Joe Busch Remembered As Prolific Los Angeles Prosecutor
The article honors Joe Busch a former Los Angeles county district attorney noted for expanding divisions in consumer and environmental protection and instituting a misdemeanor approach to marijuana possession. It covers his 1972 gubernatorial race loss, his leadership style his death and the immediate reactions from officials including Sheriff Peter Pitchess Mayor Tom Bradley and Supervisors Hahn Edelman and Schabarum. It also highlights his career path from Loyola Law School to Paramount Pictures work and his family life outlining his three sons and his late wife Jennie Rosario.
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Sam Frank Locigno
Jack
Vincent Bugliosi
Manson
Busch
Evelle Younger
Younger
Peter Pitchess
Los Angeles
Tom Bradley
Pete Schabarum
Ed Edelman
Long Beach
Ralph G. Kurtz
Dep. Dist
John Howard
Kenneth Hahn
Howard
Board of Supervisors
Loyola Law School
Glendale High School
District Attorney's Office
Rand Corporation
Chicago
Glendale
Glendale Union High School
Navy
University of Texas
Paramount Pictures
Jennie Frances Rosario
Joseph, Jr
Claremont Men's College
Boalt Hall School of Law
UC Berkeley
Steve
U.S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
David
Occidental College
Bishop Amat High School
Los Angeles County Heart Association
Oil firms sued for price fixing and conspiracy
The lawsuit alleges Texaco, Exxon, Union, Mobil, Shell and others conspired to fix posted prices, restrict individual refiners, pool pipelines, refuse sales, and rig bids. It targets Long Beach and the State Lands Commission, seeks treble damages, fees, and injunctions under Sherman and Clayton acts. The action cites a March 1965 THUMS contract granting rights and profits, claimed breached since 1971.
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City of
Long Beach
State Lands Commission
City
Thums Long Beach Co
Texaco
Exxon
Humble Oil & Refining Co
Union
Mobil
Shell
Atlantic Richfield
Standard
U. S. District Court
California Business and Professions Code
Blecher
Collins and Hoecker
Putnam
Robert C. Hight
Dep
Kenneth K. Williams
Gary W. Hoecker
Los Angeles
FBI KILLERS HUNTED NEAR PINE RIDGE RESERVATION
FBI agents pursue those responsible for murders after 16 people fled a rural Pine Ridge area during a raid. Officers from the Bureau of Indian Affairs raced to a small one story house near Oglala, seeking suspects in a remote six house settlement amid dusty prairie.
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FBI chief to honor slain agents in funeral services
FBI Director Clarence Kelley will attend funeral services in Long Beach and Glendale for agents Jack R. Coler and Ronald A. Williams killed in a Thursday confrontation on a South Dakota Indian reservation. Coler’s services are set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at St. Luke's Episcopal Church with burial at Forest Lawn. Williams's rosary is Monday at Holy Family Church, Glendale, with a Tuesday funeral mass and burial at Forest Lawn Glendale.
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Clarence Kelley
Long Beach
Glendale
South Dakota
Los Angeles
Jack R. Coler
St. Luke's Episcopal Church
Seventh Street
Atlantic Avenue
Long Beach State University
Forest Lawn
Cypress
Ronald A. Williams
Holy Family Roman Catholic Church
Coler
Jack Coler
Bakersfield
Wilson High School
Los Angeles Police Department
77Th Street
Bureau
Colorado Springs
Colo
Peggy
Ronald Lee
Paul Edward
Steven
Linda Miler
Westminster
Susan Gregg
Washington
Williams
Lloyd Williams
Nixon testifies under court order at Coast Guard base
Nixon spent about 11 hours over two days in a conference room at the U S Coast Guard station near his former Western White House as his lawyers and Ruth filed a stipulation for public disclosure with court consent. One grand jury remains active probing Watergate related matters and Rebozo ties.
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San Clemente
White House
Nixon
Ruth
U.S. District Court
Agreement on school aid bill collapses in assembly
Sacramento AP A negotiated school aid bill with Gov Brown collapsed in the Assembly after Republicans caucused against the compromise and Democrats fell short of the 54 votes. The dispute centered on reducing the inflation relief from 115 million to 88 million and trimming summer school funding by 20 percent for 1976 77, leaving the measure in limbo as a five week vacation began. Leaders warned that the changes could raise property taxes in low wealth districts.
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Sacramento
Gov. Brown
Assembly
Ken Meade
Berkeley
Brown
Albert Rodda
Rodda
Long Beach man shoots girlfriend then apparently kills self
Iris Channel James 27 is dead at 2674 Fashion Ave. Eddie Bernard Tate 28 dies at Pacific Hospital after shooting James once in the head at their home. Seven children aged 5 to 12 witnessed the incident as neighbors report Tate’s gun interest and no clear plan to kill beyond the confrontation.
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Iris Channel James
Fashion Ave
Eddie Bernard Tate
Pacific Hospital
Robert Forbes
D.H. Vershaw
P.J. Perez
Tate
Forbes
Police Department
CHP Helicopter Crash Kills Two Officers Near Fremont
A California Highway Patrol traffic helicopter crashed and burned killing two San Jose patrolmen, pilot Frederick W. Enright, 30, and officer Adolfo M. Hernandez, 34. The craft dove steeply east of California 17, flipped near two railroad tracks, with no prior trouble reported.
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Highway Patrol
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