Resolute Caper Indicts Four Hippies for Ketch Theft
Four adult male hippies were arraigned in Los Angeles on a federal charge of transporting the stolen 40‑foot ketch Resolute beyond U S territorial waters near Catalina. Bond was set after a 12 hour sea chase aided by FBI agents and Harbor Division detectives. two juveniles were taken into custody and a Coast Guard crewed helicopter and a Coast Guard cutter joined the pursuit.
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Catalina Island
FBI
Coast
Los Angeles
United States
Catalina Channel
Guard
Cape Hatteras
Harbor Division
Justified Homicide Ruling in Lynwood Shotgun Death
A Los Angeles coroner's jury ruled the June 26 death of 16 year old Mary Ann DeMarco in Lynwood a justifiable homicide. Patrolman Floyd Garver fired after a pistol was seen at the door. Mary DeMarco testified officers shot through the living room door without warning.
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Lynwood
Los Angeles
Floyd Garver
Mary Ann DeMarco
Mary DeMarco
Fourth Ave
Fires Race Through 30 Acres Near Los Angeles Dwellings
Two brush fires burned about 30 acres and threatened homes in the Los Angeles area before containment on Wednesday afternoon. The larger blaze along Collis Avenue in the South Pasadena El Sereno region scorched 20 acres as 75 firefighters confined it. A separate 10acre fire on the Verdugo Mountains side, near Highway Highlands in La Crescenta, was kept from jumping a canyon with the help of nearly 200 city and county firefighters.
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Los Angeles
Collis Avenue
Pasadena
el Sereno
Verdugo Mountains
Highway Highlands
la Crescenta
150 Women Seek Abortions in County Cases
The Los Angeles County district attorney's office said 150 females aged 12 to 43 have sought abortions since a California law was liberalized last fall. Most cases were connected to rape or incest, and about a dozen applicants were denied operations for lying. One or two investigators were assigned per case.
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Los Angeles
California
William L. Rizzi
Ritzi
Three Die in Traffic Accidents In So Cal
Three residents died in separate traffic crashes Wednesday. Compton residents Josephine V. Johnson 59 and Ralph J. Parker 62 and Santa Ana Marine Sgt. Richard B. Kirkendall 30 were killed in collisions on Alondra Boulevard Tamarind Avenue and an elevated center divider. Johnson died en route to Gardena Memorial Hospital. Kirkendall was stationed at El Toro Marine Air Station.
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Compton
Santa Ana
Josephine V. Johnson
Gardena Memorial Hospital
Parker
Tamarind Avenue
Sgt. Kirkendall
el Toro Marine Air Station
Seven Sailors Rescued After Transpacific Catamaran Drifting
Coast Guard cutter Point Bridge sails from Long Beach to rescue seven trimaran sailors stranded near San Nicolas Island. The Apogee crew, starting July 2 from San Pedro, drifted 300 miles after losing a rudder in a storm and received aid from a towing dinghy. One crewman suffered a broken wrist. the seven were towed toward Malibu by Navy rescue.
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Coast Guard
Point Bridge
Long Beach
San Nicholas Island
San Pedro
Navy
San Nicholas
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Los Angeles Harbor
Resolute
Edison Fabian
Alan Saltzman
Hermann
Caremillo
DeMarco
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Robert C. Jandrom
Marina del Rey
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Onia
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Golden “T
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Saat
Star
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Tricot
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Fleur Towels
Lakewood
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South ST
Bixby Knolls Center
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Yoor Bankamericard
Cae
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Gordon’s Orygin Co., Ltd
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