Living costs jump in Southland to record February high
February CPI rose 0.4 percent, driven by a 0.9 percent rise in housing costs from higher mortgage rates. In Long Beach-Los Angeles, $12.52 buys the same goods today that $10 did ten years ago. national average is $12.46. Weekly pay rose to $111 but buying power fell by nine cents from January. Clothing and medical care costs climbed while food held steady amid mixed price shifts.
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Southland
Long Beach
Los Angeles
Suzanne Sadowsky
Department of Labor Statistics
Surprise recess in Sirhan trial delays proceedings
The Sirhan Bishara Sirhan trial resumes at 9 30 a m after a day long recess to allow prosecutors to study testimony from defense witness Dr Bernard J Dimond. Defense said Dimond failed to submit an advance findings statement after eight jail cell exams.
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Sirhan
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan
Bernard J. Dimond
Dimond
Berkeley
Dep. Dist. Atty
David Fitts
Patrolman Arrested in Auto Theft Ring
Sheriff deputies announced the arrest of CHP officer Eugene Kasmar and investigator Edward Fisher in an auto theft ring case. Also charged is Claude Canada owner of D R Trim Co. The trio face arraignment in Los Angeles Municipal Court with Kasmar and Fisher bail set at 2500. Canada to be arraigned Thursday.
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Gail L. Pickering
Gardena
California
Miss Pickering
Sherman Oaks
Long Beach
CHP
Eugene Kasmar
Los Angeles
Edward Fisher
National Auto Theft Bureau
Claude Canada
D & R Trim Co
W. Gardena Blvd
Kasmar
Fisher
Canada
Robert Chaney
Sheriff's Deputies
Chaney
Sheriff's
Burbank
Theft Bureau
Dockers Ordered to Show Cause Over Boycott End
A federal judge directed west coast longshoremen to show cause why they should not obey an arbiter’s order to end a boycott on container loading by teamsters. The March 17 action halted 16 ships across six ports with 400 ILWU dismissals. teamsters load away from docks while ILWU seeks full loading jurisdiction.
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Dist
Robert Peckham
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
Pacific Maritime Association
Sam Kagel
PMA
Richard Ernest
Peckham
ILWU
Kagel
West Coast
Seattle
Long Beach
McKown Faces Murder Charge in Virginia Case
Long Beach woman Cora McKown and her boyfriend are charged with killing her ex Marine husband Thomas by stabbing, severing limbs, sewing the torso into a quilt, and dumping it in the Elizabeth River near Chesapeake Virginia. Defense counsel decision expected today. preliminary hearing set for April 1.
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Albert C. S. Ramsey
Virginia
Long Beach
Cora Ernestine McKown
Thomas
Elizabeth River
Chesapeake
Ramsey
David R. Levin
Air California proposes public offering of 500000 shares
Air California files for a public offering of 500 000 common shares. The move aims to raise capital while expanding its fleet and service network. Details on price range and timing were not disclosed.
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Los Angeles
UPS
Air California
Twins Deliver Three Sets Overnight at Long Beach Hospital
Doctors note odds of 1 in 150,000 for triplets or more, yet Long Beach Community Hospital reported three sets of twins born within 26 hours. Richard Carey and wife welcomed a boy and a girl, V C McManus parents welcomed two sons, and Gordon Queen and wife had twin boys in the early hours across two days.
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Long Beach Community Hospital
Richard Carey
Hanbury St
V. C. McManus
Ohio St
Two Bank Robbers Begin 15 Year Federal Terms
Billy Wilson Young and Ronald Larry Miller received 15 year sentences in federal prison for a spree that included seven bank robberies in five western states last year. They were arrested in Toronto December 3 and tried in Salt Lake City where the sentences were handed down. The Fullerton First National Bank heist yielded $3,778. Both pleaded guilty.
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First National Bank of Fullerton
Billy Wilson Young
Ronald Larry Miller
Toronto
Canada
Salt Lake City
Utah
Fullerton
Raid on Speed Factory Nabs Six In Wilmington Raid
Harbor Division detectives arrested six people in a Tuesday raid on apartment C at 1114 Eubank Ave Wilmington suspected of illicit drug manufacturing. Authorities found chemicals including ether sulfuric and hydrochloric acids, chemical processing gear and a .9mm pistol. Investigators say the group intended to produce amphetamines or speed and booked James Eddy Long Beach David Acton Pauline King Albert Edwards LeRoy Johnson and Joe Caraccioli for illegal drug manufacturing.
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Long Beach
Harbor Division
Wilmington
Eubankee
James Richard Eddy
19Th St
David Acton
Pauline King
Albert Cooper Edwards
LeRoy Johnson
Joe Francis Caraccioli
Eubank Avenue
Pleasant Southern California Weather Patterns Through Thursday
Forecasters expect another 84 degree day in Long Beach with clear skies and mid-50s overnight. No rain is forecast and smog is light in the Los Angeles Basin as high pressure winds fade to a gentle breeze. Only lingering landslides from late winter storms slow traffic near Gorman on U.S. 99, with up to half hour delays while crews clear debris.
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Long Beach
Los Angeles Basin
U.S. 99
Slide
Gorman
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