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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1975
Page
3
A California DMV computer misread birthdate 2/3/72 for Maude G. Tull of Inglewood, born February 3, 1872. After verifying the original form, clerks issued a one year license and a birthday note from Operations Chief Bill Scanland, with wishes for many renewals to come.
Letters discuss a new state tax on electricity, its origin, and projected $15 million annual funding for the Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission. The commission will oversee future power plant construction and set appliance standards.
Los Angeles man Eric Orlando Locks, 21, was booked on suspicion of murder in the deaths of Demetria Yvette Johnson age 1 and Tammie Johnson age 4 after a Molotov cocktail ignited a Firestone Park home. Investigators did not reveal why they link him to the arson or details of probation.
Undercover narcotics deputies arrested a man and a woman on assault and heroin possession charges after a Bellflower shooting. Robert Morales, 36, was wounded in the stomach by a deputy and hospitalized in good condition at County USC hospital prison ward. Patricia Bernell, 23, of Norwalk, was booked on heroin possession after deputies seized a gram of heroin from the car.
A Field Research poll finds two-thirds of Californians would not oppose offshore oil drilling beyond the three-mile limit if environmental safeguards are in place. The statewide survey, released Thursday, also shows 84 percent deem it extremely or very important that the U.S. meet most of its energy demands domestically.
In Pacoima three youths confronted Mohammand Badger Kamali Mofrad a 27 year old ice cream vendor and UCLA student who was making his rounds. He was shot and killed with a 17 year old fugitive from a county probation camp arrested at the scene while two other youths remain at large. The fate of any taken money was not clear.
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