County supervisor targets substandard youth homes as filthy hellholes
James Hayes blasted 20 licensed placement homes as unfit after weekend checks. He cited Lakeside Lodge in Lake Elsinore as worst, claiming 50 of 500 county homes fall below standards and 450 youths are housed in substandard facilities. Officials defend conditions. state health inspectors assisted.
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James Hayes
Hayes
Lakeside Lodge
Lake Elsinore
Carolyn Johnston
Independent Press-Telegram
State Health Department
Fair Day With Clouds Increase In Late Night Rain Chance
Fair conditions give way to increasing clouds and a chance of light rain by late tonight. High near 68 degrees with a low around 50. Full forecast appears on Page B-5.
Ford delay on oil-import fee hikes forecast
President Ford leans toward suspending March and April oil-import fee increases to seek quick enactment of a national energy program. White House sources say a 60 day pause could bridge gaps with the Democratic Congress while a compromise plan, criticized for fluff, is weighed.
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Washington
Ford
Ron Nelsen
John Pastore
Rhode Island
James Wright
Texas
Navy decommissions four Long Beach ships in 15 months
Four Navy warships based in Long Beach are slated for decommissioning as part of a fleet cutback to 490 ships by summer 1976. Ships affected include the destroyer USS Henderson, minesweepers USS Peacock and USS Phoebe, and the aircraft carrier USS Oriskany, which will make one more Western Pacific cruise before retirement.
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Long Beach
Henderson
Peacock
Phoebe
Oriskany
Western Pacific
McCloskey pushes Cambodia aid with June cutoff
An eight member congressional delegation urges $75 million in emergency Cambodian food aid and a majority plan for about $120 million in ammunition while demanding an absolute U.S. participation cutoff in the Indochina war by June 1. The group, returning from Indochina, will report to the House foreign operations subcommittee and President Ford.
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Washington
Paul N. McCloskey
Rcalif
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Congress
McCloskey
Indochina
Foreign Operations Subcommittee
House Appropriations Committee
Abzug
Millicent Fenwick
R-N.j
Ford
Dewey Bartlett
Rokla
U.S
Woman Found Dead in Charred Car on Palos Verdes Drive East
A 30-year-old San Pedro woman Loretta Clark was found murdered inside a burnt 1968 Chevrolet on Palos Verdes Drive East. Investigators noted an unused red gasoline can nearby and an apparent attempt to push the car off a roadside embankment. An anonymous call alerted firefighters at about 6 30 a m. The scene remained under homicide scrutiny as deputies collected evidence and searched for leads.
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San Pedro
Palos Verdes Drive
Palos Verdes Peninsula
Loretta Clark
Belay Place
Washington State
CHP vows broad enforcement of smog device rule in SoCal
California Highway Patrol announced full enforcement of the NOx smog device rule for 1966-70 cars in six counties. Citations will be issued in aggravated cases, with potential fines of at least 50 dollars. CHP cites and legislators clash with critics over the program.
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California
California Highway Patrol
CHP
Dan Lanza
Kenneth Hahn
Nate Holden
Quinn
Holden
Sacramento
Lanza
South Coast Air Basin
Los Angeles
Santa Barbara
Ventura
San Bernardino
Orange
Riverside
Bob Fahs
Two Southland quakes hit Inglewood and La Canada
Two earthquakes struck within an hour, centered in Inglewood and near La Canada Crescenta Valley. Magnitudes were 3.4 and 3.1 on the Richter scale, felt across Long Beach Carson Lennox Gardena Hawthorne Culver City and Manhattan Beach with alarms triggered. No damage reported. A Caltech spokesman said the quakes were likely on separate faults and not clearly related.
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Inglewood
la Canada
Southland
oThe
Long Beach
Carson
Lennox
Gardena
Hawthorne
Culver City
Manhattan Beach
Los Angeles Civic Center
Glendale
Crescenta Valley
Flintridge
Los Angeles
Ehrlichman perjury charge dropped in L A County
Los Angeles County officials drop the perjury charge against John Ehrlichman. The move reduces pending legal actions connected to his time in government. The case notes relate to broader investigations following the Watergate era.
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John Ehrlichman
Los Angeles County
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