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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1975
Page
3
An 18-year-old Artesia man, Jamie Yanez Ruiz, was shot in the shoulder at a Long Beach wedding party and died while being transported to hospital. A 17-year-old boy was booked on murder charges in connection with Ruizs death.
A body recovered by sheriff divers is believed to be Melvin Ridgeway, 45, of Los Angeles, who vanished March 2 while trying to rescue his son Melvin Jr., 15, after a rock swept them into the surf at Inspiration Point. James Parker, 32, of Los Angeles, was with them. he was unable to swim.
Salvador Hernandez 33 of Montebello fired six rounds at officers from behind the Signal Hill police station on E Hill St during a despondent suicide attempt. He was wounded five times in a 90 second exchange, treated at Pacific Hospital and later at County-USC Medical Center, where he was booked for attempted murder of an officer. None of the officers were injured.
Four injured after a Los Angeles traffic officer pursued Gary Motokane 18 miles at speeds up to 75 mph. Motokane collided with a vehicle carrying three teenage girls, causing multiple fractures and injuries. Motokane faces felony drunken driving charges as he was found to have consumed alcohol before the crash.
A 19,000 member machinists strike at McDonnell Douglas plants in California, St. Louis, and Florida enters its second month with negotiations making little headway.
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