Ringing allegations of council fraud in 1989 bid
The article recounts convictions and indictments involving Charles Ray Shira and others connected to a controversial Ringo bingo operation in Long Beach. It describes schemes to secure city council votes for licensing, bribery talks with councilman Sharp, and pressure from Bert Bond amid mounting press scrutiny.
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Sharp
Charles Ray Shira
Hira
Shira
Wayne Sharp
Long Beach
Los Angeles
Ringo
Bert Bond
Beach Amusement Co. witness cites lease and vice pressure
Sharp testified that Beach Amusement Co. doubted doing business with Ringo due to vice squad pressure and a looming city lease renewal. He said if Long Beach Amusement Co. obtained a new lease, they would secure a game site. City officials debated value of the Beach lease vs the Long Beach offer while others improvised on legality and enforcement in a case tied to a gambling style game.
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Sharp
Shira
Bert Bond
Ringo
Bond
Long Beach
Kobey
Hagen
Red Witch
Info
Sid
Brass Penny
Las Vegas
Beach Amusement Co
Pike
Vice Squad
Long Beach Amusement Co
John Mansell
Bernard Winsberg
Grand Jury
FBI
Sammy Samuelson
Delene
Prand
Samuelson
Winsberg
Putnam
al Brown
Lite-D-Line
Vickie Dickinson
Robey
Pings Hlinesgraye
Harry Welch
Carter tuna plan faces push from enviro groups
The proposed plan cuts porpoise limits by 50 percent by 1980 and again every decade, allows petitions for relief in extraordinary cases, and adds observers on tuna boats for two years with costs borne by Tees. It mirrors McCloskey's approach and contrasts with Murphy's bill, drawing White House involvement after Carter pressed for sailings and Kreps explained current regulations amid inquiries on imported tuna and shuttered canneries.
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Tees
Hop
Paul N. McClosy
Rcalif
Murphy
McCloskey
Saudi oil pipeline fire contained near Abqaiq field
A massive pipeline explosion near the Abqaiq oil field 35 miles from Dharan sparked a desert fire that Aramco said was controlled before crippling Saudi Arabia's output. One Saudi foreman died and 13 workers were hospitalized. Authorities investigated sabotage, but Aramco dismissed the claim as a pipeline failure. The blast shut the Abqaiq field, producing about barrels daily.
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Dharan
Saudi Arabia
Abgaiq
Persian Gulf
Arabian American Oil Co
Aramco
U S
Capitol Hill
Washington
Israel
Frank Jungers
Abysiq
Environmentalists press tuna fight over porpoise protection
Environmental groups and tuna industry spokesmen clashed at a press conference over a proposed bill. Patricia Forkan likened porpoises to intelligent air breathing mammals while Bill Butler of the Environmental Defense Fund warned the measure could boost poaching. He noted cannery owned fleets and complex industry economics. Officials from Commerce and the President's Council on Environmental Quality planned to testify next, while a gatekeeping source said all departments back the legislation.
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Patricia Forkan
Bill Butler
The
Environmental Defense Fund
Butler
Federal Trade Commission
Lewis Regenstein
Vicw
Fund For Animals
New York Times
Los Angeles Times
Murphy
Department of Commerce
President's Council On Environmental Quality
Legisla
Bill Sa
Missing hiker saved after snowy Table Mountain trek
Lehrbach and Bland left Downey at 7 p.m. Saturday to hike Table Mountain. Lost in snow, Lehrbach crawled with frostbitten feet after wandering to Table Mountain Campground No 9. They were found by two walkers and taken to a ranger station, then to Palmdale General Hospital and Kaiser Permanente for observation. Lehrbach, a checker at Fario's Market, and Bland, a delivery driver, were later released. doctors expect toe tingling to continue days.
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Eddie
Table Mountain
Big Pines
Bland
Palmdale General Hospital
Kaiser Permanente
Panorama City
Bts
Lehrbach
Ms. Lehrbach
Pimenta Ave
Fario
Huntington Park
la Reina Ave
SI Ag
California Industrial’ Vending Co
Cerritos
Wright warns Carter on vetoing water projects
House Democratic Leader Jim Wright warned President Carter that vetoing a $4 billion water projects package would provoke hostility in Congress. He said a sustained veto might be popular with taxpayers but would be a strategic error, potentially strengthening Congressional opposition to the President.
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Kns
House
Jim Wright
Carter
Wright
Congress
House Public Works Appropriations Subcommittee
Walter Projects
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