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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1968
Page
3
Police Chief Tom Reddin forecast a quiet LA summer at a news conference, saying the community does not want a riot. He cautioned there may still be trouble but expressed optimism and noted improved police public relations since last year.
The bribery trial of former Los Angeles harbor commissioners Karl Rundberg and Robert Starr recessed after Rundberg, 69, fell ill in court. The judge paused proceedings until Monday as Poortinga resumes testimony. Prosecutors allege bribes connected to Keith Smith developments including a $12 million world trade center site.
Police recovered an emerald torn from the $365,000 McFarlin diamond and found it on the floor of the White Memorial Museum where a daring thief walked out with the stone on June 14.
Pearl Choate Birch, widow of a wealthy Baptist philanthropist, received two consecutive 110 year terms for assaulting a Compton police officer and a neighbor with a rifle. The 60 year old, read in court in a wheelchair after heart issues, was convicted January 23 after a rent dispute over her duplex.
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