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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1975
Page
29
About 140 of Santa Barbara County's 164 firefighters were on strike Monday as negotiations continued over hours and pay. They were warned they would be fired if they did not report for work by the fifth day of unexcused absence, with the Board of Supervisors maintaining dismissal as policy.
Ford Motor Co says three small cars the Pinto Mustang II and Mercury Bobcat now achieve 34 mpg on highway EPA tests. City mileage stays around 23 mpg with manual gearing. automatic versions rate 30 highway and 21 city. GM rivals and imports outpace Ford in overall fuel economy.
Anthone E. Polzin 57 died from wounds after being beaten and stabbed by six youths aged 15 to 17 who allegedly surprised him in his home on Hopland Street. Polzin’s son Steven alerted deputies. six suspects were arrested for murder, names withheld due to age.
Police describe the attacker as a 140 pound, medium height suspect who preys on elderly white women in a 100 block area. Clarise Bailey, 54, fought back and escaped with minor bruises, keeping the case linked to six killings and 19 rapes. A 117 member task force continues the hunt since May 6, 1974.
An explosion and fire at a Pico Rivera gas company site caused extensive structural damage to a research laboratory and warehouse. Investigators said the blast was likely a gas explosion, with arson ruled out and no injuries reported as sprinklers quickly contained the fire.
Los Angeles police analyze blood tests to decide if UCLA Chancellor Charles Young faces drunken driving and hit-and-run charges after his car hit a parked vehicle and a tree in Westwood early Sunday. He remained in satisfactory condition at UCLA Medical Center with a broken jaw and facial injuries.
Burglars forced a rear door to enter the Long Beach residence of Sharon Lindbloom at 3111 E. Collidge St and stole jewelry valued at 1250 dollars, police said Monday.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission warned of an electric current leakage hazard in about 11,000 Philco Ford nine inch portable TVs sold nationwide. Models B350F B350F B370F NT75 were made May 21 to August 1, 1974. Korvettes house brand NT75 is included.
Fredrick Paul Cochran, 11, son of Downieville Mountain Messenger publishers, drowned while riding river rapids on an inner tube Sunday afternoon. His two companions reached shore as Cochran was swept past a bridge. the body was recovered downstream by the Sierra County sheriff's search and rescue squad.
Safeco Title Insurance Company as Trustee will sell the East 130 feet of the West 140 feet of Lot 2 Block Long Beach Harbor View Tract at public auction for cash due to default on a Deed of Trust tied to Ernest D Hyder and Ruth Juanita Hyder. Sale set for July 1 1975 at 10 00 a.m. at the rear entrance of Safeco Title Insurance Company, 1700 Wilshire Boulevard Los Angeles California.
Multiple death notices and memorial services for residents of Long Beach and nearby areas dated June 1975. Names include Wayne D. Anderson, William Ivy Gover, Annette C. Hall, Walter T. Haney, Patricia Katherine Hayburne, Dale Jay Henderson, William V. Hendler, Alice A Hoffmann, Emidio Lucero, Paul G. McCord, Raymond Miller, John Joseph Norton, Margaret Pulley, Lewis E. Ross, Clara R Snow, Matilda Stoltz, Oren Stotgroen, Lillian Salt, and Clarence Vern Wilkinson, plus relatives, memorial chapels, and funeral directors such as Sunny Side Memorial Chapel, Westminster Memorial Park, Dispay Family Funeral Chapel, Motell’s Mortuary, Sheelar/Stricklin Mortuary, and Kite’s Funeral Home. Services and interments set across Long Beach, Lakewood, and nearby cemeteries.
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