Supreme Court Reverses Death Penalty in California
California Supreme Court, in a 4-3 decision, reversed the conviction and death sentence of Jesse James Gilbert, a 41 year old accused slayer of a policeman from Alhambra. The ruling orders a new trial with prejudicial evidence stripped, after the U.S. Supreme Court urged review of alleged improper eyewitness identification in a police lineup.
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Los Angeles County Superior Court
Alhambra Mutual Savings & Loan Association
George E. Davis
Edgar Weaver
Reagan Proposes New Tuition Plan in California
Gov. Reagan unveiled an Equal Education Plan calling for a $250 annual tuition at the nine University of California campuses and $180 at the 18 state colleges. The plan funds would go to loans and grants, faculty positions, and facilities, with loans repayable after graduation.
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University of California
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Breakfast Club
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Beachcomber Center aids disabled youth in Long Beach
In Long Beach, the Beachcomber Center offers handicapped persons aged 13 to 40 activities such as crafts music bowling swimming and some vocational training. Margaret Cook, director, notes fees of 25 a month for three days a week 18 for two and 10 for one with no applicant denied for inability to pay. Appointment calls welcomed at 599-1817 on select days.
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Mahanna Ave
Long Beach
Margaret Cook
Books for Vietnam veterans deserve saved discards
A Los Alamitos reader from N. W. at Long Beach Naval Shipyard urges saving discarded paperback books from ships for Vietnam servicemen and veterans in facilities. He argues ships should retain or ship usable volumes rather than discard them as waste.
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Response to sound-off on pirate radio and free speech
A reader from Seal Beach defends free speech against suppressing pirate radio. The letter argues truth emerges from hearing all viewpoints, not FCC verdicts, and warns that suppressing expression risks erasing the truth amid rising patriotism concerns.
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Federal Communications Commission
FCC
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Seal Beach
Riots Expand Across Cities With Firebombing and Sniping
Rioting rages beyond Detroit into Cincinnati and Toledo as firebombs flare in Ohio and looting spikes. Authorities report 36 dead nationwide with 1,006 injured and 8500 million in damage while Grand Rapids, Cambridge, and Manhattan see related unrest. </S>
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Los Angeles
Plane Crashes into West L.A. Garage Killing Three
West Los Angeles authorities reported a single engine Bonanza Beechcraft 35 crashed into a garage while attempting an emergency landing after overshooting Santa Monica Airport. Three people died. home occupant was absent. FAA investigators at the scene sought to identify the aircraft from a wing fragment.
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Federal Aviation Authority
Night of violence sweeps cities in racial unrest surge
Across Detroit New York Cincinnati Chicago Philadelphia Cleveland San Francisco Sacramento Oakland Phoenix South Bend Cambridge Toledo Alexandria and others faced riots looting and firebombings Wednesday night. National Guard deployments and police crackdowns followed, with hundreds arrested and one SNCC leader released on bond.
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