Gunman Fires at Taxi on Pacific Coast Highway
Sherman W. Burdine Jr., 23, of Torrance, suffered minor facial cuts from flying glass when a bullet pierced the taxi windshield on the Pacific Coast Highway near Seal Beach at 4 09 am. Long Beach and Seal Beach police hunted a sniper with roadblocks and flares but found no shooter.
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Long Beach
Seal Beach
Sherman W. Burdine Jr
Vermont Ave
Torrance
Pacific Coast Highway
Seal Beach West
Pierson Bribery Trial Postponed to October 1
Former Los Angeles Recreation and Park Commissioner Mel Pierson faced postponement of his bribery trial, charged with accepting kickbacks tied to city contract awards. The case was rescheduled for October 1.
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Los Angeles Recreation and Park
Mel Pierson
Raquel's Street Busy Trucker Narrows Turn Near Welch Home
A Continental Trailways bus carrying 34 passengers became stuck on a narrow stretch in front of Raquel Welch's home after a failed turn. Tow trucks damaged the bus, diesel oil spilled, a fire truck arrived, and local residents provided rides as firefighters freed the vehicle.
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New York
Thomas Shiflett
Continental Trailways
Raquel Welch
Shiflett
Maurice Jarre
California Senate Debate On Divorce Reform Bill
Senator Clark L. Bradley, a Republican from San Jose, protests the measure as a step toward Reno Las Vegas style divorce proceedings. He warns California must not become a divorce mill state as the bill’s author advances the proposal.
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Clark L. Bradley
San Jose
Protests and bipartisan talk on California divorce reforms
About 500 Scientology protesters gathered at the Australian Trade Mission in Los Angeles protesting Australia’s ban. Lawmakers debated a broad divorce reform aimed at reducing bitterness, equalizing property division, and tightening evidence standards in California cases.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Church of Scientology
Australia
Censorship debate at Long Beach library on minor read policy
City Librarian Frances Henselman explains a new obscenity law targets minors and may extend the library's referral system for adult fiction beyond ninth graders. Officials weigh forms for parent permission to read adult titles and potential policy changes. Scotland yardage and clan plaid availability offered by Scottish Imports in Santa Monica.
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Long Beach
Frances Henselman
Santa Monica
McCray
J.S
Santa Monica Mall
Scotland
Plane Wreckage Found. Four Bodies Recovered After Crash
Four people from Columbus Wisconsin died in a Cessna 182 crash June 24 north of Laguna Beach. Pilot Richard Olson and his wife Lucy, Lloyd H Petenberg Jr and Wilma Petenberg were identified by the coroner. The plane departed Wisconsin June 21 and last communicated June 23 near Yuma. Victims were taken to Pacific View Mortuary in Corona del Mar.
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Laguna Beach
Wisconsin
Orange County
Yuma
Ariz
Colummus
Wis
Richard Olson
Lucy
Lloyd H. Petenberg Jr
Wilma
Pacific View Mortuary
Corono del Mar
USC appoints interim dean to succeed Egeberg
Dr Franz K. Bauer, previously associate dean, is named interim dean of the USC school of medicine. He replaces Dr Roger O. Egeberg, newly confirmed as assistant secretary of HEW in the Nixon Administration.
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Franz K. Bauer
USC School of Medicine
Dr. Bauer
Roger O. Egeberg
Novarro Murder Trial Begins for Ferguson Brothers
Jury selection starts in Los Angeles Superior Court for the murder trial of Paul Ferguson 23 and Thomas Ferguson 18 both of Chicago charged in the death of silent screen idol Ramon Novarro 69. Prosecution says the brothers beat Novarro seeking 5 000 hidden at his home above Studio City. If convicted Paul Ferguson faces the gas chamber while Thomas Ferguson is ineligible for death due to age at the time.
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Ramon Novarro
Paul Robert Ferguson
Thomas Scott Ferguson
Chicago
Los Angeles
Novarro
Ferguson Brothers
Studio City
Paul Ferguson
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