Sunlit Southland Strands Draw Big Beach Crowds
Thousands flocked to Southland beaches as warm dry weather returned after Friday storms. Long Beach saw 115000 beachgoers with 68 degree water and 84 air, while Huntington Beach drew 80000. lifeguards logged rescues and minor injuries as 270000 lined county shores. A rock concert at Recreation Park drew about 200 attendees.
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Southland
Long Beach
Alamitos Bay
Colorado Lagoon
Huntington Beach
Torrance
Santa Monica
Recreation Park
Three Nabbed At Market Stakeout In Bellflower Burglary Case
Detectives from the Lakewood Sheriff’s burglary detail captured three suspects during a stakeout at the Alpha Beta Market Rosecrans and Clark. Donald Gasser Theodore Perry and Melvin Piehl, ages 26 39 and 29, were booked on burglary suspicions related to losses of about 100000 to the Alpha Beta chain since January 1.
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Bellflower Market
Alpha Beta
Lakewood Sheriff’s Station
Donald Wayne Gasser
Santa Monica
Theodore Wayne Perry
Walnut Court
Bellflower
Melvin Edward Piehl
Culver City
Rosecrans and
Clark Avenues
Lakewood Sheriff's Station
Sheriff's Skynight
Argus Helicopte
Boy Rushed for Liver Transplant to Denver
A boy is flown to Denver for a liver transplant with a medical team ready to perform the operation. The patient, awaiting surgery, travels by jet to the Colorado facility for critical treatment.
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Denver
Three Teens Arrested at Padua Hills Marijuana Site
Sheriff closes small marijuana plantation near Claremont as three teenaged boys are arrested. Seven plants are seized along with hand tools while two younger suspects are sent to juvenile authorities and Erick Stiffler, 18, is booked on marijuana possession.
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Claremont
UPI
Padua Hills
Los Angeles
Erick Stiffler
Upland
Tragedy Marred Welcome Home for Huntington Vets
A Huntington Beach welcome home for Vietnam veteran Rocky Beria turned tragic when his 3 year old brother Steven drowned in the Huntington Harbour channel near 3311 Bounty Circle. Lifeguard officers found and revived Steven, but he died at Huntington Intercommunity Hospital.
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Huntington Beach
Huntington Harbour
Steven W. Beria
Channel Lane
Rocky
Dick Farrell
Jim Wehr
Bayside
Bounty Circle
Steve Balloch
Steven
Huntington Intercommunity Hospital
Farrell
Around-The-Clock Heart Ambulance Pilot Run Proposed
A two-year test of an around-the-clock heart ambulance would be proposed to the Board of Supervisors. The service would operate in the Jefferson Boulev ard Western Avenue Rosecrans Avenue to the ocean area with doctors and nurses from Daniel Freeman Hospital and Centivela Valley Community Hospital. The program aims to save lives through immediate intensive treatment for coronary patients, with 30 county deaths daily and 68 percent occurring within the first day.
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Board of Supervisors
Jefferson Blvd
Western Ave
Rosecrans Ave
Ocean
Daniel Freeman Hospital
Centivela Valley Community Hospital
Two Injured in Bellflower Bar Fight Between Motorcycle Gangs
A melee at Driftwood Bar, Bellflower, left Charles Weatherston dead from a .22 wound and Harry Pribba injured after 14 members of one motorcycle gang attacked five from a rival group. Deputies said the attack followed a July 1 arson of a gang member’s motorcycle. Additional victims included McGlothern Fells Capuano. Weatherston died at Woodruff Community Hospital after surgery. Pribba was treated at Bellwood General Hospital for head lacerations.
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Bellflower Tavern
Sheriff’s Deputies
Charles Wendell Weatherston
Paramount
Woodruff Community Hospital
Driftwood Bar
Artesia Blvd
Harry Timothy Pribbanow
Bellwood General Hospital
Bellflower
Robert Dean McGlothern
206Th St
Lakewood
Dennis Eugene Fells
Woodruff Ave
Richard John Capuano
Ohio
Long Beach
Deputies
Cycle Gang Chief Shot by His Girlfriend
An 18 year old La Puente girl said she was fooling around with a .22 revolver and shot her boyfriend in the head. Frank Vega 25 acting president of the Renegades motorcycle club was hospitalized in critical condition. Jane Kathryn Ness was booked on suspicion of assault with intent to commit a crime.
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la Puente
Sheriff's Deputies
Frank Vega
The
Renegades
Jane Kathryn Ness
Vego
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