Grand Prix Race Fraud Suits Mount Over Fees and Delays
Mooneyham accuses Pook of promising race ticket funds that never arrived, while multiple suits allege Grand Prix breached contracts and stalled payments. Several claimants seek tens of thousands or more, with venues including Long Beach bars and advertising firms, amid billing disputes and alleged stock schemes.
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International City Enterprises
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
Long Beach
New Yorker
Saratoga
Pine Ave
James
Mary Jean DiRosa
S. Pine Ave
Canada Rejects Californians bid for Alaskan gas line
The National Energy Board backs an 8.6 billion dollar Foothills Yukon Ltd. line from Alaska to the lower 48 via the Alaska Highway, shelving Arctic Gas Pipeline Ltd. and its California partners. The cabinet must approve. opponents warn export cuts if Alaska gas is not linked.
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National Energy Board
Canada
Foothills Yukon Ltd
Calgary
Alaska Highway
Alaska
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Arctic Gas Pipeline Ltd
California
Prudhoe Bay
Mackenzie Delta
Pacific Lighting Corp
Southern California Gas Co
Long Beach
Pacific Gas & Electric Co
Pacific Gas Transmission Co
Pg&e
Arctic
Foothills
NEB
Dan Gibson
Indonesia
New Mexico
Gibson
Richard Maullin
State Energy Commission
Trudeau
Carter
Alvan Group
Southern California Gas, Co
Alyceska
Fairbanks
Yukon
British Columbia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
U.S
el Paso Natural Gas Co
Maullin
Oxnard
Los Angeles
Prints tie two convicts to 12 day crime spree
Oklahoma City AP report ties two escaped McAlester prisoners to a murder abduction spree spanning Louisiana Arkansas and Oklahoma. Denton 27 and Ruiz 29 linked by fingerprints found on a map in an Arkansas car. Finnin 35 also jailed but not yet shown to have left Oklahoma.
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Oklahoma City
Okahoma
Louisiana
Arkansas
Oklahoma
McAlester
Okia
FBI
Magazine
Ark
Earl V. Denton
Paul Ruiz
Hugo
Okla
Denton
Ruiz
Elmer Finnin
Finnin
Hijacker Holds Bus At Airport Terminal Tragedy Ends
A Greyhound affiliated Vermont Transit bus is hijacked and roams the airport area. The gunman fatally wounds a passenger as police ram the bus, halting flights and trapping hostages before surrender. The gunman claims mistreatment and seeks a getaway plane. officer reports the hijacker was not initially hostile.
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Norman Bozick
New York
Kennedy
Bozik
Hijacking drama ends with bus capture and hostage release
On page one a tense standoff with armed police and FBI sharpshooters continued as a bus moved at 9:15 p.m. The hijacker freed several hostages including one who bore ransom notes. A man named Jimmy Lo was gravely wounded when a gunman fired. an ambulance arrived and the hijacker was finally captured after a final burst of gunfire.
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FBI
Funman
Jimmy Lo
Fourth of July Celebrations Reflect Vintage Patriotism
In cities nationwide crowds embraced patriotic displays and private celebrations, signaling a return to normalcy after turbulent years. New York hosted a harbor festival and large sailing pageantry, Philadelphia marked Freedom Week with Sinatra receiving the Freedom Medal, and Washington opened the White House for public tours amid a subdued picnic crowd plus a small protest rally.
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Lower Manhattan
George III
Richard Nixon
South Dakota
Mt. Rushmore
Alan HE. Norris
Columbus
Ohio
Sal
New York
Philadelphia
Independence Hall
Frank Sinatra
Pittsburgh
White House
Southland traffic toll rises to 18 dead over holidays
The Los Angeles and Orange counties toll climbed to 18 as a three day weekend ended. CHP reported 56 highway deaths in the state, with 463 nationwide. Incidents include a Malibu crash with a trash truck, a fatal high speed bike accident, a boy struck while crossing, and a bicycle rider killed after a stop sign infraction.
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Southland
Los Angeles
Orange
California Highway Patrol
California
Malibu
CHP
Arlata
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Pook
Mooneyham
Ticketron
Mooneyjan
Lloyd Tkerd
Hermann Goering
Skerd
Kerd
Harold Turner
Utilities Service Co
Cherry Ave
Turner
Public Utilities Commission
Abbey
Pacific Terrace
Clinton E. Frank Advertising Co
Sust
Lona M. Cassady
Calif
Citicorp Services Inc
National Airlines
Frank Bolz
Bolt
Ginman
Vermont Transit Co
Greyhound
Burlington
Hartford
Satin McGavern
University of Hartford
McGavern
George Berklaey
National Park Service
Washington
Lincoln Memorial
Berklacy
M.p.h
Pan Hindey
Micahel LaRue
Aclota
LaRue
Wilshire
Antonio Aguilar
Glendale
Bella Veres
Californ
California Federal Savings and Jann Associa
Bell Gardens
Florence Ave
Bellflower
Los Cerritos
Downey
E. Firestone
North Downey
Lakewood
E. Carson St
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