Mansell quits Long Beach city manager post after 15 years
John R. Mansell retired as Long Beach city manager effective immediately at a city budget hearing saying the move comes after 30 years of service with nothing to do with corruption probes. Council members offered mixed views while Mansell noted a need for unity and the council will search for a successor with Creighton acting until named.
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Long Beach
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Don Phillips
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Robert C. Creighton
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Mayer used city staff for personal projects in Palm Springs
Palm Springs planning director Ernest Mayer Jr used city staff and offices during 1971 to aid a private resort proposal in exchange for a stake, part of a pattern of private consulting during his seven years in the post. Details emerged after his 1972 arrest on bribery charges. city manager John Mansell resigned amid a federal probe into Long Beach affairs. The Aquarius condo project failed financially, Mayer filed to recoup private gains but never collected. The empty three story complex still stands on East Palm Canyon Drive.
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Renee B. Simon
Mansell
Palm Springs
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Neasant
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Mayer
John Mansell
Long Beach
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Five Year Nightmare of Hunger and Beatings Ends in Escape
Donna Marie Johnson, 11, testified about her and sister Laura, held in an 8 by 10 foot room in Long Beach by adoptive parents. She said they were beaten, denied food, and kept in excrement. Laura was killed after years of abuse. Donna escaped through a door pried with a bedpost and alerted police, though she feared they would not believe her.
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Long Beach
Donna Marie Johnson
Laura
Donna
Evan
Harbor City
Minnie
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Soweto Riots Kill 58, Wound 788 Across Johannesburg
The Soweto uprising subsided after two days of violence leaving 58 dead and 788 injured, with protests expanding to Kagiso and police mobilizing 1,500 officers plus air support. Police said 86 blacks and two whites were killed, 783 blacks and five whites wounded, and over 200 blacks arrested.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Soweto
Kagiso
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House keeps BI cash in record defense bill
The House approved a record 105.6 billion defense appropriation bill by a 331 to 63 vote, rejecting a Senate plan to defer decision on the 22 billion B1 bomber to the president elected in November. The panel faces conferees to settle contracts timing.
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House
Senate
Ford
Jimmy Carter
Air Force
House-Senate
Waggonner Hays scandal rocks Congress as bow-out looms
Rep Wayne Hays in a sex scandal near a bow out and possible resignation from the Administration Committee while Rep Joe Waggonner faces scrutiny after a police claim of detainment, and DC officials review congressional arrest immunity policy. Hays, recovering in a Barnesville hospital, hints at not seeking re election in November. District officials reassess immunity policy for Congress members amid multiple incidents.
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Wayne Hays
House Teaders
Administration
Mem- 13
Congress
Joe Waggonner
D-La
Waggonner
Hays
Frank Thompson
New Jersey
Iha
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Washington Development
Maurice Cullinane
Department
Cullinane
Allan
Howe
Dutah
Salt Lake City
Americans to be convoyed from Lebanon
President Ford ordered an overland convoy to evacuate Americans wishing to leave war torn Lebanon. About 1,400 U.S. citizens are in Lebanon. The evacuation will be organized by the U.S. Embassy in Beirut with no Pentagon orders to aid.arrival timing was unclear but Beirut had already reached daybreak. The embassy remains open to pursue efforts to end the strife.
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Washington
Ford
Lebanon
State Department
Pentagon
U.S
Beirut
Ort Ford
National Security Council
White House
Francis Meloy
Elias Sarkis
Melny
Robert Waring
Coastal Protection bill revived by legislature
Independent Coastline protection bill gains new life in a key session. High Court upholds school boards' power to fire striking teachers. Top union leaders subpoenaed by the US.
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