Doctors and lawyers examine murder prosecutions gaps
At the National Medicolegal Symposium in Las Vegas about 1,400 attendees heard that many killers evade justice due to incompetent medical investigations. The program contrasted certified forensic pathologists with hospital pathologists, showing how expertise affects homicide outcomes and urging reform of coroner systems nationwide.
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Las Vegas
United States
American Bar
American Medical Associations
California
Los Angeles
John W. Miner
Miner
Los Angeles County
San Francisco
Bar
Rickley Services Tuesday for Long Beach Fire Engineer Ed Rickley
Tuesday services at St. Thomas of Canterbury Episcopal Church will honor Ed Rickley 44 engineer with the Long Beach Fire Department who died on duty from a heart attack. He lived at 5131 East 27th Street and had served since 1956 becoming an engineer in 1967. He is survived by wife Margie daughters Lisa Marie and Laura Ann mother Mrs Barbara Ponting and half brothers Dr Alvin Kazan and Erdman Riehm. Funeral arrangements are by Dilday Family Funeral Directors.
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St. Thomas of Canterbury Episcopal Church
Eddie Rickley
Long Beach
Alvin Kazan
Erdman Riehm
Dilday Family Funeral
Three Plead Innocent in Jail Death
In San Diego three youths pleaded innocent to murder charges connected to the December 13 strangling of a fellow inmate. William L Theis 18 La Mesa Ricky Dean Luttrell 17 Evansville Ind and William Evitch 17 Birchwood Wis pleaded not guilty with Evitch also invoking insanity as a defense. They were ordered to stand trial as adults May 5 in Superior Court and remain in county jail in lieu of bond.
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San Diego (A
Steven Poarch
San Diego
William L. Theis
la Mesa
Ricky Dean Luttrell
Evansville
Ind
William Evitch
Birchwood
Wis
Evitch
Luttrell
Marine Corps
Theis
Solon Proposes Contracting Prison Jobs to Industries
Sacramento report to Assembly Ways and Means cites deficiencies in the prison industrial program. It urges private industry contracts to run inmate jobs, arguing training and efficiency gains, plus avoiding state competition with private firms. The plan envisions a Corrections Employment Opportunities Board, tax incentives, and prevailing wages with benefits while inmates repay room and board.
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Solon
Sacramento
Assembly Ways
Correctional Employment Opportunities Board
Teachers Told of Layoff Possibility in Paramount
Paramount Unified School District faces potential staff reductions for the 1969 70 year as trustees weigh options including a tax override, shorter school days for 7 12, and salary fringe benefits. A district advisory committee will study proposals after principals urged a $2 tax override. Norwalk La Mirada Unified School District cuts over 1.3 million to cope with anticipated revenue losses. 100 staffers affected including 10 nurses and a psychologist.
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Paramount Unified School District
Board of Education
Leonard Bacon
Norwalk-La Mirada Unified
Lion
Louis G. Zeyen
Death Valley Doctor Vanishing Family Searched
Inyo County sheriff and federal rangers hunted 6,500 square miles for Dr Edwin M Duvall his physician wife Barbara and four children after they failed to return from a Death Valley camping trip. A California Highway Patrol motorist reported possible sighting but son Jim 39 denied reaching Death Valley.
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Inyo County
San Marino
Death Valley
Edwin M. Duvall
Long Beach
James M. Duvall
California Highway Patrol
Duvall
Dr. Duvall
Panamint Valley
Barbara
Harold
John
Charles
Ellen
Federal Park Rangers
Mobley Opposes Fuel Tax Increase
Assemblyman Ernest N. Mobley R-Sanger said no immediate fuel tax hike is needed to fund flood damaged road repairs. He noted sufficient funds exist to begin repairs and serves on the Assembly Rules Committee.
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Mobley
State Fair Prices Will Be Lower
California's 19 day mini state fair in Sacramento aims to draw a million visitors by slashing prices. Nickel games and rides capped at 50 cents echo a 1950s style program as Cal Expo struggles financially after last summer's lengthy fair. West Coast Shows will manage the carnival while a luncheon is hosted by the same firm due to financing problems.
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Sacramento
California
Ralph A. Nissen
Bobby Cohn
Cal Expo
Newmen
West Coast Shows, Inc
Mayfair students sponsor Mexican boy as memorial
Lakewood Mayfair High School students honor former activities director James J. Renkiewicz by sponsoring a four year old Mexican boy named Jaime through the Christian Children's Fund. The Stanfield Arizona program provides clothing medical care and recreation. clubs at Mayfair will cover about 12 dollars a month. Over a dozen groups have volunteered to help this year.
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Lakewood
Mayfair High School
Arizona
James J. Renkiewicz
Christian Children's Fund
Jaime
Stanfield
Ariz
Christian Children’s Fund
Mayfair
L A County Employment Tops Sixty Thousand For January
L A County employment rose above 61 000 in January for the first time, reaching 61 421, up from 59 366 in December 1968 and 55 570 in January 1968. Gordon Nesvig, county personnel director, notes 1 965 new permanent hires and 527 separations in January 1969 as February figures await release.
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L.A
Gordon Nesvig
Nesvig
Long Beach Native Named Acting HEW Civil Rights Chief
A 41 year old Long Beach native now living in Alexandria Virginia was named acting director of the U S Department of Health Education and Welfare civil rights office. Dr Lloyd R Henderson succeeds Mrs Ruby Martin. He is a Wilson High School graduate and was an assistant professor of history at Pacific University in Oregon before joining HEW in 1965.
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Long Beach
Alexandria
Friday
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Lloyd R. Henderson
Clarence Henderson
la Verne Ave
HEW
Robert H. Finch
Henderson
Wilson High School
Ruby Martin
Pacific University
Oregon
TV and stereo stolen from Michael Hayes home
Long Beach police said Friday a television set and stereo valued at 345 dollars were removed from the kitchen window of Michael Hayes at 5123 Keynote St. The report notes the items were taken from the residence.
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Phillip Megdal
Santa Ana Ave
Long Beach
Michael Hayes
Keynote St
Irvine seniors honored as Woodrow Wilson Fellows
Two University of California Irvine seniors Karen Anderson and Barry Glass were named Woodrow Wilson Fellows, the school's first dual recipients. Leonard J. Woo received honorable mention. Anderson plans graduate study at Michigan, Glass at Harvard, and Glass’s brother Dr. Stephen Glass is a fellow at Claremont College. National pool included 11,704 nominees with 1,106 winners. among 17 new universities only UCI produced two fellows.
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University of California Irvine
Woodrow Wilson
Karen Anderson
la Habra
Barry Glass
Los Angeles
Leonard J. Woo
Fullerton
Miss Anderson
University of Michigan
Glass
Harvard University
Stephen Glass
Claremont College
UCI
Charge Man in Asylum with Deaths
William G. Nelson a 56 year old San Mateo ex port import merchant in a mental hospital four months was charged Friday in the deaths of his wife Betty 47 and son David 9 found near the family summer home a map showed where to locate the bodies and he was arrested at DeWitt State Hospital and booked for murder both victims shot in the head and buried in a shallow grave deputies said Nelson previously told deputies the family had been missing since October and he believed they would return to the cabin but hid in the attic of the mountain cabin authorities found him in a hysterical state and he was taken to DeWitt for observation
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Auburn
San Mateo
William G. Nelson
Betty
David
DeWitt State Hospital
Placer County
Redwood City
Bonnie Dorman
Nelson
DeWitt
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