$15,000 in Waves Hijacked in Hollywood Arcade Heist
Two masked men hijacked a candy truck carrying 4,320 cartons of cigarettes cigars and tobacco and candy on a Long Beach street. They forced driver Samuel A Lanzarotta to pull aside and flee with $15 000 in goods after entering the cab at Wardlow Road and California Avenue.
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Long Beach
Samuel A. Lanzarotta
Lawrence Candy Co
Hollywood
Bixby Knolls
San Diego
Wardlow Road
California Avenue
Lanzarotta
Santa Fe Avenue
Anaheim Woman Dead in Suspected Self Inflicted Shot
The Orange County Coroners office ruled the death of 36 year old Jeannette Thurman of 817 Verona St Anaheim as death by own action after investigators found a single head wound from a .38 caliber pistol. Her husband William Thurman, 40, was questioned and released.
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Anaheim
Orange County
Jeannette Thurman
Verona St
William
Plant Grows in Pedro Becomes Unwanted Marijuana Plant
In San Pedro at 100 Armona Court a resident reported a green shrub sprouting in poor soil. Officer Verlan Smiddy seized the four foot plant, logged it as one marijuana plant, and took it to the police evidence locker.
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Armona Court
San Pedro
Alyene Howard
Harbor Division Police
Verlan T. Smiddy
Smiddy
Mrs. Howard
County sees small May rise in Los Angeles employment
Los Angeles County civilian employment climbs from 3 062 900 in April to 3 068 700 in May but cannot offset spring labor force growth. Unemployment rises to 131 800, while 80 percent of 1968 employment growth occurs in nonmanufacturing sectors. Aerospace jobs fall, aircraft industry cuts 2 700, electronics losses erase late 1967 gains. Service and trade sectors, especially transportation and utilities, drive gains.
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Los Angeles County
Peter Weinberger
Weinberger
Tijuana Woman Mugged in L B
A 48 year old Mexican housewife with a baby and packages was struck and knocked down by three teenagers in a Long Beach alley. Her purse containing 425 dollars was stolen near the Salvation Army Store at 1300 Alamitos Ave. She reported the incident to police sergeant A B Castillo and was not seriously injured.
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Long Beach
Maria Magana
Tijuana
A. B. Castillo
Salvation Army
Alamitos Ave
Mattress Fire Injures Woman at Locust Avenue Apt
Carol M. Banda, 29, is in poor condition at Memorial Hospital after third degree burns over 30 percent of her body from a mattress fire. The incident occurred at 2161 Locust Ave Apt A when a cigarette triggered the blaze early Monday. Firefighters found the fire at 2 am and rescuers faced a delay opening the apartment door.
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Carol M. Banda
Memorial Hospital
Miss Banda
Locust Ave
Apt. A
Woman Duped in $5000 Pigeon Drop by Two Con Artists
Detectives chase two women, one white and one Negro, who con elder Vera Ketola out of 5000 dollars in a classic pigeon drop on Third Street and Long Beach Boulevard. Ketola, 63, reported the scheme after the pair claimed to split a found 21000.
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Vera V. Ketola
Esperanza Ave
Third Street
Long Beach Blvd
Michalle Vandekamp
City approves $23,559 pact for nine pickup trucks
The City Council awarded a $23,559 contract Tuesday to Pacific Auto Sales, Inc. at 3765 Cherry Ave for nine small pickup trucks to be used by multiple city departments.
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Pacific Auto Sales, Inc
Cherry Ave
Long Beach Man Fatally Stabbed in Hollywood Hamburger Stand Fight
Gary Randall Hall 24 of Long Beach was stabbed to death at a Hollywood hamburger stand after a confrontation with an employee Floyd Stoke 42 of Los Angeles was booked on suspicion of murder and Hall’s companion Thomas Cheshire 28 of Norwalk was involved in the incident Police said Hall died at the scene In a separate report Hal Sutton said burglars stole a typewriter and a sewing machine from his home on Los Altos Avenue.
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Long Beach
Hollywood
Gary Randall Hall
Termino Ave
Thomas Cheshire
Gard Ave
Norwalk
Hollywood Blvd
Floyd Stoke
Los Angeles
Hall
Hal Sutton
Los Altos Ave
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