Big Construction Grinds to Halt During Walkout
Major Southern California construction projects including high rises and freeways stopped as heavy equipment operators launched a four day strike. About 25 percent of the 23,000 union members remained on smaller nonrepresented sites. The AFL CIO Operating Engineers Local 12 ordered a boycott against firms represented by three associations while San Diego reached a separate deal with industry. Negotiations were planned Friday. unions sought wage gains far above the San Diego package. Plumbers have been on strike since July 1 seeking a 3.51 hourly rise from the current 8.11.
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Southern California
Afl-Cio Operating Engineers Local 12
Engineering and Grading Contractors Association
Associated General Contractors
Building Industry Association of
California
San Diego
Warren R. Mandel
Rescuers Hunt Two Missing Boats Off Southern California
Coast Guard sea and air teams searched for a 14 foot skiff with four aboard missing from Avalon and a 57 foot albacore boat overdue in San Diego. Searches included a cutter and six aircraft, suspended at dusk.
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Coast Guard Sea and
Avalon
San Diego
San Clemente Island
Jewel theft ring suspects ordered to answer charges
Two men accused of an international diamond theft ring face long beach superior court on charges of stealing 530,000 worth of diamonds from C Lewis Jewelers. Two accomplice women were excused after testifying for the prosecution and two more suspects remain under extradition.
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Long Beach Superior Court
C. Lewis Jewelers
Pineve
California
Martyn Ann Wood
Venice
Sharon Wilson
Beverly Hills
Miss Wilson
Vincent
Frasch
Long Beach
Lewis
Miss Wood
Perry Glam
London
Layne
Illestden Gally
Miss McCaig
Joe Wood
Jewelry Store Bandit Receives 20 Year Term
The June 5 abortive holdup at Samuel Brucker’s jewelry store ended with the bandit getting a 20 year term. Brucker, 65, was shot seven times but remained standing and mortally wounded co-conspirator Louis Almond, 37, of San Juan Capistrano. The jeweler remains hospitalized.
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Kleis
Samuel Brucker
Brucker
Kileis
Louis Almond
San Juan Capistrano
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