Lindon S. Hollinger
Board of Supervisors
Hollinger
USC Medical Center
Cargo Handling Halts for Bloody Thursday Observed
Long Beach Los Angeles harbor cargo handling will halt for two days starting today as ILWU Local 13 marks Bloody Thursday. Curt Johnston says no work on the first Thursday in July with exceptions for passenger ships mail ships and port emergencies. Overtime rates apply for today and no military cargo or perishables will be handled.
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Long Beach
Los Angeles Harbor
Curt Johnston
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
Local 13
Johnston
San Francisco
Marines Identify Two Victims In Orange County Crash
Santa Ana based Major Larry J. Badwell 34 pilot and Corporal Gale D. Abrans 23 mechanic on the rescue helicopter were named as the crash victims in a wilderness area near El Toro. Lieutenant Robert E. Trigalet 24 suffered minor injuries.
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Santa Ana Marine Corps
Orange County
Marine Corps Air Station
el Toro
Larry J. Badwell
Wake Ave
Cpl
Gale D. Abrans
Salina
Kan
Santa Monica Bus Strike Ends After Vote
Santa Monica buses resumed service after striking drivers voted 80 to 31 to end a 13 day walkout. Six buses on the road by 1 p.m. and 400 others remained off per officials. Drivers gain 5.3 percent pay raise. top pay after three years reaches 3.23 an hour.
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Santa Monica
Rough Land Brush Fire Contained Near Strawberry Peak
A brush fire on the north side of Strawberry Peak 15 miles north of Pasadena burned about 60 acres including brush and timber. A second fire in San Dimas Canyon burned 20 acres and was controlled by 4:30 p.m. The U S Forest Service deployed 175 men four air tankers a helicopter and fire trucks to the scene.
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Strawberry Peak
Pasadena
San Dimas Canyon
U.S. Forest Ser
Vice
Reagan names three Los Angeles jurists to bench
Sacramento UPI says Gov Ronald Reagan named Lloyd T Hanson of Van Nuys and Hampton Hutton of Los Angeles to the Los Angeles County Superior Court. He also appointed Bonnie Lee Martin, a Los Angeles Municipal Court commissioner, as a Los Angeles Municipal Court judge. Martin is a Democrat. Hanson and Hutton are Republicans.
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Sacramento
UPI
Ronald Reagan
Lloyd T. Hanson
van Nuys
Hampton Hutton
Los Angeles
Los Angeles County Superior Court
Bonnie Lee Martin
L.A
Hanson
Hutton
New Pilot Warning Device Mimics Female Voice for Aircraft Safety
The U S Army funds 5.5 million to Northrop Nortronics to produce flight safety warning systems for combat helicopters and light support aircraft. The Palos Verdes device uses a woman’s voice to alert pilots of faults, with half second response and calm prerecorded warnings. It includes a flight recorder and allows pilot comments. Northrop will deliver 350 warning units and 354 recording units from Hawthorne.
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U.S. Army
Northrop Nortronics
Northrop
Palos Verdes Peninsula
Hawthorne
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Piper
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Robert E. Trigalet
Bryan Ave
Tustin
Herb Spurgin
Paul Harris
The
Los
Angeles County Employer Association
Harris
Gov. Reagan
Belmont Center
N. Bellflower
South ST
Lakewood
Jack
California
Atlantic Ave
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