SLAIN IN POLICE GUNFIGHT
The girlfriend of Phil Gerringer recalled their dream of marriage turning to nightmare after he killed himself during an 80 minute Wilmington police siege. Carmen Rincon McCollum said Gerringer loved her and her five children and described him as a big, overgrown boy. He died after firing a bullet into his head rather than return to jail.
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Phil Gerringer
Carmen Rincon McCollum
Eubank Ave
Wilmington
Gerringer
Husky Jerry Hart
Hart
Phil
Harbor General Hospital
Administrative aide testifies in Noguchi case and new county job
A 28-year-old administrative aide and former chief prosecution witness admitted receiving a better county counsel job after testifying against ousted coroner Dr. Thomas Noguchi. He said the appointment came on a Hollinger executive's recommendation. Witnesses also described Noguchi’s alleged pill use and erratic behavior, and testimonies from Noguchi’s widow and other officials painted a mixed picture of the case.
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Thomas T. Noguchi
Michael Wood
Noguchi
Lindon Hollinger
Hollinger
Board of Civil Service Commissioners
Wood
Godfrey Isaac
Board of Supervisors
Isaac
Charles Maxwell
Mortuary Division
Coroner’s Office
Maxwell
Riverside
Orange
Public Administrator’s
Frances M. Sawyer
Sawyer
William Q. Sturner
University of Chicago
Sturner
Illinois
Chicago
Soft drinks dwindle as lockout hits California plants
In a two day strike lockout, six firms faced production cuts to about 35 percent and deliveries from 30 to 75 percent as the Teamsters strike hits Canada Dry Bottling and related plants in Vernon and South Gate. Teamster leaders claim 18 bottling plants run at up to 10 percent capacity with deliveries down 40 to 90 percent.
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Los Angeles
Orange Counties
Food Employers Council
Teamsters Union
Canada Dry Bottling Co
Vernon
South Gate
John Bacon
Employers Council
Teamster
John Gallagher
Bradley cuts joint appearances with Yorty over contemptible tactics
Thomas Bradley said he is canceling all joint campaign appearances with Los Angeles Mayor Sam Yorty because of contemptible tactics. Bradley criticized Yorty for making race the center issue and hiding from real issues.
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Thomas Bradley
Los Angeles
Sam Yorty
Yorty
People of
Los
Angeles
Bradley
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