Witness told how Long Beach police shadowed suspect for five days
In Long Beach Superior Court Monday Patrolman William S Barfield of the Police Intelligence Division testified as the first witness in the trial of three men charged with kidnapping armed robbery and burglary. The case centers on John E Wilt and two associates accused of major crimes tied to a safecracking ring.
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Long Beach
Long Beach Superior Court
William S. Barfield
Long Beach Police Department
John E. Wilt
Four charged in kidnapping plot tied to Southern California contractor
Wick, Bailey, Brown and Carter face kidnapping and burglary counts over a home invasion that targeted Mrs. Chadwick in her 1031 Andrews Drive residence. Trial for Carter set for Aug 1. Police linked evidence from a prior burglary and a note bearing the Chadwicks' name to the case.
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Wick
Sacramento
Samuel G. Bailey
Sparks
Nev
Donald M. Brown
Southern California
Ace Terry Carter
Atherton Ave
Bellflower
Andrews Drive
Chadwick
Fred
Dist
Atty. W. Trammell III
Barfield
Carter
Dorcey Lee Black
Chadwicks
Witwick
Bailey
Brown
Two Long Beach Men Die in Southland Crashes
Two Long Beach men and a Bellflower motorcyclist died in Southland crashes Monday. Michael C. Thelan, 21, from Knoxville Avenue, died after his car hit a parked truck in Garden Grove. Ivan L. Schwartz, 52, from East 15th Street, died from injuries from a Sunday night pedestrian collision at 11th Street and Ximeno Avenue. Stephen R. Dalton, 23, of Ximeno, was not held.
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Long Beach
Bellflower
Southland
Michael C. Thelan
Knoxville Ave
Westminster Hospital
Garden Grove
Ivan L. Schwartz
E. 15Th St
Long Beach Community Hospital
11Th Street
Ximeno Avenue
Stephen R. Dalton
Ximeno
Tax protests lag as hearings near in Los Angeles County
Taxpayers show little urgency over 1968 assessed valuations as only 99 filed written protests in three days for equalization hearings that begin September 23 before three county tax appeals boards. In a separate report, a 19 year old motorcyclist, Donald L Wheaton, died after his bike struck a curb in Cudahy, and Tammy Carter, 9, died after being struck by a car while riding a bicycle in Fountain Valley. Carol Runner, 16, in Garden Grove, was listed as near death after a collision with a parked truck in Westminster Hospital.
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Donald L. Wheaton
San Miguel St
Bellflower
Atlantic Boulevard
Cudahy
Southland
Tammy Carter
Monti Carter
Basswood St
Fountain Valley
Carol Runner
Garden Grove
Westminster Hospital
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Car dumped to harbor near Los Angeles pilot station
Police said a small stolen car was pushed off a pier at Berth 60 in Los Angeles Harbor near the pilot’s station in San Pedro. Fire divers searched about an hour, found the empty vehicle and a shirt floating nearby, with no sign of a driver.
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Berth 60
Los Angeles Harbor
Manhattan Beach
San Pedro Outer Harbor
Fire causes $300000 damage in Los Angeles warehouse
A south central Los Angeles warehouse owned by United Container and Display Co. burned Monday, with an estimated $300000 in damage. The blaze consumed thousands of empty cardboard boxes stored inside as flames weakened supporting timbers and caused the building to collapse.
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Los Angeles
United Container and Display Co
California passes 20 million in population milestone
California statewide population tops twenty million Monday, far ahead of New York by about one and a half million. The five county Southern California area around Los Angeles, including Orange, Kern, Ventura and San Bernardino, holds about half the state population and over half of employment, income, retail and manufacturing jobs.
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California
New York
Texas
Chamber of Commerce
Canada
Australia
Los Angeles
Orange
Kern
Ventura
San Bernardino
Teens Foil Mail Box Theft At 7th Street Corner
Two teenagers unbolted a mail box at 7th Street and Obispo Avenue around 7 15 p m Monday and fled when seen. Police responded and the box was left behind, preserving a postal department box and funds.
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W. Marvin Watson
7Th St
Obispo Ave
Postal Department
Willowbrook school aide Firebombed on porch
A Willowbrook school board member, 47 year old Lewis Roach of 1730 EF 129th St, was awakened about 2 am Monday by shattering glass. A fire bomb thrown onto his front porch caused about 50 dollars in damage before he extinguished it, sheriff's deputies said.
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Willowbrook
Lewis Roach
129Th St
Yorty flies to Washington on Bolsa Chica plant talks
Los Angeles Mayor Sam Yorty traveled to Washington D C on Monday to meet Interior Secretary Stewart Udall about the future of the Bolsa Chica Nuclear desalination project.
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Los Angeles
Sam Yorty
Washington, D.C
Secretary of the Interior
Stewart Udall
Freighter Rescues Miss Slater at Sea
Peggy Slater, 48, of San Pedro, was rescued after drifting 400 miles south of Honolulu for three days. A Coast Guard aircraft spotted her 45-foot sloop and directed the Japanese freighter Okachita Maru to assist. She will be transferred to the cutter Mellon this afternoon as recovery efforts continue.
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Peggy Slater
Honolulu
Miss Slater
San Pedro
Coast Guard
The
Slater
Mellon
Settlement Reached in Party-Line Phone Suit
Superior Court approved a $1,500 settlement in a $37,200 lawsuit by Robert F. Steffan, soil testing engineer, and Marguetta Steffan of Granada Hills against neighbors John G. Crawford and Phyllis Crawford over alleged refusal to relinquish a party-line during an August 6, 1965 fire department call.
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Los Angeles
Superior Court
Robert F. Steffan
Marguetta
Granada Hills
John G. Crawford
Phyllis
Bandit Robs Paint Shop in Long Beach
A bandit armed with a small gun robbed the Earl Schieb paint shop at 2826 E Anaheim St Long Beach of 800 dollars in cash and about 200 dollars in checks then struck the manager Clifford Benson 31 Huntington Beach knocking him unconscious Police said the robber entered at 410 p m Sunday and forced the safe to be opened while dressed in dark check sporting clothing
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Long Beach
Earl Schieb
Anaheim St
Clifford C. Benson
Huntington Beach
Benson
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