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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1963
Page
3
U S officials describe a one hour meeting between Soviet envoy Dobrynin and U S diplomat Dobrynin in Berlin aimed at possible progress toward resolving the Berlin stalemate. No Soviet paper or concrete proposal was exchanged and a spokesman said it is too early to judge success. Further talks will be scheduled at a date to be set.
William Robert Brennan aged 44 was sentenced to state prison after pleading guilty to armed robbery. Superior Court Judge Matrice C. Sparling gave a five years to life term citing a long criminal record for the Wilmington liquor store holdup at 621 Wiki Blvd. A co defendant Thomas Bailey has pleaded innocent and goes to trial on April 11.
Workman pleaded guilty to avoid a jury trial in a series of robberies that could have carried a gas chamber sentence. He first drew headlines in 1955 for spectacular robberies, was placed under California Youth Authority control, and escaped a police cordon last September. His notable crimes include the November 1961 Webster Street Bank of America heist in San Francisco with a $62,653 take and the October seizure of $33,500 from Crown Hill Seattle First National Bank after kidnapping a bank official from Marin County.
The scene recounts a wife claiming she and Ralph Kroeger were strangled after a drugged confrontation. She says a gun was held to her head and mentions blackmailers and dopes. She declares she is the mother of God and not afraid of execution. Ralph Kroeger’s stance favors death over life in prison.
Orville P. Fox Jr. 40, of Maypole Drive, was killed Tuesday after losing control on a curve on Brea Canyon Road. His car broke a fence, rolled three times, and pinned him against a telephone pole. Passenger William D. Smith, 27, of Cerritos Avenue, Stan ton, was thrown free with minor injuries and treated at Pomona Valley Hospital.
Los Angeles city housing executive Honata Holtzendorft and assistant executive director Barjbare Rossen were fired in a 3-1 vote by the Housing Commission, with president Julian Blodgett citing recent public statements. Holtzendorff alleged political interference by Mayor Yorty, which was denied.
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